The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-04

Warned by high officials. 1 was able
to hide until an opportunity offered and
I boarded at Cienfuegos vessel for
Boston
While was hiding received a note
sent to my home by General Weyler. Of
fering TO forgive and forget everything
if 1 gave myself up. l did not. how
ever, heed his offer, because ] learnt-s
that only the day before he had one of
my own servants tortured in order to
eXtort from him a confession OF my
whereabouts.
PROOFS OF FRAUDS.
ARRIVING at Boston a few days ago,
at once took the train for this city,
where 1 will remain only a few days
before sailing for Spain, where 1 will
lay before the government the proofs
of the frauds committed in the mill
tary administration in Cuba in which
General Weyler has a great share My
object in remaining a few days here is
for the purpose of issuing a pamphlet
exposing the frauds and corruption of
the administration under General Wey-
Ter in Cuba. l will mail copy of my
book 10 every leading political man in
ing this country"
The Herald has obtained a copy of
this book. 1t appeals to the Spanish
premier to appoint royel commission
and send TO Cuba to investigate every
charge he makes in the book.
Senior Barroeta also makes a fierce
attack upon Nicolas Rivero, editor OF
the Diario De La Marina, whom he
calls the subsidized agent of the
Havana custom house officials -
Referring to General Weyler's report
as TO the pacification of provinces,
Senior Barroeta ridicules the idea and
declares that the alleged pacification
is only part of a scheme between Wey-
Ter and his supporters in Madrid to
keep him in power. Senior Barroeta
quotes in his book official as we'll as
private documents, which he says he is
willing to produce to support all his
assertions.
Among these documents he repro
| duceS a letter purporting to be written
by Senior Retano, a deputy in the Span
ish cortes, General Weyler's trusted
agent in Madrid. In the letter Senior
Retano warns Weyler that unless he is
able to impress public opinion in Spain
with the idea that the pacifieation of
Cuba is near at hand and that the in
surgents are demoraliZed, and surren-
dering to the Spanish authorities, he
will be recalled by the home govern
ment.
FALSE DECLARATIONS.
Senior Retano says that the report at
this period of the death or capture OF
| Maxine Gomez, the Cuban leader
would help in retarding his recall. II
| is in obedience to orders from Madrid
Senior Barroeta declares, that General
Weyler has declared the provinces OF
| Pinar del Rio, Havana, Matanzas and
Santa Clara pacified, and he will soon
announce the pacification of Camaguey
and Santiago de Cuba
Senior BarrOeta declares that in his
pamphlet that the revolution is now
more formidable than ever He. quotes
! General Arolas commander of the
Jacaro-Moron trocha, as saying thai
the only general in Cuba is Maxine
Gomez.
Senior Barroeta then relates the i'm
| punity with which insurgents move al
over Cuba and collect taxes from al
property owners, Cubans and Spanish
alike. He cites cases where Cubar
treasury officials have collected take.
at estates while the Spanish troops arr
encamped at the place.
EVERYTHING FOR SALE.
Senior Barroeta declares that under
|
every official place in Cuba is for sale
| Every ecclesiastical position has it:
price.
Referring to the trochas, Senior Bar
roeta declares that the purpose of thei
| construction is to enable Genera
| Weyler and his partfsans to appro
pirate large sums of money withou
having to account for them.
The greatest source of fraud an(
/ iObherv he saws is in the hOsnitals in
Cuba, which are mainly III the hand:
of General Weyler's favorites. In thi:
department charges are made fo
patients that have never existed ant
for others who have long been dead.
The suffering of the sick soldiers il
such, he says, that Father Julian
Valdiervez. a priest, told him, tina
many many soldiers before dying haC
confessed to murderous officers VIII
had inflicted upon them the severes
cruelties.
Senior Barroeta declares that while
operating in the country under Weyle
he has seen children hacked to piece
by the Spanish troops, and that he, a
a Spaniard, felt ashamed and proteste,
TO his fellow officers.
He closes the book with a declara
ton that General Weyler is really
monster, well described by the Ameri
can press. His crimes, he says, are
dishonor to Spain and unless the evil
are corrected, he regards as certain tn
loss of Cuba to Spain.