Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-13
What Money and Consul Genera, lie. Think.

Senator-elect Money of Mississippi,
who is also member of the House
committee on foreign affairs, has re-
turned from q visit to Havana and the
territory Immediately about that Span
ish stronghold. Moreover Mr.. Money
Is free to talk. not only of his own
but of Consul General Lees conclu-
siOns, SO fortunately we have report
direct from the island and not written
up in Key West nor by the Cuban
Junta. nor yet. by any reporter sub
sidized by Spain, nor yet one filtered
through administrations press censors.
OF that much the public may feel con-
hdent while considering what Mr..
Money has to say.
We remarked concerning the report
that he had gone to the island that Mr..
Moneys Investigations must neces-
sarily be Inadequate and would be
likely to be prejudiced somewhat from
the fact that he would be surrounded
by the Spanish. He says he met Gen.
Weyler and was treated very courte-
ously by the Spanish officials. The
general received him with kindness
and cordiality" HE also assured Mr..
lis safe from insurrection." But Mr..
Money knew better and says so.
AS If confirmatory of Mr. Moneys
conclusions comes a report from Ha-
vana to the effect that the town of
Arroyo Naranjo, seven miles from
Havana had surrendered to the insur-
gents and been looted and burned by
them.
The country round about, however,
I will say right here" says Money, lis
not safe from inSurrectiOniStS. They are
so close and SO powerful that today the
inSurrectiOnistS levy a tax on all fruit,
vegetables, milk, corn and meat that
enters Havana from the country. 1t is
Q tax like a tariff and goes to the
height of about % per cent ad valorem.
Not a mouthful of Cuban product is
today eaten in Havana that does not
pay tariff to the revolution. In this
indirect way Weyler himself is con-
trbuting to the revolution. Very
SOON said General Weyler. while talk
ing to me, L shall announce that the
provinces of Pinar del Rio, Havana.
Matanzas and Las Villas are pacified.'" -.
Continuing Mr.. Money said:
Il asked Weyler whether there We're
any insurgent troops in Pinar del Rio?
He replied that since the death of
Maceo they had quit. Before MaceOs
death it was estimated that the insur-
gents in Pinar del Rio numbered from
5000 to 10000 troops. But they are all
gone now he continued. None are
there now. Oh, there may be a few
bands of robbers, scattered punches of
outlaws, but they amount to nothing,
and are Of no great numbers.
What has become of Maceo's
forces?' I asked; those that were
there at the time of his death? Have
they surrendered to your"
NO was the reply. None have
surrendered, nor have they been cap
tured, but they have quit their fighting
and gone back to their farm work
They no longer are insurrectionists.' 4"
AT this point l am obliged to dis
agree with General Weyler. At the
time of Maceo's death there was a
force of fully 5000 insurrectiOnists in
Pinar del Rio. My best information is
that they are there yet. They are still
in the hills of Pinar del Rio, with arms
in their hands, as formidable to Spain
as ever, save for the death of Maceo.
"Weyler also informed me that there
were only a few scattered hordes of
rebels in the province of Havana; that
the insurgents We're not in formidable
force in that province. Yet only few
days before my arrival the insurgents,
three nights in succession attacked the
city Of Guanabacoa, of $4,000 inhabi-
tants, within four or five miles of the
city of Havana, and burned 25 houses.
They were opposed by Weyler's troops;
they did as they pleased and withdrew.
After the withdrawal of the insurgents
the Spanish troops occupied the place
and slaughtered q of the people, not
insurgents. They took them to grove
nearby and killed them with their
machetes. My information was that
they We're still unburied while I was
there. / went out to this town of
Guanabacoa and found the Spanish
troops barricaded across the streets, a
strange piece of work of itself, as
there were no insurgents in force in
this region. 1 attempted to visit the
grove where the q pacificos had been
slaughtered by the Spanish troops. 1t
was only a short distance from town.
AS I drove down the road, however, 1
was stopped by Spanish guard
The conclusions of Mr.. Money are:
Spain is unable to cope with this in
surrection. She will never put it down;
Spain will never end this war with vic
tory to herself" But here comes some
thing well calculated to excite even
more interest for if the President and
Secretary Olney succeeded in bottling
up Consul General Lee and shipping
him off to Cuba when the foreign
affairs committee wanted him to ap.
pear before them and explain thesitua.
ton, assuredly Money has drawn the
cork. Here is what he says:
This is also the opinion of Consu