The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-28
wEYLER 5000 MILES AWAY.
REGRETTED HE WAsN'T WEAR
ENOUGH TO PUNISH THE PRESIDENT.

REGRETTED HE YEAR
ENOUGH TO PUNISH n PRESIDENT.
FuI Text or the Remarkable Letter ne wrote
to tho Queen Rerent AFTER Mckinley Called
HIN = ,Brutai Comuuandor'-n Demanded
That the oueen Exact n Compieto Apology.
The full toxt Of Gen. weyler's petition to tho
Queen Regent Of Spain asking her to demand
from the United States an immediate apology
for President McKinley's illusions In his mes
sage to Congress to weylcr's methods of war
fare has not been printed in this country. In
Spain tho press was strictly forbidden to pub
lish tho text OF the document for fear that 1t
might give rise to international complications;
and oven the most rabid Conservative newspa-
pers did not dare TO disobcy tho orders of the
SaRasta Cabinet.
1t will be remembered that tho Spanish Gov.
eminent intended to Gen. Woyler,
but as the text OF the letter was not made public
and the nero nows OF Weyler's protest to the
Queen did not produce much impression In the
United states, after q short examination OF tho
case by q council Of Generals 1t was decided that
there was no cause to prosecute the Butcher.
Woylcr and his friends, however, circulated
many copies OF tho famous protest in Spain. and
n special edition OF it was printed for his parti.
sans in Havana. Et Continente Americana of
Mexico secured one Of these authentic copies
signed by weyler and sent It to q spaniard
residing in tho neighboring republic. The docu-
ment is not dated. an omission very common
in Spain, and which was made conspicu-
Gus in this country in tho now famous
letter Of Senior Dupuy do Lomo to Senior
Canalejas. But 1t was doubtless written late In
December, whom Gen. Weyler personally pre-
sentcd It to tho Queen. after the toxt Of the
American Presidents message became known
in Spain. Dispatches from Madrid, edited by
the press censor, said. at tho tirno, that Wey-
ler's protest was moderate and respectful. It
may now be Judged how bitterly the Butcher
resented tho definition of brutal commander"
given to him by President Mckinley. Here 10
the document:
"AT THE ROYAL FEET OF YOUR MAJESTY.
MADAME: l come to-day before the highest
representative of tho country and tho army.
begging with tho greatest respect from your
Majesty a boon which l deem necessary to tho
Spanish arms and to my own honor as a soldier.
From his high position, the Executive Of q
foreign power at the solemn moment Of the
opening of its Congress-. has uttered insults
against the army Of Spain Of so gross a nature
that can hardly believe they will be permitted
to pass without the energetic protest OF the
Government of your Majesty.
THE heroic soldiers who are shedding their
generous blood in the fields of Cuba to defend
the ROVcrcilnty of Spain. have Deon iDSulted in
n coarse and cowardly manner before the whole
civilized world and treated as though thew yero
on the same level with rebellious hordes of
bnndits who do not deserve an honorable mon.
ton.
1.-The military measures. Madame. adopted In
the Cuban war with the full knowledge and
consent Of one Of your Majesty's Governments
n Government of spain. are criticised as info
nous and unworthy of a civilized people. The
orders of the Spanish General who commanded
that army are finally oualjaed. Madame as
brptnl and calculated tn All the civilized world
with horror.
"If such insults yere given ONLY to tho aol
dIer who has the honor to address your Majesty.
he would not complain OF tho weakness of the
Government in permitting them to 90 unre.
bukod. He would. in fact. be extremelv graft.
fed to have called forth such an opinion con-
earning himself from a people whom he considers
to be the open enemies of Spain. But when
these insults are also directed at the entire
Spanish Army. when the opprobrious words are
directed against the honor of the inyincible.
noble. COURAGEOUS soldiers of Spain. tho General