Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-18

of our colonial problems what are re,i-
ly dishonorable humiiations of n,r
country before the United States.
Write on our flag, the nag OF Spain. |
Defense OF national honor and | offer
YOU my name as your candidate.
After having commanded during two
years 100000 Spanish heroes in cuba
with high title | shall be more proud
of that of deputy from Havana ut The
Cortes of Spain.
''By the way, have read these days
that the Americans are pondering about
sending one of their warships to that
city During my command in Cuba
they did not even dare to dream about
II. They knew the terrible punishment
that awaited them.
II had Havana harbor well prepared
for such an emergency. ] rapidly fin
ished the work that Martinez Cam
pos carelessly abandoned.
"If the insult Is made I hope that
there will be Spanish hand to punish
II AS terribly as II deserves.
Romero Is in better health than his
friends could have expected, and not
withstanding how morally sick feel
breathing this humiliating atmosphere
/ am physically well.
Your afrectionate friend and servant,
(SIgned) VALER1NO WEYLER,
Madrid. Jan. s, 1898.
Lame says that he read the letter
arrived he called Mt the office OF the
Union Constitutional to see Diaz, in
an eoffrt to secure the original of the
letter Some days after the Maine cx-
plosion Lame met Dlaz. who asked
him If he remembered the letter and
what its contents were about the
American warshlp. The American
correspondent replied that he did and
he believed that some one had fol-
lowed Weylcr's advice.
Lame says that he has since found
out that Diaz Informed the chief of
police that he Uaine) had copy of
letter written by Weyler, which might
bring trouble to the Spanish govern
ment. especially as he was an Ameri-
can newspaper correspondent who was
associating with Captain Slgsbee.
ON March 4th Laine was arrested
by the chief of police of Havana. His
friends were Informed Of his being inn
prsoned by a cabman who knew him
According to Laine, Chief Paglieri
said to him: "Well, sir, we have you
here secured, and let me tell you that
the secret that l know you possess will
never be known through you by
others as no one will ever know what
becomes of YOU"
Laine replied: "If You think that
you can murder me, as were Asia
and Posas, the two young men who
were taken from here and killed, you
are mistaken"
The colonel replied in a calm. but
stern voice: mo, sir, l am not mis-
taken"
"You may not be mistaken" said
Lame, "but I can tell you that at this
moment the French as well as the
American consul has been notified
that l am here" This changed the
chiefs attitude somewhat. but he per-
sisted in trying to secure information
from Lame.
81 know" he said. "all about a copy
of letter of Gen. Weyler which you
have, and the trouble you intend to
cause with it, but do not care very
much about that.
What l want to know now and
hope you will answer me, in consider
alton of the good II may bring you, is
what information you gave to Consul
Lee on the 21st OF February about
your suspicious OF n plot suggested by
the letter. and the placing of dynamite
mines in the harbor, with which fact
you said you became acquainted dur
ing the period of your incarceration In
the time of Weyler?"
This was really a surprise to me.
LANES narrative continues. 81 had
| made reference to the Incident Of the
letter to Gen. Lee and also spoken
about what had seen during my i'm.
prisonment in the Cubanas fortress
which lasted for moro than a year
during the most bloody period OF the
reign of Weyler.
II had noticed for several nights
mysterious works which were beinl
done In the fortress. On inauirinl
from n soldier whom / knew What Il
was, he informed me that they were
carrying from the magazine of tn,
fortress large quantities of dynamit,
which We're being laid in the harbor
MY Investigations during my period
of imprisonment We're carried as fal
as political prisoner could do In {
Spanish fortress. but It was suficien
for me to ascertain with certainty tina
the quantity OF dynamite placed in tn,
harbor in different places was tw,
tons. and that the wires OF the mine.
We're connected with the Cabanai
fortress and the Capitania puerto, o.
marine headquarters"