The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-18
WEYlER'S WORK.
An Alleged Letter From Him Which Gives
His Plans Away

An Alleged Letter From Him Which Gives
His Plans Away.
New York, March 17.--The New York
Journal this afternoon prints a state
ment written by Honore r. Lame, the
newspaper correspondent who was re-
Gently arrested, searched by Spanish
officials in Cabanas prison, Havana,
and later expelled from the island. This
is the opening of LANES statement
ION Jan. "a at 10 o'clock at night, /
met In the Cafe Inglaterra, The head
quarters of the reporters in Havana,
Francisco DiaZ, reporter of the rabid
Spanish paper, La Union Constitution
al, with whom l frequently exchanged
news. On asking him if he had any
thing to give me. he took from his
pocket a letter and handed 1t to me,
saying: Weyler wrote this letter to
Santos Guzman, who sent 1t to Move
(the editor of the Union CONSTITUTIONAL
for him to read and write an article on
the acceptance by Weyler of the candi-
dacy of deputy to the cortes for Ha-
vana. l took this copy. which you can
keep. :
The following is the alleged letter re-
ferred to above, addressed to his ex-
cellency, Don Francisco de Los Santos
GuZman. Havana:
My Distinguished Personal and Po-
litical Friend: Since the latest events |
nave GndHSeu my views ABOUT the at
titude which our political party in Gu
ba ought to assume. If l have thought
before that it was dignified for us to
abstain from the electoral contest |
believe now that 1t is patriotic duty
for us To go to the polls. Our success
cannot be doubted now. With the
programme for the defense of national
honor, we will have side by side all
these lukewarm politicians who.
nj p,1S Inv
ceived by the inside commissions of
Moret and Sagasta, and take as scien-
tific solutions of our colonial problems
what are really dishonorable humilia-
tions of our country before the United
States.
Write on your flag, the flag of
Spain. defense of national honor and
/ offer you my name as your candi-
date. After having commanded during
two years 100000 Spanish heroes in Gu
ba with a high title, | shall be more
proud OF that than of deputy from
Havana at 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 Gu
ba they did not even dare to dream
about 1t. They knew the terrible pun
ishment that awaited them. | had
Havana harbor well prepared for such
an emergency. l rapidly finished the
work that Martinez Campos carelessly
abandoned. If the insult is made | hope
that there will be a Spanish hand to
punish 1t as terribly as 1t deserves.
Romero is i'll better health than his
friends could have expected, and not
withstanding how morally sick | feel,
breathing this humilating atmosphere
/ am physically WELL"
The letter was signed Naerno wey-
Ter, and dated Madrid Jan. s, 1898.
Mr.. Lame says that he read the letter
and pigeonholed 1t. When the Maine |
arrived he called at the office of the
Union Constitutional to see Diaz. in an
effort to secure the original of the let |
ter Some days after the Maine disas- |
ter Laine met Diaz, who asked him If |
he remembered the letter and what its |
contents were about the American war !
ship. The American correspondent re- |
piled that he did, and he believed that |
some one had followed Weyler's advice I
Laine says that he has since found out !
that Diaz informed the chief Of police \
that he Laine1 had a copy of letter
written by Weyler which might bring
trouble 10 the Spanish government
especially as he was an American news
paper correspondent who was associat-
ing with Captain Sigsbee
on March 4th, Lame was arrested by
the chief of police of Havana. His
friends were informed of his being inn
prisoned by a cabman who knew him
According to Lame. Chief Paglleri said
To him: We'll. sir, we have you here !
secured. and let me tell you that the
secret that / know you possess will !
never be known through YOU by others.
as no one will ever know what becomes
ef YOU
Lame replied: IF YOU think that ven
can murder me. as were Asia and
Posa. the two young men who We're
taken from here killed, you are mis-
taken"
The colonel replied in a calm. bur
stern voice: No, sir, | am not mis-
taken.
You may not BE- mistaken said
Lame. but l can tell YOU al this mo-
ment the French as well as the AmeTi-
can consul, has been notified that | am
here"
This changed the chiefs attitude
somewhat, but he persisted in trying to
secure information from Lame
Il know" he said. al about a copy
Of letter OF General Weyler which Yea
have. and the trouble YOU intend Ia
cause with il. but l do not care very
much about that What | want 10
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