The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-10
SPAIN WAS EVER CRUEL.
HER PLEASURE IN I~NFLICTTNG TOR
TURE ON THE HEEPEEB6
Atrocious Treatment of War Prisoners Has
Always Beer n National Characteristic
Deeds ne Horrible as Any savaGes Ever
Thought Of-Crucihxions and RonstinEs.

Deeds ne Horrible as Any sayRges Ever
Thought 1Of-CruciHxions and Roastings.
From ne Albany BvenfnO Journal.
Prof. @. Michaells OF this city has made q
translation Of q letter written by Prof, HalE-
hauser. professor OF history In the University
OF Bonn. Germany. to the New York Stats
Zeituno on the cruelty Of the spaniards In their
warfare as Illustrated by historic Incidents.
Prof. HalEhauser writes:
I'VE were several German doctors OF philoso-
ply who, while enjoying the balsamic air In the
beautiful court garden Of the university, dis
cussed eagerly the all-absorbing new which
had Just reached ua, I. e., the opening OF hos
Titles between the United states and Spain.
The sympathies were somewhat divided. as
could be expected. though the large majority
sided with the Stars and Stripes.
"0ne Of the company. however. proved to be
a warm friend OF Spain. He is q professor OF
literary history and spoke with great enthusi-
asm OF tho noble character, OF the Spnniards.
and pointed as examples to q Posa, o Carlos, a
Hermann. and TO the heroic Cid Campeador. He
was further greatly impressed by the recent
patriotic outbursts at Madrid and Valladolld. l
shook my head to oil his fervent words and In
vited him and his friends to be seated on one OF
the numerous benches Of the old park, and then
l began to unfold the real character Of the
Spaniards. rolling up before the eyes Of my
astonished listeners scenes Of Spanish warfare
Of the past, which l had collected In my manu-
script Of the history Of the campaigns Of Napo-
leon l.. which l intend to publish at the begin
ming Of the twentieth century. herewith SUBJ
NIT q portion Of them to the perusal Of the
German-American public. to which I believe
they are OF special interest at the present time.
aside from anything that q wilful partisan
or O romantically inclined historian may have
written, one can say. without fear OF con-
tradictlon, that OF all the civilized nations on
earth. none ever has waged war In q moro
cruel and fraudulent manner than the Spanish.
1t is with horror only that the Germans think
Of the times Of Alva, who devastated their
fatherlRnd by his atrocious actions. and trans
formed the industrial cities and provinces OF
the Netherlands into q desert.
No better than this bloody executioner Of
King Philip were other Spanish leaders in the
war waged for the independence OF the Neither
lands. The city Of Maastricht. for instance. was
plundered for three days. after having been be-
sieged for four months by the Spanish General.
Alexander Farnese. Duke Of Parma. Eight
thousand inhabitantS were murdered: among
jected to unspeaEable outrages and fortunes.
were positively butchered,
o 1.-THE S%ru 0s ph;,i Of : the , Giyil ~ T9 r bet between t the
passed BY the brutalitles committed during the
t l93Ss Gh5 q ' When srSS@ apoleon H Rad put {ds b nTSRS4
Joseph on the Spanish throne and had taken
ppeople Became furious. and the. Ifanaticlsm Of
the bigoted masses showed up In q revolving
i %Psn aHIFs;S 6 they i ErS1cb for Fh shs SIer sslis sng d tsO@
shS Snn tSe monks sre preach SaS that sfstk{ The F French espShl
we're inimical TO the e Catholic faith. and THAT that
armed the peasants and started a bloody gu9r-
rilla war. and In this sort Of warfare the diabolic
Sss ssFiiisns q Fev 1aiiss Rlts ssIi %its t shlllvdsl ofse'
The Spaniards murdered their, enemies
whenever and wherever, they could lay, their
ribie atrocities against the wounded and prison
ers. cutting of their noses and ears, or, they
burned thom. The Spanish women. those noble
souls. whose virtues have heon, suns BY exalted
t9iore almost unknown to man: IN the Sierra
ers were attacked by them and they dpe out
and scissors. and to enhance the misery 81 those
WHO were wounded they CIT opsn the snies Of
In 1908. when the French Generai. Dupont, and
his 5000 men surrendered at ,Baylen q great
many OF the prisoners, were tortured and killed
In the above described manner.
In, the island, OF Malorca. where thousands
St Raisd2ntSSr s b bard sfsn and fS9E EIlIad MOST th Si them RGe
Islands md 's soIsmn nFI pro:misea these I prisonors that has
only would come to their houses, such Of tho
unfortunate prisoners as trusted these prom
IAN English reporter. who was with Yelling
TOMS army, tells OF a peasant who followed a
t snd fBPeSse d the R6sfis FRrs ess6TR mo fer im hGT5s,
When the English soldier asked him what no
brute cooiiiy replied" Why. torture him In
the second volume Of his memqirs the famous Hqs
performed by, him while Captain Of the Chas-
seurs q Cheval in 1903. He started from In
sentch he f from h Marshal haIIi fSnn %,sf for i% ER@peror S SS.
poleon. who was stationed at Amanda, a village
on the road leading from BurR2s to Madrid
o doS Euerrifias m reE5Gdn' H KhftF took R f%9y ha S@aGs
as he was told from there on his ride would be
q most perilous, one. 1t was, moonlight when
s sTd tsTse they SenTd the hen Seiiik fnS mS %RiazIna
Of bullets, but were unable 70 discover the
enemy. AS they had not been hurt they moved
aeFSd. tresS5eS, Of tSSRsir clothing, SSnId lsstt h q e
SIbie sis6t; I yoSIPsi 9Rfisssr 5slSSngVlng t to IT, n
barn door. with his head downward, and. tc
The ssd barR %Sa nod had ie kiGdlS %as a b ftTS 1pd sgfr el.
H. blood W. xIS.l stii IL tpi sSndssd from ona 6 @sG wounds S :
ssrs answered with their rifles. They promptly
klll6u TWO OF InelT hEkTtbbDEb unu Iiitu iuohct
at the others with sabres in hand. In. an instant
they ierked two OF the offenders from theil
monk, who had mounted the horse OF the crucl
fed officer. while the other was 2 peasant wht
carried two uniforms OF murdered French mus
keteers. The h~ussars.. driven to madness By
the horrible sight Of their tortured comrades
two brutes. Capt. Marriott was. however. forced
to return later on to the headquarters OF Mar
shal Lannes, as he had been seriously wounded
In a similar encounter.
"Stiil more heartrendinR are the recollection
OF {. Mcneil. q German. who served rs a Lieu
tenant In the Twenty-third French ,Chasseur
during the Spanish campaign in 1910, and wht
until a few years ago lived as q pension office
at Bonn. He tells In his emoirs how a, com
pany Of French prisoners was captured by
guerrilla band and sentenced to the most crue
t~ortures. The Spaninrds were ut loggerhead
whether the prisoners should be baked In oven
or be fried over open fires. but they final,
agreed that the common soldiers should b.
roasted, that the non;commissioned onicer
should be hanged and that the officers shoul'
be cruclned, The FIRST two Parts OF the agree
ia conc a. tho nnpn iaainnnH nhnnara fh