New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-24
A SPANISH SOLDIER ON CUBA.
wEYLER's METHODS AND THOSE OF THE
INSURGENTS.
UNIV THE REBELLION COULD NOT BE PUT DOWN
GUERILLA METHODS OF WARFARE
OPINION OF THE YANKEES
Prom The SATURDAY, Review.

GUERILLA METHODS OF WARE Ni'E
OPINION OF THE YANKEES
From The Saturday Review.
\ little later the retired soldier came In and ac-
built man reduced by yellow fever TO a mere skele
ton forinights black growth was on NJ Syaa ors
in cuba and had seen tho outbreak OF me las, ~,
surrecton and 80 savage but iu.,e re andnrd
and his fricndsSthe chicf OF the yillass,.who
sat and smoked around the rYsioNs and suffer-
ings OF "A soldiers lie in Cuba but thef ~ re- en-
| mated listeners when I began 10 question the en-
| soldier about his experiences. ,,,. =
What sort of people did you find the Cubans!
he people OF country ola gentle del ea I'm
harmless enough They asker on; ,b ~ rebeia
alone both by Government troops ana s rh nbni.
! That was just what neither would DO. ne tepei 1
bGv t not G pay thcm burned their produce and
their homes. the Governn ent troops i niauo Uo,Ier
| attempts at protection I'll! Don Naleriano Weyer
out to command us lie G2t tTse r,a Wv, ~
creates; rascals in the country under me nhiIe VI
Ter we're cruel 10 the country folk the Volunteers
were Tar worse The dress Of Havana they pe III
! and women and children suffered every outrage az
their hands. Wey!cr believed IN kl,.ins reJ b,f
Wholesale TO strike terror into tho INSURGENTS, uIt
f. ala very little good. The insurgents PLAYED tle
same game. They killed all our mer whom they
Wdre Insurgents white men or colo, f0lGreG aYc You
! when We surprised and shot them but geneIaly'
judge from the dead. they Were Wt.e in nina tbc
ranks. There WIS fair number 81 cY.oIru ,,lr
among them. and II was said the coored men W.
the crucllcst. This giving or taxing 10 " ~ ,Ia
/ sounds very bad. but you get used 20 H. II tne
Cuhans gave us soldiers the mercy OF tfe ihhv''o.
we gave them ahsolution with tho point Oh our
| bayonets. 1890 ,v.,o~ and n
e Was crta qbdy r sr9 c1e nn Than MARTINEZ
Campos hut he was Just Ike me otheIs ne mr.,
| his pockets while he was In office, ana th.y say
no came nome n VIZ ,,dcS IN the spanish Army in
| cuba tho officers take our pay. they make al me
money thcy can out OF the country they d9 On,
care how-,hc officer gets fortune the soldier lSa1
! lou
spain 10 ortify The towns and make military roads o
through me mansna ne sIro IL s s on the
IAN YOU explain 10 mo why your soldiers
unable to put down tho rebels| was the next
VERY clearly for this reason-we could not catch
| them. We marched III; va were tired out ana
then. Just bad given up hope Of hndlns them
! Thsy could and hit us. We kept firing into mo
jungle without seeing any one n s W. mao no
mlcnetes Of mo Cubans t3u kno% wha T n 5Gi
! way through. bat tho .nsursents know every ineh
OF H. In the rainy season l. is sort OF swamp wan
| shelter on these expeditions. Villages. churches
panters houses ~, nd poem a.staVyea, ny ga
| tho country and levy contributions ana punish
those who did not pay them: then We others Nne
| they had paid taxes or given provisions 10 me
! rebels. When tho paciicos were driven int INTO ,ho
towns into camps by our soldiers they sullrtvI;
/ FOR mem and ~ proper shelter In the towns. and
certainly They died in hoaps But they were nearly ,
| as badly or In Tue country harried by tho rebels
| one day by the troops another Whenever any OF
these peaceful pcoplo were suspected 81 giving IN
forma Ion 20 tho spaniards ihcy were pu, - 1y. II
with horrible torures. IL was not proper WLl, ~
guerilla war, and 3gr otGcrs never YER um nGa
them. they failed to put down the robe! bands. who
never fought fairly face TO face 90 hot can III. IL
fair lighting 70 blow up trains full or people WIN
! dynamite. as tho rebels were always GOING ""en
they got chance .,. no, 40 much
dynamite and also arms ana hr' nun, on ,arv
| tho Yankees, they can tel YOU. ihey AT. mIo 49,
hbuserng steamers by scores win arms ano u liz
,nunion and dynamite Then ihe o gS Sns ,bnS
themselves had caused; Tho rebellion woud t hssn
been oyer long ,hS Ysn inere ''
These thoughts were in my mind MS the ex.so!-
nut down tho rebellion: they never let us alone iI
| Cuba They wanted to have It themselves. an, anu
terms with the rebels. Offering autonomy and az
amnesty. they were afraid cuha woud ZIP h oc
their hands; they were afraid II woua become an'
! peaceful again and prosperous. and remain span
r h u sAfy o S9Ia to 0i bring food as they said
| 70 tho starving reconcentrados. Ana now thcy hre
are so anxious To- feed st@rve faster than ever.
They are not only bTgSndS aey g Sfs l rs, rebels
two years ago. and killing was going on every day
esiablished They want to take Cuba for themselves.
And so they gay they only want 10 make IL inae
But they refuse TO recognize tho rebel government
| Why do they refuse Because they want tho island
| Of the war? No. tho pretended cause The Maine
was blown UP from inside by tho carelessnSss OF
why they refused arbitration when We offered them
tnll cxanlnntlon ana drbfson py ndepo9ds Zen,
rope they refused We offered them any proper
blood. or. rather, they want Cuba. Besides. they
want the boast OF conquering Spain. and they know
Spain is poor In money, but they forgot she Is not
poor In men
you ask mo II I think Spain has ruined Cuba,
But. OF course. nll the officials, from the Captain
General down. come out to Cuba TO Ill their pock
Late sia of fhn Of Snof md hoy
generally 20 back rich. After all, that is exactly
% as Much n hs s9 ny ySa a
any needy opponent troublesome they give him
ting rich There Is lots Of money to be made in
cuba now. This is the reason why the rebel
S BY t. they paid not WISH %
Ter tried to stop It. but no ony, stirred UP the reb
els. and made many OF the paGliicos become rebels
Ions that have been given to make roads and fort
ncations in Cuba. Who has taken them? There
cias have S made fortnnes THat IS our Spanish
to sE UNITY put S butt MR
us never becomes to-day. We are always too late
we have offered now, autonomy amnesty. they
would have made peace; but It is too ato now"
think fhR hs YRnee S viii Gs steal ia Certainly
R s to to y oon sa vhS S
those hogs of Yankees drives mo Wild, They don't
take It. Yes. we shall lose Cuba repeat: we arc
not ready our officers have made no preparations
At Santiago when was CHARTERED there. / saw.
! think. fifty old brass guns I'm the Notifications
and they bore the date l76. What use will they
be against qucknrers? We shall have TO go out
of Cuba. At Havana there is one battery OF good
guns. put in by Weyler-nothing more. Nothing
Is ready.
at is all the fault OF our rulcrs-thcy have
robbed Spain and robbed Cuba, and left both de-
fcnccless. There IL hope TIL get Repub-
lie We want a man like Jean Prim nj head
Why. we have buried nearly two hundred thousand
men in Cuba in the last three years. mostly from
fever and bad food. You see, / wear flannel next
my skin. ] learned that from the Cubans They
all wear flannel. and escape the fever have II
lightly. our poor soldiers are dressed In linen In
the dripping and feverous swamps OF the manigua
I'm the rainy season, when the mir breathe Is
% 10 La Ahn, IL h,.A IL h....