Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-05-19

clers in relating such scenes is 49,
commiseratlon for the beniebtas
tellects OF the poor heather ~ /. ID
uitation which told too clea-l,.
story of their own gross ior We
and fanaticism. They wera
men, who had been used to The 1'a
rors of the lnquisition ar hon,a
who seemed to delight in 6aas
Violence and blood In the conr-
the first fifty years after yelae,n.
settled in Cuba, the native mo-,
ton of 100000 beings was SVEN 10 -"
eXterminated. Some died ma.
heayy tasks and cruelty of tbei-
pressors, other thousands from ~
diseases implanted among tbar,
the Spaniards, and still other IL
sands in their vain endeayors n 80.
themselves from the iron grin I'll
Spain.
throughout the early colonial No.,
Cd, Cuba was the rendezvous 30 :,
cohquerors. Cortez organized thar
his expedition that had for IT'S nbin..
the conquest of Mexico. The bacEs.
OF Pizarro had large interests tbor'
and wrung from Cuban slaves mnos
or the wealth that enabled pizarro
conquer Peru. De Soto also fitted on.
his last expedition in Cuba, and wer.
thence to discover the great Miss,s
slppi. Spain has occupied Cuba p,
3Si years, except that its capital HI
Vana, was captured by the English IN
1852. The British ships engaged ~
that conquest were chiefly manned hy
american colonists, who were anlis,
ed in the colonies of the Atlanti,
seaboard, Massachusetts, Rhode rs.
land, Connecticut, New York. Naw
Jersey, Delaware and Virginia Mapv
persisted from the plague in Havana
and the British commander fnaug
gave up his conquest on the pavmant
of large sum of money by the Span.
iards.
Spain has always restricted tba
commerce of the island, with a view
TO reaping all it's benefits herself
She forced the inhabitants to draw
from Spain most of their supplies OF
all kinds, by imposing prohibitory
duties on the products of other ma.
lions. This has been one of the most
irreconcilable grievances of the On.
bans, as such policy was detrimental
to both labor and capital in the is.
land. One instruction has followed
another since the first organized ont.
break against the Spanish power In
1926. In each war the Spaniarjs
nave practised the most fiendish cru
elites on the Cubans, but never until
the present war has there been an or
gained and deliberate attempt made
to eXterminate the women and chill
dren as we'll as the male residents OF
the island. This remained as the
GROWING infamy of Butcher VIEWERS
life.
The encouragement of Cuba Is
endowed by law with despotic power.
He is even authorized to disregard
the laws of Spain which are applica-
BILE to Cuba at his pleasure. In fact,
his will is the only law for the Gu
bans, and all the judges, police Off
cials, civil officers and military are
his creatures. The volunteer mill
tary force, of which a detachment il
located in every town and city Of the
island, and which is known as the
civil guard has always been one Of
the most corrupt and dangerous MILL
tary bodies known on earth, It is
composed of the dependents and
hangers-on of the official class, and
ultra-loyal party in Cuba. Such has
always been the power of this party
and its civil guard that no admins
tration of Spain has ever been able
to adopt any measure affecting the
government of the island without its
consent Its influence has been as
supreme and as sinister to the inter
ests of the Cubans as was that OF the
infamous military organization Of
the Janissaries or the Mamelukes in
Turkey and Egypt. To get rid Of the
evils which became chronic under the
sway of these armed outlaws, Mehe-
met Ali had the Mamelukes extermi-
mated to the last man. Spain might
have preserved a vestige of her good
name, and probably strengthened her
hold on Cuba, if she had applied SINH
lar treatment to the civil guard Of
Cuba years ago.
At West Palm Beach, Fla, last
week q strong east wind drove large