Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-07-28

defeated the gentle and order-loving
Spaniard il has only been been where
they have had the overwhelming odds
of two or three Spaniards to one Gu
ban. No one will dispute the inability
of the Spanisrds to loot the Cubans 10
the territory they have controlled, for
formerly possessed, not immOvably
fixed to the rock.
The Sugar Trust and its agent, the
Associated Press. are so alarmed lest
the mild and humane Spaniard, who
shot the unfortunate Americans that
were found upon the Virginius as if
they had been pack of sheep-killing
ours, shall be interfered with aDd his
privileges taken from him. that they
have commenced a campaign OF educa-
ton for the purpose of enlightening the
people of this country as to the beau
ties of Spanish character as shown
forth in Cuba.
For fear that our readers may think
our admiration of Spanish character,
as seen in the West Indies, has caused
US to indulge in flattery. we quote the
following extract from the pen of Mr..
Richard Davey, contributor to the
Fortnightty RevieW:
The barbarous exte rmination of
non-combatants by the Spaniards is as
bad as the American massacres; for
scarcely a day passes without some re-
port of brutal assasslnations of innocent,
detenceless people. On June 1st. 1896,
Simon Yruri. a prominent citizen of
Jaruco, in Havana province. was ar
rested merely on suspicion of being a
rebel sympathizer, and publicly shot
in the square of the town by order of
General Melquizo. This execution
aroused general indignation when it
| was known that Melqulzo had ordered
| it on his own authority without con-
sulting the Captain-Genersl, who is
the only official empowered to order
such executions. On the following day
a detachment of Spanish troops COM
ny COIOuCl oCuOd, Jar
co, captured a boy of fifteen named
Juan Rodriguez, who was SO i'll that
he could hardly move without assist
ance. The unhappy creature was
dragged from his home near Castiguas
and butchered on the Tapaste road for
the sole crime of being cousin Of q
leader in the rebel army. On June 4th
Lorenzo Medina. native of the Canary
Islands, and Juan Toledo-both well
known and esteemed at Jaruca-were
arrested on unknown charges, and,
although promised a prompt release,
were brutality murdered. According
to a special telegram from Key West
in the New York Herald of July 23d,
the Spaniards captured some rebel
hospitals at Isabel and Magdalena, in
the province of Matanzas. Two doc
tors named Roig and Izquierdo, sur
geons of the Cuban army. in charge,
were both put to the mdchete; while
the helpless sick and wounded were
murdered in their beds, and the build
ing afterwards burned over their heads
to conceal the barbarous butchery. In
the third week in January, 1896, an
other Cuban hospital, in the Siguanea
Mountains near Cienfuegos, was cap
tured by Spanish troops. The Caban
soldiers defending the sick and wound
ed made heroic fight as long as their
ammunition lasted, but were finally
massacred. DIR. Soler, the surgeon,
came out, waving a white flag. and
bearing the insignia of the Red Cross,
to ask for mercy: but was shot down
and despatched by the mdchete. A
sick American raised the Stars and
Stripes; but the work OF Spanish bay
onets was short and bloody. Not u
prisoner aOdS taken, and not eUen tOOmen
nurses tcere spared! Then the Span
iards set fire to the hospital, which
was burned down over the bodies OF
the victims"
These are the people the Sugar
Trust would have the American people
believe should control Cuba's destinies
until that corporation finds it conven-
lent to take charge. and the little Re
public stands upon its little hind legs
and bowls its approval. just as it
would lie down and roll over should
the Sugar Trust tell it to do so.