The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-31
ACHING. IO GET EVEN
Spanish OeyiItries Rankle in
the Memory
OF THE POOR PORTO RICAN
But Miles Men Won't Let
Him Do a Thing.

that two or three regiments Will De suf-
ficient to garrison the island and keep it
peace-abidtng. Some ranking memories
of Spanish crueltfes have driven the nat
ives TO threaten the persons and damage
the property Of Spaniards who could not
get away from Ponce. FL Coto, and Juan
Diaz. and the outrageS by the Spanish at
GALES incfted them still further % re-
venge. But these causes of disturbance
VIII pass away; then nothing more than
the proclivfties of tropd cal American races
for revolutions will remain to be guarded
against
On the steamer which viii carry this
letter there will depart for New York,
one of the most hated Spantal'ds of Ponce,
Antonio Pieza. He went aboard last mid
night. as secretly as possible, after hav-
ing kept hidden from the Puertorriquenos
ever since the day the American war
ship were sighted in the off1ng, and all
Spaniards who could gallop off TO Aibon-
ito and San Juan. the commandments lea-v
ing mis- roast beef and claret untouched.
This Spaniand did not so. because his wife
was not able to travel SO roughly. He
is the president of the Ponce branch of
Uil6 SECRET 1IHdAIAL<NIIlcO q SyeS-
tenn of espionage over the natives, and
saw that disloyal or revolutionary acts
or speeches were punished. They were
punished until a few years ago by tor
ture-aIpd the machines which broke the
hnucloles Of men and CONSTRUCTED the
bodies of women offenders are said TO
haze been invented by tFrs black wllisk-
erred refugee.
Since the aru1fstfce began. and the Puer
borrjquenos became sure that Spanish
rule had been ended. the impulse of the
pople had been to retaliate. They would
be as cruel to the Spanish as the Spanish
had been to them, if 1t were not for our
restraints. Until yesterday they fancied
THAT to cry Viva America" was to eX-
cuse many sorts of annoyance and To-
lence; then they found one or two of their
riot leaders in jail. two of their newspa-
per Offices closed up, and a clear dispo-
sition on the part of the Americans TO
protect Spaniards from their roprtsals.
The Office of La Nueva Era was the pub
location of an article. headed, with an
exclamation point at each end, ''Ve71gaEl-
"a" 1t was similar to am article in La
Estrella Solitaria, which also was sup
pressed reciting the horrible work of the
Spanish I'm OhrlaAe sand calling for venge-
ance
1t appears to be true that the ourages
by Spanish soldiers at GALES which pro-
voked the natives at Ponce, Juan Diaz,
and El Coto Laurel, to violence, were al
most as reported A detail from Troop A
came from there today. and brings ver1-
flcations of much of the subjoiled ac-
count printed on Thursday in La Nueva
Era:
Mr.. Peter NJ. Descartes writes lR in
regard TO news which was communicated
to him by the parochiai curate to GALES
giving us Elorrid details Of what occurred
there.
When the volunteers to the number OF
$50 commanded by two officers of the civil
gard made their appearance coming from
Manati, one of said officers being mons
ter by the name of Ledesma, born in
Ponce. but educated in Aragon, the citi-
zens who had hoisted the American flag
over the CITY hail. in order to defend them
selves strong in the tower of the church
They were handful of brave men, who
had only five n1uskets. With these they
defended themselves with teroism until
their ammunition gave out
At this juncture one of the defenders Of
the tower who had been wounded IN the
leg, proposed to his comrades to attack
the Spaniards with machetes. and ne was
the first TO lead on, handling said arm
But as was to be expected, they were com
PEELED to dlsband, the enemy being much
superior in numbers and armed with Mau
serS
When the Spaniards saw THAT they had
possession of the tower. they attacked
the defenceess lima batants> killing many
wonlsn, children, and old men in a nor
r.hie manner. The women and girls were
the subject of the most savage offences
When more than sixty bodies testified
20 The bravery OF those monsters. they
went on 10 perpreerate another slaughter
Of thep ersons that had taken shelter
in a nearby coffee plantation. and there
they killed so or 40 victims.
From 90 TO 100 persons weak and de-
feroeess. considering ysger sex and age
have been sacrificed OF the 18th instant
during the last moments Of Spanish dom
nation in Gales, and wren peace being
solicited by Spain, an a.rr5suce has been
agreed upon such acts OF hostility should
not nave taken place neither against the
invading army nor against the towns
that had pronounced themselves IL its
favor
This is a sor-owful farewell for these
who have not been able % defend Sere
-hefr flag. dsshono-ing It by horrible and
scandal sacrifices OF lives
II IS sad that this IS attri 5u: ed % the
infamous Soctecy OF the Es1ada B,a-ca.
which originating between Areotbo and
Msnad. dtd Tot lose one opportunity OF
realizing a horr!d crime.
Il - whispered also ttst scn-e-.7i-,c 3
itching against Juan D5az. ard :. would
d wei for the American government
% give arms 70 thec1cize-s Of known
rrTorall-y and good ooastuct- SAID govern
r1ls-.t - dzy-y bound TO: . allow suc;l vim
diclve accs against the 6efe1ce.ess peo-
PIE OF Porto Rico.
L,s- rhe e,e-T1al rsQ7osch az history taI
upon de~is which c5aulo- fo- vengeance.
From these clippings o7e may gs1a al
impression q ne character q the n-z.e-
IA from winch We are - make Amen
can citizens. Not many Sparsa-ss v-7o
Own pCops-tv Vs. leave the island. and
tley ws,j sro-1 Dc as Americans as -s,ose
- -" --eA-eS 1--4-1 q V-1S>e~ ~--S,''-l-S
and usaSes All 10 doubc remain fo- a
toTzg czzTle unchanged by ours But their
aS-itl1de toward von121l-zd has already
excited tie virelolis Indignation % Ire
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and uEss- sGev as soo1 as ial1I.E-1tso,1
tro-n ere states bssa-ZS. Wives ard 6oErh
ters az kept n cjoSse secs1ssou, ther1 IS
no frs>aso.n 70 rrAsE2 Il tAezr ASSOCIATION
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