The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-04
Weyler on the Warpath.


The manifesto which has caused the
Sagasta ministry in Spain to make a
pretensc of arresting and reprimand-
ing General Weyler is as follows. be-
ing addressed to the queen regent:
At the feet of your majesty, most gra-
clous lady, plead most respectfully today
for satisfaction which | deem indispenSa-
BILE to the honor of Spanish arms and my
own character as a soldier. From so high
station as the presidency Of Il state and
on an occasion so notable as the opening
of a parliament insults of such Il char
acter We're recently offered to the army CT
Spain that 1 cannot imagine this will
pass without a vigorous protest from the
government of your majesty. The brave
soldiers who are giving their life blood
so freely on the fields of Cuba to main-
tain Spain's sovereignty over the island
Rhave been cravenly and grossly insulted
n the face of all the world and con-
ounded in a iumbled eXecration with
hose rebellious hordes of bandits who are
Unworthy of ordinary and humane treat
ment. The methods employed in that
WAR with the appreciation of the govern
nent of Spain are denounced as infaTous
and unworthy a civilized people The or.
iders of the general who commanded that
army are declared to have been brutal
aud calculated TO holrify the civilized
world
He who has the high honor of address
ing your majesty might speak only of the
injustice done to himself. He would pass
over the insults to himself in silence, but
he cannot tolerate the accusations, since
they injure the whole army, wping away
with one breath the honor Of those in
Vincible generous and brave soldiers.
The general who has fought with them.
who has lived their life, who was hon
ored with the command Of the largest and
most heroic army of these times, and
whose orders can all be summed up in the
holy cry of "Viva Espana" cannot
abandon his companions in arms; and as
the insults were offered where he cam
not resent them as they deserve he
comes to your majesty today, asking due
reparation to our military honor, which
lies trampled under foot, so long as the
insults of the United States Of America
remain without energetic and prompt an
swer.
The offense has been public and am
ple and immediate ought to be the repara-
tion demanded. He who addresses your
majesty does not ask it, the honor of
Spain imperiously demands it. He who
addresses your majesty devoutly prays
that your majesty will incline the spirit
of your government to procure the nee
essary amends in behalf of the Spanish
| army.
(Signed Valeriano Weyler,
For using these words in public
document, the temporarily dominant
ADMINISTRATION in Madrid has with a
flourish announced its intention of
mailing ar example of Weyler. Just
what\ steps it will employ toward this
end ake not clearly revealed. but the
pretenae Of indignation is very skill
fully suStained by the aid of the cen
sorship oyer the news dispatches sent
to this COUNTRY from Spain. Accord
ing to these dispatches, Weyler is in
total disgrace. not Spanish officer
sympathizes With him and If he doesn't
retract and apologize his head will be
swished off so quick IL will make the
spectators dizzy,
This is the picture which Sagasta
would like TO convey to the people Oi
the United states. But some radically
different news is received from sources
lot tributary to the Sagasta blue pen.
ell. IL is asserted on what we consider
trustworthy authority that Weyler's
manifesto has made him the hero OF
the Spanish army; that the outcry OF
he sagasta administration against
I'M ~ purely y bit of stage play de-