The evening times., 1898-05-25


men in the public place, made fast to
cannon. and their bodies exposed to
shame"
They have attacked our seacoasts and
murdered defenseless Inhabitants without
sparing clergymen or those in extreme old
age. By order of General Pinzuela they
burnt the town of Puma, and, meeting
with no others, they put to the sword old
men, women and children. They have
compelled our brothers and sons to take
up arms against us. and have compelled
them, under the command of Spanish Off
GERS, to fight against our troops. They
have melted domestic insurrection, cor
rupting with money and every species of
seduction the pacific inhabitants of the
country in order to involve US in a fright
full anarchy and enable them to attack
us weakened and divided. They have dis
played a new invention of horror by pois-
oning fountains and food at La Paz, and
in recompense for the kind treatment
they received when obliged to surrender
at discretion at that place they blew up
the barracks with $50 patriots which had
been previously mined for that purpose.
They have abused the sacred privilege
of flags of truce, tampered with our gov
ernors and generals, and they have re-
peatedIy written letters melting them to
laws of war recognized by civilized ma
tions ought not to be observed toward us,
and with contemptuous indifference repli-
ed to General Belgrano that treaties could
not be entered into with insurgents"
'It Is in the name of Ferdinand Of
Bourbon that the heads of the captured
officers have been stuck upon the high
way; that distinguished partisan has
actually been impaled and that the mon
ster Centano. after having murdered Col.
Gamargo in the same horrid manner, cut
off his head and sent 1t as a present to
Gen. Pinzuela, informing him that It was
a miracle from the Virgin del Carmen.
'1t is Ferdinand of Bourbon who has
sent his generals with DEGREES Of pardon,
which they caused to be published. with
no other view than to deceive the simple
and ignorant in order to facilitate their
entrance into cities and towns, but CIV
ing at the same time private instructions
to their soldiers authorizing and COM
manding them, after having thus obtain
ed possession. to hang. burn. confiscate.
assassinate and inf1ict every possible suf-
fering on those who had ayailed them
selves of such supposititious pardons."
Says a historical writer on the expul-
sion Of the Moors from Spain:
by the edict of expulsion all the men.
women and children were commanded un-
der pain of death to be ready within
three days to repair to the seaports for
embarkation. All their effects were con-
fiscated. and death was pronounced
against those who should attempt to con-
ceal any part thereof. 1he numbers that
were massacred on their route to the
coast and that perished on their voyage
to Barbary have. been variousiy esti-
mated by historians, not one Of whom
makes the number less than 100000 men,
women and children. They were barbar-
ously murdered at sea by the officers and
crews Of the ships which they had freight
ed. There are instances recorded Of inhu-
man cruelties exercised on this injured
and defenseless people SURPRISING In
atrocity whatever Il related in sacred or
profane history Aen were butchered in
the presence Of their wives and children.
and the latter afterward thrown alive
into the sea. Some Of the women ON ac-
count of their beauty were preserved
aiiss for short time 20 siut The brutal