The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-10

yer. Referring to the duty of the United
States, he said:
This government ought to maintain
that the horrible massacres which are
now common in the island and conducted
! under the guise of warfare, must be stop
/ ped. We have no right, as neutral ma
! ton, fully ragardful of the rights Of all.
! to look upon such a warfare as within
any reasonable reconstruction of interna-
! final law. The flag of truce had been
| abandoned, prisoners of war are being
| shot, and il is evident that no rule of civ
| ilized warfare is being observed. The con-
| fiict has developed into mere matter of
| murder on both siGes-prisoners of war be-
ing shot and mahceted without triel"
| Mr.. Mason described the recent killing
of the Cuban general, Arangueren, depict
| ing brilliantly and with much fleet the
! shocking details of that act. He decIar-
ed that this was not civilized warfare,
and he held that the governmet of the
United States had ample authority to in
terfere and to demand that the rules OF
warfare recognized by civilized nations
be respected.
BRIBED WITH RELIEF FUNDS.
He referred briefly to the trip made by
Captain General Blanco through the ISL
ands, riding. as he did ride, in an armor-
ed car, under heavy escort of the Spanish
troops.
Thus he went" declared Mr.. Mason,
leaving men, women and children to
starev while the funds whicht were placed
in his hands to relieve the distress of the
reconcntrados and pacifcos were Daing
used to appeal as brides to theCuban lead
ers with itching palms."
Mr.. Mason then read letter purporting
to be the answer of General Gomez TO
General Blanco's offer of a vessel to en-
able him Gomez to leave the island of
Cuba in safety
Think Of this grand old soldier. brave
as he is shouted Mr. Mason. lighting
for a country. he loves, fighting IN storm
and in sunshine. fighting. too, with the
knowledge that his own son had been
sacrificed to the cause. Think Of him be-
ing approached by that bribe-giver, that
military prostitute, Blanco, with pitiful
bride for hs honor
Now that the Spanish forces have re-
fused open battles. said Mr.. Mason, the
only hope Of Span is to overcomet the Gu
ban leaders by bribes.
Rverting agin 20 the discussion of the
bearing of international law upon the con-
7ict, Mr.. Mason contende1 that Uncle
Sam was in effect a policeman whose duty
it was to exercise his power to prevent
furtherbloodshed upon this fair island.
Should the president take such action"
declared Mr.. Mason, che would, as has
been the case in every other crisis Of our
country, have behind him The army and
thenavv. and. above all. the pople''
Mr.. Mason read letter from an Ameri-
can woman who IS a mother superior in
a convent in Havana, TO a friend in this
country. describink the condition. Of af-
fairs there. THE war" she said. "has
destroyed the country, but while = has
made many poor, has made others rich"
BUCKET SHOP RULE.
Continuing, he said that Weyler had sue
ceeded in killing hundreds of thousands
by his policy Of concentration. There
could, he said, be no vicarious atonements
for nations crime, and the law Of COM
pensation would demand the punishment
of the crimes here inflicted. While these
men and women were starving, the sena-
tor said, the bucket shops sent US price
lists.
As for me-" he exclaimed, 81 cannot
give attention to pork prices in Illinois
so long as this condition continues in Gu
ba. These stock Fobbers tell US that war
hell. All right; in Cuba it is worse
than hell" Dante, he said pictured with
unrivalled pen, the horrors Of hell. but
was incapable Of depicting the terrors OF
life in one Of the concentrates camps.
Continuing. Mr.. Mason said that when
the bucket shops write the explanation
for the country the evil day is upon US.
The Republican party had promised 20
put stop 10 this condition Of affairs. and
no man had right to inter1icJ this r5s-
olution. let him sit in the White House
or elsewhere.
At this point the applause was 50 vo-
ciferous that il required vigorous efforts
to secure order.
Mr. Mason declared that notwithstand-
ing the declaration Of the St. Louis plat
form, nothing had been done-''n7thinr."
he said. except 70 pass beiIigerency
resolution in the senate and be added
amid general laughter referring evidently
70 Speaker Reed ~ IS not certain
whether he VIII pass f. On the otaer side"
FORCE SALE OF CUBA
NJ. Mason declared that Spain was
Jealous o. cur nearness 70 Cuba and ex-
pressed the opinion that there was an
effort in Szain 10 force This country 70
buy CCaa- Ha SAIL ,ae spsEiards mad al
ways been hostile 20 the republican iasti-
yuti7rs of this country. Indeed. from tae
beginning OF our history there had hardly
been an administration which had not
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