Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-27
SHAT TER'S SHARP REBUKE
Called Senior ROs, santiagO's Civil Governor,
"A Presenting Rascalw
Cubans Are Reported to he HishIy
Indignant because of 1.-THE
Horrible Prisons.

From the New York Herald Today.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Tuesday.-CTeneraI
Shafter and Senior RIOS. the civil governor
OF Santiago have had serious clash over
the governors ofticious and unauthorized
dismissal OF Spanish officials. General Shat
ter undid the governors work, sharply re-
buked him and finally called him a pre-
Stunning rascal As a result OF this heated
interview, Senior Ros announces that he
will resign.
The Cubans are highly indignant over
General Skaters action. owing to the
TACT that the censorship has been lifted. +
9 m able to give the full details of this latest
Phase of the situation here. In fact. this is
the first uncensored dispatch 70 he sent
from Santiago
Seaor Ros, with an idea OF trimming bis
III 20 SUIT the Cubans. who. he believes,
WIN eventually possess the city had been
lhdblhS wholesale removals Of Spanish Off
ciaiS ana replacing them with Cubans Of tho
! extreme type. He had been CARRYING on
Iiese proceedings without the knowledge of
oelierat 9halter His policy was at vari-
ahce with that Of the commander ,f IN.
American forces, who desires to preser1-s
| order IN the city while he gradually insti-
tutes a new government
shafier Sent for RIOS.
Three members Of the institute of Justice
-Senores Barraeco. Villa and Riestra-call-
ed upon General Shafter yesterday after
noon and said that in view % President Nc
kinley's guarantee that the rights Of Spsu-
ish residents were to be protected they
wished to protest against the high-handei
manner in which the civil governor had re-
moved Spaniards from office They inform
ct General Shafter that Senior RIOS had
sent communications 10 the Spanish officials
whom he had dismissed telling them thar
5 5ney rad been removed upon the order of
General Shafter Immediately s,r,r,n,ora,l
the governor before him
is II true" demanded the general That
YOU have dismissed these officials in my
Yes" replied RIOS: they are Standards
ana understood that all such were 10 ba
removed
Your action. sir said General Shaf,er
was totally unauthorized. You have no
rlSht whatever TO use my name In any
case. you should NOT have undertaken such
9'ep on your own responsibility. Do nor
lei such thing occur again. You are a
presuming rascal"
Senior Ros returned shortly afierwarI
with the resignation Of the high court ~
Jaselct, consisting OF the president. four
magistrates, three attorney generals ,yyr1
Judges and two secretaries The officials
said that, as loyal subjects of the Kim, "a
SPAN they could not perform their func-
IONS unuer the authority of an enemy Of
Spain and could not take an oath acknnyvl-
edglng the supremacy of the United States
Appeal 10 Washington.
General Shafter was exceeding fndfa-
haHt WREN he saw that the designations
We're directed to the civil governor, through
whom the court usually transacts business
Eehefai Shafter strongly objected to such
course. and said the designations should
nave been made to him direct as Senior
Kos had nothing whatever to do with the
matte:. The court is closed until new an
p9iiitRlents are made
Senior Ros says he will resign today His
ulSmls5al of Spanish officials had caused
the Cubans TO feel considerable elation
Since the officials have been refnstated the
Cubans seem ripe for ANYTHING. meet
ing was held last night at the San Carlos
Gun, when II was resolved to send a com
munlcatfon to President Mckinley protest
ing against the action of General Shafter
>AIthOugh General Garcia has withdrawn
INTO the Interior a few eff the Insurgents
sun iinser near the city. Gen Dernetrius
Castll-o, with Brebrece and 300 Cubans ia
Just outside the city walls awaiting th. ac-
llon OF the American administration when
the Spanish prisoners are deported Gen
tastlllo was appointed military governor ~
Santiago by Gen. Garcia, and declares he
mas a right to enter the city
DR. Joaquin Castillo brother of the ,ro,
eral, who is in the city, said to M fEat
me tubans were much disappointed and
ulsSusled at the action of Gen. Shafr..r
IN prohibiting the Cuban troops from en-
tering the city.