The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-02
RE1eN or TERROR IN CUBA.
WeyIer Has Gone. but HIS Murderoua Polio.
la Continued.

WeyIeF Has Conc. but his Murdoroua Poncy
Hs Continued.
HAVANA. Dec. 29.-While in Havana and
some of the other principal cities Of the island
all the efforts of tho Government are directed
to making 1t appear that Weyler's reign Of tor
ror 10 a thing Of the past, confirmation comes
day by day from the country and interior towns
of the reports printed in THE BUN with regard
to the many barbarities still committed by tho
Spanish Army.
At Minas Ricas. Santa Clara province. three
poor countrymen were shot last week by the
Spaniards. though they were guilty of no offence
except tho crime. never pardoned by the Span
iards. of having boon born In Cuba. One Of
them. Francisco Gonzalez, was very i'll with
fever and for i've months no had not been able
TO leave his he'd. Tho Spaniards entered his
hut, seized him. and announced to hie wire that
plicatione of the haplcss woman were una
vailinR.. Before her eyes, and In the pres
%Ss tied cd 70 sSa a chair nl!s and 4. sSot. p Hftef shs e %ardsT
was uone q soldier severed the head from the
boy. the son of Gonzalez. witnessed the terrible
In Havana province the c~ruelties committed
description. The bands Of bloodhounds organ.
ICED BY him to Ind the Cuban hospitals lead tho
the Cubans Conceal their sick and wounded.
40, q single one OF re- dsstIs s , men
oschpoH ssasblnhtlOh. AIter tnoy are killeu
esii'nce OF tho crimes, Their bodies cannot DO
shown In the towns as those of enemies killed In
battle, because their state OF emaciatton would
clearly prove, their enfeebled condition be-
foro their death. The insurgents believe that TO
be sicA or wounded 10 wOrsu than to he KILLED,
beoaus those who on account Of their feeble
ness cannot continue to march with their forces,
know well what dire end awaits them In the hos.
pitfalls.
The sDsniards cannot shew a single case In
Spanish Red Gross Society. Senior Dupuy- do
Lome's assertions In Washington that the Red
Gross here treats the wounded and sick OF both
armies nike 10 absolutely untrue. II an official
Inquiry 10 made through the american, consuls
In Cuba, the statements OF THE SUNS corre-
spondent will prove to be correct.
Cuban rancho or hospital was raided on Tues.
day by a Spanish guerrilla force Twelve men
and two women were massacred. These cases
province than in Weyler's time on account of
the more numerous cases OF tropical malaria In
the Cuban ranks.
an smallpox. and are also being massacred In
Hav' ma province outside OF the towns by Con
.alez Parrado's troops. This Is what the Span;
ISL call "harnionizing military operations and
granting autonomy 10 end the war"
The Indignation OF the SpaniHrds hore against
Gen. Pando for his utter defeat at the Cauto
Havana now he will probably have a hostile r-
ception. Even Gen. Blanco talks about Pandots
incapncity, and says that his defeat 10 uDpar.
dongbls considering the great resources he had
The friends of Pando try to extonuate his
fault by declaring thnt the dc eat is only II con-
they say, laii waste the country and made 1t
impossible for the Spanish troops themselves TO
gather provisions In the Interior, Many i'm,
pOrtant towns, they pdd, rom Manzanillo TO
har0mo. which might have been military sta.
Weyler.