The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-18
WEYLER's LETTER

To nn ItavFna Editor Very Significant
Taken In Connect III with the lllow-
Ing up OF the Maine.
NEW YORK, March 1.-THE New.
York Journal this afternoon prints n
statement written by Honore F. Lane,
the newspaper correspondent recently
arrested and searched By spnnish off,
cers in cabanas prison, Havana, and
later expelled from the island. This is
the opening OF Lanes statement:
"on January "a, at 10 o'clock atnight.
I met Mt headquarters in Havana, Fran
cisco Dlaz. a reporter OF the rabid Span
lsh paper La Union Constitutional, with
whom I frequently exchanged news.
On asking him II he had anything to
give me. he took from his pocket n let.
ter and handed It to me- saying: .Wey-
Ter wrote this letter to Santos Guze-
man, who sent It to Move (thc editor
OF the Union ConstltuclonaD for him TO
read and write an article on the appA-
ance OF Weyler by Candidacy for dep.
uty TO the Cortez for Havann. I took
this copy, which you can keep The
following ia the alleged letter:
His Excellency Don Francisco de los
Santo Guzeman, Havana:
My distinguished personal and polit-
ical friend: Since the latest events I
have changed my views about the attl-
tude which our political party in Cuba
ought to assume. II I have thought
before that 1t was more dignified for lis
to abstain from the electoral contest,
/ believe now that It is patriotic duty
for US to go to the polls. Our success
cannot be doubted; nor that With q
programme OF defense OF the national
honor, we will have side by. side with US
all those luke-warm politicians, who
though Spanish by, heart. are deceived
by the inside combinations OF Moretl
and Sagasta. and take as scientific So
lutious our colonial problems what are
really dIshonorable hrmiliations OF our
country before the United States.
Write on your flag, the flag OF Spain.
Defense OF National Honor" and l
offer YOU my name Of your candidate.
After having commanded during TWO
years two hundred thousand Spanish
heroes In Cuba shall be more proud OF
the title OF deputy from Havana ut the
Cortes of Spain.
By the way. have read these days
tnat tue Americans are poEuerlES apouti
sending one OF their warshlps to that
-c!ty. During my command in Cuba
they did not even dare to dream about
1t. They knew the terrible punishment
that awaited them.
& I had Havana harbor we'll prepared
for such an emergency. rapidly fln-
Ished the work that Martinez Campos
careless,y abandoned. II the insult is
made ] hope that there will be a Span
ish hand to punish 1t as terribly asst
deserves. }
< Romero is in better health than his
friends could have expected, and not
withstandirg how morally sick, breath
Ing this humiliation, he Is well: also
your atfectionate friend and servant,
(Signed) VoLERIANo WEYLER
Madrid, January s. 1888.
5 Mr.. Lane in MS accompanying COM
munlcation says. that during his impris-
onment he was threatened with death
with Chief Paslierif IL he did not dis
close his knowledge OF the Weyler let
ter and suppress the document. His
sfe. however, was saved. as his impris-
mert already was known to the Amer
lean and French consli!s, so that he
could not be taken out ard shot With
out the fact becoming known.