The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-05


customs when at home. He exaggerated
mite TO be sure but he had his good
| reasons for SO doing. lie spoke of the
hentuckians' objection to being slandered
ana sald they were people who often
TOOK the punishment Of offenders against
the national and state honor into their
own hands. He incidentally described
ra"hlde WHIPS, told them how they were
prepared and how they were sometimes
by them
IL Is seldom man dies from such a
| whipping, said the general, but he is
often pretty well dishgured."
Ihen the general said he was really sOr-
~ Tor the two editors. He offered to give
them guard of regulars for their protec-
tion but they family answered thew did
not thlnk IL was necessary. The next
morning one left the country in a sIoon for,
ST Thomas and the other went into hid
ing outside of the city. Now that the
rHst kentucky Regiment has gone home
the latter has again been seen in Ponce.
Criticism Forbidden.
In Gen. Henry's outline of policy as .v-
pressed in his two letters addressed tn
the home secretary and the insular cabi-
net he said that newspapers would NOT ha
/ allowed to critieise the American military
government of Porto Rico 1t so han
| Pe'leU that a certain PAPER, called FL
| Ials' mad recently done this, and Gen
! 1ehry had the editor of FL Pals broupbt
10 the palace The general then told him
that such things could not be, and the
editor promptly promised never to do 90
| again. ~
Nhen the Spaniards had to bring an ed
| itor to the powers for reasons. of warning
or Tor arrest. they sent TO him short
note which requested him to call at his
| earnest opportunity. This he never failed
70 90. The note sent upon these occas-
| ions began with the officials name fol-
lowed by the words, "Veso sus manos -
/ which means, Kisses your hands" Thus.
senior Don So and So, Chief of Police of
| the loyal town of st. John the Ban+ist
kisses your hands, and viii YOU come
| around 70 the office as soon as you have
time Upon receipt of such a note an
eoltor was likely to grow suddenly pale.
put sehraiiy lit a cigarette and went TO
prison with good grace.
| The American way of doing this COM,
! thlns is a little less courteous. perhans
but under our rules there is much Iese
chahce OF confinement within the hour
| we send a corporals guard with an officer
/ In charge down to the editors office: there
are a few words of explanation. fan in
forward march" and the editor is on his
m a n. linz
general.
The editors, however. prefer the old
spanish way they object to being march
cd through the city streets by soldiers
even II they are not going to prison.
The Editors OTense.
The article which caused the arrest and
warning to the editor of Ell Pals is given
below 1t was published on Nov. 26.
ell ~.
cannot last much longer because it is I'M
bearable and iuexplcable
We are told that military government
was necessary to maintain order and to
protect life and property, and that while
this military government existed. Porto
Rico would be governed under her old
laws
AS a result there is neither the one
thing or the other.
THE disorder in the administration is
on par with the disorder throughout the
land; one cannot with security live peace-
fully in the country.
Formerly We had peace to-day il does
not exist. Burnings, sackings and at
tacks continue. Even in this capital the
residence Of all the American officials
there is hardly day without its shooting
ARRAY, and then. consequent closing of
doors and general disorder.
Yesterday there was a veritable battle
in one of the city streets during which
some seventy snots We're exchanged.
rs 1t possible that these things con-
tinue? Is the authority so important that
it has not been able to correct these
wrongs?
Govern us as badly as you want, the
discredit will not fan upon us but upon
yourselves. Ii viii fall upon the American
government who does not know how to
control a country as cultured, as intelli-
gent and as refined as is Porto Rico. At
least give as some guarantee for the pro
lection of our lives and property and al
low our families to live TRANQUILITY
This is the least we can ask of a gov
eminent that pompously came to save
Us"
II is this kind OF utterly false misiead-
ing and malicious criticism TO which Gen.
Henry objects and which he rightly viii
not tolerate Tor one moment
Two Letters.-'Dear Naseline A per-
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