The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-21
SAYS GUILTY GENERALS
SHOULD BE EXECUTED
ASSERTS THAT THE BATTLE OF
SANTIAGO WAS A SHAM TO
CONCEAL INCOMPETENCE
COUNT Is DENOUNCED
BY INDIGNANT GENERALS S

ron'ises TO Produce Proof That
Surrender of Cuba Wax Arr,,.a
hetween Madrid and Washington
to Save Porto Rico and the Phil
ipp1nes-senOr SiIveia Moves N
vote OF Censure in the Chamber.
MADRID, Feb. 2O.-The cortes as
seubled today.
oenor Montero Rios president of tbA
| SENATE IN opening the proceedings. pro-
nounced an eulogy upon NJ. Faura and
d resolution of coincidence with Franco
was adopted unanimously.
0enor sagasta, the premier. then pro-
posed to refer the bill providing for the
cession OF the Philippines to the United
states 10 special committee, but this
.i1e conservatives protested against
ueclarlns that the bill ought TO be con-
'CieAllousiy discussed, and Senor Sa-
gasta withdrew his proposal.
Oouht q AImenas then brought m
'ne question of the conduct of the gen
efa4s engaged in the war in Cuba do
cIarlng that Gen Primo Rivera. Gen
"eyler. Gen. Blanco, Admiral Cervers
ana Cen Linares proved failures
This declaration elected much
pause from the public galleries in CON
sequence of which se1 eral of the s,ao-
1ators We're expelled from the chamber
observing that he would dea! vii,
the shameful capftulation OF sant--
ago." Count d'AIn,enaq os1-a5 -
muse whether he should proceed a3d
was answered with CRED of ..va-,, -.
no. ana a general uproar ensued.
repetition of the query provoking
stlII greater tumult, Senor Saga.t3
arose and defended the government
ana us peace commission. The premier
Iii1iclseo Americas unjustified con
uuct, ana said that everything might
oe discussed except the conduct Of thu
wal because the cases of the generals
were still subjudiee
count dAlmenas resumed his attack
upon the generals and complained that
hVe months had elapsed and NOT
single general had been shot,
LIONS LED BY ASSES.
Th1s gave rise to another tunuIt and
| Count d'Alnenas was called 10 order
| Again he asked why the generals who
capltulated had not been executed II
Is quite true, he declared, that thu army
Is al army of lions led by asses. Can't
Gen. Blanco's administration in C,,ba
was deplorable, he said. but ha vas
not responsible for the surrender ~
Santiago.
Recriminations continued between
d'Almenas and Gen. Correa. the min
lister of war, and there was ra-awed
! disorder
Then Gen. Primo de Rivera arose.
and denounced Count dAIreras as a
contemplate calumniator.'
Gen Blanco followed, defending the
generals and accepting the full respon-
sioility for events in Cuba during his
command in the island
After a promise on the part of Count
d d'Alnenas to produce proofs of his as
sertions tomorrow the senate adjourn
ed.
VOTE OF CENSURE ASKED.
In the chamber Senor Silvela. leader
of the dissident Conservatives. moved
vote signed by the Conservative
members censuring this government for
its Indifference to the country's troub-
les
Senor Annix, in seconding the mo-
ton, denounced the ministry for ac-
cepting the war through fear of the
Carlists. and declared that the country
was now suffering the consequences OF
the governments pusillanimity He
proceeded to detail the lack of prepara-
tions and of war materials. and charg-
ed the government with responsibilities
for the surrender of Santiago. (which
there numbered 5000, and there was
sufficient provisions III the place for
three months
This declaration created a sensation.
In proof that the government was re-
sponsible for the surrender Of Cuba.
Senor Annix read kilograms from Senor
Sagasta and Lieut.. Gen. Correa to Gen.
! Bianco, ordering the surrender Of Cuba
/ as a means of saving Porto Rico and
the Philippines, and preserving order in
the peninsula. He also read Gen.
Blanco's telegram in reply, opposing
the surrender, but agreeing to obey the
governments order.
SANTIAGO A SHAM BATTLE.
senor Annix added that President
Mckinley had telegraphed to Gen.
Shafter that the surrender Of Santiago
had been arranged with the Madrid
government and, therefore, he must
make a sort Of sham attack
Capt. Aunon, minister of marine. in
terposed at this point. saying he be-
leved this story to be incorrect;
whereupon Seror Annix repeated the
statement that Premier Sagasta had
ordered the surrender Of Cuba in or
der to save the monarchy.