The times., 1899-08-10
HAVANA EDITORS ARRIVE
Bitter i'm Their Denunciati0n Of
General Ludlow.
Senors Arnauto and Cervnntes Al
in the Cuban Capitalize Fight
Claim for Damages for the Sup
preston of the "ReconcentradO."

Ricardo Arnauto, the editor, and Angus
tin Cervantes, the assistant editor of the
Havana Reeoncentrado," recently sup
pressed by General Ludlow, arrived in the
city last night to protest against what they
call the arbitrary action of the General.
They will also file a claim for damages
They vigorously protest against that
measure and they affirm that they were
compelled in order to be set free, to sign
statement in which they promised not
TO publish the paper again. They say they
would have been compelled to perform two
months of hard labor imposed upon them
by General Ludlow if they had not signed
it. They affirm that they were compelled
by brutal force to sign the document, and
they say that they are not responsible for
it. They think they were making a cam
paign against evils of the military gov
ernment in Cuba and that they have suf-
fered cruel persecution by the authori-
ties Of the island.
I'VE have denounced again and again in
Our paper the modes of torture that have
been employed to draw confessions from
persons accused of crime by the police
force" said Senor Arnauto. I'VE can fur
nish ample proof, because these tortures
have been scandalously carried on by the
police force under Manuel Martinez, who
is in charge of it. We have denounced the
police court under Captain Pitcher. who
enforces corporal punishment and hard
labor for petty offences. notwithstanding
that we have in the city Of Havana civil
courts under whose jurisdiction all these
cases ought to be tried.
We have bitterly criticised that Gem
eral Ludlow should contemplate giving lib
erty to a criminal named Cassi, who MUIR
dered, three or four months ago. in the city
of Havana, Cuban officer just because the
wife OF this Cass was doing detective wo k
in the department of General Ludlow. We
have criticised, also, the appointment CT a
man named Arozarena as architect of the
city, with big salary, when he has no
right TO occupy that Office because he is
not an architect. This man has enraged
nearly all the proprietors of houses in Ha-
vana because he has ordered many build
ings TO be thrown down without delay and
without leaving the proprietors Of them an
opportunity to file their claims and pro-
tests against such action.
We believe that General Ludlow's in
judicious proceedings in the City of Havana
will bring trouble. He is prosecuting
peaceful citizens just because they are not
liked by the chief of police or because they
are newspaper men who have criticised his
action. All these measures OF a stringent
character taken by General Ludlow against
the press are due only TO the fact that sew
eral papers, especially the 'Reconcentrado,
have opposed his arbitrary conduct and the
irreguiarity that is everywhere seen in the
administration of the City of Havana
Major Davis has attacked the Recon-
centrado'' because the paper criticised the
establishment of dairies and stables il the
centre of Havana, which is considered OBJ
noxious TO the citizens and unhealthy to
the public.
I'VE Will protest against the arbitrary
measure taken by the military govern
ment of Havana and make a general appeal
to the newspapers of this country to up
hold the freedom of speech and of the
press in the island of Cuba, which has
been absolutely cut off by the authorities
I'VE do not see why General Ludlow
should dare do in Cuba what the authori-
ties in this country would never think of
doing without the suppression being made
through the regular channels by trial in
the civil courts. We have come from Ha-
yana 10 Washington, seeking justice for
the cowardly assault made on our persons
and our property, and We will return to
Havana as soon as We are assured that the
life of a public man is not endangered by
the caprice of an arbitrary ruler. General
Ludlow has by his discourteous manners
obtained the name of the Arolas Ameri-
canus' Aroias is the Spanish general of
sad memory to all the Cubans sor his
brutal conduct during the war toward
them -