Arizona republican., 1899-03-08
LIBELOUS CHARGES
PrO-SponiSh Paper Flakes
 Them Against Americans.
LawEon Asked 10 Suppress if-CUbanS Refuse to Hoist Old Glory Above Their Ne 1n n JIesS Ensian-CIeaE- ing Out Moro Castle.

Havana, March 7.-El Criterio Libre,
 an anti-American, pro-Spanish paper
 of this city, is out with a villainOus at
 tack upon the members of the Eighth and Tenth regulars. It demands of Governor Brooke and General Ludlow that these two regiments be removed from their quarters along the Prado at
 once, giving as a reason that the be-
 havior of the men is such that the res-
 idents along that thoroughfare are
 unable to open their windows or even permit their families to go upon the street. There is not the slightest iota of truth in the statement On the con- trary, the soldiers are usually consid-
 crate of everybody, and frequently suffer great inconvenience in perform ing daily routine. On another page of
 this yellow journal of Cuba is a violent denunciation of and gross libel cn the American people in general. A number of American residents took a copy of the paper to Gen. Ludlow and begged him to close the office He has given no decision as yet. In the mean time there are some Americans here who promise to make it hot for the ed itor of the paper if it be their pleas ure to run afoul of him.
 Some of the more patriotic Cubans who were instructed to hoist the American flag over the Cuban ensign, instead Of vice versa, as they wished to, have hit upon another plan for evading this small token of etiquette Within the last few days it has become all tho rage to raise two Cuban flags toI the pole, with Old Glory in the cen ter. The German club of this city, while pretending great friendship for Americans, has never had the stars and stripes on it's hcusetop yet Onel of the officers says that it will nc5 be put up there, either. Some of the Gu ban houses constantly hoist the Amer ican ensign union down They always plead ignorance when their attention is called to it, but few make any at tempts to rectify the error.
 It will be fully ten days before the workmen will have Moro castle and Cabanas fortress in a perfect sanitary condition. Beth places were reeking in filth when four hundred 1aEorers. under the direction of the engineers of Col Black, began operations. At that time orders were issued to sen5ries to permit no visitors, whether possess ing passes or not, tokenter the gates. This was due to thes discovery shat the key of the historical dungeon had been stolen, prC.Eably by some souve- mir hunter Several other keys were also taken. The dungeon key was es- pecially prized, and it was the inten- tion to send it to the National museum at Washington. The thief locked the door, and the workmen were obliged | to break the lock to get inside the | hole where so many Cubans and other | political prisoners gave up their lives | Captain Weyer has had charge of the | work of cleaning up beth places, and his instructions are to clean the bay also. He may accomplish the first | part of his duty, but in the opinion of many experts he can never improve the condition of the bay.
 The Vivac, the Tombs of Havana, has also received sanitary attention | this week. Its condition has fcr gen. erations been notorious, and many prisoner has contracted and died of vel low fever behind it's bars. Major Ev- ans, who holds court there, is inclined to 00ubt that there is such a thing as yellow fever since he has spent so much time at the Vivac and still re- mains well. He certainly is a brave man to remain there The Vivac has been the scene of some of the most foul murders in Cuban history It was here where eighty Cubans were inn prisoned in room capable of holding about thirty on a frightfully hot night in midsummer. In the morning more than forty of them were found dead. That is only one story out of many equally as tragic.
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