The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-16
HEYLER MAKES 4 BOAST
Would Have Routed the Americans
Had He Remained in Cuba.
Says the Cruelty Charged Against
Him IN His Warfare Is Far Ex-
ceeded by the ExcesSes of the Brit
ssh Commanders in South Africa.
The Terrible Mistakes Of BIancO-

PARIS. Nov. 1s.-The Figaro" prints
an interview through its correspondent al
Madrid with Gen. Valeriano Weyler, the
former Captain General OF Cuba General
weyIer said: ~
When / was Governor General Of Cuba
and was defending the sovereignty Of Spain
in that colony the Iezst Of my acts Of war
was distorted By the English-sPeaking IA
:ions. 1 never troubled myself about that,
fer I always did only nay duty as sol
der. without lending ear to rumors Of what
vas going on outside my province.
Il have seen since with sorrow that these
lying stories. these calumnies. have found
an echo in Continental Europe. 1t has re
CURED the events in the Transvaal and
the stories of the real erueIties committed
upon the Beers by Lord Roberts and the
English TO cause European military writ
ers to acknowledge that never conducted
myself in Cuba as the English have done
in South Africa. People are now begin
ming to do me justice.
The truth is that I carried on the war
in Cuba with the rIgor which war requires
You cannot run Tits Of courtesy and gen
crosby with rebel and half-civilized negroes
like our revolted CubaRs. who were &C
customed to massacre in horrible fashion
the soldiers whom they had captured
People should have seen our poor Span
ISL soldiers. those brave little fellows.
nineteen and twenty years of age. fighting
with the Cubans to understand the real
horror OF that war. They should have seen
the excuses of which the Cubans were
guilty in the treatment of their prisoners,
torturing them. putting them through =
slow martyrdom, and muliiating their bod
les. to understand the peculiar character
Of that war.
But never mind that I did my duty
as a soldier and am ready to do it again.
NV best reply 20 my traducers is the es-
feem and affection in which l am held by
the whole Spanish Army-the marks Of
devotion which have always been laylshed
upon me by my companions in arms
Explaining his presence in the Liberal
party. General Weyler remarked that il
was the result Of recent events.
IF Canovas were living" he declared, 4
should be at bis side I should be a solder
pure and simple But there are cases when
the safety of ones country obliges one to
| stife ones feeling of repugnance and to
undertake task which one would prefer
to leave in TIE hands Of others
IF / had been able to gather together a
strong Conservative party after the death
| of Canovas 1 should have prevented the loss
of Cuba At the head of the Spanish
| troops who were then in the island should
have driven the Americans into the sea.
The hasty Ievies of the Americans would
never have been able to conquer the Span
! iards / should never have asked for 3
| feet to bA sent to me. My resources in
! Cuba were ample.
General BIancc made terrible mistakes.
| He concentrated all his troops in Havana,
| instead Of adopting tactics which would
have permitted MIN to devote his efforts to
the points threatened by the Americans
/ 1t would have been easy to save Santiago
/ by Gespatching there e-enforcements at
/ an earlier stage and with greater rapidly
But il is too late now. What's the good
of crying over split milk Politics lost US
our colonies No blame whatever can at
+! tach 10 the army All that it did was to
| obey orders. It was IN no wise responsible
/ for our disaster
To-day IL il be necessary for the good OF
| Spain for me to give my assistance and my
/ personal support to a political party, viii
/ certainly do 50. IL the Liberal party needs
me to reform itself and undertake cam
I paign IN conformity with its conditions OF
! liberty and progress, will give my help to
/ the Liberal party. but / will consent TO be
a politician for six or eight months only.
! Immediately afterward I will once again
| become q soldier-tiat and nothing more. y
| So far as the CarItst movement is con-
! cerned, General Weyler says it is doomed
/ to failure, particularly in Catalonia
l
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