The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-04-18
GEN wEYLER ROASTED
Two Critics Discuss the Doinas OF
the sDaninrd i'm Their own
PeenIInr styIe.

Have you read Weyler'a book2"
asked Squire Mack.
Who's Weyler?" Davy the constable
asked In reply, relates the Pittsburg
ChronicIe-Telegraph.
He's the fellow that made all the
trouble for SPAIN said the squire.
Whats he writing about?" asked
Davy
He's telling how il happened. Wey-
lers wise" declared Squire Mack He
might wait till he's dead and let the
historians tell the story, but they might
get it wrong. The man on the ground
Is the one to put the inside scenes be-
fore q waiting world Weyler was in
Cuba and that was where the trouble
began
There's good many things about
the Spanish-American war that's been
mysterious Some Of them has made
america wonder and others have been
puzzIers to Spain Some Of them Wey-
Ter will tell and some of them he'll
draw veil over What's the use Oh
dwelling On the painful spots
zone Of the things Weyler won't tell
IS Why is Cuba? That's the great
mystery of the war Nobobdy can fig-
ure it out and WeyIer won't tell. !
suppose there amt room in the book
or maybe there's 50 many other defeats
to confess that he's just overlooked this
one.
IF there wasn't no Cuba there
wouldn't have been no war. II amt
Weyler's fault that there was war.
He was the great peacemaker IN the
days before the struggle began. The
way 10 prevent war is to remove the
cause Of the fight. Weyler done The
best he could. He had all the things
that was removable in his trunks and
his ships when things began to look
serious People that didn't know
thought Weyler was the cause Of it all,
and they sent him back to Spain with
an the plunder
IF they'd let him alone few days
longer there wouldn't have been no
sar The fact Is there wouldn't have
been no Cuba to heht about WeyIer
would have found the way TO take the
island home with him if he'd had time.
It's like many another row that could
have been stopped 10 the police didn't
show up Just as the burglars was ready
10 take away the last load Of goods.
Cuba Is because Weyler wasn't let take
Z. away
"One Of the things we didn't know
about that Weyler's telling us now is
that he was going TO attack us on our
own ground and why fs didn't do it.
That he was going 10 is news and we
can guess that he didn't because he was
afraid But maybe that amt So. think
the fact IS that when the ship was full
OF booty there wasn't no room left for
soldiers and a pirate ain't no good with
out fighting men. And then there was
auofher reason Weyier's one Of the old
school Spaniards When he ain't killing
aHd robhing he's doing the elegant and
Ne bad lots Of guests 10 take care Of
during them stirring times.
There was fellows with schemes. and
people 70 take hts picture and newspa-
per men 10 otalkfo. They all had to make
BIS palace their home He made them
Go e. II was the hieuess Of his heart
snd hts grand training When he want
cd to come over and lick us there was
2 bunch waiting fov him to crack new
bottle and set UP another dinner He
couiin't gst away
"a lot of stuff wss told about Wey-
ler's failure 10 paciiy Cuba ard about
him being the cause Of the ruin Of his
country. md rs good thing he's
wrote a book "a tell the facts"
do you think it'N do his fame any
good at this time?" asked Dayy.
Either Ananias or Joe Miller win
have to give up their psdestsl TO Wey-
Ter; Amt sure which. replied Squire
Mack
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