The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-04-21
GEN. wEYLRR ROASTED.
Two Critics Discuss the DoIngS oe
the spaniard In Their own
Peculiar style.

Have you read weyler's bookf
asked Squire Mack.
Who's Weylerg" Davy, she constable
asked In reply, relates the Plttsburl
Chronicle-TeIegraph.
Hes the fellow that made all thi
trouble for Spain. said the squire.
What's he writing about?' asllee
Dayy.
He's telling how Il happened. Wey-
ler's wise declared Squire Mack. "Hs
might wait till he's dead and let the
historians tell the story. but they might
set II wrong. The man on the ground
Ia the one to put the inside scenes be-
fore a waiting world Weyler was IN
Cuba and that was where the trouble
began.
There's a good many things about
the Spanish-American war that's been
mysterious Some OF them has made
America wonder and others have been
puGzlers TO Spain. Some Of them Wey-
Ter viii tell and some OF them he'll
draw a veil over What's the use OF
dwelling on the painful spots.
One of the things Weyler won't tell
IS Why is Cubag That's the great
mystery Of the war. Nobobdy can fig
u!e it out and weyler won't tell
suppose there ain't room IN the book
or maybe there's 50 many other defeats
to confess that he's Just overlooked this
one.
II 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 20 prevent war is to remove the
cause OF the fight Weyler done the
best be could He had all the things
that was removable IN his trunks and
his ships when things began 10 look
serious People that didn't know
thought Weyler was the cause OF Il all,
and they sent him back to Spain with
al the plunder.
II they'd let him alone 4 few days
longer there woaldn't have been no
war The fact Is there wouldn't have
been no Cuba 10 fight about weyler
would have found the way to take the
Island home with him II he'd had time
It's Ike many another row that could |
have been stopped IN the police didn't |
show up inst as the burglars was ready |
10 take away the last load OF goods.
Cuba Is because Weyler wasn't let tnke
{ away.
One Of the things we didn't know
lbout that Weyler's telling us now Is
hat he was going 10 attack us on our
)wn ground and why he didn't do II
That be was going 70 Is news and we
an guess that ne didn't because he was
iraid But maybe that amt So. think
he fact Is that when the ship was fun
4 buoty there wasn't no room left for
oldiers and pirate aln't no good with
iut fighting men And then there wss
mother reason weyler's one Of the old
chool spauIaris when he aln't killing
nd rohhing he's doing ne elegant and
e bad lots of guests % take care Of
uriug them stirring times.
There WAS fellows with schemes. and
eop'e 70 take his picture and newspa-
er men 10 iaikto They all had 10 make
IS palace their home He made then,
o Il Il was The birueEs of his heart
IA hts grand training when be want
70 come over ard lick us there was
bunch waiting for him 20 crack a new
otile and set up another dinaer He
ouidni get away
"a loi q stuf was told about wey-
RS failure u paelfy cuha and about
I'm being The cause of The ruin of his
luntry. ard rs d good thing he's
'rote e book o tell The facts"
DO yop think itll 10 hls fame any
GOD a. this tlme7" asked Davy
Either Ananias or Joe Miller win
ave 70 give up their pedestal 70 wey-
2; ain't sure which " replied Squire
lack