Show MORE SPANISH CRUELTIES said to surpass the worst of the armenian 0 outrages and he be of dail dally y occurrence honor 1 DC be lome iome that the reports are very exaggerated washington I 1 LD D C april 1 the te message from havira havana giving the details othe of the killing kill ni of five prisoners pr honert by the garrote ga raised a cry of horror ln wh wash ington senor dupay de lome the spanish minister admitted that the men had been killed but declared that the form of punishment was wa ike one prescribed by spanish law lie he said aid the macii men were ne roes and had been guilty of a most tro clou crime in han hanging ging a merchant at guira melena and in killing a small boy at the same place ile he said aid the details of the execution had been exaggerated the reports to the cubans cuban in ia wash lafton declare that the horrible execution of the five men at havana i is but a tample sample of the atrocious cruelties cruel tio ties of cap tain general weyler in cuba dare clare that they have hav information indicating that suck cruel cruelties ties are practiced nearly every day in cuba and that they are a horrible as to be beyond compre hen heniton he nilon slon senor quesada who represents the cuban party in washington said such mch incidents as ai the one reported today only gave a vague idea of the reign of terror that is now in progress on the island lie he continued atrocities are arc being committed every week in cuba that surpass in cruelty the wort worst armenian outrages over which such a storm of popular indignation was raised in this country the cruelties cruel ties reported in this execution will be denied by the spanish authorities and the denial will be believed by the american people because they cannot conceive how such crimes crime can be committed by a civilized nation the spanish authorities are conducting in cuba today exactly the same sort of warfare that the apache indians in arizona waged twenty years ago on the frontier they are mutilating muti latin their victims in exactly the same way and are using the most barbarous methods of warfare senor quesada said he had no doubt that the five men put to death had been guilty of tome some offense against the spanish rule and that perhaps their off ofTen enri sef merited the death penalty but no matter what their offense was they were entitled to a reasonably humane punishment ment the tact fact that they were put to death in itself Is i not revolting for they may have deserved it but that they were tortured in the most barbarous manner manier should arouse the indignation of all civilization he continued we do not ask the american people to the events ot of the present war to form their conclusions about spanish cruelty cruc liy it is a matter of history and the history that records just suck such cruelties cruel ties was noe written by cubans or by spaniards spaniard but by englishmen ishmen and frenchmen we can well understand that any reports the cubans may spread in the united states at this time about spanish cruelties cruel ties will be looked upon as prejudiced and unfair Fortha for that reason treason we have not attempted to keep the american Ame people advised of their atrocities the spanish are in control on the island of cuba and they exercise a censorship over tho telegraph and mail that prevents a true statement of the affairs there being known but the truth will come jutgen brally and the people of this s country will put a stop to the warfare in time ap when spain sen weyler to cuba it was hoped his presence incura would terrorize the cubans and that he would put a speedy end to the war the minute he put his foot on the island land hamade me made his reputation in barcelona where he crushed out the anarchists his control of cuba however was angrave mistake because his methods meth of warfare will become known in timi time and civilized peo tle itle will not tolerate him |