Show WEYLER AT MADRID Conflicting Statements Concerning His Reception THE SITUATION IN HAVANA BUSINESS CONCERNS OF THE CITY DISCOURAGED Blanco Telegraphs Condolence to Iffc Kinley Insurgent Camp Destroyed Des-troyed at Madam Checking of Insurgent Plans Near Havana Operation In Pinar Del Rio Madrid Dec 12Lieutenant General Weyler arrived here this afternoon He was received at the railway platform by General Azcarraga former premier General Borrero former commander of the army corps and by a number of representative Carlists Conservatives and Robledoists As he alighted from the train they cheered him and then carried him shoulder high to the entrance en-trance of the railway station where he took a carriage There was no further fur-ther incident the public appearing indifferent in-different A few friends including Senor Rob ledo accompanied him to his apartments apart-ments About a hundred people had collected but dispersed almost immediately imme-diately after he entered the building I THEY PRETEND The partisans of General Weyler pretend pre-tend that a crowd of 2000 people tendered ten-dered him an ovation with shouts of Long live Weyler Death to the Yankees and the like He will be received re-ceived by the queen regent tomorrow El Correo Espanol says the Carlists have abandoned their projected demonstration demon-stration against President McKinleys message to congress as they have not been able to agree on the subject It is alleged that the insurgents in eastern Cuba have asked the government govern-ment for details as to the extent and nature of autonomy with a view of coming to terms General Weyler in the course of an interview expressed the pleasure it had given him to find from the demonstrations demon-strations accorded him that the glorious glori-ous traditions of the Spanish race frere not dead and that it was still ready for sacrifices in defense of the honor of the nation and the army DEFENDS HIS POLICY He knew he said that the Canovas cabinet in August last gave the Washington Wash-ington government to understand that it was the nations will to pursue his Weylers policy in Cuba until the rebellion re-bellion should be suppressed without consenting to an interference He failed to understand how the United States silent before the declarations of Canovas now adopted in President McKinleys message a tone insulting to Spain and the Spanish army He believed he declared emphatically emphatical-ly that the government should be compelled com-pelled to publish the Canovas note asa as-a satisfaction to the army and also to protest by all means in its power against President McKinleys message to congress To his personal knowledge he said the generals residing in Madrid felt keenly on this point while he was confident con-fident that all the conservative element of the country would combine to avert I the ruin and dishonor of the nation |