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THE HERALD
M'KINLEY
CALLED
CANAILLE
For Criticizing Weyler's
Cuban Policy
SPANISH CENSORSHIP
Did Not Extend to Matter
Sent by Mail
A FULL, FAIR COPY IS GIVEN
OF THE INDIGNANT SOLDIER'S
BRAVE PROTEST
General Weyler Makes Haste to Deny
Responsibility, but Is Likely
to Bo Dealt With by
Court Martial
Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK, Jan. I.—A special from
Madrid, via Biarritz, says:
General Weyler's expectations that4iis
membership of the senate would save
him from punishment for the Issuing of
his manifesto addressed to the queen re
gent, protesting against McKinley's
message to congress, have not been rea
lized and the government shows by the
official report of the deliberations of the
cabinet at Its meeting last night that It
Is determined to act with vigor and
severity.
The manifesto, which is sent by mail
to Biarritz to be cabled to New York, as
the censor is stopping most of the dis
patches sent from here on the subject,
is as follows:
"At the feet of your majesty, most
gracious lady, I plead most respectfully
today for satisfaction which I deem is
Indispensable to the honor of the Span
ish arms and my own character as a
soldier,
"From so high a station as the presi
dency of a state, and on an occasion so
notable as the opening of a parliament,
Insultß of such a character were recently
offered to the army of Spain that I can
not imagine will pass without vigorous
and prompt protest from the govern
ment of your majesty.
"The brave soldiers who are giving
their life's blood so freely on the fields
of Cuba to maintain Spain's sovereignty
over the island, have been cravenly and
grossly insulted in the face of all the
world, and confounded in a Jumbled ex
ecration with those rebellious hordes
of bandits who are unworthy of ordinary
and humane treatment.
"The methods employed in that war,
with the approbation of the government
of Spain, are denounced as infamous
and unworthy civilized people. The or
ders of the general who commanded that
army are declared to have been brutal
and calculated to horrify the civilized
world.
"The offense has been public and am
ple and Immediate ought to be the repar
ation demanded. He who addresses j - our
majesty does not ask it; the honor of
Spain Imperiously demands it.
"He who addresses your majesty de
voutly prays that your majesty will in
cline the spirit of your government to
procure the necessary amends in behalf
of the Spanish army.
("Signed) VALERIANO WEYLER."
WORSE FOLLOWS
The Weyler Organ Is Bolder Than Its
Kaster
Offensive as the manifesto Is, the dis
courtesy toward the United States and
especially toward the chief n 1 a tt i a tiatc
of the latter, is intensified by the utter
ances tonight of EI Naclonal, the rec
ognized organ of General Weyler, which
denounces the president as "a low born
scoundrel," the expression used being
"canaille," and adding that, being such,
he is naturally incapable of understand
ing the laws of honor as interpreted by
Weyler, otherwise the latter would have
addressed his manifesto ln the form of a
letter to McKinley Instead of the queen
regent.
El Naclonal goes on to say with regard
to steps already instituted by the gov
ernment against Weyler In connection
with the manifesto: "The publication of
General Weyler's protest Is punished be
cause it is manfully strong In the midst
of this faint-hearted, woman-like pol
icy; because it Is the voice of dignity os
compared with that of the humble, lack
ey-like language of the actual Spanish
government; because it is characterized
by a proud revolt against a policy of
submitting to the Yankees. The gov
ernment is afriad of displeasing McKin
ley and Woodford.
"Premier Sagasta 1b a lackey to Mc-
Kinley. He would like to make a spe
cial law punishing the Spaniards who
feel shame."
WEYLER'S VISIT
General Weyler visited the queen re
gent today on tbe pretext of taking
LOS ANGELES, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2, 1898
leave of her prior to his return to Bar
celona, where he was preparing to spend
a month or two on his estates. He was
at the palace nearly an hour, and on his
leaving the queen immediately sum
moned the minister of war, who remain
ed with her half an hour, the cabinet
council dealing with Weyler's breaches
of discipline following later,
CABINET CONSIDERATION
At the cabinet council the minister of
war reported to his colleagues that he
had sent to ask General Weyler officially
whether he was responsible for the pub
lication of his protest ln the newspapers,
and that he had received a denial from
the general, who, however, added that ln
private conversations he had frequently
uttered the sentences contained in the
protest. He pledged his word, however,
that ho had given no copies of the docu
ment to anybody, though ln doing so he
declares he would have violated no state
Becrets, since he considers the protest as
his own personal affair.
The minister of war reported that in
spite of this denial he had ordered the
captain general of Madrid fo discover
whether the general is really responsible
for the publication of the manifesto, and
to secure the punishment of all who
have been parties thereto by means of
court-martial.
The minister of war added that he
had sent the manifesto itself to the
supreme military court to be dealt with
according to military law on the ground
that in the opinion of the minister of
war gross breaches of discipline have
been committed by Weyler In fixing his
signature thereto.
UNDER SURVEILLANCE
It Is understood tonight that Weyier,
although still at large, is in a state of
quasi-arrest, being under police sur
veillance, and that he will not be per
mitted to leave the capital. It Is prob
able he will be confined ln some fortress
for a year, or at any rate for six months.
Intense excitement prevails in the
clubs here frequented by army officers.
While many of them sympathize with
the sentiments contained in the protest,
few have given any public manifestation
thereof, only five generals having left
cards of congratulation on Weyler,
The Steel Steamer Genoa Goes to the
Bottom
HALIFAX, N. S., Jan. 1. —The steam
er Genoa from Portland,. Me., bound to
London with 400 horsis and a general
cargo struck on Seal Island this morn
ing during thick weather. She floated
Immediately and on the pumps belnp
sounded it was found she had 10 feet of
water, in her hold. The captain decided
to abandon the ship and all hands took to
the boats. The second officer, named
Waltson, and 23 of the crew reached
ForbesVoint, Woods Harbor, at noon to
day. T"he remainder of those on board.
Including Captain Baxter and 30 others,
headed for Seal Island. Whether they
have r&aohed there Is not yet known ac
cording to advices received late tonight
from Bar'rington, as the weather and
water are very rough and it has been im-
to communicate with Seal Is
land. IJnlesß Captain. Baxter and the
remainder of the crew who steered for
Seal Island have succeedsd In reaching
It before this it ia feared they wIH never
do so, as a heavy gale has been blowing
almost continuously since yesterday.
The Genoa was a fine steel steamer of
205f> tons register and 3189 gross tonnage.
She belonged to the Thompson line and
was built In Dundee ln 1888. ,
Forced to Abandon the Ship to Save
Their Lives
ASTORIA, Or., Jan. I.—Capt. Whit
ney and crew of ten men of the bark
Oakland, which went ashore on Cape
Flattery last Wednesday, were picked
up by the schooner Laura May and were
landed here safely this afternoon.
December 26 the schooner Laura May
spoke the Oakland, which was flying sig
nals of distress. The bark was leaking
badly, and Capt. Whitney and his crew
of ten men took to the boats and boarded
the Laura May. The schooner sailed
into the Columbia river December 30 and
anchored near Sand island. A gale
sprung up and she was compelled to put
to sea again. Yesterday Pilot Malcolm,
who was ln charge of the German ship
Henrietta which arrived here today,
said he believed the Laura May had
picked up the crew of the Oakland, as he
saw eleven men on the schooner. Al
though the schooner with the ship
wrecked crew was practically In the har
bor here three days ago there was no
positive information that the crew was
safe until today.
PORTLAND. Or., Jan. I.—Clarence
Danvers Davenport, a young English
man, who has been leading a hand to
mouth existence In Portland since Aug
ust, has become a baronet. Ho received
a cablegram today announcing the death
of his uncle, Sir Richard Danvers Court,
Lincolnshire, England, and informing
him that he had succeeded to the estate
and title. Money for the trip to Eng
land was telegraphed him by agents of
the estate and he left tonight to tak >
possession of his Inheritance. Daven
port drifted Into Portland last August.
He had been ln Chicago, San Francisco
and a number of American cities.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. I.—E. O. Strat
ton has resigned his office as chairman of
the territorial live stock sanitary com
mission, an action understood to have
been founded upon his unsuccessful
prosecution of Chas. W. Pugh, former
secretary of the commission. No suc
cessor has been named by Governor Mc-
Cord.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. L—The body of
Petor French, tho cattle king, who was
killed last Sunday In Harney county by
Edward L. Oliver, arrived ln Portland to-'
day. and was shipped to Red Bluff. Cal.,
tonight for burial.
STRUCK A ROCK
THE OAKLAND CREW
A Tramp Promoted
Stratton Resigns
The Stockman's Body
AUTONOMY
MACHINERY
Is Expected to Grind Out a
Grist of Peace
SECRETARIES ARE SWORN IN
AND THE REFORM GOVERNMENT
ESTABLISHED
The Trouble With Cuban Reform
Scheme Is the Refusal of Insur
gents to Accept It
Associated Press Special Wire
HAVANA. Jan. 1— Hany people as
sembled at the palace today to witness
the swearing in of Senor Rafael Morir
tero, marquis of Montero; Senor Fran
cisco Zayas and Senor Laureano Rodri
guez as secretaries of the provisional
government.
Marshal Blanco, the captain general,
escorted by a number of his Spanish offi
cials, consular corps, army and navy of
ficers, politicians, etc., reached the
throne room at 9 oclock a. m. A new
Bible was laid open on the table, and
upon it the secretaries took the oath of
fidelity to the queen, the monarchy and
the Spanish government, placing their
right hands upon the Bible and kneeling
as they repeated the words required.
Senor Calvez, president of the cabinet,
was first sworn in, and then the oath
was administered to the others. To
Marshal Blanco's Inquiry: "Do you
swear fidelity to Spain, the queen and
Spanish Institutions?" all replied: "We
do."
Marshal Blanco then addressed the
officials, saying: "Consecrated by the
oath Just taken, the autonomous govern
ment of Cuba is now established ln ac
cordance with the royal decree of No
vember 27, 1897. Your names and the
places you occupy in the political parties
to which you belong are ample guaran
tees of the liberal policy which the gov
ernment expects the new regime to
adopt. The new government should be
inspired by high, conciliatory, impartial
and Just motives. It is your duty to
study the necessities of the island, and
especially economic questions and the
means to restore the property destroyed.
Peace and the welfare of Cuba form
the best propaganda we can make ln
behalf of autonomy and against the rev
olution, which, although It was never
justified, will hereafter have no pretext
whatever to exist.
"May God concede you the good luck
which I sincerely wish may accompany
you ln fulfilling your noble and thorny
mission, so that we may together restore
to this; privileged island, for which I
have professed great affection for yearß,
the peace and prosperity so much need
ed. To consecrate the carrying out of
our good wishes, let us cry, with hearts
full of loyalty to our Institutions, "Long
live Spain; long live Cuba, always Span
ish. "
After the conclusion of this ceremony
all present attended the celebration of
mass by the bishop ln the chapel of the
palace. All present knelt down at the
elevation of the host, excepting the Brit
ish and German consuls.
When bidding good-by to the consular
corps, Mr. Blanco took both of General
Fltzhugh Lee's hands. He shook them
warmly, sayln% ln broken English: "I
thank you," a distinction which the cap
tain general did not bestow on any of
the other consuls.
At the conclusion of the ceremonies the
captain general remitted the death pen
alty Imposed upon persons who had been
convicted of common crimes.
Cable messages of congratulation
were exchanged during the day between
Sajrasta, premier of Spain, and Marshal
Blanco.
The new secretaries have expressed
thanks to Dr. Congosto, secretary gen
eral of Cuba, setting forth that it Is due
to his constant activity that the provis
ional government was established to
day. For two months Dr. Congosto, who
was formerly Spanish consul at Phila
delphia, has hardly slept two hours a
day, which has greatly surprised every
body here, as most of the officials work
scarcely more than three hours dally.
For this constant activity and the final
success it has met with, Dr. Congosto
has been most cordially congratulated
by all concerned. The first resolution
adopted by the new cabinet was to send
a cable message to the queen regent of
Spain, offering their respects and pledg
ing their loyalty to the crown. All is
quiet here.
At 1 oclock last night a torpedo was
exploded ln the bay near the floating
dock, but no damage was done.
Captain General Blanco has granted a
pardon to R. Hoyos, a Mexican citizen
who was undergoing imprisonment on
a charge of a political nature. The par
don was decreed In celebration of the
establishment of the autonomous gov
ernment and on a petition made verbally
by Senor Vasquez, consul general of
Mexico, after the conclusion of today's
•eremonies.
PANDO'S PLANS
NEW YORK, Jan. I—Gen. Pando's
campaign in the island has been
brought to an abrupt halt, owing to the
impossibility of continuing an aggress
ive campaign in default of the receipt of
supplie ß an d munitions repeatedly de
manded from the government, says the
correspondent of the Herald.
The general and his staff have left the
scene ot' the operations on the Cauto
river for Santiago City, where. It Is said,
their intention Is to take a ship and re
turn to Havana to impress upon Gen.
Blanco thfi utter futility of making any
impression upon the rebels' strongholds
in the cast unless the Spanish forces are
reinforced .and supplied with all essen
tials to carry on a campaign.
Gen. Panelo found the troops ln a de
plorable condition— many were ill, food
INDEX
TO THE TELEGRAPH HEWS
Durrant loses hope as the hour for
his execution approaches.
Rumors of the death of Prince Bis
marck positively and authoritatively
denied.
The seal herd in Russian waters has
been practically exterminated by
pelagic hunters.
Old New York has ceased to be and
Judge Van Wyck is sworn in as mayor
of the great new city.
The 10 per cent cut in wages goes
into effect in the New England cotton
manufacturing regions.
William Foley of Missouri con
victed of the murder of his mother and
sister and sentenced to hang.
The canned salmon crop falls some
what short of late estimates, but pre
sents proof that the Oregon, state
hatcheries are a success.
Secretaries sworn in and the auton
omous government of Cuba formally
established; the great trouble with the
scheme lies in the utter refusal of in
surgents to accept it.
Bishop Anser amazed at the knowl
edge of Chinese affairs shown by Em
peror William; the pope expresses ap
proval of Germany's efforts to open
China to Christianity and civilization.
Jimmy Michael defeats the French
bicycle champion at twenty-five miles;
a Wheatland football player gets a
broken back; race results; sporting
notes.
Ohio Republicans hold a caucus,
which discloses the fact that Senator
Hanna lacks four of the votes needed
to elect him; Hannaltes' claims of con
fidence only emphasize their anxiety.
Nearly all of the reports concern
ing affairs in the Orient are regarded
as mere guesswork; only one thing is
certain, which is that England will
act with vigor when she thinks the
proper time has arrived.
A full copy of General Weyler's
protest against McKinley's message
gets out of Spain by way of the post
office; the ex-captain general of Cuba
seems to have stirred up a hornets'
nest and so sincerely wishes he hadn't
done it that he denies responsibility.
was scarce and the men ln a condition of
demoralization. In spite of this he
made a brave effort to carry out offen
sive operations, but failed completely.
By heroic efforts two gunboats forced
a passage up the river Cauto, but the
object of the expedition to relieve the
Isolated Inland garrisons was frustrat
ed on account of the activity of numer
out rebel bands and difficulty of operat
ing in the country districts.
WEYLER'S APOLOGY
MADRID, Jan. I.—At a meeting of
the Cabinet last evening Senor Sagasta,
the Premier of the Cabinet, read a tele
gram from Marshal Blanco, the Cap
tain-General of Cuba, giving the names
of the Cuban Ministry as announced yes
terday, and the Cabinet approved the
nominations. The Premier also read a
telegram from Captalrj-'General Blanco
demanding authorization to repeal the
order prohibiting the exportation of
manufactured tobacco.
General Correa, the Minister of War,
made a report on the memorial which
General Weyler recently presented to
the Queen Regent on the subject of Pres
ident McKinley's message to Congress.
General Weyler, ln this report, denied
having sent copies of his protest to
the newspapers. The Minister for War
also read a royal edict urging the su
preme court martial to prosecute those
who communicated the text to the press.
The director of the Naclonal says that
as a personal friend of General Weyler
he had access to the General's study,
where he took a rough draught of the
notes and supplied them to the press.
He adds that General Weyler is inno
cent of distributing the matter to the
newspapers.
The government, however, is con
vinced that General Weyler is guilty of
having committed several misdemean
ors and is inclined to act in the most
rigorous manner.
Senor Morel, Minister for the Colonies,
believes that the government will be
able to raise a hundred million pesetas
by the sale of Cuban mortgage cedulas,
and Senor Pulgcerver, the Minister of
Finance, hopes to raise another 100,000,
--000 pesetas by a fresh issue of Spanish
treasury bonds, which will be guaran
teed by the Spanish customs.
As the Cuban expense amounts to 40,
--000,000 pesetas monthly, these sums will
provide the funds needed until the
Cortes reassembles.
General Weyler this afternoon called
at the palace ln order personally to apol
ogize to the queen regent and exculpate
himself.
A CUBAN CHAINED
BARCELONA, Jan. I.—General Ruiz,
Rivera, the insurgent leader, who
was captured, badly wounded, in the
province of Pinar del Rio by the Spanish
troops, under General Velasco on March
29, 1897, and who was condemned to
death and his sentence modified, has ar
rived here, and was oonducted on foot
and In chains to Montjulch fortress be
tween lines of soldiers and mounted
gendarmes. General Rivera was calm,
but he protested against being chained!
No one was allowed to speak to him!
There was a big crowd of people in the
vicinity, but there were no manifesta
tions.
The official Gazette publishes an edict
of Captain General Blanco raising the
embargo upon the exportation of to
bacco.
Passed a Wreck
LONDON, Jan 1. — The Allen line
steamer Pomera'ine, Captain Stlrrall,
which arrived here December 30th from
New Tork, reported that on December
21st, in latitude 40 degrees north, longi
tude 57 degrees west, she passed a
wrecked vessel, bottom up
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
NEWS FROM
THE ORIENT
Is Largely Manufactured
to Order
FIVE-SIXTHS OF IT IS FALSE
THS REMAINING FRACTION XS
GUESSWORK
Only One Thing Is Certain, England
Will Act Vigorously at the)
Proper Time
Associated Press Special Wire
LONDON, Jan. I—(Copyright 1898.)
The Ingenuity displayed ln manufactur
ing news from the far east is remark
able. Five-sixths of the statements
can be safely labeled guesswork. The
British and Russian foreign offices are
as dumb as oysters, and the German
stream of conflicting communications in
the semi-official press shows they do not
know which foot they are standing on.
France is apparently ln the dark, while
the mikado has dissolved the Japanese
diet ln order that opinions should not be
expressed. Under 1 the circumstances it
Is not strange that accurate Information
Is difficult to secure.
The known facts wholly corroborate
the statements cabled to the Associated
Press on Saturday last, that Great Brit
ain Is carefully watching the situation,
biding her time, and will not fall to act
promptly and vigorously at the proper
moment. It was pointed out in that
dispatch that ln well informed circles the
scare in the newspapers ln regard to the
east was at least premature and that the
rfiembers of the government were evi
dently sincere in disclaiming the least
alarm. This view of the case was prac
tically reiterated by the Dally Graphic
on Friday, which asserted that there was
every reason to believe the Russians
would adhere to their pledge to evacuate
Port Arthur at of the winter and
that, therefore, there were no grounds
for complaint on the part of Great Brit
ain. The Daily Graphic further pointed
out that the British government did not
regard the occupation of Klao Chau by
the Germans as calling for action, be
cause British interests were not threat
ened. Both the foreign office and the
admiralty, according to the Daily
Graphic, were agreed on this point.
Evidently, apart from the question of
the Chinese loan, the Korean question Is
more interesting for Great Britain at
the present moment than affairs at Port
Arthur and Klao Chau, principally be
cause the Marquis of Salisbury sees ln
the attempt to oust J. McLeavy Brown,
the British superintendent of Korean
customs, a more serious scheme to over
turn Sir Robert Hart, the British di
rector of the Chinese imperial maritime
customs, which has apparently been
nipped In the bud. The cabinet's exist
ence would be short If it permitted Rus
sia to coerce the Tsung It yamen (Chi
nese foreign office) Into dismissing the
British head of the Chinese customs.
It is not known yet whether the British
government will approve of the arrange
ments arrived at, according to a cable
dispatch from Pekln, by which Mc-
Leavy Brown and M. Alexleff, the Rus
sian agent in Korea, will work the Kor
ean customs together. The British min
ister appears to be somewhat distrust
ful, so the warships of Great Britain
which are at present at Chemulpo, the
port of Seoul, in order to give moral
support to Mr. Brown, will remain there
for the present.
A diplomat, talking over the alleged
desire of Germany to arrive at an un
derstanding with Great Britain on the
far eastern question, explains that tha
change might be due to Germany's die
satisfaction with her allies. Her faith
in the Italian army has been shaken by l
the defeats in Erythrea, and the coU
lapse of the constitutional government of
Austria has made the efficiency of that
empire in case of war doubtful.
The admiralty today Issued an official
denial of the reports that three of the
Empress steamers have been requisi
tioned by the admiralty and also offi
cially denied the statement that the na
val reserve of the China station has been
called out.
POLITICS AND FINANCE
Dr. Jameson, the Transvaal raider, la
an interview predicts that Mr. Cecil
Rhodes will be prem'er of Cape Colony
in 1898.
The Paris police during the course of
the week, secured another of the Or
ganized gangs of murderers and robbers
who have terrorized the suburbs of the
French capital for months past. The
new arrests number thirty-eight and
the eldest prisoner is only 21 years old.
Within three months the bodies of fifty
three murdered persons have been found
in a small section of the river Seine,
and it is believed most of these murders
are traceable to this gang.
There is some reason to believe that
France and Great Britain have about
reached an agreement on the subject of
West Africa by which the Lagos Hinter
land will be determined by prolonging it
northward to the Niger, the present La
gos-Dahomey frontier. France would
thus secure about 100 kilometers on trie
right bank of the river and Great Britain
would have Boussa and Nikka restored
to her and be confirmed in the possession
of other Claimed points.
The financial barometer does not show
any trepidation, consols even Improving,
There is not the slightest sign ef the
selling which always marks real cloud*
on the political horizon and there are
signs of reaction ln the long continued
depreciation ln land. Farms are selling
and renting more freely and at higher
prices. The improvement is attributed
partly to the rise ln the price Of whs**!
and partly to the cheapness of money.