asserts that General Weyler has no loyalty or love of his country, that
his one aim is to make money for himself, and to do this he will cheat
his Government, and commit any crimes and cruelties that are necessary
to cover up his wrong-doings.

Mr. Barroeta has letters and documents to prove his accusations against
General Weyler, and a full account of the way the war news is
manufactured in Cuba under the General's directions.

According to his statements Weyler has a friend in the Spanish Cortes,
who cables him when the Government is getting angry at his want of
success, and advises him to send news of a big battle. Weyler then sends
out a few men to seize a Cuban hospital, or murder a defenceless family
of peasants, and as soon as the work is done, cables the news of his
great victory to Spain.

Mr. Barroeta says that Cuba is lost to Spain if General Weyler is not
recalled. He declares that the revolution is now stronger than ever,
that none of the provinces are pacified as Weyler says they are, and
that the only place where there is any semblance of peace is Santiago de
Cuba, and that only because it is under the rule of the Cubans, and is
in fact Free Cuba.

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Mr. Calhoun has returned from his mission in Cuba, but we must wait a
few days before we can expect to hear the results.

A report, however, comes from Havana, that one hundred citizens of
Matanzas have sent an appeal for help to our Government, and have based