Deseret Evening News

A SCOURGE FOR CUBANS
General Polaviejo Placed at the Head of 25,000 Spanish Troops.

He Has Gained a Reputation for Excessive Cruelty as Governor of Santiago.

New York, Aug. 27.—J. A. Henriquez, formerly United States consul at Cardenas, Cuba, has just received a letter from Santiago which reports that the people there are greatly stirred up by a report that the 25,000 Spanish troops to be sent to Cuba in October will be commanded by General Camilo Polaviejo. When the ten year war began, Polaviejo entered the army with the rank of sergeant. He was steadily promoted for bravery until he became general, and before the close of the war he was made governor of Santiago province. It was while governor that he gained a reputation for excessive cruelty. After the revolution General Polaviejo was made captain-general of Havana, which office he occupied until three years ago, when he returned to Spain. The only time he was in the United States was about seven years ago, when he came here to marry Nicolasa Econoiz, a Havana girl. She refused him, saying she could never consent to be the wife of a man who had been so cruel to her countrymen. It is believed that on his arrival in Havana he will succeed General Martinez Campos as Captain-General of Cuba, and will be second in command of the army. Campos, it is expected, will then be free to take a more active part in the field.