The Story of Cuba

“The Story of Cuba is a tragedy.” Murat Halstead wrote it while the insurrection was still burning — four centuries of Spanish rule, the sugar and slave economy, Weyler’s camps, and an America deciding whether to intervene.

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The Picturesque in the War: Spanish

The general's eyes glinted dangerously. "The Spanish columns attend to their prisoners just as well as any other country in times of war," he replied. "War is war. You cannot make it otherwise, try as you will." "Will not your Excellency allow me to go to the scene of battle, under an escort of soldiers if necessary, that I may write of the fighting as it really is, and correct the impression that prevails in Ameriea, that inhuman treatment is being accorded the insurgent prisoners?" "Impossible," answered the general, "it would not be safe." "I am willing to take all the danger, if your Excellency will allow me to go," I exclaimed.

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