The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-13

checked by sending the poor fellows TO
Ceuta. a veritable hell in Morocco, Az.
rica. Others are clandestinely carried
away to the commanderies and butcher
ed: at least they are never heard from
again. Ceuta from descriptions have
heard of 1t, is something terrible, Gu
bans who have escaped from there say
they importuned the Spanish guards to
turn them loose among the savages and
wild beasts rather than to torture them
in Ceuta, even though the sight of a
Spaniard or Cuban is hated by the AZ
rican tribes.
There are between $4,000 and 5000
Cubans in the United States and between
1000 and 5000 Cubans in Chicago"
Senior Castro gave the following as his
version of the conflict: THE Cuban peo-
pie from long abuse are suspicious but
they are nevertheless good neighbors,
and, If secured, would make good use
of their independence. The Cuban ne
gro is docile and not dangerous, as he
is pictured to be. The trouble predicted
between the Cubans and the blacks in
event of autonomy is without reasonable
grounds"
The vigilance Of the Spanish authorl-
ties in Cuba is remarkable. A whole
coast. A letter received yesterday af-
ternoon from the midst of the fight was
read by a Chicago Cuban yesterday to
the Tribune reporter. 1t sounded like
school girls message from summer re-.
sort. Business was said to be "brisk,''
and everything was said to be "beauti-
full"
After reading the letter the Chlcagoan
remarked: '"There is the situation in
nutshell; every letter is opened, and for
a Cuban correspondent to write anything
derogatory to the Spanish government
would mean certain DEATH
Geo NJ. Dearlove, No. 972 Jackson
boulevard, has just returned from q trip
to Cuba. He brought with him 500 or
more photographs Of the Cuban soldiery,
and the exciting scenes which are max
ing history in Cuba. He said last night:
1.-THE situation in Cuba Is simply incom-
prehensible. Suspicion reigas supreme.
The people don't know what they want;
they will trust no one, spend their money
for firearms and ammunition, and prowI
about the streets like tigers. Freedom
for such people would seem to be out OF
the question at the present time. 1t
is not conservatism against radicalism;
1t is the poor and ignorant against the
intensely corrupt and deceitful. While
in Cuba I put up at one of the American
hotels there, a cheap affair at that, and
1t cost ME $25 day; remained ten days.
1t cost me so cents to register at the
hotel. There is a tax on everything,
and every moving and standing thing
seems to be plastered from top to bot
tom with revenue stamps. The Captain
General of Cuba is said to make no less
than ten millions of dollars yean
through his extortions. Everybody is
armed. An innocent looking cane may
contain a knife or a firearm. While l
was there 1 saw two men murdered in
broad daylight and eye-wltnesses refus-
ed to complain. 1 afterwards learned
that witnesses were treated as cruelty
by the Spanish government as crlmin-
ais, some of them being held as long
as two years in prisons awaiting the
trial of the accused The purpose OF
this is to extort ransom from the we'll
meaning witnesses. AS a result the
people pay little or no attention to any
sort of crime. The people are extremely
jealous, and a look may often furnish
sufficient cause for assassination"