The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-25
AID FOR CUBA'S POOR
An American Appeal to American
Love of NeighbOr.
SPAIN WILL COOPERATE
SUPPLIES WILL GO DIRECT TO
FITzHUGH LEE.
Conferences With De Lome-Reports
From Havana That Reconcen-
trades Were Starving As Result
of Obstacles In Way of Transmit
ting Relief-Final Plan Adopted.

Washington, Dec 24-The following
appeal to the American people has been
issued:
Department of State, Washington, D.
c., Dec. "a, 1897.
by direction of the president, the
public is informed that, in Difference to
the earnest desire of the government to
contribute by effective action toward
the relief of the suffering people in the
island Of Cuba, arrangements nave
been perfected by which charitable
contributions in money or in KIND, can
be sent 20 the island by the benevo-
lcntly disposed people of the United
States.
Money, provisions, clothing. medi-
cines and the like articles of prime ne
cessity can be forwarded to General
F'itzhugh Lee, the consul general OF the
United States at Havana, and all aru-
cles. coW ydutiable by law, so conslgn-
ed, will be admitted into Cuba free OIL
duty. The consul general has been IN
structed to receive the same and to CO.
operate with the local authorities and
the charitable boards for the distribu-
ton of such relief among the destitute
and needy people of Cuba.
THE president is confident that the
people of the United States, who have
on many occasions in the past respond
| ed most generously to the cry for bread
rom peoples stricken by famine or
lire calamity, and who have beheld no
| .ess generous action on the part OF the
| foreign communities when their own
| ccuntryrnen have suffered from disas-
| trous foods, will heed the appeal for
aid that comes from those at their own
] threshold, and especially at this sea-
son of good will and rejoicing, give OF
| their abundance to this humane end.
"(Signed) JOHN SHERMAN.
SPAIN IS WILLING
| The appeal was issued after consul
tation with Minister Dupuy de LONE.
! The Spanish minister called at the state
department about noon today, and con-
| rerred with Judge Day concerning the
relief of the reconcentrados on the
| island He made it clear that the
j Spanish government would cooperate
! in any relief measures, and that there
was entire willingness that the supplies
! should go direct to Consul General Lee
instead of through the Spanish relief
channels.
The negotiations have been proceed
ing for some time.
FIRST STEP.
The first active step in this direction
! was taken by the president Oh Lee l.
and this was in the form of a request
10 the minister to learn from his gov
arnment that the regular tar
if duties would be RENTED on relief
supplies sent to Cuba. Minister de
LONE soon afterwards answered that
Spain had consented to grant ever
more than had been requested, and
that the duties would be RENTED not
only on articles which the president
Ts..s~
soap, salt and similar articles of prime
necessity which might enter into the
plan of relief
ONLY CONDITION.
The only condition attached was thai
the supplies should go through the reg
ular relief committee established a
Havana, of which the bishop OF Ha
vana is the chairman. 1t was arranged
also that the supplies sent to the Span
sh minister here would be forwarded
TO the authorities at Havana.
Since then there have been criticism!
of the system adopted, and reports
have come from Havana that the re
concentrates we're starving as a Re
suit of obstacles in the way of trans
hitting relief. The Spanish authorize
state, however, that there has been NJ
delay on their part and that since tn
arrangement was made, no offer o
supplies, medicines, etc, had beef
made.
PLAN ADOPTED.