The herald., 1897-06-08
lowing cablegram from United States
Minister Taylor at Madrid:

policy by re-appointing Canovas. The
ministry is unchanged. as that was the
only question really involved"
A PATHETIC APPEAL
NEW YORK, June IA Herald spe-
cial from Havana says: A strange ap-
peal on behalf Of the starving and dying
reconcentrados In Matanzas who ex-
cited pity in the hearts of General Lee
and Mr.. Calhoun, has been made to the
people Of the United States
Since the United States government
has begun measures for the relief OF
its citizens in Matanzas, the desperats
plight of the Cuban reconcentrados
there has resulted in a petition, signed
by hundred of them. in which they beg
in the name of common humanity that
they may be included in the charity
The petition is headed: IAN appeal to
the United States" 1t is now on its
way to Washington. The principal part
follows:
First and foremost, let 1t be said that
In unhappy Cuba we can do nothing
to help our suffering countrymen. The
pacificos that have huddled in our city
would be looked upon as traitors for so
doing and as such we would be summar-
lily dealt with. We must not feel for
them; we must be blind and deaf to
their sufferings and do nothing that can
in any way interfere with Weyler's pol
icy of determination.
I'VE have to witness day after day
scenes of horror which no language can
describe, and yet no voice can be lifted
to protest against them. To Spain we
cannot apply for suecor. She is well
acquainted with the present condition of
affairs in Cuba, and so far not farth-
ing has come to us from her, and yet
we have sent her our money freely
whenever the Spanish people have been
in want or distress.
Upward of 10, 900 of the victims Of this
savage system Of warfare have been
crowded into Matanzas without provid-
ing for their most natural wants; and
after they have been compelled to aban-
| don all they had In the world they are
to be seen in crowds, from o'clock in
the day until late at night, imploring
charity.
"In any other country this state Of
affairs would have brought on disturb
ances and riots; yet our people. suffering
as they are. have not done anything that
could in any way disturb order Can
there be better illustration of peace
full disposition?
Tender, loving mothers Of America.
to you in particular we appeal In our
humane undertaking. Send us the
mighty aid of your motherly co-opera-
ton; enlist in our crusade against crime
and barbarity and the blessings Of
thousands will rise to heaven as a fit
To-. fnk hof OF
your very doors there are mothers who
love as dearly as you love and who day
after day see their little ones perish in
most cases without a piece of rag to
cover their nakedness.
LAS for US we cannot do our work
openly. We have to beg for food for
the hungry and clothing for the naked,
concealing ourselves and our names as
LII we we're doing something wrong, and
1--WE therefore suggest that II any relief
ie to come 1t should be entrusted to the
American consuls for distribution, and
we would also suggest that the sending
OF help in the way Of provisions or
clothing has its Inconvenience and 1t
might give the officials an opportunity
70 interfere and thwart the object In
VIEW very respectfully,
ONE HUNDRED CITIZENS OF MAT
ANZAS"
THREE FRlH.E-oS CASE
IACKEQNVILLE, Fla., June I'm
the United States court Judge Lock to-
cay handed down &c .fson in the case
of the steamer Three Friends, charged
". violating the neutrality laws by
carryine hioustering expedition to
Cuba and aisS ; an armed vessel, dis
missing the libel 1or forfeiture. In CIV
ing the decision Judge Lock said: Care
full examination in this case fails to find
any testimony showing that the vessel
was fitted out and armed within the
limits Of the United States It shows that
the vessel touched there for short time,
but it does not show that it did anything
that is in violation of the neutrality laws
of this country"
Three other cases are pending against
the vessel, but they are likely to be dis
missed, as the evidence is much the same
as in the present case.
NOT BY SPANIARDS
VANCOUVER, B. c., June Fur
ther interviews with officers Of the
steamer Hupeh, now in port, elicit the.
Idct tHdC twenty-five CdtnOIlc monks
were roasted by the rebels in the Phil
ippine islands, and not by Spanish
troops, as previously reported. The in
formation was furnished by prominent
resident of lilo lilo, in the group of
islands. and corroborated by foreign
consul.
In consequence of cruelties practiced
by the Spanish troops on the rebels or
those suspected of. being in sympathy
with the rebel cause the rebels in re-
venge perpetrated acts of cruelty on the
helpless monks who came in their
clutches. The customary mode OF roast
ing sucking pigs in the islands is by
thrusting a bamboo through the pig and
then fastening it to an iron and roast
ing 1t over slow fire. This was done to
the monks, the bamboo being thrust
through them while alive. Previous to
the voyage to this port the Hupeh made
a trip from Hongkong to Ilo lilo, and it
was just previous to this voyage that the
act reported occurred near Manila.
THE RUIZ CASE
NEW YORK. June 8.-The journal this
publishes the full text of Con-