The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-08
A PRAYER FROM CUBA.
STARVING INSURGENTS WANT nv
LiEF FRoM AMERICA.
sn. Thn, Ten ThourRud People Arc
suffering In MntmnSns az tie
suit Of WryIcr's policy,

New York, june IA special 10 the
Herald from Havana says; A strange np-
peal on behalf of the starving and DYING
rocoHccntradoa w MatGnSus which excited
pity In the hGWts OF General tee and MIR.
Calhoun. has been made ~ the people OF
the United States. Tho petition bega. in
tho name of common humanity, that they
may be Included In the charity The p,tt-
ton is heudrd An Appeal TO the United
states Ii Ia now GA It's way 90 Washing
ton. The principal part ot the appeal Is as
, follows.
For some time past We .lRYo been con
tcmplatng tho ldcl of appealing 10 your
charitable feelings for rcNet for thosc ~
our people who arr bitterly suffering the
consequences Of most iihumar way OF
Nug'ng war The fear. however that Our
representations might be- received as uas
siouaic aud exaggerated has restrained MS
IRON undertaking tho task, but since
General Lee. Commissioner Calhoun, his
secretary Mr. Fshbeck. aud Mr.. hiqNan-
I dor Brice. The American consul Mt TINS
/ place. have seen with thcl own eyes the
misery existing here. we do NOT hesitate any
longer to speak 20 you. II, as is ia be
hoped. these gentlemen make their report
20 the United states government OF all they
have seen, YOU viii find confirmation of
the statements we make.
First, let II be sHid Tor unhappy Cuba,
wo can do nothing TO help our suffering
couutrymen, the pucincoa. that have bud
died in the cities. We would be- looked
upon as traitors for so doing and as such
We would be summarily dealt with. We
mus, not feel for ihcm, We mus, he blind
and deaf to their sulrerings aud d. moth
ing that can any way interfere with Gen
urul Woylcr's policy Of determination,
we have to witness. day after day,
casos OF horror which no Language cnn dc
+ scribe, and yet no voice can he littoi to
protest against them. To Spain We can not
apply for succor She is weli acquainted
with tho present condition Of affairs in
/ Cuba, and so far not a farthing has come
to rs from her. and yet Wo have sent hor
our money freely whenever the spanish
people have been IN want and disrcSs.
but what are We TO expect from Spain
when her worthy representative, General
Wcyler, Indifferent. cold and deaf TO our
misery, Coolly says that his mission ia
cuba is not to look after the starving pOpu-
!ation. but simply to end the war according
Ia bis notions?
"Iic has converted into deserts sections
Of country whore abundance once reigned.
baupv towns have beon looted and burned
down by the savage holdicry and ashes
end desolation meet The eye wherever you
look yulturcs feed on uuburled corpses
strowu IN the ruined liolda
Upward of 1000 Of the victims OF this
savage tNs'rul OF NdIIhTf nave Dtfn Crown
cd Into Matsnzas. without providing for
their most natural wants, and AFTER they
have been compelled to abandon All they
had IN the world. they are to be seen IN
crowds from S O'Clock IN The day III late
a. night imploring charity. Many children
perlsh in tle streets. unable 10 stand 80
many and such long continued priyations.
Indeed II looks as H. our grayoyards had
turned out their dead upon us. auch Is the
cadaverOus look of the multltudes that
franticslly 70 about begging for morse Of
bread and whose only guilt 10 to have been
born in Cuba.
III Is not possible to give detailed ac-
counts OF tho misery that reigns supreme
here ard in Other cltes and towns II In
enough TO state that the recommendations
lets and paciilcos arg living In huis in the
strceie OF our cities. For bcds they have
the bare ground and on II they eat. n
they happen TO be relieved by some char
table source.
I'm another country this state OF affairs
would have brought disturbances and
riots: yet our people, suffering as they
are. have not done anything that could
In any way disturb peace. Can there be
better illustration Of their peaoeable
disposition?
"Tender. loving mothers OF America, 10
them in particular, We appeal in our hu
name undertaking. Send lis the mighty
aid OF your motherly operation, enlist
In our crusade against crime and barbarty
and the blessings OF thousands VIII rise
10 Heaven as a N hymn In your praise.
Think. at your very doors. there are
mothers who love az dearly as you love,
and who day after day SEQ their little ones
perish In our streets out OF sheer hunger
and In most cases without a piece o. rag
to cover their nakedneks. AZ for us we
can not do our work openly. We have TO
beg for feeding the hungry and clothing
tho naked. conceaiing ourselves and our
names as II We were doing something
wrong. and we therefore suggest that II
any relief is to come. 1t should be entruKt-
ed 10 the Americans for distribution. and
we would also suggest that the sending
out OF help In tho way OF clothing has iis
Inconvenience. as II might thwart the
object In view. Very respectfully.
zone Hundred Citizens Of Matanzas."