Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-28

they be sent direct to Consul General Lee
either money by draft or check, or goods
Consul General Lee has cabled the State
Department Just what is wanting at this
5rncture and his list Is as follows: Summer
clothing, secondhand or otherwise princi-
pally for women and children medicines
for fevers, including large proportion of
quinine; hard bread; corn meal, bacon, rice,
potatoes, beans. peas salt fish principally
ccdfish): any canned goods, especially con-
densed milk for the starving children
Money will also be useful to secure nurses,
medicines, and for many other purposes.
Mr.. Peppers Statements Corroborated
Recent reports received at the State
Department fully corroborate the state
ments made in the letters of Mr.. Charles
F. Pepper to The Star. as to the deplorable
condition of the non-combatants in Cuba
These reports come from consular Off
GERS stationed at various ports, and show
that distress is widespread among the old
men, women and children who were oblig-
ed to congregate in the cities. The situa-
ton has apparently not improved very
much since the revocation of the concen-
tration order. Farms have been devastat-
cd, cattle slaughtered wantonly and the
ops neglected. The zones of cultivation
established by Gen. Blanco are not expected
to yield for some time yet. Meanwhile the
former concentrates are, only slightly bet
ter off than they were in the camps to
which they were driven by Weylers or
ders, where their sufferings were extreme.
1t is hoped that the movement started by
President Mckinley will speedily result in
material Improvement of the situation.
Not Leading to Intervention.
Mr.. Dupuy de LONE, the Spanish minis
ter expresses strong disapproval of reports
that the relief measures adopted by the
United States, and co-Operated in by Spain,
are a step toward Intervention by this gov
ernment in the affairs of Cuba. The minis
ter characterizes such reports as an effort
to mix politics with charity, and as calcu-
lated to excite il-feeling which will en-
barrass the charitable movement and i'm
pede it's execution in Havana and through
out the island. Referring to the subject,
he said today:
This talk of Intervention in certain quar-
ters has other purpose than to embitter
both countries and to divert the essential
purpose of aims giving. The extension of
aid to the sufferers in Cuba is no more in
tervention than the action of all the
nations of the wortd-including Spain-to
extend help to Chicago after the big fire, or
of the United States sending a ship load
of grain to Russia and last year to India,
and of the city of London in sending food
and money to Paris when the siege by the
Germans was raised.
Turning to dispatch just received from
DR.. Congosto, secretary general at Havana,
the minister proceeded, quoting in part
from the dispatch:
Relief Measures ut Havana.
"It is not true that the Spanish authori-
ties in Cuba are not equal to the situation
Succor is being given abundantly and re-
lief committees are in regular operation.
In two of the provinces-Puerto Principe
and Santiago-there has been no concentra-
ton. Forty plantations are grinding sugar,
and there is ample work for those who want
it. Many of the reconcentradoes who are
reported to be suffering are in such condi-
ton through an unwillingness to work.
THE ENERGY with which relief measures
are being conducted In Havana is shown
by glance at the Havana papers every
Gay, where there are long lists of charita-
hle donations from private parties of con-
densed milk, corn meal and like articles,
specially seryiceable for the relief Of chill
dren. 1t should be borne in mind. also that
the Spanish government has -remitted all
duties on relief supplies sent to Cuba, SO
that for every dollar OF supplies entering
Cuba Spain adds considerable percentage,
the remitted duties running from 40 per
cent down.
''It is perfectly well understood that the
American help will be received with the
spirit that it is given, and the American
government-as Secretary Sherman ex-
pressed in his recent letter-offers the we'll
known generosity of the American people
in the same spirit that they have accepted
foreign help in cases Of public calamity. 1t
seems that some who make statements as
to conditions in Cuba forget that the evils
of war cannot be mtigated in a short time
They fail to compare the actual situation
of today with that Of the past. and they
totally disregard the efforts made to i'm
prove the situation. After all, it is proba-
bly, unnecessary to answer those who will |
go to such an extreme as to mix interven-
tion and Intrusion with the acts of mercy |
OF nation well-known for it's generosity
and charity"
One Dollar Subscription Suggested.
To the Editor of The Evanfn0 Star.
Touching the earnest call of the President |
upon cur people for the relief Of the Cuban |
sufferers. will it not be we'll for The Star |
always forward in thus aiding all really |
true charities and good works. to start |
dollar subscriptions in response to same? |
If every one in the United States who can
thus give his mite will do so-and hosts,
am sure will gladly embrace the oppor- |
tunity-this great and sore need will be |
speedily and amply met-and more. have |
already sent mine-direct. Will you not |
kindly do this? T. H. L.
Xmastide, 1897.
The Star Will Receive ContributiOns.l
In order to relieve those living in Wash |
ington and vicinity who wish to contribute |
to the aid Of the Cubahs from the necessity |
of sending their contributions to Havana, |
The Evening Star Company will receive |
and acknowledge monetary gifts, and will |
forward them to Consul General Lee.
A correspondent has suggested popular |
fund, composed Of one-dolar subscriptions.
These and all others that may be sent The
Star will forward to Havana. The Evening
Star Company has subscribed 500 toward |
the fund.
RESTORATION OF CADETS.