The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-11-09
STARVATION IS
- DOING THE : WOR
Neyler's 100000 Soldiers Failed in
TheirlurpOse.
"ExTERMINATE THE BREED
Bat Hunger kiil sSoH Accomplish his De-
signs General Lee Sails for
Havana.

New York. November s.-A World spe-
clai from Havana says:
weyler has gon. but his purpg Sc 10
"externlnate the breed" Of Cuban pa
triots IL being fulfilled. Starvation ls
killing the "concentrados'. by tens Of
thousands. Hung Is doing what spa!n's
1000 soldiers cannot accomplish. The
frightful suffsrings Of those who survive
cry out to the mercy OF the civilized
world.
The physicians OF Havana are now flr-
bldden TO give starvation" as a cause
Of death.A correspondent In the town Of
san Domingo writes: "a multitude o.
sick fail dying upon the garbage in tn
streets here and lie until after ha' ing
served as !gnomlnious spectacl for some
hours. they are collected and hauled
away in carts used for hauling garbage
to the dumping grounds. Most OF tn s.
bodies are thrown Into the fields TO be
eaten by the birds and dogs" The birds
OF which this corr spondent writes are
vultures.
Both the newspapers which supported
weyler and those who opposed him are
now fore d to tell half the truth about
the starving concentrates. Here are
some whole truths made undenhble:
Since weylers' proclamation driving the
country people into the towns was issued
hall the rura; population OF western
Cuba has died. Half OF those who sur
vive are so weak. so emaciated, that the
nlckering spark OF life in them will surely
soon be extinguished. They cannot sur
vive although Blanco, the goyernor-gen-
eral. has ordered that service rations
be issued to them, rat.ons such IS his
soldiers set. The lives OF the other halt
Of the survivors Blanco will save. Pho
tographs OF starving Children speak
louder than any words. These photo
graphs are taken at Guanabacoa, within
an hours travel OF the palace here. Re-
member that with natural affection IN
tenslfied by suffering the parents Of these
children have given to them every mcrse
/ they could scrape together. The mothers
/ OF these children deny themselves food
/ and refuse to eat the miserable scraps
Of u:oat and bread, that they might keeI
life in their children. The children's LEGS
were like pipestems. one could oonn
their ribs. Their joints, made disprc
portlonately large by emaciation, seen e
immense. These are not isolated cas,s
There are thousands and thousands lik'
them. The assistant mayor Of Havan;
says that there are 15,OOO concentrate
in this city. Ragged, thin and starving
These people are huddled in the prni
buildings, The hospitals here are as ful
as the erayeyards. Certainly not NOR
than 80 per cent of the deaths amori
the concentrates in this city are re
ported. But from these official figure
it is learned that the death rate am n
the children of the concentrates in hos
pltals and public buildings is 20 per cent
among the adults 50 per cent; and On
death rate in the smaller cities and town
is even larger. The absolute fact is t
in Havana the conditions are five time
better. more favorable than anywheI
in Cuba. Yet the Spanish official report
prove that 177S persons died in Havan
during the month of September last an
927S during october.