The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-07
NO HELP FROM BLANCo.
HE DECIDES NoT TO REL EASE
THE CUBAN PhOIFICOS.

-. ,~,, -,m ne Kept Within Reach Of the
sp.pt.h Guns-He Thinks if ne bct Theua
GO I,cr 20 their Farms They Would Raise
Food for the Patriot Arnny-The Starving.
u,v.x, Nov. b.-The torma Of the decree Of
| Gen. Blnnco mitigating the condition OF tho
pacincos will be utterly unsatisfactory from q
| humane point Of view. Gen. Blhnco has the
| decree already framed on his desk, and 10 only
Awaiting some touches that will DO given to 1t
by Senior Congosto. tho now Secretary. Senior
| Conrosto. who has been Spanish Consul at
| pbiladelpb n. as an expert in Amc lean affairs,
"a cxpected TO writo an Introduction to the de-
crce In order to impress public opinion in the
limited States in favor Of the Spanish Govern.
ment. But. in fact, neither the concentration
of naciacoa will be stopped nor will tho awful
famine that prevails among Thorn DO relieved.
Gan, Wcylcr concentrated the pacihcos around
tho fortified Spanish towns and said in his de.
crees that zones OF cultivation woro to be grant
ed to thom for raising vegetables and keeping
their cattle. Gen. Blanco. instead OF turning the
pncihcos loose. according to the formal promise
of Spain, will only order, on paper, their zones
of cultivation " to be enlarged" But the pacih.
cos will remain within the Spanish lines. under
the reach Of the IRE Of tho Spanish forts, and
herded like wild beasts. just as in tho days of
weylcr. They will not DO allowed to return to
their own farms in the country, and. in spite Of
tho humanitarianism that will adorn the intro.
duction written by Senior Congosto, they will
practically remain in thraldom, with all their
works and acts, closely watched by the Spanish
columns.
Gen. Blanco has taken this decision after sew
eral consultations with Spaniards here. who In
formed him that to release the p~acifcos would
be q step in favor Of the insurgents. Gen.
Blanco 10 no less a believer than Gen. weyler in
L. n - @f -vcs sh- f,p,tnA ~ And he h,a
agreed with his advisors that IL tho p~aciacos
should go back to their own dwellings they
would raise crops to feed Tho army Of the
patriots,
Havana and oil over the island. Tho only rem.
edy found by Gen. Blanco is to suspend tho i'm
Iibers an ss h G% S ssss's saib SSi to sh the s' Tnisea 4 s SGs SO
According to Its terms. that will be printed to-
morrow ,TsO, {, ts9 at 5a, Z. in Nth 3ho g SHiG SSo !; fFp% bn Mo Sit 10
imposed viii be collected. Gen. Bianco expects
dnSs t All TN, %on sat,l s'n nes 90 a0h ia e snSae and dI he ani has
told the several charity ASSOCIATIONS and philan.
relief for the starving people that, though his
wishes are Of the best, he does not see how he
crease in crimes. Personal security, in the
streets, which was never great here, docs not
himself on the streets Of the capital after the
sun sets has to take care Of his own life.
10 carry a pistol TOT sel1-oeIcnCe Is n
| necessity in Havana. Any welldressed
person is liable to be assailed on all sides by
demands for money, and when 1t is refused
threats followed by overt acts ensue. The po-
lice are Of no avail. They themselves are
starving. The Inspectors of Police are eight
months in arrears OF their salaries. and the
military police. called the Orden Publico. has
become careless and abusive in it's attitude
toward civilians.
At night the spectacle offered here in the
Parque Central. the Prado. the Campo de Marie,
the Plaza del Cristo, and other squares Is fright
full beyond description. Starving men and wo-
men form a horrible human mass. lying on the
ground and crying for bread. Every morning
| many poor children and some adults are found
dead. The Fosos, whore tho p~acifcos are hud-
died. are not large enough to contain so many
starving people.
Manuel Plana. a Cuban who landed recently
with an expedition from tho United States. has
issued an address to tho people. He had some
notoriety in New York not long ago because he
was expelled from Paris by the French police as
an Anarchist, and sent to the United States.
Planas was not an Anarchist, but a
Cuban patriot who on the night of
Aug. 1 last escaped from the Chafarinas
Islands with Justo Garcia. son OF Gen. CaliXto
Garcia. In mis- proclamation he explains how
he was unjustiy charged with anarchism by the
Spanish Government in order to deceive other
Governments and have him arrested as a com.
mon criminal. He adds that he is now. on the
soil OF Cuba, ready to give his life for the free