The evening times., 1897-06-07

Havana, Cuba, via Tampa, Fla, June L
An appeal ON belai + or the starving and dy-
ing reconcentrados in MatanZas, VINO ex-
cited pity in the hearts Of Gen. Lee and Mr..
Calhoun, has been made to the people Jf
the United states.
Since the United states Government has
in Mat anZas the desperate plight of the Gu
ban reconcentrados there has resulted In
petition, signed by 100 of them, in which
they beg in the name OF common humanity
that they may be included in the charity.
The petition is headed An Appeal To tie
United StaJcs.'' II is now Oh its way To
Washington The principal part is as fol-
lows
For some time past we have been con-
Uemplatlng the idea of appealing To your
charitable feelings for relief for those or
our people who are bitterly suffering the
consequences OF a most inhuman way OF
waging war. The fear, however, that our
representations might be- received as pas
sIOnate and exaggerated has restrained us
from I'm de Iaking the task; but since Gen.
Lee. Commissioner Calhoun, his secretary,
Mr. FishhaCk. and Nj Alexander BriCe, the
American consul at this place, have seen
with their own eyes misery existing here.
we do not hesitate to speak 10 you any long
er IL, as is to be hoped, these gentlemen
make their report to the United States GOV
erHmcnt OF all they have seen you viii find
full Confirmation of the statements we
make.
"Firsi and foremost let il he said that in
unhappy Cuba we can do nothing TO help
our suffering countrymen-the pacificos-
that have huddled in our cities. We would
he looked upon as traitors for SO doing,
and as such we would be summarily dealt
with We must not feel for them; we N 1st
he blind aud deaf to their sufferlngs, AMI
do nothing that can in a ny way Interfere
with Gen Weyler' policy OF eNtermlnatlon
I'VE haveto witness day after day scenes
OF horror which no language can describe,
and yet no voice can be lifted 10 protest
against them. To Spain we cannot apply
for succnr. she is well acquainted with
the present condition Of affairs in Cuba.
tad So far not a farthing has come TO us
from her vet we have sent her our money
freely whenever the Spanish people have
been in want and distress.
But what are we TO expect from Spain
when her worthy representative here, Gen,
wcvIer, indifferent. cold and dear to our
misery, CoOlly says that his mission IN
Cuba is not tolook after the eStarvingpopula-
tion, but simply to end the war according
to his own notions. He has converted into
deserts sections of the country where
abundance once reigned, thousa nds Of
a D.. ..1
down by savage soldiers, ashes and desc
lation meet theeye wherever you look and
vultu~cs feed on unburied cUrpseS strewn III
the ruined fields.
Upwards of ten thousand victims OF This
savage yStem OF warfare have been crowd
ed into Malanzas, without providing for
thrir rost natural wants, and after they
have been compelled TO abandon all 'Bey
had in the world, they are to be seen in
crowds from in the ronring until late at
night implOring charity.
MANY a child perishcs in the streets, I'M
able TO stand so many and such long-Con-
tinued priva,ions Indeed, il looks rs II our
Craveyards had turned out their dead upon
us, such is the cadaverous look Of the multi
tudes that frantically 90 about begging for
a morsl OF bread. and whose only guilt is TO
have been born in Cuba.
1T isno. possible to give detailed accounts
uf the misery that reigns supreme here and
In other cities and towns. 1t is enough To
statet d at thereconcentradosOr or paC!iIcoS are
living in huts erected in the outskirts Of
cur cities For beds they have the bare
ground. and on it they eatif they happen to
be rclived from some charitable source.
an any other country this state OF affairs
would have brought on disturbances and
riots. vet our people, suffering rs they are,
have not done anything that could In any
way disturb order. Can there be a better
Illustration OF their peaCeahle disposition?
Tender, loving mothers Of America. to
YOU in particular we appeal in our hui
name underta king. Send US the aid Of
your mUtheTly cooperation. Enlist in our
crusade against crime and harbarity,
and the blessings Of thousands will IiSe to
heaven d 5 a fit hymn in your praise. Think
that at your very doors there are mothers
who love as dearly as you love, and who da J
after day see their little ones perish in our
streets from sheer hunger, andinmOstc tea ses
wi. hout piece of rag TO cover their naked
ness"
LAS for us, we cannot do our work
openly. We have to beg for feeding the
hungry and clothing the naked, ConCealing
ourselves and cur names as II We were
doing something wrong. We therefore sug