Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-19
NKINLEY ON CUBA.
l27,OOO CUBANS DIE IN ONE PROVINCE.



morning makes the following state
ment:
The World is able to say on very
high authority that President Mc6in-
ley will tacltly approve the program
for autonomy or home rule for Cuba
which Spain now promises.
Second, that the President will ex-
press the hope that the Cubans will not
prolong their war for complete indie
pendence, but will accept instead a
form of autonomy.
Third, that if the Cubans do not heed
his advice, Spain will be given more
time without Interference from the
United States.
Fourth, the President says that he
ardently desires peace both at home
and abroad. war scares" and Belig-
ercncy resolutions" disturb business.
retard prosperity and do no good. \
newt Congress is to be chosen next
fail and everything depends ON good
times" a season of peace from Gu
ban sensations is therefore now al
most certain.
Fifth,Spain has been informed of Nc
kinley's hopes and plans, aud as the
first evidence of her own fond inten-
lions and good will she pardoned and
released yesterday the American crew
Of the tilibusternE schooner Compete
tor, caught under arms off the coast
Of Cuba on April 10, 1896.
WORLDS REPORT OF CONDITIONS
IN CUBA.
New York, Nov, ia special to the
World from Havana says:
In every town In Cuba, where there
are American citizens groups of starry
ing Islanders gather every day in front
Of the houses of those Americans and
beg for the crumbs that fall from the
tables. That Americans have anything
on their tables from which crumbs
could fall is due to the relief fund Of
$4,000 voted last spring by Congress
Consul General Lee has drawn so far
about $4,000 of the total amount and
It is distributed to the consuls in Ma
tanzas, CientueTos. Sagua, Santiago
and elsewhere. These consuls buy pro
visions and distribute weekly rations to
distressed Americans.
There are 1900 Americans on the
relief fund list. OF these $50 are Ameri-
can born. The others are naturalized
citizens and their families who hav-
ing their citizenship papers properly
registered at the different u. s. con-
sulates, are entitled, if in distress, to
the same relief as American born citi-
zens.
According to n statement made by
Consul Barker who is stationed at
Sagua, about ten thousand people are
being kept alive In Cuba by these ra-
lions distributed for the support of
1,400.
Neighbors gather around the front
door of the houses of American citi-
zens and beg share of food that comes
from the consulates,
Where suffering is general these APP
I'D H..
supply of rice, jcrked beef and bread
is made to do service for five instead
of one.
In the town of sagua a person walk
ing through the principal streets about
ii a. IN. or 6 p. IN. can tell the houses of
American citizens by the crowds of
starving creatures patiently waiting at
the door to get even a mouthful of rice
or even a crust Of bread.
The most pitiful sight Is to see the
babies In arms, hardly alive, and the
small children with their thin little
legs and arms all indicating lack of
rourishment and death by starvation.
There are no markets in any hut the
bigger cities, because nothing Is pro-
duced to supply them and no one has
money to buy with. Misery is uni
versal and suffering is everywhere and
the, de"th rate goes up higher and
higher each day.
In the town Of sagua where there is
"A population of about 10000 the death
list for five years before the war was.
500 n year. In the month OF August
of this year CHS persons died of starva-
ton alone.
Consul Brice, stationed at Matanzas,
reports that since July $4,000 persons
have died in his district. AS he was
crossing the public square one evening
lately he saw n man fall to the ground
within n few feet of him and fastening
to his side, found he was dead. His
body was nothing more than a skele-
ton. Such scenes occur every hour of
the day all over the island, where peo-
pie are herded together.
Gen. Blanco's orders to allow the
pacificos to cultivate lnad outside the
military lines would diminish suffering
If the people had the strength and the
Implements with which to work, but
they have neither and Weyler's
scheme to exterminate the Cuban peo-
Pile is rapidly proving successful. 1t Is
believed here that Blanco has received
orders from Madrid to do everything
possible TO prevent starvation reports
from going to the United States.