The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-11
NEUTRALS ASK AID.
PACIFlCOS APPEAL FOR
AMERICAN RELIEF.
l,stansss Crowded with Starving People
Children Perish In the strcets-The
Sufferers Not Law Brcakcrs-An Appeal
70 American Mothers.

HAVANA, June s.-A strange appeal
on behalf OF the starving and dying
re~conccntrados In Matanzas, who X
cited The pity Of General Lee and Mr..
Calhoun, has been made TO the people
VI the United States.
Since the United States government
has begun measures for the relief OF
It's citizens in Mntanzas, the desperate
plight of the Cuban roconcentrados
there has resulted In "a petition, signed
BY 100 of them, in which they beg that
they may be included In the charity.
The petition Is headed "An appeal to
The United States" II is now on its
WY to Washington. The principal
part of the prayer is:
"For some time past we have been
contemplating the idea Of appealing TO
,our charitable feelings for relief for
those OF our people who are bitterly
suffering the consequences Of n most
lnhuman method of waging u The
ear. however, that our representa-
ions might be received as passionate
and exaggerated. has restrained us
from undertaking the task, but since
General Ice. Commissioner Calhoun,
his secretary, Mr.. Fishback, and Mr..
Alexander Bricc, the American consul
at this place, have seen the misery ex-
sting here. we do not hesitate any
longer to speak to you. II, as is TO be
hoped, thesc gentlemen make their
report to the United States OF all they
have seen, you will find full confirma-
ion pf Tho utatc,nnnts vn ,nnlfa
First, let it be said that in unhappy
Tuba we can do nothing to help our
suffering conntrymen. The pacifcos
huddled in our city would be looked
npon as traitors for so doing and
would be summary dealt with. We
must be blind and deaf TO their suf-
ferings, and do nothing openly that
can in any way interfere with Gen.
eral Weyler's policy Of determination.
I'VE are compelled to witness day
after day scenes Of horror which no
language can describe and yet no voice
can be lifted to protest against them.
To Spain we cannot apply for succor.
She Is we'll acquainted with the pres
emit condition Of affairs in Cuba, and
General Wcylcr says that his mission
Is not to look after the starving PEG.
pie, but simply TO end tho war accord,
ing TO his notions, He has con.
verified into deserts sections OF country
where abundance was; thousands OF
happy towns have becn looted and
burned by a savage soldicry and desc
lation meets the eye wherever yor
look. And, people Of America, vul
lures feed on unburied corpses strewr
In the ruined fields.
Upwards OF 10000 victims OF thi
savage system Of warfare have beef
crowded into Matanzas, without pro
viding for their o natural wants
and after they have been compclle,
TO abandon all they had in the worl,
they are to be seen in crowds until lat
at night, impioring charity. Many
child perishes in the streets, unable Il
stand so many and such long continue,
privations. Indeed, IL looks as though
our grave yards had turned put thei
dead upon us, such Is the cadaverou
loak Of the multitude begging for
morsel Of bread, aud whose only gull
Is to have been born in cuba.
ut is not possible to give detailc
accounts of tho misery that reign
here and in other cities and towns. |
any other country this state Of affai,
would have brought on disturbanc,
and riots; yet, our people, sufferin
us they are, have not lone anythin
tina. could In Gny way disturb orde
Can there be q better illustration
xI.y. ncuccohla l;.n,s,ttnup
''Tondcr, loving mothers Of Americ
10 you In particular we appeal in o,
humane undertaking. Think that
yoar very doors are mothers who 10,
us dearly MS you love, and who d;
after day see their little ones peri,
out of sheer hunger, and In most cas-
without n piece Of n to cover the
~nakedncss.
I'VE suggest that " any relief Is
come 1t should be entrusted to &
american consuls for distribution, n,
we would also suggest that the ser
ing of provisions or clothing has
Inconvenience, as 1t might give I
spanish officials an opportunity to
tcrferc and thwart the object
v.ew."
CHICAGO, June S.-The Tribun
Cuban correspondent says the re is
means OF learning the exact numl
OF the reconccntrados An Amcric
consul. who has made a careful stu,
says il is more than 100000. A Sp'
ish officer said there were more I'll
1890 OF those starving count
people,
Diamond Fields koundrtn Mexico
Mexico City, June Sit Is .repor
from the state of Guerrero that
lost diamond fields there have b
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