The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-23
FAMINE IN CUBA.
Rven the Theusauds or spauish Sick In tn,
Hospitals Have Client Food.

Rven the Thou1auds OF gpautsh Sick In the
Hospitals Have Food.
HAVANA. via Key West, Aug. 22.-Gens.
Ahumnds and Moncada of the Spanish Army
are both sick from yellow fever.
The sanitary situation Is awful among tho
spaniards. In the military hospitals in Havana
the scarcity OF food makes tho situation worse.
The troops. following the orders Of Weyler,
plumber the farms in the province and steal the
cattle which were reserved to supply the city.
They bring tho cattle hero to feed to the sick
Spanish soldiers In the hospitals and report the
animals as captured from the insurgents.
A I Pinar del Rio the condition OF the p~acincos
Ii desperate. Whole towns also are starving.
At Guane. In that province. the Cuban families
are feeding on dogs. Not even vegetables can DO
obtained.
Reports from Matanzas also reveal the ter
rible misery Of the country people. The Spanish
battalion Of America arrived yesterday in
Matanzas city. escorting a large number OF
starving pacincos. They could hardly walk.
and were beaten by tho soldiers when they
tainted. Hundreds died on the road.
A sensation has been caused by the news that
Gen. Felipe Martinez will arrive soon from
Spain, called to Cuba by Gen. Weyler. Martinez
has q reputation for cruelty comparable only
with that of Weyler himself. He was Chief OF
Police of Havana several years ago. and barbar-
ously treated tho Cuban population. using
largely the torture Of al componte and shooting
people in the streets OF the capital without any
trial. The Cuban families arc panic-stricken
over his coming. Weyler is reported to have
said In tho palace after receiving the news of
Mariners departure from Spain: MEN like
Martinez and Fonsdeviela are the sort we need
here"
Tho war Is waRing ferccly in Puerto Principe
| province. The town of Dos Marias has been
sacked and partly burned by the insurgents after
. desperate resistance by the garrison. The
Spanish commander. Manuel Barcelo. made a
could not fight any longer in the streets he re-
treated to the fort, which he held. The Cubans,
after sacking the town. retired and praised
Barcelo's bravery.
At Arroyo del Muerto. in the same province,
the Spanish battalion OF Cadiz had a hard fight
Recio Loynaz. commander OF the insurgent
army In Puerto Principe province. The Span
iards, after several hours fighting, retrcated in
good order to Puerto Principe city, through the
plantations Aurora Jigui and Santa Rita. The
Insurgents kept firing on the Spanish rear guard
were heavy on both sides.
At San Lorenzo and Las Delicias. Puerto
Principe, the Spanish battalion of Puerto Rico
had two skirmishes with the insurgents and
lost fifteen soldiers killed and Twenty-Five
wounded.
A big Cuban expedition is reported to have
successfully landed in Pinar del Rio province.
Several strong combats took place on the
northern coast where the expedition landed.
Large Spanish forces werc sent from Havana to
Pinar del Rio to help the spaniards against the
expedition.
K Cuban hospital has been raided by the
Spanish near Havana and sixteen Cuban sol
diers, sick and wounded. were slain.