The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-27

disguise and accuse him of protesting and
aiding the insurgents with the kno"ie ledge
ana consent OF the United States.
General Lee. however, is true blue and
is filling his position there 10 he letter.
He uses all the means within MS pow
to see that Americans and their Industries
are protected, covering every inch OF
ground he stands on, regardless OF Ihe CEN
sure of the Spanish press.
General Weyler's policy Of concentrating
all the people in the towns and allowing no
one TO cultivate the lands is causing q
great deal OF distress among the poo -er
classes. as there Is no work for sueA vast
numbers in the cities and towns. Many
are starving daily and the distress VIII in
crease each day as long as this lio:icy IS
pursued.
MIR. Malone says that soldiers GU both
sides are very poor mRrksmen and seldom.
do much damage when lighting at long
range with their guns, but when they en-
gage in a handto-hand encounter with
machetes then they get hur, aud The NOR
tality is great. He mentioned in incident
which occurred at one of the towns, where
The Spanish soldiers fired 1000 shots Ut two
insurgents and killed a COW.
sir. Malone saws that all the ports are
carefully guarded by the Spanish and II Is
hard matter Tor a person TO leave ihe
island unless his papers are all in a correct
shape. and they are rather slow ehJlt let
ting him get away then. As soGn as 4
vessel anchors she Is boarded by The Span-
ish patrol who never leave the Neccoi for
moment until she weighs anchor again
and puts to sea.
While in Havana Mr.. Malone met United
States Commissioner Calhoun. ho was
there for the purpose Of assisting ~ the
Ruiz Investigation. Mr. Calhoun ami ne
had arranged 10 make trip INTO IL" in
terror together. but important Luanes IS
matters prevented them taking 30 thp.
| While in the interior OF the island Mr..
| Malone met one of General Gomeys CHIEF
officers. an American, who had come Greet
| from the camp OF General Gomez In the
, mountains.
MIR Malone also saw the famous mill
| tary trocha, OF which so much has been
said and written. This, he says, is big
wide ditch with wire fence on each
side. A small tower or fort Is stationed
along this every hundred yards or more
with sentries continually located in them.
/ These towers are connected by telephone,
| giving instant communication clear across
! tho line from one end TO the other De-
spite all this precau,ion, however. the in.
surgents cross and reoross the trocha at
will
All the towns have sentry boxes placed
around them in which guards are sta
/ toned and no one can 20 in or out with
ont the proper passports No vessels are
allowed to sail frcm the harbors except in
/ daylight and no boats are allowed to go
between tho shore and vessels in harbor
during the night
When asked as TO the authenticity OF the
news sent from Cuba by special corre-
spondenIs there Mr.. Malone said that he
met the correspondents Of the New York
journal, World, Herald and Associated
Press, These are all located Ia Havana and
he says it is really amusing TO see them
get mp their war news. He says they arc
closely watched and have to be very cir
eumspect In their movements They remain
| In Havana and catch what scraps of war
news and rumors they can hear on the
streets from stragglcrs coming In from the
country then repair 10 their hotel and
prepare their war news and send II ia
their papers by means OF special COM
munication which they have. As far as
getting actual facts regarding the war
: they can not get them. simply because they
are closely watched and dare not stir our
OF Havana. II is a frequent occurrence for
newspaper correspondents to be expelled
} from the island.
He had many interesting experiences
learned much about the island ana re-,
turned In the very best Of health. but--dr
y Malone says he Is glad TO be at home In