The herald., 1897-11-09
THE DEcAPITATED OFFICIAL
Is NOT INCAPACITATED FOR DO
ING HARM
Spanish Conservatives Lay Out Pro-
gram for Circumventing the
New Liberal Plans
Associated Press Special Wire.

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ported by his influential following in the
lrmy, are fomenting an agitation in his
behalf against the government policy
Ind are preparing to give him recep-
hon on his arrival, which will, if they
Ian bring it about, neutralize the crit
kal attitude of the Sagasta cabinet.
Eenor Romero Robledo, who is leading
The agitation, addressed large meeting
bf Conservatives today at which several
lenators and deputies were present and
made a violent attack upon the govern
hgcommittee Of the Conservative party,
whom he charged with being responsible
tor the dissolution of the party, eulo-
kiSed General Weyler as great military
commander, and urged that war is the
Dnly true policy in Cuba" Senior Robledo
will meet General Weyler on his arrival
bn the Montserrat. Meanwhile he is
organizing a series Of public meetings
10 protest against the recall of Weyler,
lhe first of which will be held tomorrow,
Ind he proposes reorganization of the
Conservative party upon the basis of the
program Of the late Senor Canovas del
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wEYLER's VOYAGE
HAVANA, Nov. S.-An official dis
batch received here from Porto Rico an
hounces that the Spanish steamer Mont
)errat, with Captain General Weyler on
board, which left Havana on Sunday
last for Spain via Porto Rico, and which
put into Gibara owing to a mishap to
her machinery, left Porto Rico yesterday
Afternoon.
THE WEYLER POLICY
NEW YORK, Nov. 8.-A special to
he World from Havana says: Weyler
has gone, but his purpose to "exter-
innate the breed" OF Cuban patriots
b being fulfilled.
Starvation is killing the Concentra-
loes by tens of thousands Hunger is
loing what Spain's 100000 soldiers can
not accomplish. Women and children,
Ihe weak, the old, are dying like sheep.
The rural population concentrated in the
Towns has filled the graveyards and its
lead now lie unburied.
The frightful sufferings of those who
burvive cry out to the mercy of the
civilized world.
The physicians of Havana are now for
bidden to give starvation as cause of
Heath. Women and children starve. The
reports Of their death are falsified.
A correspondent in the town of San
Domingo writes in the Diario La Mar
me: "A multitude of sick fall dying
Upon garbage in the streets and there
they will lie until, after having served as
lgnominious spectacles for some hours,
they are collected and hauled away in
The OK carts used for garbage to the
Jumping grounds. If the bodies are ad-
hitted to the cemetery they reach there
bnly in this unseemly manner. The
khurch cemeteries are full. So most of
hese dead bodies are thrown into the
helds to be eaten by the birds and
logs"
1.-THE BIRDS" of which this correspon-
lent writes, are vultures. The vultures
Ire gorged; the dogs can eat no more.
The newspapers which supported
Weyler and those who opposed him are
how forced to tell half the truth about
ktarving concentrates.
Here are some whole truths undeni-
lble:
Since Weyler's proclamation driving
khe country people into the towns was
Issued half the rural population of West
krn Cuba has died. Half of those who
burvive are so weak, SO emaciated, that
The Pickering spark of life in them will
burely soon be extinguished.
They cannot survive, although Blan-
70, the Governor General, has ordered
That service rations be issued to them
rations such as his soldiers get. The
lives of the other half Of the survivors
Blanco will save. He has acted prompt
", but such has been the fatal effect Of
Weyler's savagery that Blanco cannot
hndo or counteract it.
The Assistant Mayor of Havana says
that there are $4,000 concentrates in
this city.
Ragged, thin and starving, these peo-
pie are huddled in the public buildings.
The hospitals here are as full as the
graveyards. Certainly not more than
DO per cent of the deaths among the
concentradoes in this city are reported.
But from these official figures it is cas-
lily learned that the death rate among
the children Of the concentrates in hos
pitfalls and public buildings is 80 per
oent: among adults, SO per cent.
And the death rate in the smaller
cities and towns, where no meat is re-
ceiven from the United States is even
larger than this dreadful percentage.
The absolute fact is that in Havana
the conditions are five times better,
more favorable than anywhere in Cuba,
Yet the Spanish official reports prove
that 177S persons died in Havana during
the month Of September last and 227S
during October just passed
A PEACEFUL APPEARANCE
NEW YORK, Nov. S.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Washington says: AS
further evidence of the peaceful condi-
ton Of the relations of the United States
and Spain, Navy Department officials
point to the program adopted by Rear
Admiral Sicard for the next month. Re-
pairs to the ships will occupy some
weeks, but as each is put in condition for
service, Rear Admiral Sicard proposes
to send it to sea for individual drill. 1t
Is expected that the squadron will re-
main in New York until about the middle
of December, when it will proceed to
Hampton Roads, which will be the base
OF the squadron's winter evolutions.
LEE is RETICENT
NEW YORK, Nov. S.-General Fitz-
hugh Lee will sail for his post Of duty
Wednesday. General Lee was reticent
today in speaking of Cuban affairs, but
he referred with satisfaction to his inter-