The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-12


tensiys and dangerous conspiracy
Der tho ex-governor OF tho province
ected against Americans. actlonA
sainst them 10 DO contingent on the
ovement OF the United States govern
,ent Ia favor OF the Independence or
cuba. E n
Wsyisr,s Inhunan Order.
Il January General Leo makes tho fol-
lowing report: tll
slR.-I have the honor 10 state, as q
matter OF public interest that the re-
concentrate Order OF General Weyier,
formerly governor general Of this Island,
transformed about 1000 self-suppcrt-
Ing people, principally women and chil-
tiren, Into d multitude. to DO sustained
by the contributions OF others or die OF
starvation, or OF fevcrs. resulting from
"A low physical condition. md being
nnssed in large bodleF, without change
Of clothing and without food. Their
homes were burned, their fields and
plant beds destroyed and their 5llya
stock driven away or killed, / estimate
Y Tint probably 100000 OF the rural ;pop-
ultion In tho provinces OF Pinar del Rio,s
Havana, Matanzas and Santa Clara
have died from starvation or from res
s,iltant causes, and the deaths OF whole
families almost simultaneously. orwlth-,
In q few days OF each other, and OF
4 mothers praying for their children to be
relieved OF their horrible suffdrfngS by
death, are not the least OF the many
scenes which were ever present. In the
provinces OF Puerto Principe and San
I. tlago de Cuba, where the reeoncen-
trado order could not be enforced, the
great mass OF people are self-sustain-
ing.
On February IL. General Lee trans
mitted TO tho department q letter with
It's translation, signed by the insurgent
commander inc chief. General Gomez,nd-
dressed to President Mckinley. General
Lee says the letter was delivered By; a.
messenger who at once departed before
he saw or had any communication with
him. The letter Is as follows: 4
Gomez to Tho Prc.idemt.
To William Mckinley, President OF the;
United States:
SIR:-The heroic Cuban people pos
= sess as a characteristic quality OF It's,
moral being and developed to u high dc-$
4 grec, one OF the most noble sentiments,
namely, gratitude; whoever has done
well for Cuba, wins for himself forever
the lively recognition of the sons OF Gu.
ban soil.
Your great people has given TO the
! whole world an example OF lofty virtue,
and to the shame and STUN OF SPAIN,
not only has X shown compassion be-
fore the great misfortunes brought on
( Cuba by the ferocious Spanish policy,
but has extended n helping hand to the
unhappy victims OF the warfare carried
on by the army OF that nation.
The gratitude OF this people must bI
on par with that grea; and gereront
impulse, and if Cuba, by Its seograph-
ical situation and the necessity OF Its
commercial existence. Is called to MAIN
rain, once that Il Is free, and for the
mutual benefit OF both countries, closer
relations with your great republic than
with any other nation whatever from,
this day forward. Cuba will consider
herself bound by a closer tie In the af-
lection 1t bears for the noble American
magnanimity. VI
However tru, and minute may be thes
reports that you have heard, neverSwllf
you be able TO form just conceptions of
all the ;bloodsheJ, the misery, the ruin
pnd the sorrow caused to the afflicted
Cuoans. to obtain her independence and,
how the despotic spirit OF SPAIN ir:i-l
tated to the last degree before the most
Just OF all rebellion has revellcd in the
most implacable destruction OF every
thing. lives and property. The nations
which at one time adopted the5inquisl-
ton and invented its tortures lastly
conceived the concentration scheme. the
most horrible ofall means to r.lartyrizei
and then to annihilate an entire peopIe.l
and IL 1t has stopped In the path otSdc-l
struct!on It Is due In a great measure to
the cry of indignation which the know)l'
edge; of sucn horrors unanimously drew
from the states over which you govern.
The people who is saved from extlnc;s
Zion and whose evils you. gifts assuage;i
: e the people for whose liberty we daily
shed our blood on the fields OF battle;
the country whose independence NE now
conquer at the poln: of the sword, sot5
them. is also for us; blood OF our:
blood, and flesh OF our flesh, we must
rejoice with them in their Joys as We
weep and symps thiZe with them In
+ their sorrows and griefs. Be not SUR
prised then that as the general in chief
% this Cuban army am SO deepl53
moved at the wave OF compassion which
agitates your noble country and that I
acccde to the requests of the patriots
L command to appear before you tho
Z representative OF, the great nation as
the exponent OF our Immense gratitude!
To FuifilI Duty.
I have therefore. sir. to fulfill con-
scientlous duty by: setting forth a fact
which beg You will please transmit to-
the knowledge OF the persons TO whom
Is recommended the phiianthropic mis-
sion OF succoring the unhappy, destitute
Cubans, and In order that ignorance of
certain antecedents may, not deprive
many needy ones OF the enjoyment o:
that noble American charity.
The revolution, as absolute master OF,
the country, has never prohibited any|
citizen. whatever his nationality, from,
earning his living. and It has happened
that as soon as the barbarous coucen-
trntion decree was derogated, innumer-
able families have left, and still leave
the city for the fields. impelled by. hun
ger to wrest from the fruitful Cuban
vegetation the means OF relieving the
pressing needs of life. Those unhappy
beings ignore the fact that II the Span
iards by steel and privation have
shrouded their hearts In mourning, so
also 1t may be said that the flora OF
Cuba was In mourning devastated by
the bullet and torch. Wherefore, being
in the same circumstances these ,unfor-
Inmates have the. same moral right to
participate In the relief furnished TO
needy Cubans by your generous peo-
pie. Many widow. many mother.
many an orphan do We meet In our, way
who asks OF US succor that We are not
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