The San Francisco call., 1898-11-07
.TO0 MANY OFFICIALS
 AT HAVANA American Commis- sioners at Outs. cUBANS GROW DIsHEARTENED STARVATION CONTINUES WITH NO PROSPECT OF SUCCoR. Disgraceful Sequel of the Attack by Yellow Fever of Two Clerks in
 the Quartermaster's De-
 partment.
CUBANS GROW DIsHEARTENED
STARVATION CONTINUES WITH
 NO PROSPECT OF SUCCoR.
Special Dispatch to Tn. Call.

Special O1EpaCcn 70 Iu6 OH1l- l HAVANA, Nov. 6.-J. B. Caldwell
 and F. T. Stewart, attached to th'
 quartermaster's department, have beer
 stricken with yellow fever. They hat
 been occupying apartments at the Ho tel Pasaje, adjoining those of Colone | Williams, the chief quartermaster. wht
 is also suffering from the disease. Botl
 men were removed this afternoon, un. der the order of Dr. Laine, to Fl Ve- dado fever hospital. In the opinion o1 pr. Laine and other physicians the Ho- tel Pasaje Is infected and there will
 probably be a stampede among the
 American guests when the fact becomes
 known.
 Following the usual petty jealousies
 existing between the Commissioners,
 to which the medical corps furnishes nc
 exception, the doctor who attended
 Caldwell and Stewart gave no notice ot
 their illness to the United States Com
 missioners at Fl Vedado. Colonel Will
 Hams being i'll, and nobody apparently
 being authorized to assume authority
 in his place, Stewart, who is a clerk in
 the quartermaster'S department, lacked
 certain attentions that only money
 could buy. Instead of the United States
 Commissioners being informed an at
 tempt was made to collect private sub-
 scriptions to provide nurses and medl-
 cine.
 Caldwell and Stewart have been i'll
 for several days, but not until this
 morning was the fact brought to the attention of the American Commission CTS, who immediately ordered Dr. Laine to see the patients and to care for them at the expense of the Commissioners. As a result of his examination the re- moval orders were promptly issued, Dr. Laine considering it his first duty to care for the health of the large num- Der of Americans living at the Hotel Pasaje.
 Admiral Sampson and Generals Wade and Butler, the United States Evacua- ton Commissioners, are highly incensed at the action of those who originated the private subscription for Govern ment official.
 The international agreement as to the time between Spain's loss of sovereignty in Cuba and the assumption of full military control by the United States seems indefinitely prolonged, with no immediate hope of relief to country which daily grows poorer and more de- populated. On all sides the question is asked, How much nearer is the final solution of the problem than it was on the day the protocol was Signed?'
 The feeling among the better classes of intelligent and influential Cubans may be pretty accurately summed up in the following observations made by a representative Cuban merchant of Havana: Tt seems to me, and I think my views are shared by many, that the United States Government is dilly- dallying too long with Spain over this evacuation question. Of course the problem is a difficult one, but the delay is surely unnecessary. The United States has sent here an assortment of each more self-important q Sfnr-s 1or1 and each yelling its operations with a cloud of secrecy, which, so far as my American experience goes, really serves the purpose of obscuring issues and concealing very small achievements. nothing has been accomplished. The spirit of jealousy fills not only the individual members of all the commits sions, but also exists between the differ ant commissions collectively. These ri- 1 valries seem to engrCsS the attention of the commissioners much more than | the serious questions affecting the well 1 fare of Cuba and the dignity and good l faith of the United States.
 First we were told that the date of | occupation by the United States troops | would be November l. Then December | was fixed upon and later we were in- formed that the date for occupation | would be left indefinite. So far as evacuation is concerned January 1 was named as an ultimatum, but now 1t Is that February 1 has been agreed upon. The people are losing 'aith and confidence in the lack of for nality displayed by the American rep 'esentatives. To all questions asking on these points the Amer can Commissioners, with a superior mile and an assumption of gravity to over their ignorance, reply vaguely and 
 Unless the Washington Government orces its lethargic commission to greater activity Cuba will be an i'm nense graveyard and it's fields barren before the United States takes posses ion. The daily records of mortality how that the population in all parts f the island is dwindling steadily. En- ire villages are dying of starvation. )n all sides the Spaniards continue obbing and plundering. In the mean ime these sage, gossiping commission IFS from the United States sit slipping ool drinks by day and seeking shelter " night with mortal dread of fever, ct absolutely imperyfous to the de- hands of humanity.
 The situation created by this un- is still more aggravated by he fact that no one dares to sow crops r cultivate the lands until the present OnditionS show some rays of light here Is no work for idle hands. Day y day the number of beggars, thieves nQ OIner IOTInS OI vice increase, While he number of those able to relieve dis ress shrinks in the same proportion. hus far the United States has sent in he name of humanity a mere pittance I million rations and the Red Cross { ociety has sent two cargoes of sup lies, as to the distribution and dis osal of which there have been many comments. How far can /, lch relief be expected to go? f ''The present conditions cannot be I luch longer protracted without sub- 1 ,cting the United States to well-de- ! erved criticism. More than that the ( ements most in sympathy with the s nited States are slowly but surely tlling off and joining the ranks of the position. As you are aware, Senor ? Castro, the Civil Governor, only yes V ,rday issued orders for the arrest of h 8 criminals recently released from iail nd the penal colonies at Ceuta and on ( ie Isle of Pines. This was rendered acessary by the alarming increase of lrglaries and highway robberies. r yhile the blockade was on the city was lied with an iron hand and cases of assault and robbery were almost un- nown. To-day, with the release of 'iminals and the increase of poverty,