The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-24

great government was NdSmt ""' -
termination instead OF war OF nonor,
yet such is an absolute fact. A visit was
paid 10 the orphanage under Or. Lesser
II contains now about fifty children. al
most every one OF whom Is vlct m OIL
starvation Dr. Lesser. one OF Miss BAR
tons assistants has had experience III
the Armenian and Indian famines. put ne
declares that the famine In cuba IS WORSE
than that in Armenia.
A detailed story Of visit TO Las Focas.
the place where the reconcentradoes daiiy
assemble to get food was also gwen. rev
weeks ago when Miss Barton discoVereu
the place there were 6i5 people lyhhs Oh
the floors. many of them entirey huue'
and all suffering the pangs OF star 'a.'o. i,-i'I
Much had been done by the Red cross
Society to alleviate the condition OF those
who stlll remain. but scores OF men, wo-
men and children are yet there gaunI
and bony almost as a skeleton, many Oh
them covered with sores directly trace
able to insufficient food.
A vivid picture was then drawn by MT
Gailinger OF a trip to Matanzas. All along
the route were wretched people In rags.
bur not until the city was reached was
the full extent of the suffering realized.
'.It occurred 10 me as | looked upon the
scenes of suffering and horror INA, inc
Cuban reconcentradocs might wcli nave
adopted the words OF Dante: VINO enters
here leaves hope behind when they were
driven from the fields and herded IKE
cattle In the cities and towns of this fertile
land. The truth Is that Weyler devised
scheme OF human suffering and sorrow
that nut Dante's Inferno In the shade
and converted a contented. prosperous
people into a herd of suffering, starving
unfOrtunates.
BEGGARY AND DEATH.
"Matanzas IS literally a place or beg
gary and death. Never before did my eyes
behold such suffering and never again
do 7 expect TO see such havoc wrought
through a cruel and inhumon decree
A visit 10 the MatanZas hospitals re-
vealed an even more shocking condition
than the streets. Members Of the Red
Cross Society who had visited one OF the
hospitals two weeks before were almost,
overcome upon discovering that nearly
everyone of the inmates at that time
had since died. There, poverty. sorrow
and suffering were depicted in their worst
forms.
III there was food I'm these hospitals"
said Mr. Gallinger, Il did not discover
IT. neither were there signs OF medicine
or Of proper nursing.
The governor of Matanzas informed
MED the palace. fifteen persons had died
i'm the courtyard. lie said further that
in the city 1900 had died in November.
I 300 in December. 200 I'm January, and 900
I'm February The death rate was de-
creasing simply because the reconcen-
tradoes by death were becoming fewer
"The number of people who have
starved I'm Cuba will never be dennitely
known. II is estimated that SOOooo were
driven from their homes into the cities
and towns | had II from Spanish au-
thority that according 10 their hgures
225 900 already have perished, but II Is
said that the Red Cross Society is In pos
session of figures showing that 425Wc
Cubans have died as a result of Spanish
cruelty from starvation and that 2VO'Wt
more must inevitably die.
NOTHING PAST IT.
"I have been asked many times what
NJ the Maine? I do not know. This
however. do know. A government
that will deliberately starve 10000 OF lts
own people will do pretty much any
thing II the ship was blown up tron
the outside what should our government
do. Perhaps I should forbear 10 discuss
that question now, but this ] VIII venture
70 saw. Human life purposely taker
cannot be paid for In gold or silver
Marx nv words. 'purposely taken. Ana y
IL shall appear that such was the lale "
$50 brave American sailors then heaNsi
nity the guilty parties. II VIII not D'
a question Of arbitration, but quesuor
INVOLVING the dignity and honor OF thi'
great Republic. man. .oo,
MIR. Gallinger said there was little reai
LOYALTY TO Spain in Cuba, as would ne
demonstrated when the hour OF trlal
should come. He did not believe tha'
Spain could subdue the insursents'
WHOLESALE TAXATION.
n,sorssing the subject of Spanish rule
Mr. Gallinger referred to the matter oi
taxation. In addition to ali direct ana III
direct taxes on real estate there Is
tax on every door, every window aho
every chimney in every house. on every
letter i'm every business sign and on every
name on every hotel register. Licenses
| are required TO build houses and to paint
houses There is a tax on food animals
as q whole and special taxes on the horn
| the hoofs and the hide In addition tC
an This the interest on the debt Is q
| tremendous burden. the salaries OF Span
ish officials are beyond ali reason and tht
| amount of money wrung from the Gu
| hans TO keep tho Madrid government
| from complete insolvency Is simply enor'
nous.
| religion and humanity alike demand
| that this nnholy war shall cease anc
cease it should. even though the glit
ter and glamour Of military rule shall
! end and a decaying and dissolute throne
1 shall pass away never 10 return
As 10 what should be doEe Mr.. Calling
er felt that sooner or later this gov
ernment would OF necessity absorb Cuba
| but If annexation cannot now be accom-
| plished. then let independence speedily
| come. At the conclusion Of Mr.. Calling
| er's speech the Senate resumed consid
| Grafton OF the bill making further provis
ion for civil government in Alaska anC
at o'clock took up the national quar-
antine bill. Mr.. Caffery louisiana re
sumed his speech begun yesterday II
support Of the bill
The speech was purely a legal argu
ment In favor Of the pending bill. Mr.
| Caffery had not concluded at $3.50 p. Nj
when the Senate on motion of Mr.. Chan
| dler IN H. went into executive session
| At o'clock the Senate adjourned.
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