Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-01-26
DAILY INDEPENDENT.
Observation-Disclosures 1893
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condition OF affairs on that unhappy
island. On his return he made
public statement to the New York
Journal which is receiving good
deal OF attention throughout the
country. He tells of the inhuman
treatment Spain gives tine Cubaps
and the horrors Of the policy Of co.,
centrating the peasants in towns,
there to die Of starvation, which Is
nothing lest than policy Of eKterm-
nation. After telling of the better
conditions that exist since the dis
placement of Weyler by Blanco, Con
gresham King gives this graphic de-
scription of war that for barbarities
has not been equaled in any struggle
between civilized powers:
@If the cane fields are again burned
and the war is prolonged, we cannot
measure the suffering that will yet
come to tie people. The residents Of
the towns and cities are beginning to
suffer, and il peace does not come
quickly they will meet the same fate
as the recohcentrados. jf it were
not for the little work being done
upon fortified; plantations and within
the military lines, the work of death
would continue until all of the rural
and much of the urban population
would die of starvation. The Span
ish government is making no ade-
quate provisions to meet the present
and future suffering in Cuba. Thou
sands i'll each Of four provinces will
die of starvation within the next
thirty to thirty-six days, unless
prompt relief is afforded. Notwith-
standing the impoverishment on the
island, feel that more could be
done to relieve the distress than was
being performed. Buildings could
be obtained and the unfortunates
gathered in from the streets and
highways, and their condition rem
AClOu 1Ooo hLoSl
at is my deliberate Judgment.
based upon investigator, that there
are more than 10000 persons in Ha-
vana who are in need of immediate
assistance to prevent premature
death. A member of the committee
appointed by General Lee to dis
tribute funds received from America
informed me the day of my depar-
ture that in Havana there we're at
least 10000 people absolutely desti-
tute, and that the death rate from
hunger and privation was more than
100 daily. At Ganabacou. where the
deaths had been 30 numerous that it
was thought there we're but few
more reconcentrados left to die, and of
course only few to feed, two days
before my departure an attempt was
made to provide food for then; but
more than 5000, all Of whom we're
suffering for the necessaries of life
appeared. And Mr.. Hyatt, who is
rendering assistance in caring for
these poor victims, told me il would
go with him the next day 1 would
find 5000 whose condition was the
same.
"At the Foscos in Havana I saw
about seventy-tive men and half
grown boys lying in a yard. Upon
many the seal Of death was placed
The pinched cheek, the heshless body
the swollen imbs-these. and other
symptoms betrayed that Weyler'e
ally had conquered more Cubans. In
the building adjoining, DR.. Ouzman
and others who had come to his res.
cue in his humanitarian work, were
nearly 300 women and children. One
was mother whose five children
were all dead. She died the follow
ing day. She was too weak to walk
but / learned that her husband hat
met che death that came to som,
paciticos. or the number in thi,
building,I do not think it possibl,
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