The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-01-12

from its total population. The exact ns-
urcs for December are yl.
AT the city the government was DIS
trihutng five hundcfd single ratlons per
day ont of "a total appropriation Tor ne
purpose Of Sla.011 This was not Iel.el
bat mere proloneation of The suncriass
OF small part ol the rcconcen'fadots OF
$50 flr as any evidence of Iehtt WAS
visible o. my eyes or w15 even healo or
ty me in ail my talks ON the Island me
SURVIVING Two hundred thousand peoP'0
are ln the same condition ana nave '"'
same prospect OF starvation before lheh
as had their kindred who have died. IheIe
Us rs much need Of medicine row as Oh
food, and they arc getting nci'heI'
SPANISH FIRST.
"rho excuse c.vcn by the Spanish SYM
pathlzcls in cuba Is that tho troops must
INST bo fcd. and IT IS certain that many
OF tho soldiers arc siDl1 and sufcre.ns
for want of proper food. } saw many
myscif that looked fo. ! was informed ou
ali sides That they Dad not been paid for
about eight months. and that most of tAc
civil officials have not been paid for a
similar period. 10 s.. Therefore, most
probable that Spain H. practically unable
20 supply the millions which are immc-
dutciy necessary To- prevent thc death of
most OF The surviving rcconccniardocs,
bat this leads 10 political questions which
desire TO avoid
u wish merely 10 staio in such way
as to- Doe convincing that iu consequence
az the concentration of the people some
two hundred thousand Cubans are daily
suffering and dying from diseases pro-
duccd boy "a lack Of nourishlng food in the
midst of what 1 think must be the most
fertile country in the world, and that
something must be done for them on a.
large scale-and nc oncc-or a few months
viii see THOR determination.
80 fdr as j could see they are patti
ont. amidble. intelligent set OF people.
Some of them whom I saw begging. hay
ins faces Ike Ma1onnas They arc
Americans. probably The oldest Ameri-
cans of European descent. Constant in-
/ tcrcourse with the United states has
made them sympathizc with and apprc'
| ciaic us who are but six hours by the
beat from them. if We do not sympathizc
| with or care Tor them.
IMMEDIATE RELIEF.
"No order or permission from General
| Blanco can save the lives of many of
| them. Indeed. many arr too far gone to
| Doe saved by the best care and treatment
| There was no indication OF cessation
of the hostiliues by the insurgents ID
| they do not voluntarily cease. their tac-
! tics are such that Spain cannot conquer
| them if az AN, before the rcconce ntrddocs
will have had the finishing stroke, so that
not even the speedy termination or the
war would not save many. What they
need is instant pocuniary assistance to
| The extent Of $4,000 a day. distributed 10y
! our consu.s Private charity will hard
| Is. IL seems TO me, produce that amount
| twenty thousand dollars would be but
| ten cents apiece for medicine clo'hes
| and food.
When ] left Havana ! was informed
| that Consul-General Ice had received
/ S. O00 and some hundreds Of cans al
! condensed milk As there are about "l.-
| oo0 sufferers In Havana alone the mad
eouacv of such contributions IS manifest.
! Whether Congress should make am ap-
| nropriation. as I'm the case or me Sdn
Domingo refugees and Other cases IS no'
for mo 10 say. but ] beg tho charitanl Z,
| to believe the statements of fact "hlon
| / have made and TO try TO realize "ha'
| they mean