The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-03-24

Seustor Proctor ns ie his much looked
I ststemeat on the condition OF things
IL Cubl ia the Senate last week. 1t WAS .
very plain matter Of fact statement which
carried conviction Of It's truth aud made q
proiJund impression upon Congress and
the county. We have rom Tor only the
foilowing quotation;
1t is not peace, TOR Is 1t war i is desc
latiou aud dirtlness snd concentration and
ttAiviLg Every town and village is sur
rounded by trooha rebch) = sort OF
rife rit, bat constructed 90 poor plan,
The dirt being throxn up on the inside,
with barb wire fence Oh tbs outside Of
the trench. Along these trocbss at every
corner and at frequent intervals are whst
are called forts. which are really small
block houses. m.ny OF them more like a
large seutry box, l0opboled for mnsketty,
and OF guard OF from two TO ten foldlers
10 each. The purpose OF these rochss IL
TO keep the reo0nceutrsdo. 10 as well AZ to
keep the infurgcuts ont r. ON all the
surrounding country the people have been
drlven into thee fortified towns and held
there, to subsist ss they can They are
virtually prison yards aud are not unlike
one 10 general sppesrsnce, except toe
walls are not so high and strong, but they
suffice, where ev4ty point is 10 range OF a
soldiers fihs, to keep 10 the poor conceu
trsdo women and children. Every rail
road stat on is within one Of these trochss
and has 90 srmed guard Every train hss
an arm red freight car, loopholed for mus
kerry and filed sth soldiers
There are ir'qnent block houses Iacos
ed 10y q ttochs. and with quart along
the railroad track With this exception
there Ia 10 human life or hstinlion be
tseen these fortified towns and villages
aud throus bout the phcle Of the ur west
rrn PROVINCES, except to very limited 81
tent smong the bills, whore the SpsuisrdF
have not been able TO go and drive the
people TO tho towns and burn their dwell
ipgs. east house or hot IN the 400
miles OF rallro.d rides from pinsr del Rio
province ID the west. across the Iull Width |
IT H,vsn. I'D M,ntsbzs provinces 10
Ssgua ia Graude 90 the north ,hore and |
to Cicniuegos 90 The sonth shore Of Ssuts /
Clara, except within the Spanish troehss
There are 10 domestic animals OF crops Oh |
the rich helds ,nd pasture except such a.
are under guard 10 the immediate vicinity |
o. the towns. 10 other word the Span
ards hold 10 these tour western provinces
Iast what their srmy ute on Every mar
ssmsn and cAili and every domestic All
NAL, wherever their columns have reached,
j, under snAri ADD within their 90 called
iortAcstions To describe one plscs is
10 describe oil To repe.', It i, neither
peace nor .r l. is oobcettvtan sud
iesolslIon. THIS ls De ',5scIdsI' coudi
loo OF the iour western provinces. Tnui.
be SOFT Of Wey e,s famous '5otcrltr.
iou order.
stnsior Proctor cot 4 med ell ttst bee
,-ea GAIA Of the .icEue starvation .ud
iesih among The recoactttfsdos Before
'oing there, b. ssla could not believe
be. eut Of population Of Loo 900,
%. 900 bad died within these spauish
orls from setasl starvation aud dlsssse
su,sd bJ insaid cisni aud improper food
iy inquiries yer. entirely o8t.de Of set
siicn soaross Tbty sere made Of CGlc
~, oar eousals, 81 city slcaldes (mSyCnI .
I rsii,i committees. Of leading merchants
I'd b.sksft, phvsicisus AID lsWyttt Sew
raj u mI latormsats ~ert Spanish borb. [
%, every tine tse answer 90. that The d
s.e lad 20, besn Grersisied. Mauy 81
10 tesp. we're 20 dreadful that they b
asL, never 10 be phoiogfsp ed or made q
able The Los f.so. hospital IL HsV 5
2, hfs betH tecsbtlt de.ciibet by ole q )
y eoiis.sst,, : astof Gallagher, sbd ! Q
.btei say he egass n everisv5. Tor C
ftn ny pea came. Dc nofe lie visited q