The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-09-13
AN IMPORTANT AND
INTERESTING LETTER.
Received by the Cuban Junta From Agent
OF the Revolutionary Govern
ment In Cuba.

NEW YORK. Sept. IA special TO ths
Press from Washington, says:
senor Tomaso Estrada Palma had Just
received a communication from the rep.
resentative Of the Cuban revolutionary
government who has secretly been In
Havana since the beginning OF the war.
The letter Is as follows;
The situation Of the Cubans in this
city and this province is In truth criu-
cal The termination OF the war In which
We rejoice. and the independence OF the
Island has brought with 1t direful woe to
the Cubans and demands immediate at
tentOn and & Is this condition OF affairs,
that compels me TO write 10 you at this
time, in the hope that you will be able to
present the case to the American govern
men, and secure immediate relief.
Each Gays delay in the adjustment OF
Affairs to bring about the spanish eyacu-
alton increases our sufIerings and still
further compHeates the problem Of re-
construction which confronts US. It would
be FAR from possible for US TO paint the
exact situation as II exists in one small
letter
The war is ended and at the same time
We are not LIVING IN peace. Nevertheless
in the rejoicing over the outcome. the VIC
tins Of the war, the real sufferers. are
almost entirely forgotten. The victims
are the Cubans. Neither the United
States nor Spain have suffered from the
rayages Of war upon their own territory,
while all the destruction and devastation
wrought by the struggle has been endured
by poor suffering Cuba, and the END is
not yet.
I'VE are. as It were, between two Ares.
We must keep peace because the United
States and Spain VINO are no longer en-
gagged in active strife ana we must endure
all the atrocities. cruelties and barDarism
imposed upon US by the spaniards. worse
now than before the signing Of the peace
measures. because they realize that they
must soon leave our Island and they de-
sire to heap all the Vengeance upon US that
is in their power to do.
Chaos relgns in Havana. The public
service has, in nearly ali departments
been practically abandoned and the em-
ployes, thus being thrown out Of their
positions. take the more from US. What
Is true Of the clyll authorities is doubly |
true Of the soldiers. The industrial pub !
lie Is completely paralyzed. All animals,
all horses. have been taken away to meet
The necessities Of the Spanish army. There
Is nothing for the laboring people, for the
poor classes, the big majority Of whom
are Cubans, 10 do.
Matters have not improved for them
-'-r~ Na'N ANN1aiAh ~ L4f BlDNhhNts AhN
poor man who manages 10 plant a little
garden place to prevent himself and his
family from starving finds that just as
he is about to harvest his little crop ne
Is made the prey VI the soldiers, who rob
llm Of all. The city is full Of thieves and
'agabonds Who steel, plunder and destroy
al they can. Neither is there any justice
1r attempt at punishment for ofrenses,
even the most grave.
''The municipal officers are nothing
more than iigureheads, and they are seek
ng to get all possible before leaving Cuba,
I makes no difference at what loss or suf-
ering to the people II his city. The com
nercial people, the most Of whom are
5Daniards, are hostile to the cubans. The
1ch alone can live; the poor must die of
hunger and in the greatest misery.
''ro make IT worse. the colonial govern
nent has advanced the customs duties %
'er cent since the blockade was raised.
The government is llberating most dan
erous criminals while political prison-
rs are treated with the utmost cruelty.
short time longer Of the present con-