The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-13
SUFFERING IN HAVANA
TRUE CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE
WITHHELD BY GENERAL BLANCO.
Food So Scarce that Dogs Now Resem-
bic Wild Administrative of POr-
to Rico Also Starving.

NEW YORK, July I2-An interesting ac-
count of the situation in Havana. written
by Senior F. Lopez Allue, a Madrid news
paper correspondent has reached the Cuban
Junto here. 1t was written before the de-
struction of Admiral Cervera's SQUADRON
and while the inhabitants of Havana were
expecting those vessels to come to their re-
lief with provisions. I'm Havana" he wrote
we are feeling moro and more each day
the deprivations due to the conduct of the
war At the beginning of the trouble when
the American feet first established the
blockade, there was plenty of stores in the
warehouses and in the custom house, and
for time, the traffic and movements in
the streets were the same as in times of
peace. Then it was difficult to move about in
such streets as the Gale de Oficio, Gale
1nquisidor, Gale Sanignairo. Gale Murala,
Gale Lamparilla and Gale Obropia, because
of the congestion of heavy trucks, loaded
wagons and vehicles of all kinds. Now all is
different, the merchandise has been dis
tributed from the custom house and there is
utter paralysis in all branches of trade To-
day those streets, where once all was activ-
ity and hustle, wear holiday or, rather,
mournful air of quiet. Hungry dogs sniff
along the cutters which they have cleared
long since of all refuse. They have lost their
domesticity flee at the approach of man
and their lean TANKS and hungry eyes give
them the appearance of wild animals
IN the shadow of every tree and building
can be seen dozens of stevedores, COACH
men, wagoners and public aborers living
IDLE and hopeless. For weeks they have been
without Work, passing gradually from COM
paratively opulent living to a miserable ex-
istence Thousands of workingmen and
women In the tobacco industry are reduced
TO the same condition. Efforts have been
made by the officials here to keep this con-
dition or the city and its people a secret
Dut DO not believe that patriotism requires
II II is necessary that these facts be made
public In order that the people of Madrid
can appreciate the situation in Havana and
recognize the efforts of the people here 10
maintain the national integrity. whatever
the cost to them.
THE shore defenses in Havana are now
thousands of laborers being kept at work
day and night 1t is but just that l tell Won
that we owe all this energy and activity tn
General Pando. who, from the time of his
arrival in Havana, on April % has not been
idle a moment.
or next to nothing. All such news comes to
us by cable from the SOUTH which is in the
hands OF the government. On the north we
are completely incomunicado II is generally
understood however, that our troops have
evacuated the interior of Orienta and have
concentrated in forts along the coast We
have just heard that the insurgents have
driven our troops from Bayamo and have
taken possession of that city. Such news as
we receive from Spain is so distorted by the
oncials here that We can place little reli-
ance on it,
OF an oincer on German vessel bound for
Europe"