The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-23
AWTUE DEsOGA11oN IN sAxT1Aeo
a Cubnn's Impressions on Visiting His
Native City After the Surrender.

SA - IL
Native City After the Surrender.
w~AsHINoToN. Aug. 22.-The Cuban Legation
In this city has Just received news from III
representative. sent 10 Santiago de Cuba, 10.
garding the health conditions in that city
The representative also gives his impressions
upon visiting his native city. The letter is az
follows;
Words cannot express the awful conditions
existing In the city Of Santiago de Cuba We
arrived here on the Ward line steamer City OF
Philadelphia on July %. The Philadelphia is
the FIRST regular steamer to arrive at Santiago
since the blockade OF Cuban ports was estab-
Hshed several months ago. When we steamed
into the bay OF Cumberland we could see all
that remained Of the Spanish feet destroyed
by American guns in Just hfty-three minutes.
A little later We steamed on past Moro. a
painful reminder Of the past. The MORO still
stands intact, 30 far as eye can discern.
Alongside the MORO can be seen the Spanish
cruiser Reina Mercedes,h her stern sunk into the
water. only her bow being visible. Her armor
10 pierced in many places and her machinery al
most entirely destroyed. A little in front Of the
Reina Mercedes. across the entrance to the har-
Dor. is the sunken Merrimac. What a contrast
Ing the coSardioe q spain The other the unpar-
al!eiea we Her entsrs Sf A Az SS4boF sa Y ssamsd tina.
lively days. Of old. It seemed. as though we
were entering the very city of the dead. As
soldiers walking along with bowed heads and
elow, step. 1t was, indeed q sorry spectacle;
We drew nearer and there appesEed q hundred
hands outstretched in piteous appeals for aims
and waiting for the distribution Of %rations BY
the ned Cross Society. which has done noble
And this is the awful condition in which
t 9paih ba na Ss iert I'll f6ls e, Goantry q onrF ff-S = country
Cube are compelled to ask aims Of foreiglers.
W,ords fail to describe the emotions which
messed such sights, the city In which we first
saw the. light Of day. and to which we have
s sliSsR & III 2as s Ssst yeSS as not 0{ teG oSe Familiar Es T Fsos
tssmlpg with dirt. the faces Of the. peo-
ish soldiers. who In times past marched POM
conquest, now lie around like starved hyenas.
ready to grasp anything In sight that will sat
is1g RsP ascfGnta siT !poiio y q rs sps sfsul' of tho in
Club b and md s mt qeSW Il Il WAS ts Ike % passing sn : sS th ESaiSS
fai pe oasis. A1 Hers GSR Wo m ssa9 old fr HSHh a w SSoT ~
rected US to the house Of DR.. Castillo. who hos
pitably received US and provided for us for the
IT l. diflcplt TO describe the awful desola-
SIon f n The sI aIt1 t n the boi WS,ob Ta 6eSsb Z h. not IT, 2
the dread destroyer. Such Is the crime that
city. 1t 10 . orime that will never be punished
by the condemnation Of history. But
what poor Tseonpense for the awful suffering
whose first pages are written In crimef No
one who does not see the conditions here can
appreciate the awful state of affairs. Stories
are tod by the inhabitants Of how, during the
fighting outside the city, the Spanish soldiers
the private houses and outraged women. The
Of the people were met with jeers and
like this: We will have to leave this
place very soon, but we will give you some
to remember SPAIN"