The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-17
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nnitorm nor decoration. but wns dressed. N
plain black. You meet n dozen men IN Wall
street, gyerT day who %regeIable him, He Looked
RSTS age SMPitSS1 GenU. YRisneosesas Or. oonsuosto.
the Secretary deneral. All retired tothe recep-
uG Gem nOH fSs and and zen, ifsisS e SresteS each other
quite warmly; u " vas eyl dr ra thS All sl ibSt i hsa
10 q certain extent, psciprosStsd The feeling;
Each inquired after. tho others health. and
there was a vein OF badlnage In their CONVEX
You must yIsIt me Il thes. United \ s ;tIA 81 this ts
great Benefit to you. Aside from this, there
are grand balls every night, and yop win have
Se %S | American al 9 SsaIss. PFfS unGSryt az fn that
during your last visit V the United states yon
WS Gcn gT SiHneo i% PaRatfS SSd SnsR sdG Wh iHy Sas sSid.
SSS SS ISiisa 'FiSSTRoT u I ,HS KS Ssnas, he SsId e
kind Invitation that was extended to him, my
duties might keep me IN Havana" he edded.
to e EisIt f &c ssPIlSd th it MS Z, "a fSS &C. Sis sG ple Dna Tt% 70
send him s sew 2 caseS Of the Snev E Ssers az pc ieIt
cQ aeSStIn sSf thU y y TGIS5a had he y shSe gsai into CONVEX
Phiiadeiphia several years sgo, and rSenIsd the
eeas . re%arkaSle head. with falII. broad fore.
TSiieSrand q the BiSnoo Administrator.
OF course your visit here is for pleasure
S"iHfaardhiyy that" replied the visitor. 1T came
TO see, what / can see. II not to hear what l can
The conversation then drifted upon the effort
TO establish autonomy for Cuba The proposal.
the visitor was told, came from Madrid, at the
eraI selected the. Autonomic Cabinet. 1t con;
sists r,% entirely g q Sf & c .Ss S /; This hts i G4Si rN,toh had ID
ffSR@le sisnd eG oonSe Ct 'n said SIV and u tRoV Tsfe e1 1t
They had removed the Spanish GoyeEnors q
their stead. One Of these Governors in former
days had been sentenced to death. More than
the spanish Mayors Of the different cities and
appointed Cubans In their places; All the
It was a system more liberal than that in Can
ada tG,Sa Y nc Gen G:b BIaa'o oD az bn n9t Up preside Stads n at the
| lions had been ordered the same as those held
Held n Some 1sn tiPe In P% Eprfp'S When. mig ss was MSu asked cd
whether the tranchise was based on q property
sstiqn 6 he ne a6 6fSlREa'f 70 read NSi 'a aaG G@ Wrf ReA and
'OS1Ai Are the negroes to vote the same as the
distinctton q to rae race orc cr TsSIi here p We r &c NO
bb OSsR s ssS lRlsF and q pq SR saIRal T Vie f SlseEEss lt srs
far more { = free ! than y those { sm IL IT the So, United Sh States"
IN your e%TrAS American sSn new S% n qsng many T" ~ them sGe
are debarred from voting. In Cuba there Is no
feeling against them, nor any question what
%G 81 .n lDoc aasnS g sS SRI' the visitor. III the
A~utonomists elect a majority. and a system is
next i, has not received the Endorsement Of
No replied the Secretary General. tho
Cortes, under the administration Of Sagasta. Is
to he chosen. and they will have the power to
Five minutes atterward formal leave Of the
CAPTAIN General was taken. AS the party de-
admire the statue Of Columbus. Fines q Span.
ishl soldiers still! remained at the ENTRANCE.
SffGss the body S " Gem aef &rahSaren w Ms p RlsceSG'
when IL was brought to Havana two weeks ago:
the imprecations Of the Spanish volunteers.
Blanco, from the seeond-st9Ty, window. wit
wave Of the hand, he promptly ordered the
corpse to be taken to the morRue. When the
relatives retrint so, of ne Is TN SSnfGGe ennrat young Gnba Y
It over to their care and it received q Christian
TREATMENT OF AMERICANS.
,G The ss su1fe eTs4VsS e A% re tSs , citizens osd in ogR %
SsSsr. .' Il Tssolsssa i Salii'i into 5S E dslibsFasI2e
them TO use the words Of Miss Clara Bartof
sas. The Turks were far more merclfufi to the
TSiIshtJ and ndd spared sEs Them them TIE untold miseries in
among the reeoncentrados driven into tFt
ed as rsbeiiious. subjects Of Spain. II the,
were slaughtered on. their plantations by the
Spanish, guerrillas. In most cases their cattle
ISiG M Rii!sd' t asn1 h Soaid RRa aVe stS sna ths s1 d land
in the. pens were it not for the $50. 900 appro,
priated by Congress: 4 few beyond the ken 2
button OF the provisions undoubtedly did die O
starvation,
ly. His example was followed by Consul Brict
at M9tanzaS and Consul Barker at Sagua ID
G GmsTlssD All aI m = reports 9F t IF t6es 1s S1tFsEe @s 81
buried in the pigeonhoIes OF the State Depart
ment here st washington; Near ,saEpa i
WAS b. BROUGHT to the attention Of Consul Barker
H HaT se sssSRdIf he G afidayvi hs o ta' Se VSre e sysFK Sessai
ton. No reply was received. and / have Ne
Department to the spanish authorities.
Nor was tho sltuGtion improved under, tn
remains an American citizen who two years agt
owned a plantation on the river. six miles from
Weyler order, and his plantation destroyed
A Cuban by birth. he married an American
Through the Kindness Of Consul Brice he es
The real Governor. is Molina, the Genera
commanding the province. better known asth
military Governor, Molina received his com
mission from Weyler. and is heartily in i'm
with his policy. D'Armis issued an order al
lowing the American reconcontrado to retur
to his plantation. The Amherst man borrowed
$3.50 and went back TO the blackened ruins q
his. home. He bought a scow and began +
make charcoal. intending to bring 1t down tn
river on the scow.. Prosperity had not fairl
glimmered before his pits were destroyed. hi
charcoal was seized. and he was driven bac
within the lines.
The military Governor had revoked the orde
OF the civil Governor. and the deaths from star
! yatiOn, as the records show, were l 500 a montl
Indeed. % persons died in the square ~frontin
the palace on the very day that the new civ
Governor took Office. Consul Brice forwarde
the facts In this case to the State Departmon
and a claim for damages. was made agains
Spain. All have been buried In the archives
and not a whisper Of tho actual situation ha
ever reached the ears of Congress
Such are Isolated cases OF %9utrages upo
Clara and MatanEas. How many similar case
have occurred in Plnar del Rio. Havana. Puert
} Principe. and Santiago de Cuba the buried RI
, ports q the American Consuls may, family Out
, distinction hetween AMERICAN oitizenR and Cl