The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-04-13
Tie Consular Reports
on Cuba S Condition
FULLY SUSTAIN MOST
SENSATIONAL NEWS
PAPER REPORTS.

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PAPER REPORTS.
Pom Cannot Convey The
Horrors
ashing.op. April 11.The oousa-
ar correspondence with regard to the
ST ss,iisansion ID Cuba. which was trans
usikted to-day, MAS prepared 10 response
ste resolu OF inquiry adopted by the
house aad senate Tbe reports deal
8 sisfeeiy with the distress and suffering
ukich exiists 10 all the disrrioss; but
General Lee reports quite falIy upon
she DEGREES of the government With
regard 10 ausoDomy and other polis,cal
pksaes 6 the pisastioa 70 preparing
ssks correspondent for transmission to
! sosKress possioaa Of thesinportsDs COM
manicstions aud especially those mark
ssed oo165ential. are Omitted
aanafal Lee's correspondence ruDs
aver tue period from November Il
sI89 se April 4 1893
Under date Of March II, General
Iea encIosed s statement from two
gssslsnen shem he knes as men Of
sssrsuisy telling Of the eeadision Of re-
eeacentredos ia ..the ditches'' on the
{ sousskirss Of Habana Among 400
s. uonen and children vhom fbeJ found
shsrs 30 or osere dying daily, Civ
ine relstively It is stated, 70 days Of
kfs Re easb person.
In one crowd. saysi tho report,
ons poor uolaan VAS lyi0g surronnd-
s. ga 81 her children who contemplated
kss ID sIIence. without lament or
shsddinR tear, they thsmselves be-
sae real spectres of hunger, emacisted
gs51 horsible manner. s
gain it Is said any young girl
saips q. d any way NICE looking. she VAS
sinpol;te II cOadem1ad TO- the most abom-
sna6le &c traHfDes. Bstsees Angnat
Ina N,yember sil hut 397 Of the
800 people Who entered the ditches
had died
Oa Dec. 1897. Gen Lee sele-
sgraphed tie department to sell the COO
sal eenerafas Matanxss of San exten-
I siss snd; dangerous conspiracy there
undar tae sx governos, Of the province
directed against Americans, Action
seainst chem :, saTs Gen Lse, $50 be
sontingent upnn movensnt of the Uni
led Sssses goYsrnment 10 favorof inde-
] sp1ndsnce Cuba. -:
wo days later Gen. Lac sens mail.
ed report 10 which be says 81 sill
thiak that svo Wsrshlps AZ least should
s. Kay West prepared to move here
s6ots 1oiea and that oresef tBem
shonid Be sens 20 Dy Tortneaa. and 9
eoal station estsblished there -.
fayeh 10 Zen Lee enclosed 8 letter
from Gonsal Barker Of Ssg5a, Who re-
quests him 70 trsnsmit The following
siesfes, Hhioh ID addressed 70 him GGen
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