Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-01-28
THE q WAR.

| Subd last year and investigated the
condition IL affairs on that III happy
island. On his return he made Il
public statement to the New York
Journal which is receiving "A good
deal OF attention throughout tine
country. lie tells OF the iuhuman
treatment Spain gives the Cubans
aud the horrors OF the policy Of coz
ccntrating the peasants in towns,
there {" die Of starvation, which Is
nothing lest thln a policy 81 eXterm-
mutton. After telling Of the better
conditions that exist since the dis
placement Of wcyler 10y Blanco, Con
gresham King gives this graphic de-
scriptiOn uf q war that for barbaritIcs
has not been cqualed in any struggle
between civilized powers:
IF the cane fields are again burned
and the war is prolonged. we cannot
measure the suffering that will yet
come to tie people. The residents of
the towns and cities are beginning to !
suffer. and If peace does not come
quickly they will meet the same fate
us the roconccntrado'. II it were
not for the little work being done
upon fortiiic,. plantations ana within
the urllitnry lines. the work Of death
would continue until all of the rural
and much of the urban population
would die OF starvation. The Span
lSh government IS making no uuc-
quatr provisions to meet the present
and future suffering N Cuba. Thou.
sands III each of four provinces will
die of starvation within the next
thirty To- t~hirty-siX days, unless
prompt relief is afforded. Noiwith-
standing the imroverishment on the
island, | feel that more could he
done to relieve the distress than WIS
being performed. Buildings could
he obtained aud the untortunntcs
gathered in from the streets and
highways, and their condition rem
dercd less miserable.
at is my Deliberate Judgment
based upon Investigation. that there
are more than 10000 persons in IIn-
vHna who are in need 81 Immediate
assistance to prevent premature
death. \ member Of the committee
appointed 10y General Lee to dis
tribute funds received from America
informed me the day 1T my dcprr-
turc that in Havana there were ut
least 10000 people absolutely dcsti-
tut". and that the death rate from
hunger AMI privatiOn was more than
100 daily. 1T Ganabacou. where the
deaths had been 50 numcrous ,hat it
was thought there were but a few
rcconccntralo~ left to dir. and Of
coursc only "A few to feed, two days
before my departure AN attempt WAS
made to provide food for them: but
mnr than 5000, all Of whom were
suffering f"r the n~rccssarics OF life
appeared. And Mr.. Hyatt. who is
rendering assistance i'll caring Tor
these poor victims. told me il I would
20 witli linn the next day | would
find 1000 whose condition was the
same.
at the foscos in Havana | saw
about s~cvcnty-iive men and half.
grown boys lying i'll a yard. Upon
many the seal Of death WIS placed.
The pincncd check, the fleshlcss body
the swollen liuibs-thcsc aud other
symptoms betrayed that Wcylcr's
ally had conquered more Cuhans. In
the building adjoining. DIR. Ouzman
and others who had come to his res
u IN his Humanitarian work, were
nearly 300 women aud children. One
was IL mother whose five children
were all dead. She died the follow.
ing lay. She was too weak to walk,
but | learned that her Husband had
met the death that came To some
paciiicOs. or the number in this
building, do not think it possible
for 20 per cent Ia ccOycr. even il
proper food were provided. They
had starved too long. While some
photographs were being taken |
hurried away. Tho awfulmcss Of the
scene WAS moro than | could endure.
The m0aus "f the dying. the look ui
thc CLASSY, stony eye. can never Lc
forgotten.
AT Matan2as. after leaving the
Governors palace. | saw II man lying
dead near the highway. lie was only
II r~"c"uc"utraiu. he had died only 81
starvation =" We al passed en-. Later
IN the day II cart WIS gent around and
the next morning when | looked his
death bed was vacant. visited
one at the "lIuspital-- the same day
On the dirty grass in front "A maj IN
the prime ~ III" had been placed
lie. too. hal been starved Ia death
IN old RAJ partially covered his body
Near linn. lying III the damp ground
was a negro. Tho young man who
hnd charge explained land he spoke
with sorrow that there was not oven
II cot or a blanket tu place HIM on,
lie was only Il rcrouCcntrmio. Star.
walton WIS his disease. Tho young
imam thought he might survive the
night. Tho interior 0f the "hosuitnI-
presented. II 1t were possible. q more
narrowing spectacle than the Focus.
The two attendants were trying iu
give n%li,'lc milk and wntcr to the
dark visagcd skeletons to bc seen.