The evening times., 1898-08-25
CUBANS OBSFRUCT TRADE
Garcia's Army Menaces Bust
ness in Santiago.
THE RED CROSS CRITICISED
Father Pope Declares That the Or
sunixatfon Has Only Touched the
Fringe of DistI Iess-COmpiaihts
That the Governme mt Is Not Dis
posed to Encourage Private Traae'

posed to Enco urage Private Trade.
New York Aug e5-The Herald's Santi-
Ago correspondent telegraphs to that pa
per that the merchants of that city TO a |
man are anxious that the Cuban army |
should be disbanded at once.
1t is a standing menace to business. they
say. They are all anxious to resume, Du'
find il Impossible to do so because prop
erty is threatened by the ill-discipiinea
levies of Garcia's command.
Cultivators refuse to return to planta-
tions. where they will be subject to con-
tributions for the support of the Cuban
soldiers who are still in the field. NO
produce, therefore will come to the mar
ket here, and the ships that bring car
goes cannot take anything back. II the
province is to return to self-supporting
basis and trade begin again. the Cuban
army. 1t is generally admitted. must be
disbanded.
Robert Mason, the British consul here.
who is local manager for Brooks & Co.,
says that his business is absolutely at
standstill.
mo produce is coming from the coun-
try" he said, because the condition Of
things there is unsettled and merchants
are afraid to engage IN operations until
the political situation is better defined.
lowing to the lack of labor, lighters
and wharfage facilities we are complete
ly blocked and our business interests are
suffering. We cannot order cargoes
There is no money in the province. II
40 &c 70 ha ,..l
must be taken Immediately by the Unit
ed States"
Spanish merchants view the situation
from most tglOomy.standpoint and are
prepared TO cease all connection with
Cuba If the question Of dominion is set
tied in any other way than that the
United States shall be in possession
Julian Bendoza. agent of thA Ward line.
makes statement to the effect that utter
disregard is shown in the chief quarter
masters department to private importers.
I'VE had arranged" he said to me- ito
establish a regular mail and freight ser
vice between New York and here. but We
have had to discontinue it temporarily
owing to the difficulty of discharging
cargo. For instance. when the Phil;I
delrhia came here with a cargo of only
400 packages the vessel had to remain
unioaded for fifteen days. eleven of
which, on demtrrage. cost the company
500 day. Much Of this unreasonable
delay was due to Cbl Humphreys, who
paid no attention to my protest.
'-The war Is over and 1t IS to the inter-
est of the government to encourage pri-
vate trade: but the reverse Is apparently
the case. We cannot obtain labor. light
ers or wharfage. 1 obtained lighter at
considerable expense and 1t was confis-
Gated by Col. Humphreys. together with
q gang of men 1 had employed
4 have Just returned from visit to San
Luis, the correspondent saya where I
made inquiries to the truth of reports
of outrages committed by the men of the
Eighth Illinois that had come n US here.
The Eighth is stationed at San Luis
These reports were brought in by Gu
bans. / found that they had been much
exaggerated. But that is not strange, and
the charge against the colored men OF
Illinois was impelled evidently by the in
clination which causes every Cuban now
to see in the slightest jolification fresh
proof Of the lawlessness of American sol
diers. There were no wild orgies. followed
by breaking into houses. There were no
thefts and no attempted outrages-
The only occasion when the conduct OF
the men was not all that was desirable
occurred a few evenings ago. Several OF
the colored soldiers, who had been drink
ing in the store of a Spanish merchant,
became hilarious and had to be elected.
found that what serious trouble there
has been was caused. not by members OF
the Eighth Illinois. but by Cubans and
Spaniards of the neighborhood.
A wild canard had been circulated in
Santiago that the Cuban troops under
Gen Castillo were going to march on Sar
Luis and eject the Americans. Spaniards
rushed to Col. Marshall and assured him
that some movement of the kind was con-
templated, and that the Cubans had plan
ned to attack his camp. Col Marshall
was made apprehensive. because he knew
that some Cubans had been riding around
speaking insolently about taking charge
of everything. and saying that the Ameri
cans would soon be out of Cuba.
Col. Marshall talked with some promi.
nent Cubans and cautioned them telling
them that the United States is now SUI
preme in the province of Santiago. thai
Spaniards and Cubans alike will be pro
tected, but that both must recognize the
authority of the United States
Gen. Lawton places no credence in the
stories OF intended Cuban violence and
says they have shown no disposition to
make trouble for the United States mill
tary authorities. There has been MOTH
Ing" he said. ito disturb the peaceful
state Of affairs. nor do expect trouble.
II there should be any. however. he Is
prepared to demonstrate 10 all concerned
that the United States military authori-
ties are supreme In the capitulated prov
ince of Santiago
Father William Lawrence Pope. former
3y a missionary In Yucatan, rs now on a
visit here. He Is on his way to Porto
Rico. Father Pope makes severe criti
eisms of the operations Of the Red Cross
He says that while much suffering ha:
been relieved, only the fringe of distress
has been touched. and that food and
other supplies are wasted in indiscrimi
nate distribution. without proper super
vision He visited hundreds of house:
dn the city. he states. choosing those ir
nesehborhoods where the greatest distres:
prevails; no Red Cross representative had
been near them. Father Pope is en-
deayoring in conjunction with the arch
bishop to organize city aid commits
sion with a paid inspector.
The Holland Dives Again.
New York. Aug. 25.-Another trial oi
the Holland submarine torpedo boat was
held in the bay yesterday afternoon. A
party including several naval officers
watched the movements of the diving
craft from the tug ]. Fred Lohman