New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-30
HAVANA HASPLENTY OF FOOD
ENGLISHMAN SAYS AMERlCANo i
BEEN MIsLED AS TO THE INV"
s1r1, ALTON IN CI,BA'S CAPITAL.

n, authority has arrived here from Havana u" ~
british warshlp Talbot. Though ciVihah "e "
n spc,tal acquaintance with military a"a's' '
besides he went Havana on a mission '"a' %
him unusual opportunities for Observatory '
,c,ned +. stenographic report OF an interVe" Una,
he gave to a correspondent Vi nv
Press. i'll. ~ "a
He believes the Americans have been H'S'ou a. =.
conditions in Havana and that the pest Se'NlN' "
oar render the United States is to give pam az
count OF the situation and the ieelihg OF .'e 'P"
,ards in the blockaded ely He toucheu mo- V"
tho reports of starvation In the city saying
Il saw no starvation as compare" Win any D'''
c,orisb town or indeed. any town OF Sou'He'i
rurope Havana is well provsioned ot co"'S''
residents ut hotels imagine that there IS m"ch :o'
ortv because certain numbers OF professional u'S
cara como round 10 windows ana declare ,''a' nv
arc starving In consequence OF the WAT '''' "'
,,nuirv however. clc!ts the fact that these o''
can,naicners exist in the same numbers as years
ago. ,.os oro
.T m, nuIte certain that the poorer Classes die
suffering from want OF food; but that Is not "
cause food is scarce. 1t Is due 10 SILVER o'''7 'l1
cheaper They receive now the same nuinOe' "
dollars in nav that they received before the wal,
So, r. ,ho laet two months silver has deprecated
m nor con, The consequence IS 81 only buys WIFI
=, Ana h.roro AS for the OF the community
thsra is no starvation and not even INCONVENIENCE
except as to fresh milk. eggs and fresh ou''er'
PRICES ABOUT THE SAME IS USUAL
IAN respectable classes from shop assistants up
ward are paid in gold and to them the uep'eo'",'o''
IN silver makes no difference. and the prices t'ey
pay for all articles OF food are thoSe VIII" ''''
have always been accustomed TO-
IA for the general public. any visitor coming ~
Havana FOR the first time would imagine that no
sort Of trouble was impending. Going 10 the theatre
no finds the gallery crowded with the patrons o.
the drama and the stalls In spite OF there peH's
few women left in Havana. nearly hlled WIN "o''
Every day band plays in the Prado ana the
pcopc I'm best bibs and fuckers, promenade mer-
ril, flirting laughing and cha ing. Just as l. there
were no blockadins squadron at the mouth OF the
harbor
Indeed the blockading squadron itself forms an
attraction for whenever ship changes It's position
everybody Aocks to the beach In hope that they
may have time to see the first shot fired In the
eagerly looked for and anxioualy awaited lombard
ment % Havana.
'Thev are not afraid Of coming events. Even the
children and women look forward 10 tho night with
the Yankees as quite joyful incident in the near
future They have been told. and quite believe it
from personal knowledge, that the harbor IS i'm
pregnabe from the sea. ard that II a squadron at
tempted to enter the laughing would be on the side
OF the spaniaris
LAND SIDE IS DETENcELEss.
The land side is most pathotcally defenceess
But this the Spanish do not heed. thinking th't
81
sixty odH thousahd men i" the '"'' ~,
twenty thousahh Voiuh'ciS are S"'''''"' w. 'NF'
any attack The volunteer force Is certainly not
10 ho dosr,sod hath ~ regards uhysiquo and eCrlip-
- ~ a..L To- 49,,
Hcn' lh'y are IeE"i"'u ~ " "'"'" ~ ~
tho states could seni against incfn, ana
In consequence the civilians and soldiers spend the
80 -. g., ,.,, 49,. coil
Tine III cares ana are l'p''''"' '"' WHAT NV '
the real war be begun. when. rs they say II will
,t.. r,,,,,, ono dob, % sof,lo rho Americans and
'' -, t,',t
give III" a'SNai i"' 'h' l"''S'o' "' ''''''
As 10 diseases. tho British Army has gone every
,.ho-o fl, s,,i,o ~ dc,dl, climates and obtained
william, rhe lass ~ iii its r,n and see
~ rc,.o, yyb, mo American force should not do
g.. ss,,. Teycrfhels.s j., T.. a spuinrant TACT that
~ cro,sb ,c,oral ~ ,ha diylsiou said 70 mo only
=, -. 400 10. d., d., krou,r sfxtv ,boueand
S.,,t.T ,,of1i'r. -, -. H., bnsni,,ls 49, ore limo
,,,f ~ ,,s ,,r ba,nen n Snanl,r5s I'm sorna meas
,,,'" 80 - H.. - III, t1,~ .ii,rat. "a .,irra .x
~ p',l :, - ~, =, osr ocr,,r 80 ,hoso 49,
ueinr ma, I" IN '"' ~ hrn c.o,|s ~
,u0tvh'" 10 '"''''''7 VI '''' W. ''''" '-"'N' VI
Ain"''.a ,. - Al. 49,. 80 49,.
. ~ 'I'' am ~, n, 80 90 100 IN, t ~
"a the Yankee Wero evidently afraid ~ the SUI