The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-24

Toldby senator iallinger From
Personal Observation.
AsVAR soES El.Xl:TltRalNA'IlONs

M vi, W.
RING 9AGEp by snaIS, An
MORE CRUEL THAN THE
( WORLD HAS WEIR X SowN!
Scion Es ON THE STREETS or
HAvANA NARROWING BEYOND
DESCRIPTION -AATANzAs LIT
ERAL1.Y a PLACE, OF BEGdARY
! X AND DEATH = THE VICIOUS
RULE OF sPlhIN--SAvoRs THE
EXPERIMENTATION OF THErSlrEp
! STATES. IS
ss'asHiEGToN, March :1-1n me-
cordancc with notice given yesterday.
Senator Galllnger tNew Hampshlre) was
: recognized for n speech upon. the condl-i
ton 81 AFFAIRS In Cuba. Mr.. GRllingeIs
/ has recently returned from the island
He received the careful and thoughtful
attention OF every person within the
sound OF his voice. A fun synopsis OF
Mt. Gallinger's speech follows: X.
in opening his speech Mr.. Gnilingrr
said that after the calm. dispasslonIte.
and touching I. statement concerning
2 Cuba made In the senate recently by Mr..
Proctor, OF Vermont, II might be well
for him to remain silent, bur, yielding
TO the desire expressed by many OF his
colleagues. he had consented to give. n
4 plain recital OF some OF his Observations
on that Unhappy Island. " He referred
10 the efforts made by the Cubans In
1898. In 1874. in 1913, in 1850, In 1851, In
1855, and again In 1895, 10 break tho
chains that bound them TO, Spain in or
s der that they might establish for them
{ selves afree, government upon the soil
all these efforts have ended In failure.
\ That failure ID history and need not be
recounted d. 3;
Mr.. Gallinger then detailed some sof
9 tho events leading up to- his arrival In
y Cuba, and OF his reception by Consul
q General Lee. General Lee" said he.
..isl deserving OF the highest possible
praise for the manner In which lie car
ries himself In HAVANA. Cool and fear
less in the midst Of difficulties and dam
ger, he never loses sight OF the fact that
: heis an American citizen, nor Is he lun-
mindful OF the tremendous Responsible
LAKE VI Ills pOsitiOlls
u Referring to his call upon the autono-
mist cabinet, Mr.. GallInger said itIwas
evident that the president OF the !cabl-
i met wac not encouraged In the work.
1.-THE truth lie, !" said Mr.. Gallinger, ".au-
tonomy Is a fiat failure, opposed alike
4 by the ultra-Spaniards and the Cubans,
The leaders OF the insurrection have not
forgotten how they were treated by
Spain In 1878. and the establishments
land brlbes now being offered them are
#spurned with contempt. Better death
than autonomy. said q leading Cuban
: TO me- for autonomy is only q pretense
under which we would again be slaves
Is to Spain, Isl 4
is S Mr. Gallingcry recalled that he had
heard during debates In the senate de-
sgnials made that a state OF war existed
in Cuba, but 1t required only a brief
j personal observation to convince ono
: that war actually did exist. A desola-
ted country and its stricken people told
the story more eloquently than, il could
\ be conveyed In words. THE war In
Cuba, however" he said. Els a war OF
3 starvation and extermination--a war
more cruel than the world has ever
known:
The Spanish troops DO not impress
stAmerfcanst as great soldiers. They are
uniformed and inndequatelSf fed. The
high officials do most OF their fighting
sSins hotels and cafes, the actual fighting
being done by those of inferior grade.
On, the contrary, the insurgents are
s comfortably clad and under strict dis
ycipltne. They occupy large part OF the
Island and could. In Mr.. Gallinger's
Judgment take Havana or Matanzas
whenever 1t might suit their purpose.
although these cities could not be held
for lack OF a navy. Il 5li
The scenes in the streets OF Havana
4 are narrowing beyond description. Peo-
S Pile inEwant and suffering are every.
where seen, and walking skeletons meet
II ono on every hand Naked children,
/ etnaciated and ragged women and dis
4 eased and starving men throng the
aistrectS, the hotel Hobbies and every place
Of public resort. It is n terrible sight
d one that sickcns the heart and qulckens
every impulse of human sympathy and
4 love. e X ~.
Under the very shadow of! cathedrals
and churches, where Spain's authority
H. absolutely unquestioned. the most
horrible conditions arc conceded to ex-
+ tst, Many have refused to believe that
S a great government was waging a war
OF extermination instead of a; war OF
honor, yet such Is an absolute fact. a
Z visit was paid to the orphnnagc which
d Is now, under The care OF 8 Miss Clara
i Barton. It contains now about nifty
4tchildren, almost every one of whom is a
Victim of starvation. DR.. Lesser one
.,Sof Miss 'Barton's assistants, has had ex-
perience in the Armenian and Indian
famines, but he declares that the famine
% IN Cuba Is worse than that5in Armenia
&I.A,. a
K suffering and starvation In the Island
more thar. confirms all that has been
written upon the subject. ~ :. 81 q
A detailed story OF q visit to Los .Fo-
cas-, the place where the reconcentra-
q dos daily assemble 10 get food, was
e also given. "A few weeks ago when Miss
Barton discovered the place there were
4; GAS people lying on the floors. many OF
them entirely nude and all suffering the
X pangs Of starvation. y Much hns been
8 done by the Red Gross society to allie
viate the condition Of those who, still
2 remain, but scores OF men, women and
children are yet there. gaunt and bony
almost as a skeleton. many of them COW
( cred with sores directly itraceablc to in
sufficient food. What a chapter of
= horrors and death Is that. And still the
~ tragedy goes on. How much longer It
s ehall continue largely depends upon the
5S forbearancel Of u great people. who
through suffering and sorrow achieved
sgs thelr,own Independence and whose SYM
pathies have always gone out to tho OPP
3 pressed OF all nations OF the world" =
~ A3tyividf picture was then drawn by
.5S Mr. Galiinger Of q trip to the city OF
III Matanzass All nlong the route were
M wretched people inirags,S but not until
inc city was reached was the full :cx-