Arizona republican., 1898-09-19
TRICKS OF DIPL0HACY.
Why BlanCO Forbade S.auqa- fsring Of Coi.Is E!i
 Havana.

Kew York. Sept. l3.-Tae Mail and Express prints the following interest ing letter from l. C. Rowland. dated Havana. September (:
 1 ran across g. curious story today that fairly well illustrates the greed cf Spanish cupidity ard tke tricks Of Spanish diplomacy. 4 notice had sud denly appeared in the local journals that 20 more cattle would be slaugh- tered in Havana, by order Of General Blanco, because of the great scarcity of cattle in the surrounding country. This seemed very curious. in view O. the fact that throughout the blockade n1eat could always be bought. though at dear prices. Moreover, since the blockade was raised. Mexican cattle have been imported into Cuba in large numbers. I asked the British consul general to explain what this order meant. and he gave me permission to publish his explanation.
 It appears that the con1missary oiIi- cers Of the Spanish regiments in tho country about Havana have adopted the pleasant custom Of aDproDriating all the cattle they can use. They 60 not pay the owners If the cattle but with the coynivanes of the Spanish coloneIs. they collect the full value of the cattle from the Spanish govern ment and then reap another rrofs bv selling Jl.o Cattie. CT p2rt Of thsln. to the butchers in ths eity. This charm ing scheme ran along smoothly and to sfe double profit of colcnels and com nissaries until q cattle owner who had thus been robbed, and who happened to De a British subject tcok 1t into his head to complain to the Rritish consul general in Havana. That official ft once telegraphed the facts to the Brit ish ambassador at Madrid, who com plained to She Spanish government, which, in turn, cabled back here to Blanco. The captain general has ac- cordirgiy issued his eGict that no cattle snail De slaughtered in the city. It is plain enough that the consequent scar- city Of meat will cause SO much ccT1- plaiEt that there will be further core spondence with Madrid, the edict will be revoked ard the merry game e stealing eaetle and receiving two prices for them will be resumed by the colo nels and cCnmissaries.
 This seems incredible, but such are the facts as related to nie by the Brit ish consul general. whose drawling and ccntenptuous commen. was: Hard people to beat, aren't they?'
 Just as 1 was hearing this story at the consulate, there entered a field ofIi- cer Of the Red Cross, who had come ashore from the transport Clinton, that had been loaned to the society by the government. The Clinton had just come into the harbor with q large uuan- tity of supplies and delicacies fer the sick. Not knowing that the Spanish a---zi rci- CT here with a high hand, the Clinton entered the har5Or without manifest The harbCr officials promptly fined che vessel S500, and moreover notified the officers Of the Clinton that the old heavy schedule Of duties CT provisions was in foroa. IL will be rem cred that the Spanish authorities waiTad the GUties CT the provisions shipped fTcn the United StGtes to fsed the starYisl9. Tecorcentrsdos befcge tIe war So that here We haTe the spectacle Of . government, calling itself civilized imposing q fine on . technicGiity upon 3 ship e mercy to it's ow3r suffering people, and levyins duties upon its Gfe-saying cargo,
 Well. after little consideration as to whom he should address, the pa tient consul general sent a telegram to Sir Julian Paunc6fote, British ambas- sadOr to the United Sta5es, stating the facts in the name Of Miss Clara Bar ton, and asking him to lay them before our department of state and request it's advice. As Sir Julian is just HOW at New London, Conn, several days may eldpse before instructions come back: and in the meantime, the Clinton lies help:essiy in the haTbor, her provis- ions untouched. while the Havana newspaper publish daily lists Of deaths from hamilton and intestinal diseases caused by lack Of food. The cable win have told you long ere this letter is re- leased fer publication by the arrival Of the Uni<ed States commission at Ha- Tana, of the arrival Of the Comal with ! .600, ,oGG ratiCns for the poor and of the treatment e the charitable con- signment by tho Spanish authorities.
 Yesterday ] visited Las F'Csas that celebrated place Of misery and deatn it's naEe, The Ditch will have aa evil name in history Ycu gre fa1il far with its general appearance, through dozens of pictures and de- GcTiptioEs. It viii suffice to say now that practically all Of WeyIer's rscon- centraGos, who were herded there be- fore tf,e war, are daad The evil Of l. even after his departure from the is land Las Fosas is inhabited now by several hundred of the very poor of the city Seaor De Castro. the civil gov crBCr Of this pToTi1ce, 2 Weai-hy Spar iard for whose e2e-gatic azd well d. Teo5ed charity have heard only words of praise, has erected . kind Of large barracks, ia which the men are sep arated frcE the women and children. The wretched huts where the reconcsn- trades Gisd by thousands hare been cleaned to Q certain extent and turned into workshops. where those who are able to do So labor Their product is taken by the civil government and sold ! -as received most politely by the pc lice officials in charge of Las Fosas who seemed justly proud of their novel task Of humanity
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