The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-04-14

cans or citizens Of other rationallties he "a iva
t .!In put one sentment-this sentiment Is
quickly terminate the struggle. rhev' he 90 as'
gTeally deprecate constant agitation which
MAKES the governing c, asses enemies to mari
can can interests and brings no corresponding adj
vanIase: On Nov. 26 Mr.. Hyatt says: 43
The text Of the new autonomy as published
n a IS not meeting with favor by the most ar
DENT friends of Spain. There is, however q
feeiing lof 17relief and safety since the change
! in the captain generalship., "A portion of this
dispatch is withheld by the state department.
Writing Dec. 5, Mr.. Hyatt said s. 3 81,
a,olea concentration order is relaxed but not
removed but many people have reached a point
WneTe IT is matter of entire indifference to
tnem , whether it is relieved not, for they
census of the island taken to-day as oompared
with one taken three years ago feel confident
Wouio snow that twO-thirds of the residents
are missing, and the Spanish army would make
no better showing
A Bitter Feeling.
Jan. p Mr.. Hyatt details some OF the par
Santiago. He mentions conversatioe he had
with Col Marsh, Of Gen. Blanco's staff, and
says that the latter upon leaving him said to
him: II shall be at all times most happy to
use whatever influence may have with Gen.
Blanco in securing a favorable resolution of
any matters that you may desire to present
to hlm AS a result of this interview Mr.
hyatt secured the release from customs duty
or a number of future consignments Of quinine.
In TINS communication Mr.. Hyatt mentions the
destruction of a railroad train by dynamite
bombs near Santiago at the time of Gen.
Blanco's visit. saying that it was believed that
insurgents were responsible for the destruc-
ton. because they believed Gen. Blanco to be
on the train. Two cars were severed into
atoms five passengers were killed outright and
twenty-five badly wounded. Mr.. Hyatt writes
Feb. l last as follows: =,
:. line era of good feeling is passing away
while bitter words and cruel acts are again
coming to the front Those engaged in works
OF mercy are denounced for keeping alive a
tribe that ought to be dead, but it cannot
be said there is no excuse for harsh judg-
ment. The stoppage of all agricultural pur-
suits and the. blowing up of cars containing
the guise Of Extremists of both sides
seem, able to dominate the sentiments of their
respective parties while deep feeling Of
Blanco's mild and humane policy meets with
but feeble response from his own followers,
while the insurgents laugh at the old man
Autonomy is already dead issue, while buy
ing insursent> leaders thus far is not a, marked
success the insurgent generals having already
imprisoned several officers suspected of venaI-
ity." =.s ..,.-
Mr. Hyatt ends this letter by quoting Mr..
Marsh, attributing to him the following senti-
ment: Spain fails to comprehend that Cuba
has, as it were, two mothers-a political one
which is Spain; commercial one. which is the
United States-and the political mother fails
to see that the commercial mother has any
rights, while the commercial mother cannot
shake off her responsibility for God has made
them next-door neighbors.''
Mr.. Hyatt closes this letter as follows: II
do not believe that the Western continent has
ever witnessed death by starvation equaled to
that which now exists in Eastern Cuba
In SaGua La Granl1e.
John iowa, wee consul at Sagua La Grande
under date Of Nov. 18, 1897, gives his views Of
the autonomist policy promised by Spain. He
takes strong ground against it and says that
an automonist party in that district could not
exist After giving some of his reasons he
says:
Taking all these facts into consideration, it
is hard to see in what way Spain is going to
establish this new system It will always be
without a stable foundation, without a basis
and maintained by a very infirnl, insignificant
auxiliary. In the meantime the reconcentrados,
a majority of whom were innocent persons who
had no more aspirations than to till their little
farms, continue perishing. It is impossible to
describe the extent and intensity of such ire
mendous suffering of Ubiquitous, unjust and
sinful inquisition to annihilate thousands Of
women and children It this &C dless combina-
ton could be accurately represented it would
seem an evaporation. Induced by fellow feel
ing, with sensibility of heart, moving among
the crowd of furnished beggars one can scarcely
do more than conlmiserate the undeserved mis-
fortunes. No history in the world ancient or
modern, saw an instance of this frightful,
dreadful suffering. Perhaps civilization has
not seen It's like. In conclusion I beg to state
in my humble judgment that the efforts toward
the enforcement OF the reform of autonomy
viii Move .altog ether -futile'' r'a.,1 ~ go.