The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-12

X re- ~ . Sohs
esairation ordsr-Ineonostvnble Ficnd.
hi af the spaui.h Authoritiss In Their
Treatment OF This Unfortunate Cia.s.
Bsrbsrlty Never Witnessed Such Cruel.
sy-Ths Hi.eks,e Pas. tn sp.in'. Dark
History.
wAsIHNGTo. April 1.-THE consu-
lar correspondence with regard to tho (,
situation in Cuba, which was transmits
ltsd To-day. was prepared in response
70 resolutions OF inquiry adopted by
both the house and senate. Tho CORE
spondenee was prepared for TRANSMITS.
sion TO congress Just before the blow
Ing up OF the Maine. and having been
Withheld since now includes commnnl-
cations up 10 April /. 1t covers tho
Consul General Lee. OF Havana: Con.
sui afcGarr ut cierfuegos: Consul
Brlce, Ut alatanras: Consul Hyatt, at
Santiago de Cuba, and Consul Barker
At sagua Ia Grande. The communica-S
ions make about 10000 words.
They deal largely with the distress /;
and suffering which exist in nearly all
the districts. But General Lee reports
quite fully upon the decrees OF the gov
ernmeut with regard TO autonomy and
other political phases of the situation.
In preparing the correspondence for
transmission to congress considerable
portions OF tho important communIca-
tons. and especially those marked con-
fidential. are omitted. The resolutions
% which they are the response. in each
instance asked only for such CORE
spondence as IL was not deemed moons
patible with the pubno4atsrest'to to make
public.
It was on, November q that Consul
General Lee made his first report to tho
department OF state on the condition of
affairs In Cuba 1t Is as follows:
o. S. CONSULATE GENERAL
HAVANA, November %, 1897.
S1R:-I have the honor to briefly sub
nit q statement Of what appears 10 be Z
The present condition OF affairs In this
Island.
FIrst-The insurgents win not accep.
| I5autonomy.
Ssecond-Aa large majority OF the Span
Dish subjects, who have commercial and
business interests and own property
;hare, will not accept autonomy. but
Ipyrer annexation to the United States
rather than an Independent republic or
genuine autonomy under tho Spanish
flag.
Third-The Spanish authorities are
sincere IN doing all in their power to
encourage. protect and promote the
|sgrirding Of sugar. The grinding sea.
son commences in December.
Fourth-The insurgent leaders havo
|Sgiyen instructions to prevent grinding
wherever. 1t can be done, because, by di- 7
minishing the export Of sugar, the Span
ish government revenues are decreased.
ltwouid' be very difficult for the Spanish
authorities to prevent cane burning, be-
cause one man OF night can start a fro
which will burn hundreds Of acres. just
as a single individual could ignite q
prairie by throwing g. match into tho
dry grass.
Fifth-I am confident that General
|tASteShSo GIN aisaOI ilAS ShlCA Va otdAk, ts
well MS DR.. Congosto, the secretary gen.
eral, with all OF whom have had con- I
yersations, are perfectly conscientious !
In their desire to relieve the distress of
those suffering from the effects OF Wey-
ler's RECOMMENDATION order, but ,unfor-s
tunately they have not the means to
carry out such benevolent purposeS
s5S Horrors OF Los Folos,
ltN.eNyar.,nhan
department the communications OF two
gentlemen, whose names he says ara
|repressed for obvious reasons but whom
be knows personally as standing high in
the community. concerning the. condi- {
ton in Los Fosos Qhe d!tches) in Ha- h
Fana- The communication says among
other things: /.
-Four. hundred and sixty women and Il
Children thrown on the ground. hsaped
peli nell as animals, some In o dying :
condition. others sick. others dead.
without the slightest cleanliness or the
least help, not even able to give water
to THE thirsty, without either religious
or soclal help, each one dying wherever
chance laid him"
sS The communication goes on to state I.
that the deaths among these reconcer-
tradoes average forty or fifty daily and
that on an average there vera but ten
days Of life for each person. It says
that these. unhappy creatures received
food only after having been eight days
In the Fosos, during which time they
were obliged TO subsist upon the bnd
food which the dying had refused.
Some horrible instances OF the distress
witnessed are given.
It.Among the many deaths wo saw"
says tho communication, there was
seen one impossible to forget There IS
stu alive tho only witness. a young girl 3
OF is, whom We found seemingly llfeless
on the ground. On her right side. was
the body OF u young mother, cold and
rigid. but with her young child still alive
ic.ngins to her breast! On her left side \
was the corpse Of a dead woman hold
Ing her SON in q dead embrace. A 1T
lie further on dying woman, having
jnjher arms O daughter of II, crazed
with pain, who, after twelve or fourteen
days died In spite of the care she re-
iceiyed."" u
Further along. the Communication 4
Says that II any.young girl came in who
was nice looking, she was irtalllbly
condemned to the most abominable> ot
sratfics.S The communication says thati9
i,7C0 persons had ertGredSthe Fosos *
since August and OF those but 2i3 were
then living. \ II places the number OF 4
Deaths nmong the reconcentrados at
tseyenty.seven per cent. On December
SIGenerai Lee sent to the state depart,
ment n communication referring 10 u 4