New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-31
RED CROSS OFFICERS HERE.
AN INTERESTING INTERVIEW WITH
MRS. LOUIS KLOPsCH.
FOUR WOMEN OFFICERS. MEMBERS OF THE NEW
YORK BRANCH LEFT ON THE ISLAND

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home. No 10 East Sixty -frst-st. The Lessers lef'
Havana on Sunday. and left Key West for Tampa
and Washington by rail with Captain Sigsoee 81
the Maine Dr. and Mrs. Lessers time with the
society had expired. and Or. Lesser Will soon as
sumo his private practice.
Dr. Lesser said yesterday morning tina, the suf-
ferng in Cuba among the reconcentrados cannot
no described He did not make tho attempt MN
self but he said that II IL something frghtfuL Tic
said that It is entirely true that OF four nunnren
thousand reconcentrados two hundred thousand
had already died. and that the suffering Is >ust as
bad as ever He stated that the officers OF the
Red Cross Society are keeping a record OF inc
deaths and that IL will he published
Dr. Lesser added that he had penetrated tne
island only as far Matanzas. He had been the
greater part Of the time in Havana
81 did not see any OF the insurgents myself sald
the doctor but some OF the other officers ~ 'he
society did treated some men who. afier-
ward was told. were insurgents As TO the state
,nents that the officers OF the Red Cross society
have not enjoyed any privileges in Cuba and have
been hamperei In their work. am bound 10 s'aVe
that this is not All the stories that we nave
had any trouble are assumptions do not speak
ne a sympathizer with Spain. but II Is true tha'
we have been hlndered in our Work.
1T Is partly true. however. that American pny
slcans who go 10 Cuba 10 practise have TO pay ~"
for the privilege. But this Is la" OF spain anu
applies 10 all foreigners. When they apply TOT tne
privilege they subjected TO an eNaHihA"o",
which II passed necesstates the payment OF ~"
for a license When went there the CUBAN doctors
allowed me he privilege Of addressing the Academy
~ Medicine in Havana Afterward IL became known
10 General Blanco THAI was an officer OF the Heo
Cross Society. and my way was made clear for
practising without paying the 800 All the heo
Cross officers were treated alike.
when | left the island there was not the shsh'-
est danger threatening to the Americans on the
island | cannot say what their opinion or the
situation at the time was. as ] am an onicer OF
the Red Cross Society and do not reel AZ Ho'rN
70 talk on that subject. I can say however 'h"'
there is no ground for apprehension on me part
Of Americans on the .sland cannot SPEAK more
explicitly regarding the suferings OF the Cunans
WI, tba,r surerInRs must be when 10000 OF them
are confined in cities with miserable homes you
NAV imagine. tried a new treatment Ior muse
suffering with malaria, using instead OF qu'n'he'
SULPHUR and camphor and found that TINS was
very successful
General Blanco is a nob'e man. said the doc
,or ne Is Certainly concerned about the suner.
ings Of the reconcen'raIos As 10 ny 'crons,der
him an ideal american"
Dr. Lesser would NOT allow himself 10 ne rsa
the United states and Spain re sa od na no, tsk
officer Of Red cross socety ne fou w say anv
,b,,g aboIt the Maine accident. 49,
He left four women officers ;nd thrse tnsn sncbs
q the s9cT Anne Mccue Minnie Ruga and Isa
belle oco3nor and P Rnbbe faG of washn sH1 and
Charles Mcdowell Of washington me Sor,n men, ~
members Of the New-lorK praho" anu '"' ' -
the National society.
TALK WITH MRS. KLOPsCH.
N-s Klonsch the wife OF Dr.. Louis klopsch |
ruban relief commissioner. now in Havana. arrived
In the city Yesterday. She was seen by me re- |
norter at the Westmoreand. East seventeerth-st
and Union Square. Mrs. klopsch IL oeaut,u |
woman. and DR. Klopsch is said TO he most de-
-rfFa he
in which they make their home Is full OF orien'a |
nictnres and hangngs. The doctors paper beng
= missionary journal keeps in close touch with ne
5Ps a sent an6 arnss Of
Mrs Kopsch." said the reporter. Me Rar
the trouble between your husband ana MISS OAR
'o !f know Of none" she answered. Il was much
surprised my arrival mere 10 see INC "e"9P"f
reports upon this subject
There no friction whatever ,o,a have
none that | know o. and think vouG nav
known If there had been any When Miss Barton
ef cuba both NJ K0P sSa ana 1n the doctor shook
hands in parting. and well. l shooK pV.n az ~
Havana are not cheerful occasions now you
know
"rt was hard 70 hid your husband soodby?
90 should think So mist gathered in the blue
ewes Or Klopsch could have come on the steam
or with me but he had his heart set on seeing
provision train Of thirty cars. which he had
started or to the interior. safely through with Its
-. here danger for Americans in Havana"
Il felt no uneasiness | walked about everywhere
in the city unattended Everything seemed quiet
o oas to- NJ. The Entering great words and
pictures cannot 40 II lus,fe wIsh s 80 Sara Yal
,oroen and Uttle children-are living skeletons.
and tho famished expression in the eyes is heart
Toward the last Or. Klopsch would not let me go
nth him - Matanzas Poor Mrs Thurston, The
sign, Of the suffering killed her. you know
"1bn LATER part of this week hope He has
been working night and day ever since he reached
tiiferin9 and not suffer and think the death rste
has been greatly reduced In the las, three weeks
Timed Thty can't work The depressing climate.
war famine physical weakness. Al forbid tt 49,
What vas your impression Of Genera Blsneo?.
That he is a good and humane man N. l Re re.
discuss relief work with me. General Lee was
goodness itself We saw much OF Havana in his
in he light place ltte cuban woman said to
me-: You say in America General Lee Is ne man
Cor the hour. We say IN uos' lie Il 'ne ma"
on the table were large number OF souvenirs
pieces % gravish wood. came from the Maine
wreck. a diver took a notion 10 give them 10
had once been sailors breast. and something
fS o9 S s5 Se Sndy ys rSs k- are
of-poarl exQu.sto'y carved. This one. she said.
e cuban boy sayG me r in gratitude
Photograph Of tho burial Of The Maine sailors
Scfre taken since his whiskers were cut or on the
back Of which was written. From your tue
friend Fitzhugh Lee.
"Wlll your husband go back 20 havana Mrs.
Klopsch was asked
THAT do not know. hope not But he Is
wanted there the people need him They appre-
ciate what ne Is doing for them. His paper The
Christian Herald was the first relief force In the
field and had raised over 5000 for cuba He
went there IT'S represen TO look after the
distribution Of supplies. just he did IN the case
Of the Indian and Russian ramines went with
him then also"
LECTURE ~ FRENCH HOMECOMING.
A demonstrative lecture in French HON" cooking
will be given in English this evening by Nine
CASTOR Blay at tho home Of Mrs Milan ". HUI
bert No 462 West Twenty -second-st. The lecture
will begin at $50 o'clock when the following h!