The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-03-22

war. IT is desolation and destruction, mis-
cry and starvation"
II saw no house or hut in the eco miles
Of railroad ride from Piuar del Rio Prov
ince in the west, across the rull width OF
Havana and Matauzas provinces, cNccp,
within the Spanish troehas. There are
uo domestic animals or crops on thc ri,h
aclds and pasmrcs eyocp, such as arc
under guard In the immcdiat, vicinity OF
the towns In other words She sp1u0rjs
hold in those four western provinces Jus,
what their army sits on Every man.
woman and china and every domcst, au,-
NAL, wherever the columns hay, marlnca,
Is under suard anJ within hc.r so-,alcd
toruaoations, TO describe one place Is SEQ +.
describe au" ",o repeat B, is neither
peace nor war. b, lis concentration ana
ldosoiauon"
"Au the country p,opi, in ,ho t,ug u.s,-
ern provinces. abou, ,1op0 tu number r.-
mnuJps outsid, ot the fortified town
vh,n weylcrs order was maa.. a,as
driven into hos, towns. aua they .re .a.
recoucyu,rados. rhos wen, ne peasants
farmers som, laud owners. other. ru.-
ins lands and owning more ,r loss s...s.
others working on estates and eau,au-
small patches aud even small ra,.r n
that fruitful CLINE vii. support family
The execution os W.yer, or.,r .a.s
lef, Iarr,ly Co tho easr.flss Go lr.. n
au ,hat had not ane,tj. ana WAS n.
formed that in many gas5s O. .,.r ae
applied 20 their homes with,u, uo..e -ra
that the inmates ned with sr,h ,l,.rae
as they mlsh, have had on their bseSs
their stock and other belongings haae
appropriated by the guerilIas."
torn from their homes. With 0u
earth. foul air. foul water aud foul food
or none. what wonder that onc-halt have
died and that one-quar,er OF ,hs Twins
aie SO diseased thar they cannot bt
saved. A form o. dropsy is the result
q this condition. Little children ara stun
walking about with arms and chests ttrr.-
bly, emaclated. eyes swollen and abdo.
mems bloated 20 three times the natural
size. The physicians say these cases are
hopeless.
Deaths in the street have not been uu-
common. was told by one OF our .oa-
suls that they have found dead people
about the markets in the morning where ,
they nad cawled. hoping to get some
stray bit Of food from the huekst,rs
and that there had been cases where
they had dropped dead inside the marke, d,
surrounded by food. These people were
independent and self.supporting before =.
weyler's order. They are not besrars.
even now. There are plenty Of profes- L
sional beggars in every town. but these
country people. the reconcen,rAdos. have Z
not learned the art Rarely is A hand r
held out to YOU for aims when going
among their huts. but the sigh, Of them !,
makes an appeal stronger than words a
What saw cannot tell 60 that others
can see it. 1t must be seen to be realizsd.
In speaking Of a hospital in Havana. ne 2
says. Il saw it when Young women II
and children were lying on the stone floor +
in an indescribable state Of emacation Ct
and disease. may with the scan,iest GOV. Il
ering Of rags. and such rags. and children .
as naked as they came into the world.
And the co editions in the other cities are
even worse"
Cruelties and suffering are abundant
enough in any state Of war. but by COM
mon consent civilized nations actu,r.d y