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

F,,aryins people Of Cuba. Tho news OF
,hIs relief has been known" he con-
ltinues, FOR the past two weeks, and has
loxtended all over the. province. z This
lconsulate has been overwhelmed with
people OF NIL classes askinE 10 DO 70.
tnembnred when this rellsf Gomez. 7 Z.
Mr.. Brfce then gives n number OF facts
Illustrating tho suffering III the province.
He sayelthe are In Sfatanzas province
alone 10000 people who areah actual
starving condition and requirs food,
clothlns and medicines. ContinuinS, no
says. .'In addition 10 the above are thou.
sands OF families OF the better classes
ind formerly well to do who to-day are
/ living on ono meal q day and that very
scant. They have sold or phwnsd furni-
ture, jewelry, clothing, etc., to eke out
an existence until ali Is gone or nearly
80. Too proud TO beg, the suffer In
silence. md many die OF starvation.
Many OF these people call on mo private
/ ~ at my residence and ask and pray for
l Gods sake to be remembered when this
relief comes from the United States.
Ono has TO be here. know and ndngle
with these people. 10 fully realize tho
terrible restitution and misery existing
h In Cuba. II is to be hoped that this re-
lief from tho United States will como
quickly. for hundreds arc dying daily OF
starvation. Conditions nre dreadful
and no relief afforded by tho Spanish
gauthorlties." p :.
ProvIuee nj sania Glars, .5t
4 Consul Barkercoversttec conditions ex-
listing In Santa Clara province In O num-
Der of Communications beginning on the
eth OF November. 1897, and closing on the
9Th OF March last. His letters constl-
4 tute one long story OF dlstress--ot sick
tness, restitution and death until indeed
the picture, even us drawn in the plain
Language OF official communication IS
revolving.
on the 18th Of January, Mr.. Barrier
says: I'm this consular district n reign
OF terror and anarchy prevails which
i the authorities. II SO disposed, arc utter.
~ powerless to control or in any meas
'ure stibdue Aside from the suffering
caused by the unparalleled restitution,
regard the situation as rapidly assuming
q critical stage. AS stated heretofore,
Kin no way have the authorities departed
from the policy pursued by the late, but
not ,lamented.S General Weyier. Spanish
troops as well as the guerrillas under
the cruel chiefs Carreras. Olavarrictta
and Lazo continue 10 dispoil the country
and drcnch 1t with the blood OF non
combatan.s tl,
In his communication OF The Goth of
March. Mr.. Barker says: 1.-THE distress
! Is simply heartrending. Whole families
without clothing to hide nakedness. are
Sleeping on the bare ground, without
! bedding OF any kind. without food, save
,suci as we have been able 70 reach
twith provisions sent by o,ir own noble
people:;and the most distressing feature
! ls that fully 50 per cent are Ill. without
1 medical attention or medicine"
= AIR. Barker devotes much space to the
suffering and mortality OF the people OF
4 his province. He places the mortality
EStlgures for six OF the principal cities OF
4 his district for the period beginning with
January LIST and ending November 10,
1897 at S0,59s He says this ID the ofll-
ical record and that fully 20 per cent
ltshould be added to cover dalths OF which
mo record was kept. Nv.
sngun la GrAi,dr.
J. ) a q 81 " o. T. b.
John. II. iowa. vice consul at Sagua Ia
4 Grande. under date OF November II,
1887, gives his view OF the autoaom!sts
policy promised by Spain. He takes
istronS grounds against II. saying that an
lantonomist party in that district could
not exist. After giving some OF his rea-
sons, he says:
"Taking all these facts into considera-
ton, It Is hard 20 sec in what way Spain
Ills going TO establish this new System. It
will always be withou: n stable founda-
Ifon, without 4 basis ard maintained by
IA Very infr;ii, insignificant auxiliary.
In the meantime, the recoEcentrados. 4
lmajprity OF whom were Innocent persons
ljTho had no more aspirations than to iii
1.-THE little farms, continue perishing. II
HIT impossible 10 describe the extent and
INTENSITY OF such tremendous suffering
| of such iniQuitous, unjust and sinful IN
QUESTION. to annihila.e goods OF women
2 and children. II this Goddess combine
lltion could be accurately represented 1t
| would seem an cyaggera:!on induced by
isst!rrcd fellow feeling With sens7oilltg or
heart. Moving Among the unceaslng
'srrovd Of famlshed beEgars one caa
scarcely do more than commemorative
undeservcG mlsfortunes. No history In
the world, ancient ormodern. saw an In
stance OF this frightfu., dreadful suffer-
ling. Perhaps civilization has not seen
| {itslike. In conclusion. beg TO state in
my humble Judgment the efforts towards
the enforcement OF the rSorms OF auto
| nomy vii prove altogether fusile." Is
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