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tions. and especially those marked conh-
Dental, are omitted.
General Lees correspondence runs over
the period from November is, 1884, 10
April /. 1898.
Under date Of March 9th General Lee
enclosed a statement from two gentle
men whom he knew as men OF veracity'
telling of the condition Of the rcconcen-
tradoas I'm the bitches ON the outskirts
Of Ha-ana Among 49, women and child
rem whom they found here. forty or htty
were diving daily. giving. relatively II Is
stated. ten days of life FOR each person.
I'm one crowd" says the report. "a
poor woman was lying surrounded by her
children. who contemplated her in ST.
lence without a lament or shedding "a
tear. though they themselves being real
spectres of hunger, emaciated I'm q horri-
BILE manner"
Again II is said: III any young girl
came I'm. any way nice looking. she was
Immediately condemned TO the most abOm-
Unable % trafics. Between August ard
November. all but 80 of the LOO people
who entered the bitches had died
4 CONSPIRACY.
on December ]. 1897. General Lee tele-
graphed the Department To tell the consul
al MatanZas Of IAN extensive ana dam
gerous conspiracy there under the eX-
governor Of the Province directed against
Americans. Action against them. says
General Lee. TO be contingent upon a
movement Of the United States govern.
ment. i'm favor of Independence OF CUBA
Two days later General Lee sent a
mailed report saying:
q still think that two warships al ledst
should be at Key West prepared 10 move
here AT short notice and that more OF
them should be sent to Dry Tortugas ana
"a coal station established there.
TERRIBLE CRUELTY.
March 18th General Lee enclosed let
Tor from Consul Barker. OF Sagua' who
requested him 20 transmit the following
letter which is addressed 10 him tGeheral
Lee:
Dear Sir:-I will thank you 10 conliilu-
nicate TO the Department as QUICKLY d.
possible the fact that the military com
mander and other officers OF the military
positively refuse TO allow the reconcehIra-
does To whom | am issuing 1000 III IT'S
raw state to procure fuel WIN "h'cn 10
cook the food.
consul Brice. ar Matanzas sent in seven
ar eight reports and most Of them told OF
the terrible suffering IN his district. lie
said he saw the daughter OF former
Governor of the province begging incog-
nito on the street. lie described the IN
effectual attempt OF the authorities TO re-
lieve the starving people. Thousands mao
died Of hunger.
Consul Barker covered the conditions
in Santa clara province in number OF
communications. His letters constituted
one long story Of distress, or Sickness
restitution and death, until lhdeed 'he
picture even as drawn In the pam ian
I guage Of official communication Is reNol'-
! ing st.
The reports on the condition OF afalrs
| al Santiago were made by Consul T.
| HYATT. He told Of the awful death rate
| from insufiiciency Of food ana aiso ue'
| scribcd the attempts made 10 ioree uu'
! tonomy on the Cubans.
! COULD NOT BE DESCRIBED.
| In concluding ono of his reports h'
| says
! 1T is beyond the power OF my pen %
describe the situation in Eastern Cuoa
Senility. starvation, slckness anu ue"'A
meet one In all places"
John +. iowa. vice-consul at sagua Id
Grande. under date OF November H. ISs'
stated that the Autonomist party IN tha'
! district could not exist. In describing 'h'
| suffering he says.
! NO history IN the world. ancient OIL
| modern. saw an instance of this frigE,iui
| dreadful suffering Perhaps cNlHza'ion
| has not seen its like"