Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-26

Al
cou'u ,,ana with me today, IL is
Nss' sav that the United states re-
'AN ,'ua for the suffering in CUBA
hei ''I No largely augmented. Let me
WOW" a, account OF just one day y
sNs ,-,snces. l arose with the iarh. =
ep ,,,sr with the paroquit' which is
q s,rly bird of this country-in ofuer
's s' ,no rising sun dance upon tne
70 ~, eaters OF the bay ana giiu
/, Moro castle and iilumine the rose
90 ,Ey.blue and pea-green mouse
Pn% IN, This invierno, (midwinteo Is
vans dslIrhtful season of the year
the ,nY ,be mornings and evenings
~. very perfection of weather. .ne
u' NAT ot the day like August In SAT-
NV c,ty and the nights chilly enough
LaA' a blnuket on ones bed. The
~" in this fair land needs no
,s,,sr entertainment than can De iouhu
w.. N hours from balcony. Ihe
~ ~ pasaie. at which 1 am staying
nv" ,ha celebrated Prado. with It's
line Of statues anu
NY ,a,re trees, where the Spanish
i'' IN uniforms of light blue cot
NV IN straw hats, are every morn
w. ~, through their evolutions to the
'- T. Of two brass bands. In all CUBA
~ H., s no such thing as glass WIN
wooden doors serve instead, us
wv ,,,,sd mari way up, those ON the
uGll! 49, faced with iron bars. Each
siv wv. n, Inc Pasaje has its great double
lv ''n. ansning upon Juliet balcony
uVv ~ latter paved with white marble
~ .aI,sd with iron hlagree work. Inc
Ala as Nv the way, are beautifully
VO,nsi, wl,h blocks of many colored
n"rhies sci in patterns like patch-
ny dnilt and so extremely nlgh are
,be ceilings that one feels as II down
IN The bottom Of a well. Whitewashed
~aiis sky-blue woodwork, crims on
hmberklns and lace curtains, ruIneu
bedstead canopled with orahge-sat,n
are all as Spanish as anythihs IN
enain. vet. strange TO say. the most
an,ra ceols contrasts Of glaring colors
aver seem TO swear at one another in
,hesp hot climates; but somehow tone
n arreeably with the brilliant blue and
yiyld green Of sky and foliage.
Arcording TO Cuban custom, the usual
asssylno. Of bread, hot milk and cof-
fps was brought to my room at Z
O'clock. and half nm hour later / was
on me way with Cuban lady, to visit
,or,a reconsentrados. Probably by this
time everybody in the United States
knows the meaning of the word recon
centradoes," or those who We're concen-
trated. They are the country people of
Cuba. who were scattered over the Is
land between the few large towns. and
by Weyler's brutal decree were driven
from their homes and compelled to hud-
die In the fortified cities. Ostensibly.
they took no part In the war: but the
Spanlards believe that every Cuban is
rebel at heart, and the Butchers pol
Icy was one Of determination. 1t Is
common saying here. "If you put n
Cuban baby In a glass bottle, seal 1t up
and sent II to Spain. the instant the
cork is removed II will pop out and
yell Cuba Jibre'
Weyier said that the rebel army was
fecrulting from the sons and husbands
Of these country families and that the
women al home afforded them. aid and
noted as secret spies. The terrible war,
which Is running Spain and devastating
Cuba Is nonearer an end after three long
'NhAef iIh ANNNi Nbuiu WDllt
these spies were everywhere in the
land. The desperate case demanded
heroic measures, said the marquis OF
Tsnsrifei so the Spanish soldiers
secured the country, driving the peo-
PIE from their homes. burning the
houses over their heads and killing all
MO resisted. The eviction of Evan
geline's people from Nova Scotia was
as nothing In comparison for the Nor
man peasants We're comparatively
wealthy and were allowed to take their
mlyble property with them. Fancy
being simply turned out OF your own
homes in Salt Lake City, with only
Nhat you could hastily collect and car
Y In your hands the rest beeing
burned before your eyes. But that
N9uld not be parallel case, because
AZ Of you have some means In reserve,
~ mrse towns are near together and
,3od Is plenty in the United States,
most OF these poor Cubans, poverty
.uieken In the best OF times, had only
lhelr palm matched cottages and small
pa,hes OF ground where a few vans
~ vegetables We're raised. There are
gs%ueally no farms in Cuba. such as
know thom In Gods country"
sVh ana poor are alike sustained nv
s piVuucts OF two great crops. sugar
~ Ionacco, and when those are cut
~ season after season, as since this
began nothing is left. Even when
ryr man rents 30 acres of land (the
80 80 measure of the country. he de-
~ ~ out an inilnltessimal OF IL TO the
sTs OF pigs, chickens and vegeta,
t,a VT ms own use. The majority OF
4, pYasahts have been employed as
M ysr D.' rs upon the large plantations.
rsr,s sn,ali wages-until the insur-
Nm solSinI n' the cane-iields, the Span
N claimed the tobacco. and he
vn ,he two armies the richest yoro
fs,rS q straits indeed. For the pens-
ssys. mere was suffering enough
i ar,s. KNOWS, hut they had stul tbei,
Iubss, ahu could pick up some sort az
bany ~ 4, W the familiar places. In
htonia s'e nuts We're aged and sicL
EeyIsr'ss nu nebles newly born, Dut
nus, % orueis were positlve-out they
kAtIons W. we Instant. and the hnbi-
,al q, BURIED to the ground. The re
tatds ~ ~ case no harder than thou.
be- others, viii do for an exam-
quarttr ran past middle age had spent
by penn, century saving, pennv
buy X, from his scanty wages 10
fortahla a., vi and and build n com.
taly not5 uIon ". When IL was
lnhoaadssI ior; his pride and JOY was
Ind AGED r,o,ts wife and children
b ha ~ ~ mother had home for lie
|IllaI ,,uondly believed, and tbo LOT nie.
In ad,a s little field while he wor Woinen
oy wNnt estate. But a,es, 'Nn M, on
bne mani, hot OF long duration with,r
lshed dun latter after the family wns est tnth
hem 10 lseoonmpany of soldiers ordered
nan give my How could the moor
through no iar me hope of a lifetime
raRed with 'S Sr OF his own? Hair
9w Who fired ,h he resisted the fel-
y yet quyerlnae mouse, was shot ana
azlng roof poay tossed upon the
lhe seSSnS The aged m msary Leagues
ehe chIlSyeCo Gays march, and one I hy o on
say. and or, slokened and died ON 3 the
he fortified oI,I The wife lived to ri reach .es
ltng on ~ ! saw her in Havana