The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-24

6vents lssdlns up % his arrival in Cub
Nd 81 k1e reception BY Consul General Lee
s'f,epS1 II Lee q said be, rs deserving o
FthS hishcst praise. cool and fearless u
Ina lmldst * uffficuitIcs ana dangers, b
|aevSr loses sight Of the fact that he y an
a American citizen; nor 10 be unmindiul g
ithe tremendous responsibilities ana duties
Sof his position. "A
Refcrfnx ID his call upon the autoncinlsl
cabinet, Mr. Gallinger said i was eyiden,
zsthAt the president Of the cabinet was no'
enoduraged In the work. Nh,
r s'9rhc truth is." said Mr. Gallnger. an-
f,tonCmy Is a nat failure, opposed alike ~
1.-THE ultra Spaniards and the Cubans. Inc
blenders OF the resurrection have not lorgo.,
k,ten how they were treated by Spain IN 800
%and the Establishments and brides now
4 being offered them are spurned WIN ro IN,
III tempt Better death than autonomy, saln
N leading Cuban 10 me, Tor autonomy y
u only a pretensc under which we would
II again be slaves 10 Spain.
- Mr.. GsilInger recalled that he had heard
II during debates In the senate denials muds
d that state OF war existed in Cuba b't II
u rcunires, only brief personal observation
ri ~ convince one that war actually did exist.
n lrsciatcd country and its stricken people
/ told the story more eloqucnty than il could
I; he conveyed n words.
III \ ..,rhc var IN Cuba, however" he said rs
!, 4 war OF starvation and exterminatior--a
h war more cruel than the world has ever
Y crown.
4 ..The Spanish troops do not impress
!, Americans as great soldiers. They are
|. under q lax discipline and poorly armed
h and inadequately fed The high oiuciais
do most OF their fighting In hotels and
4 cafes, the actual fighting being done ny
those OF inferior grade. on me contrary,
\ the insurgents nre comfortaDiy ciaa anu
( under syict discipline"
They occupy a large part of the Island,
( and could. In Mr.. Gallnger's opinion, take
Havana or Matanzas whenever II might
suit their purpose, although these cities
could NOT be held for lack OF navy
The scenes in the streets of Havana are
narrowing beyond description. People In
want and suffering are everywhere seen
and walking skeletons ARE met ON every
rand children emaciated and ragged wo-
men and diseased and starving men throng
+ the streets, the hotel Hobbies and every
place or public resort. II Is terrible
sight-one thai sickens the heart aud
quiclsens the impulse.
nUnder the very shadow OF eathodrals
and churches, where SPANS authority IS
absolutely unqucstioned. the most horrible
conditions are conceded to exist. Many
have refused to believe that great gov
eminent was waging n war OF exter'nina-
lion Instead OF war OF hohor, yet such is
ofphanage which Is now under the care Of
Miss Clara Barton 1t contains now about
fifty children almost every one of whom
Is a victim of starvation. Dr.. Losstr, one
OF Miss Barton's aSSsinnts. has had eX-
Ierienco In the Armenian aud India fam
Inc. but he declares that the famine IN
Cuba is worse than that Of Armenia and
the pictures he drew OF The terrible SUFFERS
ing and starvation IN the island moro than
confirm all that has been written upon the
subject.
"A detailed story of vlgit TO Los Fies.
tas. the place whore the reeoncentradoS
daily assemble to get food, was also given.
a few weeks ago, when Miss Barton en-
tred the place there wero 62i living on the
floors, many OF them entirely nude, and all
suffering the pangs OF starvation. Much
has been done by the Rcd Cross society
to alleviate the condition of those stu
remaining, but scores OF men, women and
children are yet there, gauut and bony al
most as a skeleton. many OF them covered
with sores directly traceable TO want OF
food. 49,
what chapter or horrors and DEATH is
that! And still the trAgeiy goes on How
much longer II shall continue largely de-
bends upon the forbearance Of a EyAat peo-
pie who. through sorrow achiavasl their
own independence and whose Sgmpathie;
have always gone out TO the oppressed oil
nh nations OF the world"
a vivid picture wah then drawn nv Mr.
Gallinger OF n trip to the city of Matan2as
All along the route were wretchad people
IN rags, but not untii the city Was reached
YVES the full extent Of the suffering real
lied.
1T occurred to me as looked upon the
scenes OF horror and suffering that the Gu
ban reconcentradus might we'll adopt The
words OF Dante: He who enters here leaves
hope behind when they We're driven from
the fields and herded like cattle in the
clnes aud towns OF this fertile land. The
trutf Is that Weyler devised scheme OF
human suffering and sorrow that put
Danto's Inferno 10 the shan,e aud convert
Ell contented, prosperous class OF people
into this sorry plight
Never again do / expect to see such
havoc wrought. visit to the Alatanlas
hospNais revealed an even more shocking
condition than the streets, The members
OF the Red Gross society who had visited
one OF the hospitals two weeks before We're
almost overcome upon discovering thai
nearly every one of the inmates at that
une had since died. II there was food in
these hospitals did not discover IL;
nsither were there signs of medicine nor
OF proper care
The governor OF Matanzas told MIR. Gail
iinger that the first day he occupied III,
palace fifteen persons had died in The cour,
yara, lie said further that in the rity 1900
mad died In November, 500 in Deeem hpr
GOV In January and 100 In February. The
doath rate was decreasing simply boeauss
tne reconcentrados by death were becorin,
fewer ''f
THE number OF people who hays
starved IN cuba Will never be definitely
known. II Is estimated that 100000 were
driven from their homes into the ei,las
and towns. had ii from spanish au-
thority that according To their figure. 225'
900 already have persisted. but il Is said
that tho Red Cross society is in posses-
sion OF figures showing that 425. 900 a..
bans have died as result OF spanish
cruelty from starvation and that s0p'
more must inevitably die.
have been asked many times what a
the Maine. l do not know THIS. how.
ever. do know, A government that Mil
deliberately starve 100000 OF is own t,s-
PIE VIII DO pretty much anything. II he
ship was blown up from the oil.side. what
should our government do? Perhaps
should forbear TO discuss that ques,ioi
now, but this ! will venture to say; Uu.
man life purposely taken can not be pa'd
\ Tor In gold or silver. Mark my Won
'EurD0Sely taken . and N ~ ahat1 a,,..