The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-03-18

"'''' Woilucr lhat one-half have Hbcd
p;d that one-quartcr OF The living arc
50 diseased thmt they canmAt be saved
form of dropsy is n common disor-
uer fcSuphng from these cUaditisJns
lIttic chlluren ana Suill walkElE about
w4th arms and chest terribly cmaclat-
ea. eyes swollen and abdomen bloated
10 three times lhc natural size. The
physicians say uheSa cases are hopeless
Deaths In the streets have rot been
uncommon. | was told by one Of our
ot5suls that thcy huvc been fouid
u"at about the markets In the morn
ing. whcra they had crawcd hoping to
get some stray bits OF hrDd from the
early huckA;Rrs, and trut there had
been cases where they had dropped
dead inside the marlu-t surrounded by
iood. These people We're Independent
ana Sclf-suppOriing before WeylcT's
order TMsy are csot beggars even
COW.
"of the hospitals need r'ot speak
Others havs described their condition
inr better than can. 1t is nCI within.
the narrow limits Of my voca bulary to
portray it. | went 10 Cuba 'wHth n
strong convicttsm lhat the picture, had
been 'H1srdrawn: but a few cases of
SihrVn:.on aih suffering had inspired
ana stimulated III" press correspondents
ana they had given free play TO II strong
natural ana highly cultivated im.a,i-
nation. l'eforc startling, | received
through the mail n leuflct published by
thS Christian Herald. with cuts Cf some
II The sick sual starving reconccn.rados
ana t" * II with men, thinking thessp
w"ra rare specimens got up to illc the
worst possible showing saw plenty as
bad and worse; many that should NOS
be photcgra ph2d and shpwra. | could
not bell va chat out II a prpulatlon
"i 'uo,OoO, two hundred Thousand had
dien wlthi:H these Spanish forts. practi-
c'liy prison walls. within 4 few mpuLyhs
past from actual starvation arDi dts
eases CAUSED by insufficient and I'M
p'-i'rr food. My inquiries wers entirely
outside rt ScnSntl rml sources They
We're mad" Of our medical officers of
our c"nStlls. of city alcal,iss (mavors)
"i relief committees, Ct lsading mer-
th"h'S hH'i Thinkers physicians and
lawyers. several II my inn rman;s
were Spanish bnr". bial every time the
answer was thar tMs case had not been
ovsr-etatcd
t'rncrat l'lfncoS order Of November
i"th last somewhat mod!lics lh= Wev-
Ter order. but II is Cf little or no pn3rclG-
cal h't' ut. Its apniicm,a II is limited t.
farms properly def sndeCl,' ana the ow,,-
cr" nr" Obliged 10 build centres Of de-
irhse, Us execution Is cnmplHl5ly in
iE' discretion Of the local military an
mIiliary efficiency nf Wcylcr's order =,
S,rirpi"G tbs dnIrl'ry or all possible
Shsi'rr, food or source of Information
l"r an inSurgcnt and Will be slsw 10
surrNnder thu: advantage IL, fact
u" aSh IN" order was issu-i four
Il"ti'ns a"' saw no bsIaiiccnt results
from ~ worth mcntinnint-"
SptiIk!ng of the Cuban. ciic Ss-,,.or
said: '' ''''''''''"i
There are, or were before the war
hh"ht l,oo0.0Ho Cubans on the islnnl
.o"'''o Span!arrls (Which rriaus ;hrs..
Don; IN SPAIN ana less 'tnan half. n
m!..ioh OF negroes arl mixed b,-,Si
d" percentage Of uiOrcl to white hos
n'"h Sttai:ly Diminishing for more
- - -, i''tY years, and Is NOT now over
:" Per cent. OF tn total. In ricr The
number " c2nrcd people has been
t.mc. "'''''
,'he Ac.G ;hat was new II me was
" learn The superiority of the wrll-to-
40 Cuban oNr the STanjg,,d in the
h'',"f or education. Among those in
Saoi circumstances there can be n,
h"uht ti'.t the Cuban is far superior
l.! THIS respect.
US - sad that there are about sixty
h0uaS':d Spanish soldiers r.law in cuba
III t"r duty out of over 100000 that
nave hozn sent there. The rest have
ntu' hcen scnt home sick, are In ilhe
hospHnls aud aNnc have hce,:,, kll,d not
W.thsiand!ng the official reports
Having called Oa, GovcyEl3r r-,sd
cartain-Gtrcral T5lanco and received
h.S courteous call IN rc,;nrn, i could
not win propriety seek communicu-
ton with insurgents. | had plenty ,.lf
offers of safe ccCriuct t. Gomcx's camp
ana was told iitat If | would write
him Az unswc" would be returned safe
| - n n.t I
several who had visited the insurgent
camp and was sought out by an !nsur-
gcnt hEld officer, who gave me the
best Information received as ~ the In
surGcE.t force. His statements were
modciahc and ! was crcdihly informed
that he WAS cr'circy reliable He
claimed that the CullGrns; had aboua 30
600 now In :hc field, some in every
province, but mostly in the Two east
crn provinces and eastern Santa Clara
Gnd mis- statement was GznT0JAratcd
from C.'her GGO,i sources.
They have Il force all the Tim" in
Havani,i prOvh-,cc itself orgartzed as
four small hrigades, and operating In
small bands. Ruiz was taken, tried
and shot within a mih, lmd half of
the raii'1ah and Ghout fifteen miles
tnnn OF IavaCa, on the road 10 Matan-
zaS. road more travelled th5ua. amy
Othcr.
"ArranEuor;n was killed abou; three
miles '.hc other side of thu road ard
about tils same distance, fifteen or TWEEN
~ miles from Havana. The insurgents
are we'll Gc'msd. but very poorly sup
plisd with ammunition. They are n''
allowed 10 carry many cartridges: some
times no. more than, one or two The
infantry especially are poorly clad
Senator Prrctor said the army and
STEcLSh cit!z ms C''not want autonomy,
for that means government by the Gu