Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-28
JOSECONGOSTO ARRIVES
Ne viii Continue His Journey from Havana %
HAVE October is,.
WHERE ARE The RtcoSctSrRAOos'
Tho Doctor Prefers Not To ssy-iIe say.
spain WIN Probably Build Another
Navy.

New York. Sept. 2s.-Among tho pas.
sengcrs who arrived today on tho
steamer City OF Washington from Ha-
vana were DR.. jose congosto and Capt
sred sharp. Of the Merritt & Chapman
wrcoklng company. Tho City Of wash.
ington brought forty-onc cabin pasacn-
gers and a nmnii cargo composed chiefly
Of cigars and tobacco.
Df. Congosto. win sail for Havrc on
The French liner october 1. Capt. Sharp
Was greatiy pleased 10 learn that the
spanish cruiser Maria Teresa had been
Heated and taken TO Guantanamo. lie
thinks the collier Merrffhac. sunk In
hanuago habOr. can be fi0atcd.
pt. ConEOeto said.
The evacuation OF Cuba by Spain IL
matter Of time, but when loft Ha-
yana everything was progressing well.
! 90 not care 70 enter Into all the reas-
ons for the delay, but one Of the ptin-
oipal causes Is the fact that we have
over 5000 sick who must BE- taken care
or and cannot be left behind.
The problem u the future Of the
Island II difficult ono and have
studied u without prejudice, and an n
result Of this study Of years l believe
that Il Ia a social problem and not
political one. OF course. politics VIII
enter Into the situation but the main
question Ia how 90 bring me most pros
rerty and the grcatest happiness 20
the people Of Cuba. II IL probable there
VIII be a large emigration 10 the island
and this viii assist In solving the prob
lem. OF course. a difficulty wiz he mot
ln view o. the dangers OF fever and the
climate"
Or. Congosto was asked as 70 the con-
| dillon u the rcc0nccntradoa.
There are no rcconcentrad0H now"
lI.a aaH A. -.
become OF them7' was the next ques-
tion.
They're gone"
DO you mean Co say that they ara
all dcad7'
THAT probably explains II better
than can. IL IL a subject which 1 pre-
fer not 90 discuss"
when asked ar 20 the establishment
OF a new navy for Spain. DIR. congostc
said.
spain IL stlll a great country and
she ought 20 have great navy-and
probably Will"
Regarding the fall OF Santiago and
the surrender OF Gen. Toral. Dr. Con-
goHtn said,
There we're brave soldiers at SANTA
| 70. and N their leader lacks courage he
deserves 20 be punished, Santiago
should not have fallen az Il dld and II
Torai had not entered into negotiations
! WIN iu' Nutthl u N iAh'NN AhhN AN'NF
would have been a different story TO
toll today. II IN not true that tho Span
ish army there lacked supplies and am.
munition for they had plenty Of both
which they turned over 10 the Afnerl-
cans n Toral had pushed forward IN
stead Of rctreatlnE towards the city, he
ccttiniy would have caused rcpuise.
These are things which hd Will have TO
explain"
Dr. ConEoato hopes that. when his
duties on the Paris peace conniHAlon
expire. he VIII resume his consular SER
vice.
Nr. Venter Won HollenHtcin. IN Amer
lean citizen. and n member OF the Ger
man Red Cross society who had been
In prison for several months IN Havana
charged with completely In the inHur-
rcction of the Cuhnns was also among
the passengers Of the city OF Washing
ton. lie was released during tho nrrt
part Of this month. lie n crippled and
sick from the harsh treatment he ro-
celvcd