The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-12
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against the office of Diario De La Marina.
a paper published in this town favoring
autonomy; but were dispersed by the mil
hary police and soldiers"
REPORT ON RECoNCENTRADOs.
The same day General Lee acknowi-
edges the receipt of President McKin-
ley's proclamation, calling upon the peo-
pie of the United States 10 make char
table contributions for the relief of the
distress in Cuba
Other kilograms follow during the next
few days as 10 the class of contributions
which would be most valuable in reliey
| ing the suffering.
January l, General Lee makes the fol-
lowing report:
''Sir-I have the honor to state that, as
a matter of public interest. that the re
concentrate order of General Weyler,
former governor general of the island
transformed about 100000 self-supporting
people, principally women and children,
into multitude to be sustained by the
contributions of others, or die by starva-
ton. or of fever resulting from low
! physical condition and being massed in
| large bodies, without change of clothing
and without food. Their homes are
/ burned. their fields and plant beds de-
| stroyed, and their livestock driven away
or killed.
| Il estimate that probably 10000 of the
rural population in the province of Pinar
| Del Rio Havana, Matanzas and Santa
! Clara have died of starvation or from re-
j sultant causes and the deaths of whole
| families almost simultaneously within a
! few days of each other and of mothers
praying for their children to be relieved
of their horrible sufferings by death, are
not the least of the many pitia,ble scenes
which were ever present. In the provinces
of Puerto Principe and Santiago De Cuba,
where the 'reconcentrado order could not
| be enforced. the great mass of the people
are self-sustaining.
"A daily average of ten cents worth of
food to 10000 people would be an expendi-
ture of $1,000 per day, and of course the
most humane efforts upon the part of our
citizens cannot hope to accomplish such
a gigantic relief and a great portion of
the people will have to be abandoned to
their fate
General Lee enclosed in this COMMUNE
cation an editorial from the Dtario De La
Marina which vigorously denounced the
"sedihous tumult" of the day before as
a victory for Gomez and the enemies of
Spain.
MORTALITY FIGURES.
On the same day ne also sent to the
department statistics about the mortal
ity in Santa Clara, showing that while
there had been 5.44s9 deaths in that town
in the seven years previous 10 1897, which
included 1,4S7 in one year from an cpl
demic of yellow fever. there were in 1897.
owing to the concentration order. 6,9S1
deaths. out of a total population of a.,
900. The death rate increased monthly
from 7S in January, the month before the
concentration order went into effect, until
December, when there were 10l1 deaths.
ANTI RIOTS.
January u, IS. IA and 10 General Lee
sent brief oablegrams to the department
in regard to the rioung and the demon
strations against autonomy and Blanco
and the three newspaper offices. On jan
uary 13. he said some of the rioters
threatened to go to the United States
consulate"
such reports" he said, "are not heed
ed, but may be later. If Americans are
in danger, ships should move promptly for
Havana Uncertainty and excitement
widespread"
The rdoung ceased next day and Cen
eral Lee reported all quiet.
On the 18th General Lee sent dispatch
marked confidential" regarding the rot
ing, it follows:
"Sir-The recent disorders in this city
are primarily attributed to a group of
Spanish officers who were incensed at ar
ticles appearing in three of the news
papers of Havana, Ell Reconcentrado La |
Discussion. Fl Diario De La Marina. The !
first was very pronounced against Cen |
eral Weyler and his method. The Dis !
cussion was suppressed by Weyler. but |
its publication was permitted to be re- |
sumed by Blanco. and the last had been |
an ultra Spanish organ but had been con-
verted by the present authorities TO auton- |
omy. 1t is probable that the Spanish off |
GERS were first provoked by the denuncia-
tons of Weylar in the columns Of one |
of these papers and determined to stop |
it. and afterwards being supported by the |
MODS, turned the demonstration into an
anti-aut onomist affair.
81 send today an analysis Of the auton-
omstic plan. The intense opposition to it
on the part of the Spaniards arises from
the fact that the first appointments of the
officers TO put into form its provisions
was made generally outside of their party
in order to show the Cubans in arms that
was instituted for their benefit
and protection.
1.-THE intelligent Spanfrds see no pros
perity in the future. but rather other
wise and more confusion, in the same
old attempts TO make the waters of COM
merce flow in unnatural channels. The
lower Spanish classes have nothing in
mind when an autonomy is mentioned
except Cuban local rule, hence their op-
position"
January 81 General Lee transmitted
copy of the decree which established the
autonomy regime on the island OF Cuba
January 1872. General Lee reported by
cable daily that all was quiet in Havana.
and that the recent rioting had caused
some delays, but that no difficulty was ap-
pretended as TO the landing OF supplies.
February 1, he reports the receipt Of
moneys from the various sectiops OF the
United States for relief purposes and the
manner in which It is being distributed.
AN ESTIMATE OF BLANCO.
February u. he telegraphed the state