The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-18


starvation ard cisease caused By insult
essrs ara improper fso1 Ny !ngus-ses
vega entirely outside % sensational
soufr.S. They were made O: ear medical
cf-esrs. o. oar c1nsuss c. city mayors.
O. rslssg committees Of ieas:ng merchants
ard bankers. physicians and lawyers. Sew
er4l o< nay snsarmzass were SPANISH born.
bns eYery time the answer vas thai the
cage Lad not been overstz.ed Wha4
saw c&nnss tell SO that otbsrs car see u
| II rzass te seen 10 nc realized Ths Los
Passes hospital Ia Havana has been recent
" described by Gre cf my colleagues.
Senator tiaiiInger, ana ! cart say that
his picture was oxeFarawn. He visited il
after Or. LASER, ore ot Miss Bartons as
s5sssnts, had * renovated and puts in cots
I saw tt when young women and children
were lying On tie stone aoorS II an In
deserlEsabls state OF eraac:ation and dis
ease, many with TIE scantGes. covering OF
rags and Euch rags. and children as naked
- Gaey came inlo the world. And the cen
dfssous In the other cities ars even worse.
Clara barton Does Noble Work.
Mss Barton needs no Endorsement from
rne. had known and esteemed her for
many years ba; had cot half appreciated
her capahlllsy and devotion to her wo-k.
/ especially looked into her business meth
eds. fearing there would be the greatest
danger Of mistake. that there might be
want OF system. end waste aad extrava-
game, but found she could teach nae on
those points.
'AA Miss Bar,ons assistants are excel
iently fitted for their duties. IN short, I
saw nothing TO eriticise. but everything 10
commend. The American people may be
assured that their bounty viii reach the
sufferers with the least possible cost and
III the best manner IN every respect.
Gen. Blaneo's order OF November IS
last somewhat modiaes the Weyler order,
but is OF little or 10 practical benefit. Its
application is limited TO laFra property de-
Tended. AID the commissioners are obliged
10 build centers os defense It's exect-
ton is completely in the discretion OF the
local military authorities and they know
the terrible military efficiency CT Weyler's
order in stripping the country of all pos
sible shelter. food or source OF information
for an insurgen;. and VIII De slow 10 sur
render this advantage. In fact. though tho
order was issued four months ago, l saw
no beuellcent results from Ii worth men-
t.oning.
All Cubans Are Insurgents.
IL do not iIupugn Gen. Blanco's motives.
as believe him TO be an arniable gentle
man, and that he would be glad 10 relieve
the condition or the reconcentrados If he
could DO so without loss OF any military
advantage. but he knows that all Cubans
are Insurgents at heart. and none now an
der military control viii be allowed TO go
from under II.
Il wish 1 might speak Of the country,
OF its SURPRISING richness. l have
never seen one to compare with L. On
tits p0;n, agree with Columbus, and be-
live every ore between his time and
mine must be OF the same optimism. I,
is indeed lard where every prospect
pieases and only man IS VILE
'4here are. or were before the war,
about l,eo,ao Cuhans on the island, so go
spaniarts (which means those born In
SPAIN. and less than half a million OF
negroes ana mixed bioods. The Cuban
whites are pure Spanish blood. and. like
the Spanlards. usually dark In complex
ton. but ottener Hight or blonde, so far as
l noticed. than the Spaniards The per-
centage OF colored to white has been
steadily diminishing for more than fifty
years. and IS not now over Is per cent
OF tbs total In fact, the number Of COL
orea people has been actually diminishing
Tor nearly that time. The Cuban farmer
and latorer is by nature pesceahle. kindly.
gay. hospl;ahie. ight-hearted and i'm
provideB,.
superior 20 Spnniards.
'one thing that was new to me WIS 70
learn the superiority OF the well TODD Gu
han over the Spaaiara in the matter Of
education. Among those in good csrcun-
stances there can be 40 doubt chat the
Cuban IS far superior ia this respect And
the reason IS easy 10 see. They have been
educated In England. France ana this
country. while the Span.ards have such
education AZ shetr own country furnishes
The coiorei people seem TO ne BY ma
taFa quite she equal mentally and payslc-