The record-union., 1898-04-12

naIS, some IN q dying condition, others
sick, others dead, without the slightest
cleanliness or the least help, not able
TO give water to the thirsty without re-
ligious or social help, each one dying
wherever chance laid him"
The communication goes on to state
that the deaths among these recOncen-
tradoes averaged forty or fifty daily,
and that on an average there were but
ten days of life for each persons. 1t
says that these unhappy creatures re-
ceived food only after having been
eight days in the ditches during which
time they were obliged to subsist upon
the bad food which the dying had re-
| fused. Some horrible instances of dis
tress witnessed are given.
Among the many we saw" says the
communication, there was seen one
| impossible to forget. There is still alive
the only witness, a young girl of Is,
whom we found seemingly ifeless on
| the ground On her right side was the
body of the young mother. cold and
rigid, but with her young child still alive
clinging to her breast On her left side
was the corpse of dead woman, hold
| ing her son in a dead embrace. A little
/ Au4 lIlEI d dy lIS NOLiicii, AIOAdl4lS 80 AA~A
arms daughter Of II, crazed with pain
who after twelve or fourteen days, died
in spite of the care she received
| Further along the communication says
| that if any young girl came in who was
nice looking, she was condemned to the
most abominable of traffic. The COM
munication says l, 100 persons had en-
tered the Fosos since August, and OF
those S33 were then living. 1t places
the number of deaths among the re-
concentrates at Il per cent.
CONSPIRACY AGAINST AMERI-
GAINS
| On December Sd, General Lee sent to
the State Department a communication
referring to a cipher dispatch he had
sent two days previous, in which he in
| formed the department that he learned
| from the United States Consul at Ma
| tanzas of an extensive and dangerous
conspiracy under the Ex-Governor OF
| the province directed against Amerl-
cans, action against them to be contin-
| gent on the movement of the United
! States in the independence of Cuba"
! General Lee stated that rumOrS had
! been more or less frequent regarding
the riotous intention of some of the dis
satisfied elements against American
citizens there, and in other parts of the
| island. Such demonstrations, he said
must come from Spanish non-combat-
ants, or from volunteer forces. He did
not think there was any danger from
the former, many of whom seemed to
favor annexation rather than autonomy
or the independence of the Cuban Re
public.
Il am inclined to think says he
that if General Blanco can manage
| the volunteers, as yesterday he said
/ he could the trouble from that source is
| diminishing The origin of the mobs
! in this city in the past has always
been located in the ranks of the volun-
| teers, who alone have organization and
| arms
| WHY WARSHIPS WE'RE NOT ASK
ED FOR.
| In consequence of the assurances that
all life and property would be protect
| ed, General Lee said that he had de-
clined to make application for the pres
ence of one or more warships IN Ha-
vana harbor and had advised Ameri-
| cans who had wives and children not
| to send them away at least for the
present.
Il still think" continued Mr. Lee
| that two Warships, at least, should be
at Key West prepared to move at short
| notice, and that more of them should
be at Dry Tortugas, and that a coal
| ing station should be established there
Such proceedings would seem to be in
line with that prudence and foresight
necessary to afford safety to Americans
residing on the island and to their
properties"
SPANISH UNABLE TO PACIFY
PINAR DEL RIO.
Under the same date General Lee
sends another communication contain
ing the statements of Senior Canalejas,
the editor of the Madrid lei HeraldO, %
who has just returned from Pinar Del
Rio Province, after the conflict between
the Spanish forces under General Va
lasco and the Cuban forces under DiaZ
in which Canalejas was quoted as say
ing that the Spanish forces had dis
played their usual Valor, but that the
province could not be pacified; that out
of II 600 Spanish troops only between
5000 and 1000 were able to operate,
the balance being sick at hospitals, or
in garrisons and towns; that he be-
| lieved autonomy premature, and was
inclined to the adoption of energetic
military action for the purpose of paci-
| flying those provinces; that the truth
should be known in Spain, where pub
| lie opinion and the press had been de-
ceived regarding the annihilation of the
war and the sO-called pacification of
| the western provinces.
LEE ASKS FOR RELIEF FOR SUF-
FERERS.
Under date of December 10th. Cen
eral Lee sent a communication to the
| department recommending measures
| for the relief of the reconcentrados In
the portion given out General Lee says:
Il see no effect of the Government
distribution to the reconcentrados
am informed that only SD, 800 in Span
ish silver has been dedicated to the
Havana Province out of the $100,0O0
said to have been set aside for the
| purpose of relieving them on the ISL
! and. and that reports from all parts
of the province show that 30 per cent.
| have already died, and that many of
| those left will die. and most of these
are women and children.
am informed that an order has been
| issued in some parts of the island sus-
pending the disposition to reconcentra-
dos. The condition of these people is
simply terrible. 1 hear of much suffer-
ing in the Spanish hospitals for want
of food. 1 hear also that the Spanish
merchants in some parts of the island
are placing their Establishments in the
names of foreigners to avoid having
their provisions purchased on credit by
the military administration. In other
parts of the island l am told that there
is scarcely any need for soldiers, and
cats are used for food PURPOSES. sell