Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-07
.HCARTRENDING STORIES
sp,yIARus RoBBISs AND PlUSOtsSG.


ttsv,na. Va Key West, NOV o.
m. I,tsrrsenum between SPANS
srirltuni loss o. sovereignty 100
cvb, and the assumption of fun mile
nv control by the United States
seems Indefinitely prolonged. with ihe
Immediate hope u relief 10 county
. which daily grows poorer ana more dee
T populated. ON all sides the question
Z l. asked. how much nearer SIS the hnal
[ slIutisn of the problem than % was
Ola the day the protocol was sgnell
I The feeling among che better classes
/ OF 5ntdarent and Influential Cuoans'
may be- pretty accurately SUMMIT wv
Iu ihr following observations made tl-
/ DAY by representative Sunah nel
/ ChIui lu Havana ~ me eeit'-F'N4t"'
! uf the Associated Press .,,.,
"ft HfHma 30 me, ana thlhh
my views afs shared BY many, that .he
United states government % hlllg-
/ diI'yins too long with Span ovcr ihla
I evacuation question. or cnurHei lhe
| problem he a dlficuli one Ivy We %,
D Jas Ia surely unnecessary The Nuliel
I states has sent here an u.s. .Iil.n' "
I comm sF1ns. each more sclt-inr'riAnt
I and myaterinus than 60 prcdeccss1f.
] and each yelling ita operations WITH a
I cloud 10 secrecy which, AZ Tar ha my
/ American experience Eott, really serves
I the purpose 0f ubscuung Issues and
| gluccaiaE very small achievements.
ePRIT OF JEALOUSY.
Almost nothing has been accom-.
| phthed. The spirit % icalsuay MS not
[ only the individual membtfa pi aIl me
] commissions. but also exists between
| the iInsrent commissions collectively.
I Theap flvairIea seem 90 cnEruHH the a.
] irntJn ~ CommlHHyatrs much more
I than the serious questions anccilug ne
/ welfare Of cuba and the dignity and
l good faith % the United states
] 'FIfst. We were told shat the date %
I occupation by the United states troops
| Uou'd be- November iat then Deem.
Z har iat was nNcd upon. and later We
| We're Informed that the date for 0ccu-
patton would b. left indefinite. 20 far
/ aa evacuation IL concerned. January
ift nov Il IL rumorcd that February
! i'll has been agreed upon. The facI ~.
| the country at large, whether cuban,
] foreign or spanish. is getting disguised.
The people are losing faith and conf
/ dfuce owing 60 the lack Of nrmncaf
displayed hy the American representa-
t.yea. To all questions asking informa-
tlou on these points the American com.
| mlHriUlcra. with a superior smile ana
an assumption ~ gravity TO cover thgIr
ignorance. reply vaguely and unaails-
Unless the Washington rvefnmcnt
forces H. iciharFic commissions Into
greater activity. Cuba viii be an im-
menae graveyard and o. nelds barren
before the United States takes posses
sion. The daily records u mortality
show that the population IN an parts
~ the Island ia dWindhnE steadily. En-.
tirc VILLAGES are dying Of s,arvai
on all sides she fpt1lards cont
fohblng and plundernE. In the moan
I HNHHH WNHHINNHM l.
ioneru from the United states are
slipping cool drinks by day and seek.
inr shelter hy nlEht with mortal dread
Of fever, yet absolutely impervous 10
the demands VI humanity.
40 WORK.
The Gtuation created BY ,hia uncef-
ihinty u stu further aggravated by
the fact that no one darea SOW crops
Or cultivate lands until the present
chaotic conditions ah1W some rays u
llEht 60 guide efforts There u no work
Tor IDLE hands Day BY day the mum
bet OF beETars. thieves and prostitutes
incrsasea. while the number Of those
able 20 relieve distress shrink y the
same proportions, Thus Tar the United
states has sent IN the name Of hu.
mainly a mere plttance OF "a million "a.
lions, and The Red cross society has
sent two carFoeH OF supplies. a. To
whose disposition there have been
many unavoidable comments, How
FAR can such relief be- expected % roT
The present conditions cannot be
much longer prltractoi without sub.
icctinE tho United States 20 well Do.
served criticism.
More than that. the elements most
10 sympathy with the United States
are slowly but surely falling On and
Joining the ranks u The opposition. A.
you arr aware. Senior a. castro. The
I civil aHsHH.HNasH a
orders for the arrest " 800 criminals
recently released from jtiis and the
penal colonies nt Ccuia ana on the Isle
N Pines This stop was rendered
necessary By the Increase, the alarm.
Ing Increase. in bufFlhrlsn. highway
robbefles and assaults while N
blockade was on the city was ruled
with an Iron hand ana cases u assault
and robbery Nrrs almost unknown.
Today Win the release uf criminals
and me Increase % poverty, the llat uf
MURDERS and h3ld.upt 10 a very grave
airalr.
ATTENDANT HoRRoRs.
In addition 20 The air. Aiy numerous
paupefs ana unemployed driven % brr
from sheer Necessity, there are many
discharged soldiers entirely WIihIu,
means u support Ta..r number
reaches Into the thou tudf Many boys
and young glfla of semitic extraction
have been thrown on iht ~ .ia " hfF.
% i've o. heEgars and la thieves, ana
10 be- brought up ln llila ana h1uf 10 of
l,lsfame. Do the people 10 ihr un.i a
states realize thgs0 thiuEaf Docs ihr
government ~ the United states.
morally rssplnaihle before ~ world
Cor the future of cuba, Intend 90 tai'
tate Indefinitely delay which Gay
BY day makes these bad e1Hd.i1rf
/ WnfHer"
J. A. Caldwell ana y. r. Stewart. at
iachrd % the qunriefmlHtrf's depart.
meut, have been stricken with yellow
fever They have been necupyiuF
| apartments a. the Hotel plIls, ud-
Joining those % Col. william. The chief