New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-04
MANY STARVE TO DEATH
U. S. Marines Share Rations
with Nicaraguan Sufferers.
HORSEFLESH STAPLE FOOD
Red Cross Provisions Rushed by
American Legation to
Stricken Centres.

| Washington, Oct. 3.-Frightful condi-
| tons prevail IN n number OF sections IN
| Nicaragua especially at Granada and
Masaya, where the Inhabitants have been
reduced to a state Of starvation through
the outrages and pillaging Of the rebels.
1t is reported to the Department Of State
that the situation OF Masaya Is particu-
| larly horrible. Houses have been sacked
and about seventy women have been I'M
prisoned. The staple food for many oil
the starving people is horsefiesh. A large
number Of women and children have al
ready died OF starvation.
American Minister George T. Weitzel
reports from Mansgua that a committee
| OF twelve men and women, representing
German, British, Nicaraguan, Dutch ana
| italian nationalities, called on him on
Tuesday and urged that immediate re-
| lief be given to the suffering people at
| Masaya.
The plea made by the committee was
that IL would be an act Of greatest hu-
mainly for the American forces to restore
order and afford relief. II was announced
| by the State Department that the Red
Cross Is preparing to aid In the RELIEF OF
the stricken town.
| Conditions at Granada have improved
somew what, but are still bad. The clerk or
the American Legation at Managua re-
turned &c the capital on Monday. after
distributing the second carload or Red
Cross provisions at Granada. More than
eight thousand persons. fewer than thirty
Of them being men. received one days
ra.ions each. Further delay In the dis
tribut.on OF the food supplies would have
caused large number OF deaths, accord
ing to Minister Weitzel, who reports tnat
the suffering was intense. In the distri-
button Of the provisions preference was
shown to inmates OF hospitals, converts
and schools.
Touched by the plight OF the starving
people at Granada American marines
shared their own rations with the suffer-
ers
The pitlful feature is the terrible al
nlction OF women and small children and
the utter inability of all relief agencies
TO meet the demand for immediate food
supplies Usually in tropical countries
| some kind Of food may be obtained from
the jungles and the native crops, but the
/ faCS that q disastrous uTOutl OllSHNeu '''
Nicaraguan crops and dried up the fruits
| has added 20 the horrors OF warfare.
Foreigners as we'll as natives have oeen
brought 10 the point OF destitution ana
starvation, and II is their plight when
has determined Rear Admiral Southerland
TO sweep away the remnant Of the repei
forces south OF Managua, whose activi-
ties have been chiefly responsible Tor the
suffering.
An American named Henry Joyner'
whose house IN Masaya was looted, has
appealed for protection for his eleven
year-old son. now IN prison at Jinotepe.
/ San Juan del Sur Oct. 3.-The town OF
.Jinotepe was taken yesterday by the gov
eminent troops. who captured eighty OF
the rebel defenders and two machine
guns.
| New Orleans, oct. 3.-General Julian
Irias. leader Of the Liberal party OF
| Nicaragua and former commander under
| Zelaya, has entered Nicaragua from Costa
| Rlca and is at the head OF an army OF
| 1900 men, according to dispatch TO Ihe
| Picayunc" from San Salvador.