Show PROCTORS RETURN has seen tha terrors of cuban struggle col parker who was with him says that everybody in cuba knows the maine was blown up by spaniards he will be surprised if war does not result new york march 10 A epenial to the evening world from key west fla says among the passengers on the olivette from havana today was senator proctor of vermont who has been making a study ot cuba and the cubans with him was col M M parker of washington As eoon as senator proctor had registered be bent up hie card to admiral sicard he was shown to the admirals room and was closeted with him tor two hours the object of the interview is to deliver to the admiral some message from commander converse of the montgomery col parker said to an evening world reporter the senatore eena tore trip to cuba was merely to himself as to the real merits of the cuban question it has no political significance whatever the famine suffering and awful destitution tit ution among the is eo almost indescribable the alcade ot matanzas told me that 55 persons bad died of starvation iu amt city during the last year and that had died daring february in a ward of the hospital at matanzas there are cubans most ot them bleeping on the floor we spent a half benr at the hospital and daring that time three ot the patients in that ward died blanche Blan coe order notifying wey lers edict bae not gone into effect but when it dees I 1 do not ba lieve that it will help matters any around every own is a trocha any citizen who walks of it is liable to be ahot by a spanish sentry blan coe orders permits them to go outside the tor a few hours every day but does not remove the sentries and ion as they remain cubans are not goine to venture outside we were just about to enter a hotel one day with our party in which were several ladies A group of spanish officers were standing at the door As we passed one of them said in spanish 1 I should like to have an order to kill these people every american in cuba now is watched as though he was a criminal the spaniards bate us and do not hesitate to ayery one in havana now knows that the maine was blown up spaniards longer deny it they do not seem to be very ead over it either are we going to bare war well if we dont I 1 beall be surprised col parker said american con 1 in cuba are doing their best in the distribution of relief supplies except consul magar at cienfuegos who the consul said denied that there was much suffering and who deemed to be in sympathy with the spaniards |