Show Vllff THE CONSULS SAY Official Riporrt for Moalte Have Told of Terrible Terri-ble Distress CAUSED BY SPAINS DARBAITY IN CUBA vuisor ztport ar from rontel 1104 the lltwl fltl 1I0r I 0 Chill Ja ror a t Spanish Cruelty hlnglon Apru i ITIle consular all an llhrcgarI 10 tile situ or cnha which was IransmlllcI In 1 tlon I S paed In response loreso was prepa71 today of Inquiry adopted by bat 11 tho lions od fc01 Th corrcspond = 1loiJ prepared for transmission to ttas ene ms Just before the blowing up of omrteo Maine and being held back since lhe Include communication of Ibn nov Havana Consul mcc lars Ie at 0 a Consul Brice at Malan rieotueEOO 01 Consul Ilyall at Santiago de Cuba z3a and Consul Uarker at bogua La Vrande 11 CO The communications make about 1Ill oJeol 1 largel wllh the OO uurd an1 onttorlng n hlch exist Ito dint dlelrlcl hut Gen Lee rcporls all the upon he decil0111o go te fully Vj qui anI aUlunom lllh rgIII 10 y mmnt ther political phem 01 the situa tlon preparing the cOrr7Pc00nn1I once lor conhlorubl Irlnmllon to Con ga c Irllon 01 the Imporlant communlca I lion anI Iho e tnarkI ccol tldenllal are m rleTo Lhe rolullon IIhlch bol ure the rlos a asked 10 a such corrsponIenre uo It I wo a onl for her iN ucln comrpa tlban net Ioomd Incompollh wllh Ih Iuh IIr Interest 10 make public 11eLv correspondenon run ov r Ih lerloI I Im Novem her 17 1897 10 A 1 > lII 1 198 much 01 tile eorroponnco I Is 01 a olifldntlal nature and 01 0mo1 Iho I Imlollanl communication cCIts unlY 0 given Th perlo 01 Ihe or from tile hlmlng UI 01 Ih ro pondme blo rIngoUlt11frillle Maine canto Ing no relenace to Ihat elcnl I ouch communlcallon probably beingdeemed Irrelevant to the purpose eif the resolution calling for the cona f1 Jir cpmspomlenee In the I posBesslon or the gOlOrnmot to the situation 01 affairs In Cuba I The first dlBpitch from Oen Lee eon tains Gen lllancoB order under dale of November 13 repealing or ralher modifying Gen Weyler art Ir of rc loncentriitlon which hall heretofore been published blithe press G This or dcr was male shortly nfler Oen Ire returned to Havana fr < 5m the United States last fall Oen Iee liv 1 Oils com muriKatlon 5Io enclosed I the 1 proclamation procla-mation of J M Ilodrlguez major general gen-eral in charge of the western department depart-ment of the Cuban military operations oddrcod to the Cuban people and In I forming them of the film resolution I of the Insurrenl arm to oont toIle fchllnir unlll to-Ile nltalnment of absolute abso-lute Independence It was on pMOVem Ir 1 2rd that Consul On Ie made dAte nn > l rciOrl lo d-Ate deportment of Btu IOn 17 I-on the iondltlon of affairs In Cuba It Ms the Insurgents will not acc pt k aulonon oral thnt n large majnrlt 01 he Spanish nhJc I Nho have eommertl1 and business IIIIIrsts and coin properl her will not accept nutonom enI Ireler onnxatlun to the 2it h SN rathr than IIn InM pendent repul ftI or genuine autonomy under the spun flag Novendr Z7lh On Lee rent 10 the department the communications 01 two gentlemen whose allies ho rnyH are ppmd for obvious reasons but whom lie know s pers 111 ns stand fng Men In Ihi caroolon roacernlng UheCdUch the rondltlon In Iu 10 M the ditch fj In II lavann Tho I omunlcallons rTdns Pal > man olher thlnn Four hundred hun-dred and sixty amen and children MIC Ihrown on the ground heaped lnm1I n animals some In a Iln condit Ion other sick 0lher8 dlIt lIboUI the slightest clonllns or the least hell nt 0101 a to give water to the thirst > without religious or social help each one dying hPloler ehance laid him The communication goes on to state that the bottle amnl these rconn trodo average fOrl or flfty Jai y and that onn arage there wre hut tn 10s of life for ealh person It SOY that these unhappy creatures re clivpd food only after havIng INI I ceo eight lays In the dltelies Inrln IN hkh lime thev were obliged lo subwuv upon the bad food which tile dying had refused re-fused Sam horrible Instances of dla I rest wltneseol tire given Aniong the many wu paw says the communication there was seen one 1m pnmlhle to forget There Is still alive the lily wlln 0 oil ng gIrlietal IS ccAn whom us fAurF1s emlngly Ulel on OIl sum aplit 111311 Jail UO punND all bI 5 01 a oung mother cold anti i tlo1d hnt whose Young child NVits sllli I olive lIrlng 10 her hrellsl On hr MI aide wa the rOTlse 01 0 Ienol woman wo-man holding her son In 0 L dead em brae e A llllle further on a dying woman wo-man holding In her arms a daughter 01 It rrond with polo who otter twlv or fourteen di > s died In spite 01 Ih earn ho reeelnl rmller along the ommunlollon ays that If I any omg girl came In who was nlrelnnklna the was Inlolll hI > condemned to the most abominable Ire in e The communication Baypi 1700 person 11 nte1 the losoa Pines Iluuol and 01 these bill 333 were then living I it lnru the number Ir deaths amollr tho To onenlrad 01 77 pr rent Under dale of Dreember 171h Gen Lee ent a vommunicat n 11JIlhG tin lirlraenl COmmIIII neaaure for rellt of the rernoeentaI In tM Portion given alit Gen In says il Poe no ITI 01 the government tile fr billion to I to rveonrentruilos 1 I nor Informed I that only J12 roQ In Spanish nn r bos been IM oil I ed to the Havana Ha-vana province out of the 1100 000 sold to 11111 been nt aside for the put pond a r living Hum 1 on the Island nod vrtx ottabO thai repru from all parts of Ihe prov ince thou thnt IO per cenl have nlrendj d r n ni 1W ard that many of Ilion el left will I dlO Roll mot of these are i women and kllldr ll I arq Informed 1 a t1 order line been 1s RUM 1n m parts t1o the Island Fits i 11 1 hill lbo aMrIbution to roconcen t 411 ne oneldlon nf these People If I Ilmrl terrible I heAr of much muf firlrtrlnlhi Spanish limpltnla I I for want nl M h n I hear alsq that the Spanish lo hh nI merohnpt tit I lri 1 mine rnrB nt the Wood in pin Ing their enlabllithmenU In Iho I 10 r II 1 name of forolimens to avoid I hnvlng t heir I i1rovidonq purchased credit by on the Military mlnlSpiflon I t r01 some parts of ih Island I am told there Is I tcarculy anv need for soldiers nnd cut Jenn aril that even cats arc used for food 7 > urjin es selling for 30 cents ald e It Is n fair inference to draw fr Jh existing rondllloni that It Is not tIblo far the govmorgeneral nl rollovo the rrnt 3SS with means nt his 111 PtIl T1e1lvb1 Hill t Gen Ix > i sent another eonnilltbm tiling that the total number willP < mcenirndos in I itavnm MnInce lrihnlr1r OI lf will each lrn 000 anti thit the death rut from starvation alone llPf Ill 1 h over CO PIT tm For the n of it people h < > nv 319500 In h lt been hr 1 art aside no that if ss I Ill dollir gprourl led should reach ditlbobin About IIli wt 11 4111111A in Is its lain Person which of I Asr d Ila n SZFJtfsi d Sfil dr it of 110 further succor whit III l rr rde1d 14 fa to perceivir rrnctlra1 ttl Ilia taken lI IIIttS tile Jo Art ttS communication t rho tncBe 1 about Lee poor makes the people new the 11 I scheme of nulonom Ho says that he has been Infnrrnert that the aulhorl ties are engaged In lormlng on alttono nlAtic cabinet rirrniiRinir for the member mem-ber to fake the required olth on Jan lary lot and also for an erection XffiSSSifFM rn Nlo presnt 11110nnllllon Is that mOlt1 the iiunlardu will lefratn from voting and nearlY all the Cubans The feeling In trana nod I hear In olMr Parts 01 I las l island la I strong gln1 It Iho Cubans deslrinc an Independent rcpub 110 and the Sinnlirdi prr rerrlnc an nxo lion to the United States lath er han nnlonomy Januurj 8lh Oen Lee mallei the fol law Ing reporlt SIrI hive the honor Id state os a matt 01 Public trite rest hat the I 1 reoncentrado ordir of Oen iVeyler former governor seneral of this Island transformed about 40000 > nelfsupporllni people principally women wo-men and children Into u mullllude lo I je sustained by the ronlrlbullona of other or lite or starvation or IIM resulting re-sulting Irolll 0 low physical iondltlp and being a edcl In largo bodles I without with-out chan I of clothing and I NVt = food their homes were burneeithiiir flddi nnd plantations illojed and Ihelr till stock driven nlviy or killed I astlina to that probably COOOOO of the rurat population In the province 01 lnttr del lllo ATatnnza and Santa Clara hl a Ile 01 slanatlon or tram rnltallt causo tlnd the deaths of whole mlllcH nlmost simultaneously or within n few dIY of enrh other nnd of mother prl > tnjr for their children to he relieved of their horrible soft o I rigs by 1 denlli nrc not the least of the 3rAdfle11tito nuny pltlnblo no eneon which were ever prenerl I In the provinces of Puerto frlnelpe and Hnnllijro de Cuba where the eon rentrndo order could not be enforced the groat man of the people are self ililninir A dally averncc of 10 cnl is worlh of food lo 20 000 people woul < 1 ho an expenditure of 12000 per Ps r IAY nnlof oua the moil hu ane rrort upon the part of our pill zpnm ronnot hop to aomplloh such n pl nllo relief and a portion 01 these I people Will have 10 bo abandoned 10 thelc fnt Th eonlor corrpondtno In Part wan devoted to tho Maine dlsnsler find In this tart of the eom pondenc pomp important and Interesting point nrp developed The rorre pondenpe ron slats Inrsel 1 Of cablegram conj by t AfsiUlnnt Heeretnry of state Day and On Lee Th fi1 of Ihp lelei rrnm Is I dated Itovnnn Jantiniy 12lh nod relates re-lates to the Hots which were then < x > eurrlnc In the city Thin and the sub sequent tel gram upon the pnme Bull Jeet lave been publshed either In whole or In 10rl nbaOn Tebruar 2Uh Ion 10 nd vseil tile postponement of the Malnea vigil for fix or seven da8 P 0 thlt I Ihe 1 exclliment might nbate ynhntr In the same day Mr Lrfe was ndvl ed that the Milne would arrive In Havana the n1 Iny and wan naked 10 coopml vvh the authorities for her friendly nith vl 11t The first Intlmallon of Ihe muse of the explonlon was given by Cen Ion top I-on Iebruiry Snd when he telecraphed fopper cylinders ammunlllon found Intnel In I 10 Inch forward maimlne starboard 1 Hide 1 1 Ihls morning Reems to show that magus In not exploded 1 Rvllenee bCRlnnlnpr to prove explosion on outside bv torpedo IVbrunr lOlh he sent to the plate de parlmenl n Ftntement of tile eondl lion of the lovvnn In the neighborhood 1 or the eltj of Ilnvnna rmde bj n per Tralelia ptor Ban ho find sent 10 tho plr I for the Irpo 01 Inpeellng the nomberto n1 lOndlllon 01 Ihe lr In The ptale moot L on Oreh to = s In the neighbor hood 01 11001 0111 111 I largely n repetition 01 the awful tale of suffer InS whIch came from the other portion 01 the Island Ila roil 11th Ie incloses 11 letterfrorn Conul I Darker 01 Ragua nho requsl him to tlnnmlt the following letter which is I addressed to him Ion Lee Dear SlrI will thank You 10 com mUlllcale 10 tire department 110 qulokly the military on i nossltle the fact that mllltar commander and 1 other officer of tho mllltnrj roslllvely iTfuse to allow Iho reconelrndos 10 whom I am Iuln food In Its raw stale to procure fuel with which to cook the fwxl In addition they prohibit this cia of people IT only give the food to abou onellflh nf the deatllule from gatherIng t4atpro Ing vegetable from vvlthln the pro teetlon of Ihe forests telling the 2 The Americana propose to feed 1 sou and 10 the AlUeMeans yop must loole I very truly jours WAIT13H II RARKUIi Consul larch 2Sth Con Lee reports that In strurllons have b > ei 1 given by the civil government In Havina that the AI cables and other nuhortll ball nol glvn out an > facts about the reconcer trndos nnd If an of tho American relief re-lief committee should make Inquirle I concerning them all such Inquiries mint be n ferred to him Gen Lees dispatches conclude with a dispatch under date of April 1st transmitting the decree of the gover norgenernl terminating < tile concentration concen-tration Tile ommunlclllono fro 3 Mr Price consul at Ialonzao numl > OT onl seven or eight and most of thom arc brie The ovresponelence from him begin with the 17th of November loot and 11 with the Sth of February 1898 rlmfd arY v = lily the most striking feature o i Mr IlrlMs rommuntc lIon Is a oils Wnct article written 9n the lath of Jan uiry loot ajid devoted to Cuban dMtl lullon In this he notea the receipt 01 a circular letter of the stale depart met dated ten day before I This he says intimated thnt help Is 1 to be extended by the United State to the Ptnrvtnir people of Cuba Ih |