| Show PEOPLE IN THE INTERIOR IN GREAT DISTRESS cu navid hil usand I 1 allol 1101 ll 01 ol 10 who wh love nor ht lonello da so 1 lo 10 the ih short off ere crop 11 ashington april 0 brigadier general hay ray stone who ilan lia just ro returned fron porto rico where he took a aten ten day days journey through the interior declare there Is I 1 much distress dl tre and anti actual starvation in porto rico the general was attric lied to the department part ment of agriculture before tile war anil anti during hostilities he lie wa a in alloo us a member of geller lenoral len cral I 1 mile a staff tills lat last trip wn indo made with ft a party of capitalists and anti railroad men lie was also invited by major henry to give adrice advice concerning the tile construction of road roads through the islands people arc are dying of starvation all through the interior said aid general kon stano in libel darlo 11 of AE it alris 1 llesis avvie jatha ala juilio in the district of concerio Con ierio showed roe me a book la lu which ho lie lied recorded the name names of many nho who died from lack of food general irani oran t rel reported arted tb thirty Y nine deatha deaths from starvation tarr atlon in avedis ODO district I 1 sav hundred hundreds of natives ema c and weak IN hen I 1 left porto rico there were I 1 cron there ther 0 who had neither bread nor meat for two iwo week weeks it the thu talc state of affair affairs Is largely due to the abort coffee crop and the ruinous competition of brazil 1 et with all their suffering ering the porto ricans speak with pride an n belonging to the united thaddo they do not expect porto rico to become a state allorto Il lorto rico la Is the home of the or aoge age A yet orange are rotting on the trees they are bold at tit 60 50 cent cents a bar rel I 1 bought them theia give for one cent they areas are as good aa as the indian river 1 oranges orange |
