Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1898, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR. Sake eee Tf you want to buy, sell = 1 hi lease property or rent rooms, want a situation or want help, it will pay you to announce the fact in the advertising columns of The Star. They are closely studied by more than three PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. 11G1 Fecmlreia Aveann Ons 21th Bey by The Evening 8 Company | poten: Sines ie far. ST times as many pcople as No. 14,075. WASHINGTON, D. C.,, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1898—SIXTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. read any other paper. : = A TALE OF HORROR not even able to ve water to he asraty AT THE WHITE HOUSE ARMED INTERVENTION MADRID IN A FOMENT | sccctecst Sicncmene ™*t Pee sme om SCENESIN CONGRESS without either religious or social help, 5 ‘The general public asked, “What security each one See charite we pate ¢ : SSP er = Boalt es Sahni oe. = a ctr iestaenina pived ha: Raves Relief at the Dispatch of the Armistice Edict Provokes a Riot of} tne insurgents to submit by armed inter= 7 re dos averages forty or fifty daily, and that ealpece on an average there were but ten days 7 | of life for each person. It says that these t ndence of Consuls hh us aappy creatures received food only after having been eight days in the fosos, dur- ing which time they were obliged to sub- Cu sist upon the bad food which the dying ha. s . E- Sears . vention? If the Yankees are once in Cul a_i Oak Sag fn) SEE eS meee WAITING FOR CONGRESS 0 ACT] the Mosgice, | SEVERAL IMPORTANT ARRESTS Mane no way relaxing their preparations for the Cabinet With the President on Sod Sa Possibility of hostilities, and they will, it Reported That General Woodford Giving Spain Time: — PRESIDENT "TO CONBRESG| WW bese for France Today. night for the present. BLANCO’S RECENT ORDER The Massage Read to Bot House had refused. Some horrible instances of the distress witnessed are given. “Among the many deaths we saw,” says the communication, “there was seen one impossible to forget. There is still alive the only witness, a young girl of eighteen, SCENES OF DESTITUTION whom we found seemingly lifeless on the ground. On her right side was the body of a young mother, cold and rigid, but with her young child still alive clinging | 1t was so well understood among public 5 : to her breast. On her left side was the| men that there would be no change in the The 5 Destruction of the Maine “ corpse of a dead woman holding her son| Prestdent’s plan of sending his message Graphic Statements by Gen. Lee and] in a dead embrace. A little further on| to Congress today, that there were come @ dying woman, having in her arms 8 | paratively few visiters at the White House Referred to dtring the day. The President’s desires as le = United States Geta Everything. The general tone of the comment h2re ap- Pears to be one of disappointment, it being alleged that the United States is getting everything sh> asked. The Spanish officials are throwing ofl on the troubled waters by representing that the government has sim- ply made submission to the will of the peo- ple, which carries trem2ndous weight with the people in this country. Besides, many families who are fast losing relatives and friends owing to the prolongation of the war hail the prospect of peace with d2light. Some of the diplomats here express the opinion that the United States is now in a better position than she would have been had Spain accepted the terms outlined in Gencral Woodford’s note presented at the last conference, which, it 1s sald, only ask- ed for the immediate cessation of hostili- ties and permission to relieve the recon- centrados. Both of these requests, it is pointed out in some quarters, have now been accepted, and, it is added, Generali Woodford has a free hand. It is further rowds Assem alleged that his efforts will continue until Great Cc ble at the cne of three things happens—the establish- g ment of an autonomist government satis- Capitol. fectory to the insurgents, the recognition of the independence of Cuba by Spain, or REFERRED TO COMMITTEES TO HAVE MILITARY ESCORT MADRID, April 11, 9:36 a.m.—It is said the United States minister, General Stew- art L. Woodford, leaves Madrid today. It is further alleged that he will be accom- panied to the frontier by an escort of gen- darmes. The ambassadors meet at the Italian em- bassy today. It is understood this meeting was called as a result of news received from Washington.- Over 100 Arrests Made. Over 100 arrests were made during the disturbances. Among the persons taken into custody, in addition to Baron San Gar- ren, were Senor Galvez Holquin, a former deputy; Gen. Bourbon de Castelvi and many newspaper men. The polic2 scattered the crowds who at- tempted to reform at the Puerta Del Sol at about midnight. Some persons were in- jured. The prefect today published a proc- “a lamation urging the people to be calm, Sy etary em od pemglice pe , and adding that the demonstrations yes- eS WAITING FOR DOORS TO OPEN terday were instigated by a political party. STILL UNDECIDED. Senate Adjourns After About an Hour’s Session. Oth ; Official Reports. . daughte- of fourteen, crazy with pain, ers 1m to the disposition. of the message and the who, after tweive or fourteen days died, nature of the resolution to be adopted by in spite of the care she received.” Further along the communication says | Congress had also become well understood Saturday and yesterday. Since the latest that if any young girl came in who was .s developments the party leaders have con- i] ferred with the President and held numer- AUTONOMY A DEAD ISSUE) enn Scmicsute of tration, ‘The com. ous private conferences, evidently reaching munication says that 1,700 persons had en- tered the fosos since August, and of those but 248 were then living. It places the} President McKinley was early at his number of deaths among the reconcentra- | desk talking with friends and advisers and = dos at 77 per cent. making final changes in the portions of ihe : Conspiracy Against Americans. | niessage which had been added as a r-ealt | Unable to Protect Life and Property of the latest propositions of Spain. No On December 8 Gen. Lee sent to the State : Department a communication referring to a | C8@98¢8 were made in the original message. on the Island, cipher dispatch he had sent two days pre- North Carolina Visitors. vious, in which he informed the depart-| The first visitors seen by the President ment that he had learned from the United | Were Senator Pritchard and Representative States consul at Matanzas of an “exten- | Skinner of North Carolina. They wanted sive and dangerous conspiracy under the | ‘© talk with the President about const ae-| POWER TQ END HOSTILITIES ASKED ex-governor of the province directed fenses for North Carolina plaees. Senator HOUSE DISTRICT BUSINESS as much of an understanding as possible. Bitter Feeling of Hostility Against Americans. RELIEF TO RECONCENTRADOS ——>+—__—_ Pritchard expressed the opinion that the Complete quiet prevails this morning, Rees tinweat nar action against them to | armistice agreed upon by Spain had not but precautions taken have not been relax-| The Exact Form of Resolutions to Be —— =a Spine ve dep porte Read tied seer oot the | Materlally changed the situation. Prac- ed. Although the newspapers insiet that Reported to the Senate. consular correspondence e . tically all the callers during the morning | Why There is No Recognition of independence of Cuba.” 4 gave expression to the same views. Gen. Lee stated that rumors had been | “Representatives Adams and Heatwole of more or less equent regarding the riotous | (ne foreign affairs committee of the House Cuban Independence. to the situation in Cuba, which was trans- mitted today, was prepared in response to resolutions of inquiry adopted by the House Gen. Woodford will leave Madrid today, the Senator Devis was early at his committee United States minister has not yet taken | room todey, ad different members of the any steps in that direction. Senate committee on foreign relation: Undaunted by the disappointment of last Wednesday, the multitude again besieged the Capitol this morning before the doors came in to discuss the situation with him, | were epened. Many camped out on the and Senate. The correspondence was pre-| Intention of some of the dissatisfied ele- | called and had separate conferences with S Peet acetate iol Loe and to consult as to the difficult situation | marble terraces all night, and others began pared for transmission to Congress just | ments against American citizens there and the President. Mr. Heatwole said that he The most important arrest, politically, | which confronts Congress. before the blowing up of the Maine, and, | in othar parts of the island. Such demon- streaming in through the dawn. But the thousands did not begin to arrive until about 9 o'clock. The day was dark and gloomy. The smoke hung heavy over Capi- tol and city and the stars and stripes above the dome and terrace clung limp and damp to their flagpoles. The experience of last Wednesday, when thousands who held tick- ets to the reserved galleries could not even get to the corridors leading to the galleries, had resulted in better arrangements so far as the reserved galleries were concerned, and all holding tickets were accommodated. The multitude suffered, however, The presumed the messege would go through strations, he said, must come from Spanish | the regular channel in reference to com- non-combatants or from volunteer forces. | nittees, etc. Reoresentative Dingley, who | TEXT OF THE BOCUMENT He did not think there was any danger|was another caller, also said that he z from the former, many of whom seemed to | trought the message would take the reg- favor annexation rather than autonomy or | uiar course. the independence of the Cuban republic. | Secretaries Bliss and Alger_and Attorney “I am inclined to think,” says he, “that if | Gen2ral Griggs were with the President Gen. Blanco can manage the volunteers | during the time changes were being made as yesterday he sald he could, the troutle | in the last part of the message. So was from that source is diminishing. Judge Day. .The latter took from the State “The origin of the mobs in this city in the | Department a text of the order of an armis- Past nas always been located In the ranks | tice issued in Havana yesterday by Gen. ef the volunteers, who alone have organ- | Blanco. This order had been cabled to Min- ization and arms.” In consequence of the | ister Polo from Havana, and put before this neces that American life and prov- | governient by the Spanish represzntatives. erty id be protected, Gen. Lee said that | The Blanco decree did not differ from what he had declined to make application for ihe | the public had been !ed to believe it would that has arisen in the relations of the. pr ce cf one or more warships in Ha A cabinet officer who was askzd if the} United States to Spain. by régson of the vena haryor, and had advised Americans | decree was satisfactory said, “It {s no} warfare that for more than three years has who had wives. and children rot to send | doubt satisfactory to Spain.” raged in the neighboring Island of Cuba, m away, at least for the present. “I Responsibility With Congress. I do so because of the intimate connec- sul think,” continued Gen. Lee, “that two 0: v f the Cuban question with the state # rt i-] Th ve eries were gay with 2 The three cabinet officers left the White | tion of the an a wi “ " = leaves most of the details to him. It ind! he reserved zal vy arehips, at least, should he at’ Key West, | Tiouse ‘before. ncon; uneing that there | of our own Union. and tho grave relation | '#sC¢e, “since: Spain’s inter2sts depend upon F ” ’ ar | rec nizes the right of the Cubans to | spring bonnets and the brilliant bizarre ‘Of them should be al Dry ‘Tertusne | 882 nothing new. “Amorg them, however, | the coursearbich It is now incumbent upon | Ber Alin attitude,” adding: “It is no longer | rectly recognizes th siitia ab hea anicen sia” | Getors hin pape eee tebe wea dae : z = a question for the government, but for the | Independence, and, . more of them should be at Dry Tortusas, | wus a pronour.c2d feeling that the responsi. | the neticn to adopt must needs bear to the emenaae ferentially, it ts couched In terms which, it | Inent personages from all over the Union and that a coaling station should be esiab- | patty for the further conduct of the gueg-| traditional policy of our government if it oe is believed, will lend themselves more easi- | were pointed out here and there. The dip- Usked there. “Such proceedings would seem | tong at this ime had been shifted from ex-| 1s to accord with the precepts lald down Hot S Palewpitc’ Gatharst- ly to diplomatic construction than would |lomatic gallery was filled with members of to be in line with that prudence and fore-} -cutive to legislative shoulders. Tais feel-| by the founders of the republie and relig-| At about 2 o'clock this Fear eee OY ricds oF RS Att Grali-eigrted ‘aawh the diplomatic corps, with their ladies, sight necessary to afford safety toAmer- | sig prougnt relist to the cabinet officials, | iously observed by succeeding administra | mor of Madrid Senor ‘Aguilera atied } ‘Nos Of ft SS getting unani-|eager to see how Congress would receive jing <n the island and to their | who jave given the questiors at issue as] tions to the present day. : Epenit he soluiaver.of (tno) inert, Senor seme eee the resolution. A | the situation as left by diplomacy. The ex- s." Under the same’ date’ Gen.. | crave and earneat consideration. as the| The present revolution is but the succes- | Capdepon, and made a report on the cori Rearrappeciasae daake: Seansbta ar holding | ecutive gallery, save for the first row of Lee sends another communication, con- | py asigent. sor of other similar insurrections, which | Ject of the demonstrations. He said: in|* me Willig for he eotegsoinn Niskiss ‘or | seats, was also filled by ladies and gentle- Tae Lg the statements of Senor Canalejas. | ii. nas sought suggestion and advice | have occurred in Cuba against the domin- | brief: the present Cuban administeation ent tre | men holding tickets from the White House. he editor of the Madrid El Heraldo, who | frum cach man in his official family,.and {ton of Spain, extending over a period of | ‘The affair was not a genuine outburst | the Eee ee The scene was memorable as the eye Ded Just retcened fom Pinar del Hid prov je tias heen frecly/and fully given.cAvound | néarly haltls century /ieachyde Which, dur: | of patciolism, sbut was: manufactured’ by | form o edie enlelbe tanto tes 1 |8wept the banked galleries and the ani- inter aitec |the conflict between (iersoan, abiuet the best brains of the world | ing its progress, has subjécted the United | individuals anxious to disturb public or-| the Insurgents. ‘The steering Into Tine gp; | mated group of members on the ficor be- gh forces unuer Gen. Valasco und the | iave xecn used in loyal cndeavor to as-|States to great effort and expense in en- | der. I had good information of the acheme | Still hopefa of bringing them into line, and | ea et eee wan less hubbub and evi- Cuban forces under Diaz, In which Canal- | .i5¢ the President In solving the knotty | forcing its neutrality laws, caused enor- | to start an illegal manifestation at 5 o'clock | UDON its success may depend the expedi- dence of excitement than on Wednesday. eins was quoted as saying that the Span- | oniems satiafactorily to himself .and| mous losses to American: trade and com- | in the afternoon. Therefore, I left the bull| tion or tardiness of the committee In pre- 117 subdued tones everybody was discussing ish forces bad displayed their usual valor, | po norably to. the codniry. merce, caused trritation, annoyance and | ri.g and hurried to the Puerto del Sol, | senting its report and of the Senate in act-| 1) “Iot-ot phane of the situation. ‘The gen- but that the province was not pacified; Favor Giviag Spain Time. disturbance among our citizens, and, by | where, however, I found everything tran-| ing. eral public, as manifested by the spirit in that cut of 14,000 Spanish troops only be- ieystoud that the cabinet yet | the exercise of cruel, barbaroyg and un; | quil. I then returned to the bull ring,| There is no longer any doubt that a ma- the galleries, seemed in favor of brushing tween three and four thousand were able | Tt Is undcrstou h the President in the | Civilized practices of warfare, sbvcked the | which I was the last to leave. ‘The spec.| Jority of the committee can be brought to aside the latest offer of Spain, and this to operate, the balance being sick at hos- | Stunds aa Petaie aupcia thee iven to | £ensibilities and offended the humane sym-| tators returned to their accustomed good | discard the recognition of the present Cu. feeling was reflected by some members on pitals or in garrisons and towns; that he | Suegestion that ae - ane ieee sales pathies of our people. i order, geing to the promenades. ban authority if it is made clear that by | 416 moor, but the conservatives, circulating Lelieved autonomy premature, and was in- bated . (ST Since the present revolution began in Se en so doing it can secure practical unanimity | 40. and there, were counseling calmness clined to the adoption of energetic military | °f Spain. it will] February, 1895, this country ‘has seen the] ,, : ae in the Senate and immediate action by ‘tience. No one seemed able to speak 5 2 A cabinet official today said that it ; 4 ‘The manifestation began at 6:30 p.m. | that boay Ss and pa * action for the purpose of pacifying the | .s: with Congress to ascertain whether] fertile domain at our threshold-ravaged by About fifty persons, including Senor Gal- | ‘Ret Do¢y as Soon as the resolution Is re- | Cinoritatively as to exactly what the province; that the truth.should be known Cetien wants insurgents will accept the| fire and sword in the course of a strug- a vie See cuiee Rods Ser ported. President would recommend, though the im- ie Boats, “where pablic: -opinion end the | istics offered 0 them. fis did not| id unequaled im the history, of the island phd mere Di oraar tsa eou pfrcint Foreign Affairs Committee. pression was broadcast that he would not and rarely paralleled as to the number of | S200 ging to n-eet at the Grau Pena Club. | TB€ House committee on foreign affairs rocommend “immediate” intervention. the combatants and the bitterness of the | 7.0 > they were joined by idlers, and the |¥88 11 seaion for an hour this morning, | ‘he foreign affairs committee met in a- contest by any revolution of modern times | Vici party began marching in the direc- | DUt reached no conclusion as to the former | yance of the convening of the House, but Where a dependent people siriving to be] tion or the Puerto del Sol, headed by Senor | SUbJ2ct matter of the resolution which will |}; nes understood beforehand that nothing free have been opposed by the power of the Galvez Holquin, whom 1 arrested. Gen. | b€ Teported. The committee will hold an- should be done until efter the message was CORSE got Bourbon de Castelvi, who was returning | Other meeting tomorrow morning at 10 | transmitted. Bek People Perishing Figm Hunger. | fom a drive with his wife, was recognized | °C10cK, adjourning at 12 o'clock to hear the | ““gne attempt to gain admission into made in connzction with the demonstra-| ‘The committee on foreign relations was tions of yesterday was that of Baron San| this morning still somewhat undecided Garren, a Cartist leadsr and former deputy. | upon the exact form of the resolution to It is reported tLat the Romerists, repub-| be repcrted, and may not come to a defin- licans and Carlists were at the bottom of | ite conclusion befcre tomorrow as to its the manifestations, the Carlists taking th> | precise wording. It now looks as if not principal part. only the recognition of the present gov- At the Princess’ Theater yesterday even- | ernment of Cuba would be eliminated, but {hg a spectator shouted “Viva” Espana!” | gs if the language of the other portions of and the entire audience arose, whil2 the|the Foraker resolution, which it was at building resounded with frantic cheers. | frst decided to retain, would also be aban- The national anthem was demanded by the | doned and a new reoiution reported. people, und was played emidet enthusiastic | This resolution has alreaay been drafted. acclamations, It 1s the result of the numerous confer-| space for the public was restricted, and Comments of the Globo. ences that have been'in-progress fér the | only comparatively few of the hey ond past week between members of the commit- | who stood in the dense line strete! @own aoe Capea Serene tae tee and other prominent senators, and is | stair and corridor to the basement for in yesterday evenitig’s “demOhstration than | tended 4s a compromise measure upon Thours were admitted. As on Wednesday “dlacontentzd and unsuccessful agitators | Which it is hoped almost all the senators, | jast, many women fainted in the crush and working on the patriotic passions of the | Tespective of party, can agree. This draft | were carried out and others dropped out of populace at a moment of excitement,” and | instructs the President to teke immediate | the lines at last from fatigue and exhaus- warns the government not to relax its vig- | StePS to put an end to the war in Cuba and | tion. having been held up since, now includes communications up to April 1. It covers the communications of Consul General Lee at Havana, Consul McGarr at Cienfuegoe, Consul Brice at Matanzas, Consul Hyatt at Santiago de Cuba and Consul Barker at Sagua la Grande. The communications make about 6,000 words. They deai large- ly with the distress and suffering which exists in all the districts; but Gen. Lee reports quite fully upon the decrees of the government with regard to autonomy ani ther political phases of the situation. In Preparing the correspondence for transmis- sion to Congress considerable porticns of the important communications, and especi- ally those marked confidential, are omitted. ‘The resclutions to which they are the re- sponse in each Instance asked only for such correspondence as it was not deemed in- tompatible with the public interest to make public. eee EE a. 2 The President sent the folowing message today: ¥ To the Congress of the United States: Obedient to that precept of the:Constitu- tion Which commands the President to give from time to time to the Comgresa informa- tion of the state of the Unfen, apd to rec- ommend to their consideration sych meas- ures as he shall judge ‘necessgry_and_ex- Pedient, it becomes my duty ‘now to address your body with regard to theygrave crisis Gen. Lec's Correspondence. Gen. Lee's correspondence runs over the period frem November 17, 1897, to April 1, 4893. Much of the corresponuence is of a confidential nature, and of some of the fin- portant communications excerpts on!y are given. The period of the correspondence after the blowing up of the Maine contains no reference to that event, such communi- cations probably being deemed irrelevant to the purpose of the resolution calling for the consular correspondence in the possession ef the government as to the situation of affairs in Cuba. The first dispatch of Gen. Lee contains Gen. Blanco’s order, under date of November 13, repealing, or rather modifying, Gen. Weyler’s order of concen- tration, which has heretofore been publish- ed by the press. This order was made shortly after Gen. Lee returned to Ha- vana from the United States last fall. Gen. Lee in this communication also inciosed the preclamation of J. M. Rodriguez, major general in charge of the western depart- ment of the Cuban military operations, ad- dressed to the Cuban pesple, and inform- ing them of the “firm resolution” of the insurgent army to continue fighting until the attainment of absolute independence. It was on November 23 that Consul Gen- eral Lee made his first report to the De partment of State on the condition of af- fairs in Cuba. It is as follows: United States Consulate Gencral, Habana, November 2, 1897. Fe ete Comeree wemmeine UE SD ca wu (aes tong ots cas roan nihilation of the war and the so-called Ggmex. Inthe présent! ‘condition, of at: Unsere RS Ute We TALS fairs, however, it is considered a curious Relict of the Reconmcentendos. problem as to how this country will offi- Under date of December 7 General Lee | cially learn the result of the armistice. sent a communication to the department | Unless General Lee and the American con- regarding the measures for the relief of the | SUIS are returned to Cuba the Spanish au- Feconcentiados, much of which is not made | thorities will have a monopoly of news| Our people have beheld a’once prosperous | and cheered. He responded by Meade the President's message. Senate today was unparalieled. eee me = Str: I have the honor to briefy submit 1 Dupic In the portion given out General | distribution. The absence of the newspeper | community reduced to comparative want,| mob to the Military Club to obtain a flag. he Senate committee on foreign rela- | man appeared at the entrance © statement of what appears to be the pres-| } ce says: “I see no effect of the govern- | Correspondents also gives the entire color-| its lucrative commerce virtually paralyzed, tions went into session immediately after | ate end of the Capitol at 3:30 o'clock and the Senate adjourned. A prominent repub- lican member of the committee, who has been credited with supporting the Presi- dent's policy, said that this Congress could not be induced to make war on Gomez. The republican members of the House commitiee on foreign affairs met in the committee room at 2 o'clock to consider informally the President’s message. ent condition of affairs in this Island. Ist. The insurgents will not accept auton- omy. 2a. A large majority of the Spanish sub- jects, who have commercial and business interests and own property here will not accept autonomy, but prefer annexation to the United States rather than an independ- ent republic or genuine autonomy under the Spanish flag. 3d. The Spanish authorities are sincere in Going all in their power to encourage, pro- tect and promote the grinding of sugar. The grinding season commences in Decem- ber. 4th. The insurgent leaders have given in- structions to prevent grinding, whenever it can be done, because by diminishing the export of sugar the Spanish government revenues are decreased. It will be very difficult for the Spanish authorities to pre- vent cane burning, because one might at night start a fire which will burn hundreds ef acres, just as a single individual could ignite a prairie by throwing a match into the cry grass. This I prevented, and the general left the club, followed by the mob, for the Puerto ing of news from Cuba to Blanco and the Spaniards, Awaiting Congressional Action. The President and cabinet now enxiously amait the action of Congress. It is felt that the tug of war will come tomorrow. Tonight every effort will be made to bring recalcitrant republicans into line. If Con- gress decides to leave the matter in the ends of the President orders will prob- ably scon be issued for the return of Gen. Lee. Both the White Hovse and Spain will now wait the result of the deliberations of mental distribution to the reconcentrados. I am informed that only $12,560 in Spanish sliver has been dedicated to the Habana province out of the $100,000 said to have been set aside for the purpose of relieving them on the island, and that reports from all parts of the province show that 30 per cent have already died, and that many of those left will die, and most of these are women a:d children. * * * J am inform- ed an order has been issued in some parts of the island suspending the disposition to reconcentrados. * * * The condition of these people is simply terrible. 1 hear of much suffering in the Spanish hospitals for want of food. * * * I hear also that the Spanish merchants in some parts of the island are placing their establishments in the name of foreigners to avoid having their provisions purchased on credit by the its exceptional productivencas diminished, its flelds laid waste, its mills in pune and del Sol and the arsenal, where I interposed. its people perishing by tens of thousands yee hunger wad destitution, We have} Se eee botany Se found ourselves constrained, in the obsery- elas aati rare eras ance of that strict» neutrality ‘which our | bY Senor Martin Rey, whom I arrested, in laws enjoin and which the law of nations | the meanwhile taking measures at the commands to police our own waters and| Puerto del Sol to avoid bloodshed. watch our own seaports in prevention of ‘The people who took part in the mant- any unlawful act in aid of the Cubans. festation never numbered over five hun- Our trade has suffered; thefcapftal in- | red. 5 yested by our citizens in Cubp has been | “Hearing, shortly before 12 o'clock, that largely lost, and the temper and forbear- |@ crowd was gathered in front of the co- ance of cur people have been so sorely |lonial minister’s house, 1 went there, ac- companied by four guards and two mount- rk —_ \- Congress. Spain will make no further jel crtaeaings Senay ards 384 = vitals |€4 Policemen, and arrested Baron San oe weet, > aa tee ni. The squad Propositions and the President will not | ur own itt from thmg to Ume in |Guerren. Several others were temporarily | TO" Rere eset dt olen teece ee geek Pciace paaraee an camel caller at the | the national legiviature,';s@ thet issies Roane cbaracler ap tne ae tention can | Paval ‘situation. Consul General Lee is| rear of that gallery it will seat just ninety wholly external: to our dwm body politic 2 ¥ returning to Washington, hoping that in| people, the number of the Senate when full, Executive Mansion fcr a long time after : of | be judged by its leaders. I am in duty vi the message left. The President remained } ©™STSS attention and stand: Ivance. |DoUund to report the matter to the judica- | the event of war he will be given a com-| in addition to the President's and Vice military administration. In some parts of |i. nis office, occasionally looking out the | ‘Pat close devction to domesijeandvance- tne: mand. It is his ambition to return to] President's allotted portion of the gallery. the island, I am told, there is scarcely any window. ‘upon the children engaged in their ment tnat becomes -a se}f-cont ed com=- i Cuba at the head of American troops and food for soldiers or citizens, and that even cae cont festivities. monweaith, whese primal‘mgaxim,has been El Pais’ Issue Seized. with no Spanish flag to salute. cats are used for food purposes, selling for | “Se ee Se ae tag o'clock, the Presi- | the 2votdauce of all foreign @ntanglements. | El Pais, the newspaper which has been} ‘The action of Captain General Blanco in 30 cents apiece. It is a fair inference to | 5 paler ee All this must needs awakem, and has, in- | the most prominent in fomenting the snti-| refusing to see him when Lee called at draw existing conditions that it 1s not pos- | C°"! Whe (Bb MGGe s mntentions. deed, aroused the utmost cancem on the | government campaign, continued its sensa-| the palace to take leave and the subse- Sth. I am confident that General sible for the governor general to relieve the Should C 88 a resolution which | 22%t °f this government, ag. weil during | tional policy today and its issue of date quent scenes in the harbor when the Span- neral Blanco | present situation with the means at his 7 pedi secs my predecessor’s term a4 I was the-eupcn confiscated by the author-| ish {ll fecling was shown by overt acts, and Pando, his chief of staff, as weil disposal.* * ¢ authorizes the President to intervene at his Emforis to Brings #ueet ence jefe peakin ails asarca Dr. Congosto, the secretary general, with (Signed) FITZ LEE. discretion the program can be easily out- 1a ApH “age. tue home Ss our |’ The minisier of marine, Admiral Bermejo,} Lee's statement that he had a report to all of whom I have had conversations, are lined. The President will have to take , evils fom the - People im the Galleries Read Maga- bs Feeling Against Autonomy. country suffered through the Cgban war- characteriaes as absurd story told in| make to the President, but had no addi- perfectly conscientious in their desire to from fifteen days to three weeks, probably London by Joseph P. Gibbons, the Sune aebeeae os r usages relieve the distress of those suffering from | December 13 came the following: *| longer, to ascertain the result of the armis- paris BO Paiipat that my pegeoesad isda aa Go oe ween a = a dipioa ape the effects of Weyler’s reconcentration or-| “Sir: I have the honor to make the fol- | tice in Cuba. made an effort to bring sboug a peace | elect: sue submarine | Maine disaster tomatic der, but. unfortunately, they have not the | owing report: * * * The contest for and| {It will hav2 to be demonstrated that the | through the mediation of this government | mines x Seve ne Sp eaee: mes thai} He can give the a sa Congress means to carry out such benevolent pur- | 2&4inst autonomy is most unequal. For it | armistice is a Spanish trick or that the in-| in any way that might tend to an honor- rani e Saag dk teen moni the Span- | supplemental information value. The poses. In this city matters are assuming | there are five or six of the head officers at | surgents will not accept it and are contin-| able adjustment of the contest between government not contracted with better shape under charitable committees, | tt¢ palace. and twenty or thirty other per- | ying the war. Spain and her revolted colony, on the basis | eny English firm to lay mines in Havana ete., large numbers are now cared for and sons here in the city. * * * Against it, first,| 4 hundred new phases will come to the | of some effective d ie of self-govern- harbor. He adds that the torpedoes sent fed by private subscriptions. I witnessed | “F¢ the insurgents, with or without arms, and the Cuban non-combatants; second, the while I was present. I am told Gen aj | STeat mass of the Spaniards, bearing or thought that he would be able to get into the gallery at that hour. He was told he could net enter the Capitol before 9 o'clock, whererpon he took his place at the en- trance and waited patiently until that hour, The pressure for seats in the senators’ gallery was intense today. Several wives of senators were at the gallery entrance before 9 o'clock, and later, when every seat was taken, a number of wives of senators and other members of their families were present, but could not secure entrance. This condition of affairs has caused a sug® gestion to be made by the wife of one sen- ator in effect that each senator have the disposition of a single seat in the senators’ gallery. With the addition cf chairs in the —.——__ LEE’S FEELINGS HURT. He Resents the Snub He Received From Blanco. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ‘und. Mr. Blanco will give $100,000 to the non-bearing arms, the latter desiring, if and Estee a there must be a change, annexation to thi Message Was Unchanged. | the Im the Ditches of Havana. United States. Indeed, there is the great: It 1s emphatically stated at the White est apathy concerning autonomy in any partment the communication of two gen- ee ee ee . usa ye. are Sup-| 1 do not see how it could be even put into peaeees See chviows reasons, ut whom ‘tion by force, because as long he knows personally as s1 operat vy as concerning the onan i | insurgents decline to accept It, vo long, the in Los Fosos (the ditches) in Havana. poseage Se aneNS SP) LOE wa Set cee December 14 General Lee sends another November 27 Gen. Lee sent to the de-