The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 7, 1898, Page 2

o = THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, CONFLICT WITH SPAIN IS NOW NEAR MAINE’S STARBOARD Found to Have Been Blown Clear TURRET LOCATED Off the Battleship by the Tremendous Force of the Explosion. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. HAVAN March 6.—The Maine's starboard turret has been located by the divers, as already indicated by the Herald and Call. It is found to have been blown clear off the ship, and now lies upturned on its side and sunk deep in the mud. The present position is regarded as one more proof of the tremendous force the explosion exerted in the direc- tion of port to starboard. The ship's carpenter, George Helens, whohas been here since Wednesday under special orders, has made a careful’ inspection of the wreck. He was detailed to this duty because of his arity on portions of the vessel. Though Helens has not le an official report or appeared before the court since he first testified a week ago, I understand that he has privately confirmed the statement of Ensign Powelson in reference to the present position of the Maine’s bottom plates and the shattered condition of the ship's keel. Naval Inspector Hoover is aboard the Mangrove with the Court of In- quiry, and his views will also be consulted on points involving structu- ral evidenc The d! yntinuance of work by the tug Right Arm, I learn, was due to a disagreement between Captain Sigsbee of the Maine. Magee, it is bod as covered from the wre: boat. The wreck Is now being d water line is made proportio already been removed. cents a pound, but there appears to revenue from it. vards away, asserting that the contract did not call for such duty. It was then decided to dispense with the service of Captain Magee and his mantled rapidly, and work below the This matefial is said to be worth from 18 to 20 In fact, orders are already issued to carry it several Magee of that craft and Captain aid, refused to let his men convey k to the dead barge a few hundred er. Tons of copper pipe have be no intention to try to realize any and there dump it in the sea. miles outside the mouth of the harbor, There is considerable criticism at t from all I c The dispatch b lief stores to Matan: probably by the c West ment there. = and vicinity. st survey still here, embrace rs, who & R S o o R R o e R S R S R S e o e o o R R SR R SR R R e L this or Du Bo the Spanish Char res. Du E had re- | ceived no instructions on this subject, and was in complete ignorance of the demands made through Minister | Woodford. The other suggestion of the | Spanish Government, that relief sup- plies should not be sent in warships, - through Minister Wood- ford, as the Madrid dispatch but was presented by Senor Du Bo | the State Department last Frid | The re both cases went di- rect to Minister Woodford. There was no k f time, however, assembling on of the Cabinet, or even reneral conference between the and his Cabinet advisers in- dividually. In the protest against the Montgome! and Nashville Judge Day conferred with Secretary Long, who in | turn called in Captain Crowninshield, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation. There appears to be no reason why a change should be made in the plan for sending these ships on their mis- | si0; and without attaching signifi- | cance to the request of the Spanish Government the answer was made that the plans for the trin were com- pleted, and that the stay of the ships | would be brief and of the most pacific | character. In response to the request for Gen- eral Lee’s recall the President does not seem to have deemed the subject open to such discussion as would require the views of his Cabinet associates, and after a brief exchange between the White House and the State Department the negative answer was dispatched to | Minister Woodford. One phrase of the incident that tends to show the firm stand taken by the administration is the expedition with which the action was accomplished. Such a matter or- dinarily is laid before the Cabinet, the vs of all its members personally given, and the fullest opportunity af- forded for discussion. But in this case, the press bulletin furnished to some members of the Cabinet was the first information that General Le service was open to question. Before the Cab- fnet meeting, no hint or complaint of any kind relating to General Lee had been made. The ground on which General Lee’s recall was asked is not officially dis- closed. It is known, however, that the Spanish Government has chafed for some time over General Lee's presence in Havana, although it had never taker the form of a deflnite protest pricr to the present time. It began to assume a more serious aspect shortly after the arrival of the Maine at Havana. At that time General Lee escorted Captain Sigsbee on his round of official calis. These were made with due formality, but the Spanish officials took offense when the calls were restricted to Gen- eral Blanco, Admiral Manterola and the representatives of the military arm of Spain’s rer and did not include Premier Galvez and his associates of the Autonomist Cabinet, who repre- sented the new civil regime which Spain is seeking to enforce. The mat- | ter came to the attention of Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish Minister® at Washington, and although there was no protest the situation doubtless reached the State Department, as suit- able amends were made by Captain Sigsbee’s calling on Dr. Congosto, the civil secretary general, Predier Galvez and his associates. There was like irritation over a din- ner given by Consul-General Lee to the officers of the Maine. The list of guests on that occasion is said to have omit- ted some of the Spanish naval officers, and to have included, quite conspicu- ously, the names of a number of Amer- jcan newspaper correspondents who were regarded by the Spanish officials at Havana as antagonistic to them. This was also brought to the attention of the officials, but was not made the basis for any action, but rather of un- | official Spanish criticism of General Lee's general mode of procedure. ‘Within recent days it has beenunder- stood by officials here that the feeling against General Lee has been smoothed tions, it has been proposed that such material should be saved andsold for the benefit of the families of the lost men on the batt n learn nothing of the sort is likely to be done. Fern will leave Havana harbor soon to carry re- steamer Bache, which sailed for Key again this afternoon, carrying five bodies of victims for inter- The Ward Line steamer City of Wa ssengers rendered splendid service on the night of the Maine . was in port a few hours again w York, and Judge Advocate Marix and n Stevens and his men. | Spain at this time. his course. Among other sugges- hip, but Her place here will then be taken hington, whose offi- sterday, en route from Mexico veral of the Maine's :d the opportunity to make calls of R S b o S R R R o R S R B o A e e S R R R S ik b & R PSSR N S S O O O O e R R R e over, and the request for his recall was for that reason in the nature of a com- plete surprise. There are circumstances which clearly disclose the grounds for the recall, although it is not known that Spain has made any exact speci- fication of complaint. Since the Maine disaster a report has been circulated that General Lee held the personalopin- ion that the explosion was due to ex- ternal causes. No official report of this character was ever sent to Washington so far asis known, but the mere circu- lation of the report at Madrid attribu- ting such views to General Lee hasbeen the source of much feeling in Spanish official circles. The press dispatches from Madrid also disclose that General Lee is held accountable at the Spanish capital for the project of the purchase of Cuba by the United States from Spain as well as for a general senti- ment of sympathy toward the insur- gents. The suggestion of the Impar- cial, a leading Government organ, that the next sitting of the Cortes will con- sider the case of General Lee, shows | the strong influences which induced the Sagasta. Cabinet to ask for his recall. In this connection the fact is noted that Senor Dupuy de Lome is due in His enforced re- tirement on a demand of the United States is felt to have awakened a counter sentiment at Madrid which finds expression against Consul-General Lee. There is little doubt also that such advice as Senor de Lome would give to the Government or to the press in public In Madrid would not be condu- cive toward the retention of General Lee. There is little doubt, however, that the main cause of Spain’s action is the sympathy General Lee has shown for the Cuban sufferers. It is known that his active and open sympathy with the people who have suffered so great- ly during the present insurrection, American citizens as well as native Cubans, has not been accepted by the Spanish officials in Cuba as an exhi- bition of disinterested officialism, such as is expected of Consular officers. There were complaints of his conduct during General Weyler's administra- tion, but never in full official form. As a matter of fact Spain required no formal excuse for the dismissal of a Consular officer, according to interna- tional law. These officers are not en- dowed usually with diplomatic privil- eges, and they exist entirely by the suf- terance of the nations to which they are sent. It is not necessary nor usual to request their home Government to recall them. They live officlally only through an exequateur granted by the Government to which they are accred- ited, and this may be withdrawn at any moment. So Consul-General Lee may be dismissed from his post at the pleas- ure of the Spamish Government, and this would not violate any section of international law. But he is in one re- spect unique, in that he Is endowed with semi-diplomatic powers, by the wish of our Government and by the consent of the Spanish Government. The request of the Spanish Government for his recall may, therefore, be re- garded as tantamount to a demand for the recall of objectionable Ministers— such, for instance, as was Senor Dupuy de Lome. There must be some substan- tial or satisfactory reason for such a demand in such cases, and as those pre- sented against General Lee probably were confined to the acts he has so far performed with the full sanction and approval o. President McKinley, the demand was not entertained, as is clearly shown in the statement given out by Assistant Secretary Day, Un- der such circumstances the incident would close unless Spain took the de- cisive step of insisting on General Lee's recall, and, this failing, giving him his exequateur. This radical course is not expected, however, and all the indications reach- ing officials here are that Spain will not | proceed further with the incident. | The action regarding the cruiser | Montgomery and the gunboat Nash- RISIS HOVERS OVER THE NATION Statesmen Believe That Developments of the Next Few Days Will Settle the Question of a Confilict Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, March 6. Talk of war with Spain was heard wherever groups of Congressmen con- gregated in public places to-night. The cry of New York extra papers by news- boys brought an unusual number of people down into the business. part of the city, and the hotel lobbies were soon filled with members of Congress and Government officials. The expressions of opinfon heard to- night were diverse, but the general be- lief is that a crisis is at hand, and the developments of the next few-days will settle the question of a conflict with Spain. The belief was expressed in some quarters that the President might send a special message to Congress to- morrow and lay before that body the correspondence of this Government with Spain concerning the request for General Lee's recall, and the counter- manding of the order to the Montgom- ery and Nashville. But the prevailing belief among Congressmen is that he will send no message at this time, for there 1s no necessity for'it. The Presi- dent has, of course, full power to ex- ercise his executive functions in both matters, and needs no authority or ad- vice from Congress, besides it is be- lieved that the sending of a specia! message would only aggravate the sit- uation, by emphasizing its gravity and might incite Congress to hasty and ill- advised action. Although most members of Congress believe that war is inevitable, a few were found to-night who argued that Spain’s request for General Lee's re- call need not aggravate the trouble, and they .cited many cases wherein diplomats had been given their pass- ports without causing any breach be- tween nations. The Call correspondent asked a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House what would be Spain’s probable course in dealing with the ‘“obnoxious” Consul-General Lee, and he replied: “When the presence of a diplomat becomes distasteful to the Government to which he is accredited, that nation need only express this fact, without stating the reasons therefor: and the objectionable diplomatic representative is usually recalled by his home gov- ernment, but if the request for his re- call is refused he is handed his pass- With Spain. ports. There have been stances in which the United States expressed its dissatisfaction with Min- answer will be a declaration of war.” isters resident and other nations have The Call correspendent saw Senator likewise asked this Government to re- Perkins and Congressman Hilborn to- call its representatives. Notable cases night. Both of them, being members being those of ex-Senator Henry W. of the Naval Affairs Committee, have Blair, whose rejection by China was had several conferences with the Presi- made before he sailed for his post of - dent, and the fact that they are un- duty. A case not so recent was that usually reticent leads to the belief that of Sargent of California, Who was re- they have been talking with the Presi- jected by Germany. It is universally dent about the emergency measures recognized that a nation has the right which the Secretary of the Navy is tak- to reject any diplomatic representa- jng tive who is distasteful without assign- Fijporn said that Secretary Long ing any reasons for this displeasure, <gulq probably enlist the whole num- and it must be conceded that Spain has b o "men asked for (1500) without the same right to ask for General Lee's g.iiine for the bill's passage. Eight several in- Kinley has practically sald to Spain: ‘It is your move.’ I believe that Spain’ ENGLAND WOULD SUPPORT AMERICA In the Event of a Conflict With Spain the United States Would Have Great Brit= ain’s Good Will. NEW YORK, March 6.—A Washington special to the Herald says: In view of the possibility of war between the United States and Spain, there has been a great deal of speculation in Washington as to the at- titude likely to be assumed by other European powers, and especially by Great Britain. There has been no idea that Great Britain would be actively drawn into such a war in any way, and it is now generally be- lieved that the United States would have her moral suppert and sym- pathy. The news of the Maine disaster was received in Great Britain with almost as much horror as in the United States. It was noted at the time that the first expression of sympathy received at the State De- partment was from Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British Embassador, who, without waiting to learn whether the Spanish Government was in any way involved, called in person at theState Department. This was fol- lowed by a message from the Queen, a message from the Prince of Wales and from many high officials and officers of the army and navy. ,An American naval officer of high rank, who has just returned from a cruise during which he associated a great deal with English persons and‘wnh officers of the British army and navy, referring to the warm feéling that the English have for the United States in this crisis. said to me: recall that we had for asking Spain to withdraw Senor De Lome. It is true that our reason in the case of De Lome was a valid one, for he was proven guilty of a flagrant breach of diplo- matic propriety, while General Lee has not thus been zuilty of any such im- propriety. = But that fact cannot be urged, for Spain in her note did not assign any reasons, merely declaring that they would like to have Lee with- drawn because his presence is felt to be prejudicial to Spain’s interests. My opinion is that following custom and precedents, the United States Govern- ment had no right to ask Spain to specify her reasons, and the President probably looked at it this way too. The flat refusal of President McKinley to comply with Spain’s request would ordinarily result in nothing but the jssuance of passports to Consul-Gen- eral Lee. but the request of Spain that we transport supplies to Cuba in mer- chant vessels, and countermand the orders to the Montgomery and Nash- ville, is quite a different matter, and likely to lead to serious results, inas- much as the President is determined to send these vessels to Cuba. What fate will befall them? Will they be regard- ed as men of war or as transports coming to Cuba on a_humane mission? “The President is, doubtless, right in his belief that the Spanish Government will not dare to harm them, for this would visit upon the head of that na- tion the detestation and condemnation of the whole clvilized world. No, you may depend unon it. they will not be molested by any orders of the Spanish Government, but it is more than likely that President McKinley's reply to Spain, which, in fact, amounts to a defiance, will incense the Spanish Gov- ernment, and that her displeasure will soon be manifested. President Mc- hundred enlistments were provided for to-dav. Hilborn saw the Chief of the Naval Ordnance Bureau. and endeav- ored to impRess upon him the necessity of purchasing from foreign factories a large amount of smokeless powder be- fore the foreign market is closedagainst us by the neutrality laws. Hilborn is fearful that the combined daily output of 2500 pounds by the Dupont factory and the California Powder Works would be totally inadequate to fill the magazines of our warships, and he be- lieves that a large supply must be fur- nished from a factory in Sweden. A letter received by him from the Santa Cruz, Cal., company stated that the fac- tory would soon be ready to turn out a thousand pounds a day, and twice that amount by working nights also. But .ven if they have been working stead- ily for the last few weeks, they cannot have a very large supply on hand, and at the rate of 1000 or 2000 pounds per day it would take several months to furnish any considerable quantity. Therefore he insists that it is absolutely essential that a supply be purchased abroad as soon as possible. He says the powder produced by the Santa Cruz company is of excellent quality, manu- factured exactly according to the Rus- sian formula, which was experimented upon at Newport, R. L, but that the Dupont Company has not yet succeed- ed so well, and the powder produced by them is of inferior quality. From a remark made by Hilborn to- night, it is believed that President Mc- Kinley and Secretary Long have been sounding members of the Naval Af- fairs Committee on a proposition to build a large number of torpedo boats. which can be constructed in this coun- try within the next few months. ville 18 looked upon by officials here as much less grave than that affecting General Lee. Secretary Long said to- night he did not regard the question as to what ship should carry the relief supplies as serious in any way, or as likely to present any perplexing issues. The desire of the Navy Department, Mr. Long said, was merely to get the supplies to Cuba on the most available vessel. There were three of these now at Key West—the Montgomery, Nash- ville and Fern—alike available for the service, and one of these, Mr. Long said, would be designated for the trip. The Fern is a dispatch boat, an un- armed naval vessel, and her avalilabil- ity for this mission had not previously been suggested. Her choice would probably remove all ground for objec- tion, as she has none of the character- istics of a war vessel. Mr. Long said, however, that the only decision thus far reached was that one of the naval vessels—Montgomery, Nashville or Fern—should make the trip. As this is the first time public men- tion has been made of the Fern in con- nection with carrying the supplies it might be inferred that she will make the trip. The official orders, however, continue to stand as they were origi- nally made, designating the Montgom- ery and Nashville, but these could be changed readily if the Fern was be- lieved to be best suited for the work. The naval officers have felt from the first that the Montgomery and Nash- ville were illy adapted for carrying sup- plies. They are essentially fighting ma- chines, and every inch of available room is taken by their own supplies of cordage, canvas and coal. This was so apparent that the plans contemplated putting the relief supplies on deck, cov- ering them with tarpaulins and trust- ing to the weather and a quick trip to keep the provisions and clothing from damage. The Fern, not being essen- tially a fighting machine, but more of the type of a yacht for the speedy con- veyance of naval dispatches, has con- siderably more room for the stowing of supplies, both below and on deck. The Cuban relief committee counted on sending seventy-five tons to Key West, but this has now been increased to one hundred tons. It left New York on one of the Mallory line of boats yes- terday and is due at Key West next Wednesday. The transfer will take a day, and the plan has been to have the Government ship start next Thursday for Cuba. The decision of the administration to send supplies to the reconcentrados in Cuba was arrived at early in the week. General Lee had represented that he had been unable to distribute the goods that had been received in answer to the proclamation of the President to the American people. He reported that many tons of these supplies were stored in Havana and c.uld not be for- warded to the eastern end of the isl- and. The United States Consuls at Matanzas and Sagua Ja Grande had come in person to Havana to seek for relief after reporting to the State De- partment the terrible conditions exist- ing in their respective districts. The State Department immediately instituted inquiries, and, learning that the original decree of the Spanish Gov- ernment authorizing th> free admission of supplies applied only to the port of Havana, obtained permission for the free reception of these supplies at all ports. The next obstacle met was the diffi- culty of transhipping the| goods from v Havana eastward. there being only a semi-weekly service by steamship and that subject to many vexatious local restrictions. When the United States crulser Montgomery returned from her crulse, which included the Cuban ports of Matanzas and Santiago, the officers | brought harrowing tales of the distress existing there. Captain Crowninshield, the chief of the Navigation Bureau of the Navy Department, an officer of the | soundest discretion and judgment, was on the ship, an accidental passenger. He told President McKinley directly what he had learned. The result was | the immediate decision of the Navy D partment to accede to the request of the relief committee in New York to forward its supplies to the eastern ports of Cuba. One of the American lines of steamships running to New York had offered to take the bounteous contributions of the American people to Key West, and the President him- self gave the order for their carriage to Eastern Cuba by any of the available ships of the North Atlantic squadron. The announcement by the press of the purpose of the Government to send supplies to Cuba on naval vessels was made last Wednesday. Within twenty- four hours there were signs of resist< ance on the part of the Spanish Gov- ernment. At first this took the shape of an informal inquiry by the Spanish Charge d'Affaires as to the correctness of the report, the inquiry being couched in an incredulous tone; and later, when the affirmation came, there was lodged, not a formal protest, but rather an in- sinuation that the movement of the| naval ships would not be acceptable; | that it would be construed into an act of active sympathy on the part| of the Government of the United States with the insurgents. But the President had satisfied him- self that the course he had chosen— that of sending the supplies in a naval vessel—was the only one that promised sufficient and prompt relief. There was no time for polite diplomatic exchange of notes when, according to General Lee's advice, people were from hunger by hundreds every day in Cuba, and the Spanish Charge was so informed. Senor du Bosc,» when seen at the Spanish Legation to-day, could add lit- tle to the fund of information on the two subjects which were attracting so much officlal and public attention. He had recelved no word from his Govern- ment concerning General Lee, and he stated positively that no suggestions | concerning General Lee's retirement had been submitted to him by the State Department. As to the sending of relief supplies by the Montgomery and Nashville, Mr. Du Bosc said he felt that merchant vessels were much bet- ter equipped for such service, and their use was not open to that misconstruc- tion possible in sending supplies by vessels of the navy. . The news concerning General Lee aroused the deepest interest, and no lit- tle excitement throughout Washington, and for the time being the usual quiet of Sunday evening was put aside. In hotel corridors, at the clubs and in all Rublic places it was the absorbing top- ic, and not since the Maine disaster has such widespread popular interest been evinced in the Spanish situation. LIKELY TO LEAD TO SERIOUS RESULTS. perishing | Daniel E. Sickles, who was Minister of the United States to Spain from 1869 to 1874, during which period occurred the strained relations between that country and the United States over the Virginius affair, said to-day that Spain’s request for the recall of Con- sul-General Lee was a serious move and likely to lead to serious results. “Is not such an action at this time, following as it does, close upon the De Lome incident and the Maine dis- aster, sure to precipitate a war?”’ Gen- eral Sickels was asked. “Not at all. It is merely a diplomatic incident. President McKinley is at liberty to refuse to recall General Lee, | and in that case Spain would be per- fectly justified in handing him his passports on the single ground that he is persona non grata. “Do you consider that this move on Spain’'s part puts this country nearer war than it was over the Vir- ginius affair?” X “Not at all. If anything, we were nearer war at that time than now. I do not regard the request as a casus belli, and it is no more than their right to demand that if we send sup- plies to these people, they shall be sent by merchant vessels. ~The use of war ships at such a time might justly be regarded as a hostile act upon our part.” STATESMEN APPLAUD MKINLEY’S COURSE. His Refusal to Recall General Lee Gives Satisfaction in Every Quarter. WASHINGTON, March 6.—Speaking of the Madrid dispatch made public by Assistant Secretary Day, Chairman Davis said: “It is a circumstance which, added to the present strained ' conditions, makes things more vexatious. I ap- prove the President’s action in every particular.” Senator Pettigrew said: “I certainly approve the President’s course in the matter. I should judge the request to recall our Consul-General is somewhat unusual and under other circumstances would be complied with, but the con- ditions precedent to this case took It out of the usual rule and justified the President’s action. I think that, in view of the fact that it is conceded the Maine was blown up, the President would be justified in sendingbattleships loaded with combustibles, as well as | food, and filled with armed men. It | seems to me we cannot accept any set- | tlement short of the Independence of Cuba.” Senator Cullom said: *“I regard the | course pursued by the President in an- swer to the Spanish Government as | right, justified by all the conditions and the American people will indorse him in the position he has taken. I have be- lieved for some time that we were near- ing a crisis from day to day, and it has seemed to me that the Spanish Government was endeavoring to bring on a conflict between that Government and ours. Whether this Government desires it or not, on this account, it would be almost forced into war with Spain. I do not well understand, in | view of the manifestation of interest llhla country has taken in the conflict which has been going on between Spain | and the Cubans, how a withdrawal of | any kind could be thought of, either from the point of view of national in- terest or of common humanity. Our people do not want war, neither does the President, but neither the President | nor the people will submi‘ to any hu- miliation at the hands of the Spaniards. | 1 think it is another step on thelr part into forcing an issue between that Gov- ernment and our own."” —_————————— To Cure a Cold In One Doy. NEW YORK, March 6.—General “To the observer of current events in this country and in England no more striking thought makes itself felt than the good fellowship evi- denced by the average intelligent Englishman for American and, most things American. Without a doubt, there is more friendship felt and expressed in England for America than in America for England. For, unfortunately, it is become the fashion to deride everything English and to scoff at England and the English from whatever point of view the thought takes its rise. But. soberly speaking, it would seem, aside from any tinge of sentimentality, that the two English-speaking na- tions of the world should properly stand shoulder to shoulder inany fu- B R R B R B e AR DRSS POWELSON'S CLEAR PROOF 1S T0 CAUSE Continued from First Page. formulate certain predictions which 1 believe will be verified in all essential particulars. The court is practically certain to report that the Maine disas- ter was not an accident. I believe it equally certain to indicate clearly facts which prove the primary explosion to have been under the ship’s bottom and not over it. The court is not likely to fasten the act on any person or per- sons, much less to attribute it directly to any representatives of the Spanish Government. Its report will probably be unanimous. On this last point there is some controversy among naval offi- cers. Captain Chadwick is by common report believed to have assumed a more conservative attitude toward Powel- son’s evidence than any other member of the court, though the best informa- tion available at present represents him as being now thoroughly in line with his colleagues and convinced as they are that no interior explosion wrought the destruction. It is believed by some well informed officers, however, that Lieutenant Com- mander Potter anight not unnoticeably be influenced by the judgment of Cap- tain Chadwick, who is his immediate and only superior in rank In command of the flagship at Key West, Potter be- ing the executive officer. There seems to be some doubt now whether the Maine's guns, even after they have been recovered by the wreck- ing apparatus, will ever be fit for serv- jce.* During the fire that swept through the battle-ship after the explosion they were subjected to an intense heat. A practical expert in Key West recently told me that to render them fit for use again they would have to be annealed and practically recast. This would in- volve considerable expense, but without it my informant said he doubted whether any gunner in the fleet would care to assume the responsibility of firing one of them either at target practice or in active service. Ten arrests on political charges have been made in Havana between mid- night Friday and Saturday, and there is some excitement in consequence. Aside from Honore Laine, whose sec- ond incarceration I reported yesterday, the more important suspects detained are Senor Estrada, who was released under the amnesty proclamation not slong ago from Chafarinas, and an al- leged former insurgent named Pardo. The other prisoners are for the most part accused of participating in rebel- lion. This renewed activity of the police is regarded as foreshadowing the more stringent policy of the autonomist gov- ernment against political offenders. Laine, it is said, will probably be per- mitted to leave the island on the next steamer. He is a French subject. The Herald of February 17 print- ed a sectional view of the Ameri- can battle-ship, showing the location of the magazines, coal and stores. The plan was reproduced here in the Diario del Ejercito, February 19, and yester- day a clipping from the latter was posted in the Havana Produce EX- change, and under it was written a no- tice to the effect that it is time all loyal Spaniards took note of such informa- tion concerning American ships. Re- liable persons who were among the crowd which welcomed the Oquendo yesterday heard cries: ‘“Let more Maines come to Havana now.” A letter recelved at the American Consulate for Joseph H. Lane yester- day was marked under the address, “Probably one of the survivors of the Maine.” A blue pencil mark of the Spanish postoffice under the address announced some postage still due and the same pencil wrote under the sur- vivor words “I hope he is not.” Lane was one of the wounded men taken to Key West. He says the roar of rockets and cadence of the military awoke Ha- vana this Sunday morning, and at sun- rise the harbor was alive with all craft summoned by signals flylng at Morro, announcing the arrival of another ship. It turned out not to be the expected cruiser Cristobal Colon, but the Alfonsc XIII of the Spanish line. Her decks ture contest from a military, commercial or political point of view.” RS RS S S SR E L L I P NP PSS OEEEES R e T T T PPN were thronged with fifteen hundred sole diers from Spain. As she moved to an- chorage tugs shot out from the piers with crashing bands on board and rocket batteries afloat and ashora roared a welcome to the new regiments which Spain pours to the Western world to the wonder of all nations. Tugs circled the Alfonso XIII, the bands playing patriotic airs. The sol- diers replied with a mighty cheer as the ship crept by the trim cruiser Viz- caya and Oquendo, and across the smooth water from Morro and Cabanas and the awakening city floated the mu- sic of bugles and far-flung cheers with which Havana greeted the friends in need. The officers and sailors on the Mangrove and Fern at anchor under the cruiser’s guns hung over the rails and silently watched the Alfonso steam to her berth, and here and there a light-hearted American tar waltzed to the Spanish music. Altogether it was a spirited spectacle. I could but notice that troublous times made the welcome of the soldiers warmer and tonger sus- tained than it would have been a few weeks ago. For an hour rockets ana batteries were never silent' and the bugles sang the accompaniment of the steeple bells ashore. Sleep had given place to activity in all craft in the har- bor, except two. These were the shat- tered Maine under the half-masted Stars and Stripes, and the barge laden with coffins, which lies at anchor near by, awaiting the battle-ship's unrecov- ered dead. The wreckers on the barges beside the Maine began once mcre to work, which even Sunday does not interrupt, and the Herald-Call dispatch boat moved out again past Morro, leaving the city as peaceful as the waters of its land- locked harbor. CONSUL BARKER SAID TO HAVE RESIGNED. Apathy of the American Government Is Given as the Probable Cause. NEW YORK, March 6.—Walter B Barker, United States Consul at Sagna La Grande, says a Havana dispatch, has resigned, it is said, because of dis.. satisfaction with the policy of the American Government. The dispatch says that the Government's apathy is expected to result in other resigna- tions. ADVERTISEMENTS. A A A AN AN AN GO0 HEALT STHE WORKING CAPITAL OF H N I reokod Indesd s Faa strength, ambition, 8y T He who loses that is. bealth falling you? 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