Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-11-30
WORCESTER
wruuRsDAY. NOVEMBER 80, 1871
ruASkso,vIxo.-No paper tomorrow.
Roported Trouble with spnln.

Special dispatches from Washington repeat
hat the relations between our government and
that of Spain are becoming. hostile, the outrage.
Gus treatment of our citizens, in Cuba, bcingthe
cause. For some time past, it is said, an earn
est correspondence between the two govern
ments has been going on, which has not tended
TO become peaceful because the Spaniards will
not redress the grievances complained Of, 1t
has become well nigh impossible for an Ameri-
can to stop long in Cuba without imminent dan
ger Of being robbed and assassinated. Most of
the Americans doing business in that island
have been compelled to leave and, notwith-
standing the circumstances of our government,
this treatment of our citizens is steadily per-
sisted in, and there seems TO be no hope OF
change for the better The real offenders are
the Cuban ''volunteers2 who assume TO control
affairs in Cuba, and do not hesitate TO defy the
governor general himself Therefore, our gov
eminent will-stnd few men-otNar to hold com
muncaffon with them.
The report goes on to say that feet under
Rear Admiral Lee will be sent TO Cuban waters,
with instructions to demand suppression OF
the outrages complained of, and, if this shall be
refused to attack The city Of Havana. The
ships ordered IN this service are the Nantaskct
Shawmut, Nipsc, Severn, Kansas, Worcester,
and the iron-clad Terror. Our consul general
at Havana has teieoraphed for protection, and
the movements in response are to be prompt
and resolute. Such is the tenor of these dis
patches. If they are correct we shall soon hear
more of the matter. Very likely there is eXag-
geration if not invention, especially in regard
to an attack on Havana before the president has
stated the case 10 congress and secured consti-
tuiional authority TO make war on Spain. The
report may be substantially correct, for there
appears TO be confirmation of portion OF 1t.
Men of war have been ordered to join the North
Atlantic feet and cruise near Cuba. Admiral
Lee will arrive in Boston to-day, to take charge
of the Worcester which will be his flagship,
and we hear from Washington that the Terror
was ordered to Havana some days ago. These
and some other naval movements may mean
that the report is true, and they may signify
something else.
Cuba is not Just now in very charming con-
dition. It has in practical operation neither
freedom, law, nor order, beyond what the 'vol-
unteers" see fit to allow. They control Havana
and give law to the Spanish authorities through
out the island. They must be cowardly, for
they do not venture out TO fight the insurgents,
lest some of them should be killed; utthey are
active promoters of disorder and assassination.
The Spanish government does not control them,
aud probably can not do so. They do what they
will, and il their conduct is never brave, it is
always mean, malignant, and boodthirsiy
These rascally fellows are specially malignant
towards citizens of the United States, who have
suffered loss of property and life at their hands,
in many cases, or have been compelled TO leave
the island and suffer loss by the destruction OF
their business 1t is very likely that their con-
duct has been discussed in diplomatic cores
pondence between our government and the
Spanish authorities, of late, with proper earnest
ness Whether the discussion has become so
threatening as these reports represent, is an
other question.