The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-06
TREATED. ALL RIGHT
CONSUL GENERAL LEE GETS BACK
TO HIS Own C0UgTRY.

Reports of HaIlin: Health are Without
Foundation and He has Never had Any
Trouble with General weyier. Who has
Treated Him With Military Courtesy
|. weyisr Is "a Peasant Gentleman,
Though q Strict DiscIplinarian"-Re-
fuses to Discus Cuban Affairs Except
ina Very General Way.
New York, Nov. 5.-Generdi Fitzhugh
Lee, accompanied by Thomas Jones' MS
private secretary, arrived from Havana
late last night on the Ward line steamer
yisiiancia. Genera, Lee said his hsalrl
had been excellent from the time ne left
this country last June, in spite OF reports
TO TIE contrary. He had peen treated
with military courtesy by General Wey-
Ter. whom he described as gentleman
with pleasant manners. but strict dis
ciplinarian. General Lee declined TO talk
about the Cuban question, even in gener-
q, terms.
Captain Mcintosh. who is in command
of the Vigilancia. had only few words to
say in reference 10 the attempt OF the
Spanish authorities TO arerst Antonio
Esclante at Havana on the outward trip
of the steamer.
The chief OF police" he said, came
aboard when we reached Havana ana
told me he had an anonymous letter nom
New York stating that ESclante was on
board my ship and that he was fugitive
inasmuch as he tried to evade the mill
tary law. 1 told him that / had such
man on board but that would not give
him up until had consulted the A-neri-
can consul. The chief of police and /
have been fast friends for nearly twenty
years and the matter was conducted
quietly.
.'Of course. General Lee refused to al
low EscIaDte TO be taken from my ship.
and 1 landed him safely in Vera Cruz"
LEE IN WASHINGTON.
Washington. Nov. 5.-General FitZ-
hugh Lee, the consul general to Havana,
who arrived in New York today, reach
ed Washington this afternoon and is
stopping at the Shoreham hotel. AS soon
as his presence became known he was
bes:eged by friends and by newspaper
reporters. To many Of the questions put
to him he maintained diplomatic silence
or eyaded them by calling attention 10
the improperly of discussing the affairs
OF the island in the newspapers before
reporting them TO his superiors. General
Lee will remain in Washington probably
for several days and will then proceed to
his home in Virginia. While he did not
say so explicitly, ii is evident that dur
ing the time spent here he viii call on
the president and acquaint him with the
result of his observations OF the affairs in
Cuba. In reply to a direct question he
said he had not been called here by the
president for the discussion of the sit
uation there.
When asked whether the insurgents or
the Spaniards held the advantage in the
war, General Lee was evasive. saying:
First, reports are heard OF success on
o.e SIDE and then on the .'her. The war
has been In progress ince February, 1885.
and there is no prospect OF its speedy
termination"
The consul general testified to the bane-
full effects of this strife, which is now des-
olating the island.
Business he said, sis paralyzed and
the island is being gradually ruined.
What one side leaves the other destroys.
as in all civil wars. There is asystematic
destruction of the vast sugar estates"
General Lee reiterated the statement
that he had made in New York concern
ing the fair treatment which had been
accorded him by the officials of the is
land, and says he has no cause for COM
plaint