The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-23
IN FEW DAYS.
Then the Communication of Lee
VIII Be Made Public.


WASHINGTON, June pa day or
two at least ! 1st elapse before the
report which Consul General Lee is
said to have forwarded Saturday can
reach the state department. 1t is not
clear whether the report win come by
mail. or whether General Lee will
avail himself Of the services of Internal
Revenue Collector Ryan as messen-
ger; as has been intima1ed might be
the case, AS there has been much
speculation as to what has called
forth this particular report from the
consul general. il can be stated that
aside from some brief cablegrams an
nouncing his arrival and the receipt
of instructions. nothing has yet been
heard officially from the new consul
ger eral so that report from him in
the ordinary course of consul routine
is fully due. While it is true that
consular officers under their general
instructions are
EXPECTED TO REPORT
to the state department any event
that might be of interest to our gov
eminent il cannot be learned that
General Lee was under any instruc-
tons TO make a report upon the policy
to be pursued toward Cuba For such
information respecting the military sit
uation as he could have gathered while
pent up in Havana and al distance
from the fighting line. the state de-
partmert would be grateful. and it
would carry weight in view of the mil
itaTy experience of the consul general.
but after all, his report will be OF
value in exact accordance with the
facts contained. and it is hardly to be
supposed that the consul general will
go beyond such a statement.
1t is not supposed in official circles
that he viii attempt to shape the pol
icy of the state department as 10 rec
ognition Of belligerency or Of indie
pendence. which must be decided in
Washington after contemplation of a
field broader than is open to
THE PERCEPTION OF AN OFF,
CTAL
stationed in Cuba AT present the
state department is giving more at
tention to the grievances Of American
citizens than TO the other subject of
the propriety of interference in the
strife between the Spaniards and the
Cubans. and 10 this end has been
pushing a vigorous correspondents
with Mr.. Haunis Taylor. our Minister
at Madrid. TIE purpose is to prevent.
so far as possible, depredations on the
"a.
especially the recurrence of such af-
fairs as the iii treatment of the Del
gaGos-father and son-and their ser
wants. Some nice questions Of diplo-
macy are involved IN the adjustment
of these matters, as, for instance, in
the Delgaco case, where is in issue the
whole question of how long an Amer
lean resident of Cuba can preserve his
American citizenship when he has
fr1o1 1x- civ l1r.
lis native or adopted country. and
has connected all his material inter
ests in the island The
TREATMENT OF SUCH MATTERS
is sufficient to engage the attention of
the state department just now. It is
regarded as improbable that there will
be any immediate char ge in the policy /
pursued toward the general subject of
relation with Spain, particularly as the /
prevalence Of the rainy season in Cuba /
has operated largely to restrict mill /
tary operations there.
The department adopted its present
line of policy respecting the Cuban re- /
volt after obtaining the best evidence
in its reach. and there is no reason to /
apprehend that events have occurred
on the island recently of sufficient inn I
portance to warrant a radical depart-
IRE. General Lee has been in Cuba
only twenty days. and even with his
military training it is believed that he
can scarcely have arrived at a conclu-
sion as 20 the status of the revolt ND
on which he is willing to risk his rep
ufation; but however this may be. If
is certain that the state department
WILL NOT MAKE A CHANGE
in its policy without mature consider
alton, and does not expect it can be
stated positively to receive any report
from General Lee that would require
II at this time to make an issue.
No Official Information.
LONDON, June 22-The Nadris sco,ro
spondent Of the STANDARD says: