El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1896-12-04
MORE WAR RUMORS.
Washington Agog with Report that
CLEVELAND Will Spriue a Sensation


cleveland Will Spring Sensation
Reports are in general circulation at
WASHINGTON to the effect that Secreta-
~ Olnev in November had given the
Snanish government cOurteOusly but
firmly to understand that the CUBAN
rebellion must be crushed within three
months or the United States would be
compelled to intervene hostllltles.
1t was said that prominent rePuoIl-
can senators had been informed OF Ihl7
ultimatum. The reports i'll their ger
eral features were similar to rumors
prevalent about month ago ana
emphatlcally denied at the Time oy
officials of this government and also at
Madrid.
No confirmation of the latest reports
could be obtained in othcla! clfcles
here today and 1t was denleu INA
| Spain had been informed OF any such
uitiInatum. Senators who have oeen
| active in foreign affairs and have con-
! shifted state department officials on the
! Cuban situation expressed the opinion
that the administration had not mace
anv radical changes in ITS attltuoe' ou'
| a mum Der of them gave 1t as their OVID
| personal opinion that congress snoulu
adopt vigorous measures TO emu Ihe
present state OF affairs.
1t is expected that the president WIZ
| oOoN
the reports Consul Gen. Lee mas
submitted to the secretary OF state on
| the result of his observations IN Cuod
| A prominent member of the senate
committee on foreign relations sald
TODAY it would not be possible Tor the
president to send pro Spanlsn mes
sage to congress in view OF the report
which Consul Gen. Lee had made to
Secretary Oluey. Speaking generally
on the views of Gen. Lee, the senator
said that they were well enough Kho"
| to make it clear that his report would
not be favorable to the spanish
contentious.
1t is known that the report which
General Lee made presents a very
grave, not to say horrifying condition
of affairs in Cuba. One of the conditions
he describes is that of the situation OF
the non-com batants. peaceable cltizens,
who have no interest in the war except
to see it ended. These people wEether
within the Spanish lines or CUBAN lines
are sufferers. If within the CUBAN
lines, they plant their crops Ia o!ueI ~
obtain living only to have their ter
ritorv raided and occupied by the
Snanish forces. who Immediately de
strov the crops, burn the houses and
other property of the planters, and
unon the slightest preteXt, 1t Is alleged,
put the men to death or imprlson them
on the ground that they have oeeh
aiding the rebellion. In TACT II Is
regarded as aiding the Cubans II crops
are raised which they might obtain
Non-combatants in Spanish territory
when occupied by the Cubans are glver
=, like treatment on the ground that they
sympathiZe with Spain.
The report of General Lee, beside;
showing what difficulties the non
com batants have to contend with II
the matter OF securing enough 1000 u
sustain life also points out how they
are often hurried to prisons anu con
demned without trials. Americans art
accustomed to see trials given to per
sons charged with otfenSeS. 1t Il
known that Gen. Lees report show
that cruelty that practiced on boil
+ sides. but it is said, states that mo-
cases have come to his knoWledg'
, of wrongs on the part OF the span
ish.
/ A very conservative member of thu
senate committee on foreign relation
, saws that the conditions in Cuba are
such that intervention by the United
p States in the cause of humanity is de
manded and he has no doubt tina
a CONGRESS will take a stand in the mat
= ter.
Treasury officials have been advised
that the suspected iilibusterer Ddunt
J less, which left BrunswlcK, "a.
/ Yesterday, has arrived at Jacksonville
2 Fla. Last Monday the commander o
the revenue cutter Boutwell,, who ha
been keeping watch on the Dauntles
at brunswick obtained permits ion Il
, steam down to Jacksonville Tor stores
Within an hour after the BOut~ellt
departure the Dauntless got up steam
aud without clearance papers started
for Jacksonville. but for what purpOr'
is not known The commander OF the
Boutwell, has been instructed to keel
the Qauptless under strict suryeiI!ance