Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-22
GENERALS LEE AND WEYLER.
Their Relations Are Cordial, Reports
to the Contrary NOtwithstanding.

A Habana dispatch OF the 18th says:
General Fftzhugh Lee the United States
Consul-G General here. was asked to-day
by a representative OF La Lucia about
the widely circulated reports in some OF
the American newspapers. charging Gene
raj Weyler with having had a notice
posted at Las CabaI1s directing that ne
General F1tzhugh I$e) should be arrest
ed and detained there IL he visited that
fortress.
General Lee was also questioned about
statements frequently made in the news
papers OF the United States that ne was
not permitted to visit the American pri-
soners incarcerated IN the forts near ma
bana. and that therefore he could not
keep himself Informed as TO the health
and condition OF the prisoners.
Replying TO questions on these subjects,
the United States Consul-General said IN
substance:
"a few days after my arrival at Ha-
hama, at the invitation or my predecessors,
Mr. Williams. l accompanied him on
visit to the Competitor prisoners connned
at Las Cabanas. Some days later i heard
that IL was against the regulations 70 al.
low foreigners TO visit military forts at
this time even on visitors day. as II Is
called, and that the officer commanding
at Las Cabanas had been repr1manded
by General Weyler for allowing me 10
make the said visit.
THE officer in question offered as an ex-
cuse that his subordinate officers on duty
at the gates did not know me, put sup
POSED I was one OF the visitors entitled to
enter the fort on visitors day,
From abundant caution. and In oruer
TO prevent any occurrence OF that sort
in the future, the commanding officer at
Las Cabanas, heard. had notice post
ed in one OF the guard-rooms directing
his officers to arrest and detain me II
should again attempt TO enter the ior.
called General weyler's attention TO II.
and he very promptly had 1t removed. 1
am Informed that he reprimanded tho
officer who had II posted
LAS to the statements that L am NOT
allowed to see the American prisoners,
and that this prohibition does not apply
TO the consuls OF other countries. l de-
sire to say that all such statements arc
incorrect l. or my representative, can
any time that IL Is desirable to do 30 by
simply sending notice to the commanding
officer of the fort on the evening before.
This being done. the officer Is required
by General Weyler to have the prisoners
named at certain point. where they can
be seen and talked with alone. II neces-
sary. Only a morning or two ago one
OF my representatives went over TO Las
Cabanas and saw and conversed with all
the Competitor. prisoners. distributing
among them a lot Of money which had
been sent TO me for their use. as well as
a large bundle OF American newspapers.
II think 1t but justice to General Wey-
Ter to state these facts and to add further
that know Of no instance In which he
has made any discrimination against the
Consul-Ceneral OF the United States, who
Is now and has been IN the exercise Of ali
the rights Of consuls OF other countries
why. General Weyler. added General
Lee, has fined Habana Newspaper for
using offensive language about the Ameri-
can Consul-General"