The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-14
A CRISIS IS NEAR.
A Havana Correspondent Predicts a
Decisive Clash Soon.
low AN lNSuRGENT BAND WAS ARMED
aaastc.'d as Volunteers and Ther
Went to the Cubans.
fiTZ LEE APPOINTED CONSUL
VIII Succeed williams mt Havana, Whose
Kesisna,i"n HAS Icon Accepted.
News From Cubn.

New Orleans. April 1s.-The Picayune
tomorrow will print the following from
its special correspondent:
Havana, April 1.-The condition OF af-
fairs is continuing to draw to crisis
and soon there will be II clash which vii!
either rebound for the benefit of the Span
iards or the Cubans. For the past four
days no official news has been given out
at the captain generals office and rumors
| are rife OF Il struggle in which the insur-
| gents came out VICTORIOUS. 40 details can
| DC obtained, but there mas been consider
| aDie huiiying and scurryuns around the
/ palace.
| 1he landing OF the expeditions under
| CoIazo. Garcia and brau.lo Pena mas
| caused bad effect mere, especially as Inc
| coast was supposed 10 be SO well guarded.
l am informed OF the real details of the
Cot.azo expedition. 1t seems that while
the expedition wSs landing its arms ana
ammunition Il cruiser hove IN sight and the
vessel carrying the expedition put out 10
sea. being pursued by the cruiser, whose
setrchiiynt WAS used to discover the YES
sci. In the meantime the force of coast
patrol came up and captured u score of
rifle boxes and carried them to the near.
est town, which was Cardehas, and placed
them in u warehouse on the outskirts OF
the town. During tho night the Cuban
forces. which We're TO protect the landing
of the expedition and who had been in
formed of the capture of the arms. over.
powered the guards at the warehouse ana
before reinforcements arrived recaptureu
the arms taken from the Cuban expedition
and carried them away, while detail OF
insurgents protected the retreat and held
the Spanish troops In check.
was very much amused few days ago
to receive the fun report of the l1astra-
Narona affair A friend of mine VINO was
on the plantation of Lastra detailed TO
me the whole affair. Lastra had enlisted
In the volunteers under compulsion ana
had been given a lieutcnant's degree com
mand tie Mas , Taipa anpl,sat an,' TO-
form n guerilla force of forty men the
government readily gave him the neces-
sary rifles. announcements cartridges. etc.
had picked out. After he had them In
line on his plantation he suddenly pulled
the Spanish flag formerly was. and at
the head of his force marched off the
plantation and Joined the insurgents Tho
Spanish authorities have endeavored TO
capture him and Verona, who was the
first lieutenant of the suerllas. Like
this, many people have gone over to the
rebels.
There are two absorbing topics al pres
ent. one is tho attitude. on the United |
States. and the other the action that
President Cleveland win take, one thing
FhculG We rertaif United Stntes IONS. rs
VITO are n4pre cr .,'' Interested ia cr'ah
iau,clf pnu, 40 vroi7r 90 t1e eol
er1inent ray give ~ HtHi tte~ri.e i9f.T
ftrpriA arr v"fg ultt.. ~ frc 5paalnt
Cnnsui General Wutar.t iaafts hfa f.it +
mQr. aad more oono.ious to the Amer
cans residing here. and many of the Dews-
paper correspond nts could tell tale or
two of him which would not reflect much |
credit, SDeaking to a. steamship man
who runs between this port and New
York he said; williams is not the prop
Waiter Baker ought TO he there. VII
liams Is too much tainted with The Span
ish spirit. and Is too much afraid 10 an
"a r1fo Srantt dol
IS useless as the Representatives Of the
United States There ought to he an
American man-of-wnr in the harnor as
he ~