The sun., 1897-03-02
LEES THREAT TO RESIGN.
POINTS IN HIS CORRESPONDENCE
WITH SECRETARY OLNEY.
He said He Couldn't stand Another Rui, MUIR
der. and Asked H His Demand. would re
Backed Up with wsr-hip---Ir Hc Could Not
he s-,ported. He said, 81 Must Depart.


Backed Up with war-h,p.-Ir Hc Could Not
he s-,ported. He said, '.I Must Depart"
WASHINGTON. March There will probably
be no further discussion Of the Cuban question
during the remaining two days Of the present
Congress. Senators Morgan Call and Allen, all
OF whom have resolutions OF inquiry pending
that would afford subjects for debate. now ad-
init that nothing could be accomplished by press
ing them. and they will therefore allow the
whole question to 20 over until the new Congress
meets. II is possible. however. that the public
may not be compelled to wait until that time to
learn the facts as to the difference between the
Administration and Consul General Lee with
regard to the failure OF the Government to pro-
tect the right OF American citizens In Cuba
Unless prevented by President Cleveland, Sec
retary Olney will send to the Senate tomorrow
or ON Wednesday copies Of the official cor
respondcnce between the state Department and
Gen. Lee touching the cases Of Dr. Ricardo
Ruiz and other imprisoned American citizens.
On Feb. - the Senate passed the following
resolution introduced by Senator Hill:
Resolved. That the Secretary Of state be. and he
hereby Is requested to transmit to the Senate either
In open or secret session he may prefer, all the
correspondence and reports Of the Consul General OF
the United states at Havana relating to all American
citizens in prison In the island Of Cuba pre-
viously reported on.
Two or three similar resolutions have been
odon,.d NV tho scnatc eocb howovor contain.
In, m. ,,snal ,u.l,fyins ,,,rds. .r No, ino,,.
n.,,,,s ,,.,,h ,h, ,,,,h,,, ,n,o.o., " Saa.a,..,
p pa'ioio WIN lhe puone interest. oecrc'"ry
inclined to believe that It would be "incompati.
bic with the public interest to make public Just
at present some of the correspondence between
the State Department and Consul Gen. Lee. but
Mr. Olney has decided that as the Hill resolu-
tion has no qualifying clause he viii make pub
that this must not be done
,,i,' ,hr.,a"h -, 80, ns ,Sat No. did asL I,
ally threatened To resign. ana that no did ask IL
| The facts in the controversy between Gen. Lee
ana ,ho s,a,o n,n,r,mor, .s shnvn hv ,h, cor.
respondonce, are about DIS follows:
| On the arrest OF DR. Ruiz on Feb l. Gen Ice
promntly advised the state Department. but
failed, the Department claims, between that time
and Rur's death on the 18th, to take active s,cps
regulations. On the death OF Ruiz Gen. Lee
promptly advised the ms'Slnston % as'hoTl',es author,
sh ana made demands ON .ne spanish o"iSas ,a, nor
enervs,ie af,er III. arrest Of Georve. w, scott
Several me ssages were sent to the State Depart
mert nv GEN loo In which no r,nresentcd ,ha,
ha s had !, uad. NATTER so main 70 ,ha snan,sh
| officials at Havana that to have them ignored
would be 20 Mace the American representative
in main a most awkward plight, and urged on score
spanish of,iciais. however. had learned before e
that the demands of Gen. Lee would not be
| In Madria They therefore, calmly iSnored tbe
Generals active interests In behalf OF the pris,
1 Ter for MADRID and mt Havana 10 deal with
smartins at his failure to receive the fuii sup
| port OF the Washington authorities and rccog.
nixing that what he said would not be approved
and Backed up. Gen. Lee sent to Washington a
IN ansss FL SS course wSs
ship To- Cuba Was stationed. The Administra.
| tinp wished 10 avoid in its closing days any
rupture with the Consuitienerai, and requested
that he abandon any purpose he might have OF
! rnsianina Gen Lee was also given 10 under
shs the the Mh R&
GSs" ,hs nay1 s. S @asS to @ where thns lGs
| time the Montgomery was at Key West, and Ad.
blockade work. The Texas was Just rounding
Florida ON her way TO Galveston.
The gorrespopdenes is much IKE half OF a con,
| the denartment by Gen Lee only are trans.
| mitted; the departments end OF il being
| omittcd Feb n }Ien. Lee wired the state Ds
oartment "9;haries Scotf. an american Citizen
| arrested nj Regia this morning Charges NOT
Vet known"
| The next Ia dated Feb % and nays Scott has
| bcen in iNil in Havana Without coinmunication
| Tor 2sI hours The despatch continues:
| Cannot stand another Ruiz murder and have
| demanded his release How many war vessels
| at Kev West or within reach md will they he
| ordered here nj once IN necessary to sustain de-
/ mand y,
| Feb ~ he aeain tclegraphs Secretary Olncy
evidently replying to Inquiries and in language
| thai can scar,.ly he misunderstOOd:
| Situation simple. Experience M Guanabacoa
| made II INV duty TO demand, before too late. that
nnotber HmeriySan who had been incomnuni.
| cndo o64 hours be released from said incom.
! municado. and did so I'm courteous terms IL you
| sunnort n and scot, il so rel,nsed the trouble
viii terminate. II YOU do not / must depart.
| Aii others mrrcsted with Scott have becn put in
ca'nmmn.ation: why should the only American
in the lot not BET lie has been incoinmunicado
now 3as hours"
The correspondence closes with a telegram Of
| tho same date in which Gpn Lee informed the
STATE nenartment that his demand Ind been
committed with and that scott had been released
from incommu Meade after fourteen days' soli.
| tarv CONFINEMENT in n damn cell Z feei by III
with water on the door "Hc was not allowed
| n chair mr. ANYTHING To sleep on" the telegram
concludes land discharges OF The body were re-
mnyed only once i'm 1--we days. scott SAYS he
|