The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-06-03

New York, June 3.-A Havana dispatch
to the Morning journal says MI Nc
Knlcy's special commissioner TO Cuba lef,
Havana today by direct steamer on his way
to Washington ''IEbe investigation, he
said, ''has been concluded, and The COM
missioners have forwarded their joint and
separate reports TO their respective gov
ernments As counsel for Consul General
Lee, deem it highly improper for me to
say anything that would forestaIl the gen
eraI' S report.
.For nyseIf. have been received aud
treated with great courtesy by the Spanish
officials DR. 0ongoStO the commissioner
for Spain, war especially earnest in his
effort to secure q fun and fair inVestiga-
ton The intifuat ton that any obstacles
had been put in the way of the comInis-
sion was unjust to Dr.. CongostO.
The Importance of my mission and
duties have, i feel, been largely 5g1r-
estimated 10y the public and the press.
i have talked with people Of all classes
parties and sympathies with view OF
learning the cause and effect OF the war,
the presen; conditions and the future pros
poets OF the island I found the statement
OF fact and the opinions expressed so CON
ficting and so " deiy at variance that IL
made it difficult for a stranger 80 fairly Is
timate the situation
"Onc thing is apparent, and that is the
island is being devastated and destroyed.
1t will be worth but little fOT some time
to come 10 the victor, WITH Chever side may
win. Economic, social and political Ques-
tlOns we'll as the racial Characterss'ic 'ics
of the people, entered into the problem
and madeit very hard one to solve.
The best-inforIned and most impartial
observers, both Spanish and Cuban. with
whom ! have come in contact while here,
could see no end TO the war. What the
ultimate result VIII be- when or how it will
come. no one, believe, can prophesy with
any assurance of success. Neither can he
predict the probable future action OF The
Washington Administration with reference
TO the question
Commissioner Calhoun viii be in wash
ington within week and VIII lay his per
sonal impressions of the Cuban question be-
fore the President and State Department
With the exception of his connection with
the Rlaz iBGuiery his mission here has been
wholly unofficial, hence he may make no
formal report upon the general situation.
But he VIII tell President Mckinley, Secre-
tary Sherman and the Senate and House
Foreign Committees all that he has seen
and heard
1t is certain that whatever statement he
may make will Toe favorable to the cause OF
The Cuban patriots. Personally he is con
WINGED that Spain will never I've able to
crush the revolt, and that the war will 20
On for years unless stopped by American
interference. Recognition would assist tie
patriot forces TO Iaise q lean, buy and arm
ships and continue their struggle for lib
erty, but would neither bring quick peace
nor assure an early revival OF American
commerce on the island.
He will tell President Mckinley that it
is now too late for the promised colonial
reforms and aUtoBanly: that nine tent hs
OF the mem hers Of the home rule party and
insurgents, and that all the prominent
leaders of the union constitutional OF
Spanish intransigente. party, now in con
troll. bitterly oppose the measure. He VIII
tell that Havana bankers, business men,
planters, and property holders are almost
to unit in favor Of American inter ention.
Senor ConEusto. the Spanish delegate
sent by DcLome TO Cuba, with Calhoua-
expresses much disappointment at lis
failure TO win Calhoun over to the Spanish
side