San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-24
OUR 0)NSULS IN DANGER.
For Reporting Weyler In
His True Light. !:
CONSUL GEN. LEE PERSISTS IN
SHOWING THE BRUTE
GENERAL UP.
The DEPRECATED Paper Money Of
The Island Still Falling Off
In Value, But Is Being
Forced On The PeO-
pie Anyhow.

New York, May PA dispatch to
West, says:
EseIy eiroiL is maae oy Inc Span
as. u4scieul. me attempt 10 relieve
1AIliei Cam ..ti-erls ana 10 CONFUSE the
issLe. tAe Llion constitutional insists
,nal lie SoU,VVu was voted NY con-
sIess tneIr request OF New YORK
business lIen ~ project american cit
Izens there. Late reports OF the SEN,
ate speeches indicate that there is a
fear in the United States that the
American consuls here will be in dan
ger when it is known that the reports
will hal De thoroughly exposed General
Weylers methods and the emptiness
of his announcements of pacification.
The consuls here are not a bit alarm
ed. Consul General Lees stirring re-
PORTS only a confirmation of early re-
ports which he sent to Mr.. Olney. His
ground has always been that the Span
ish showed no Indication of being able
to crush the insurgents. II is true that
Consul General Lee made no personal
attack on Gen. Weyler, but he was
outspoken with regard to the results
which Gen. Weyler had achieved.
The money question grows more Sc
rious. The colonial treasurer has re-
signed in disgust owing to the troubles
arising over the depreciation of the pa
per money. Today the centen is equ-
ivalent to s12.45 paper.
An attempt was made to sell here
drafts that were7s9OogooeohlKef SIS
drafts for $1,000 silvear on Spain, pay
ment to be made by the purchasers in
paper money. Bids were ct about $50
premium on the hundred. The accep-
lance of these bids would have meant
the retirement of half a million in pa
per money. The intendente at first ac-
cepted the bids but refused them as
too low and resigned. And now the
despised billette falls lower daily, yet
the reforms are here,in paper, at least.
At any time since the rebellion began
The fact remains that the paper is
more deprecated today than at any
time since the rebellion began.
La Marina says that the billetes
must be quoted or redeemed, as 1t is
unfair that some are forced to accept
them at par while others get the adj
vantage of discount. Such comment
proves how desperate athe money sit
uation is becoming.
There was great excitement on the
stock exchange when the news spread
that the Margan resolution had pass
ed the Senate. Paper money dropped
sharply and it will go lower.
Passengers coming into Havana,
from the east yesterday, passed the
bodies of five men hanged to trees
near the station at Campo Florido.
They were members of thelocal guer-
lila force who were captured during
fight by the insurgents near Arangur-
en-. The place is about twenty miles
from Havana.
Trains passing through that section
have been fired upon daily for week.
The report that a train was blown up
by dynamite at Sango, near Santiago,
de Cuba, and captured by rebels was
recaptured by the Spanish, is true,
with some alterations. 1t was an am
unition train and teh Spanish recap
turned the enemy and derailed the cars
after the rebels had taken all the car
tridges they could carry.
Gen. Weyler, having enforced his
order driving reconcentrados off the
fortified sugar estates, is now begin
ming to empty the smaller towns in
Santa Clara.