The herald., 1897-02-26
. .A MOST SUCCESSFUL
INTERNATIONAL FAKE
Consul Lee Never Asked
for Passports
MADE NO REQUESTS FOR WARSH|PS
And No Rupture Has Occurred
With Spain
SAN0UILLY Is PARDONED
Which Is Not Evidence That Spaia Was
Scared
The Pssdea Said to Have Been sigaed Some
Days Ago
Runners That Lees Demands Wero Not to
Bs Compiled With Cause . Psuic
Among American Resi-.
dents In Cuba
sAN0UILLY Is PARDONED
Which 10 Not Evidence That Spain Was
Scared
The Psrdea Said to Have Been Slgned Some
Days Ago
Runners That Lees Demands Wero Not to
Bs Compiled With Cause Q Panic
Among American Resi-.
dents In Cuba
Associated Press Special Wire

WASHINGTON, FEB. Ex-senator
Hale just received at the capitol a tel
egram which says that Consul General
Lee never asked for passports; never
asked for warships, and the whole story
Of his rendering his resignation Is a
fake. The rumor has gained wide cur
rency that Consul General Lee has been
given his passports and a serious rup-
ture had occurred between the United
States and Spain. The report is abso-
lutely discredited here.
SAN0UILLY PARDONED.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.-Senor de
LONE, the Spanish minister, tonight
received a cablegram from the duke Of
Tetuan stating that the queen has
signed the pardon Of Julio Sanguilly
1t Is stated at the legation that this
action was agreed upon at cabinet
council some days age, but the announce
ment was, according to diplomatic usage,
withheld until the queen had formally
signed 1t.
BY OLNEY'S ADVICE.
HAVANA, Feb 25.-A correspondent
OF the Associated Press is informed that
Secretary Olney cabled sanguilly advis-
:. Ing him to withdraw his appeal and
accept the pardon, conditional upon his
leaving Cuba and engaging to have
nothing to do hereafter with the revolu
tion. The correspondent is further in
formed that Olney expressed the hope
that Sanguilly would accept his advice
and keep his word.
NOBODY INSULTED.
HAVANA. Feb. 25-Consul General
Lee today handed the following general
statement, with the request that 1t be
circulated:
Neither our flag nor our young Amer
lean women have ever been insulted
here. On the contrary have always
found the Spanish courteous and polite
to all Americans, as well as to everyone
else"
CITIZENS PANIC STRUCK.
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-A special to
the World from Havana says: The state
department refuses to answer Consul
General Lees cabled question whether
or not 1t will sustain his demand that
Spanish outrages upon Americans cease,
and that the liberty and treaty rights
Of citizens Of the United States be re-
spected by the Spanish authorities. Ru-
liz was kept in communicate thirteen
days before he was killed. To prevent
Scott from being secretly murdered
General Lee demanded of General Ahu-
mada on Friday that Scott be brought
out Of close confinement and allowed to
see his friends. This was done by Sat-
urday, and Genaral Lee cabled the facts
to Secretary Olney, asking him how
many warships were on the Florida
coast, and II one would be sent here in
case 1t became necessary to enforce q
demand. Not one word in reply to the
question has come from Washington
up to Wednesday-four days after the
state department had been asked by the
consul general If in an emergency he
could rely upon his government fully
sustaining him in protecting the citi-
zens Of his country.
The Spanish authorities do not in the
least respect treaty stipulations that
no American prisoner must be kept In
solitary confinement more than five days
and must be acquainted with the charge
against him within twenty-four hours.
No American prisoner was ever brought
out Of solitary confinement in a dark
cell within the time specified.
The American colony is bordering on
a panic, now there is no hope of pro Sec.
tion from the government at WaehinR-
ton. unless congress compels the presi-
dent to send a fleet imme diately.
A special to the Herald from Havana.
via Key West, says: Americans are
f1ocktng IN from the country The DO
sition Of our citizens is most critical.
The rumor. whether true or false, has
gone abroad that the American royern-
ment will not intervene so long a the
.rade interests Of the country are not
lnterfered with.
Unless something firm and decided
and strongly American is done by our
government in Washington, Americans
are in danger Of their lives. The muir
der OF Ruiz and the demand for the re-
lease Of Scott are the sole topics of con-
versation. The government and pal
ace people here have tried to change the
subject OF conversation by giving out
rews of an alleged skirmish of Gomez.
but the attempt was failure
The amusement and the great hilaritv
which were observed in the palace have
changed. Minister de LONE, always 40
curate as newsgatherer has cabled the
captain general that Lee will not be re
called and his resignation is not accept
ed and that he may be sustained.
Hundreds of kilograms have poured
IN on Consul-General Lee from ali
quarters of the globe congratulat ting
him on the stand he has taken, those
from the United States promising pa- :
triotic action In congress. Even at this
critical moment, and with many heavy
cares and responsibilities which the ad-
ministration should share, Weighing
upon him, General Lee views the eitua-
tion with calm. dispassionate stand
point and he expresses the hope that the
situation cerated by the murder of Ruiz