The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-05
HE HAS LEFT HAVANA.
GENERAL rITzHuGH LEE 10 RE-
TURNING TO UNITED STATES.
Reason Given IL That He Has q
Leave Of Abscncc-hls successor
VIII soon ne Named.


Havana. September 4,--Gcnerai Fitzhugh
Ice, United States consul general. accom-
panied by hls son and private secretary,
embarked this afternoon on board the
Ward line steamer Segnranca, bound for
New York.
When questioned as to his apparently
sudden departure from Cuba. General Lee
said his leaving Havana had no signifi-
carce. He WAS simply awaiting himself OF
| n leave OF absence granted him ny the state
department
Lee called upon and bid farewell TO Captain
General Weyler and the Marquis Ahumada.
the governor OF Havana and acting captain
general when General Weyler is absent
from Havana.
Washington, September a.--No official
information could be obtained here regard
ing the return of General Lee, but Il Is
understood that he has been granted leave
of absence by the state department with
permission to return to this country. The
business OF the consulate will be In charge
OF the vice consul general during his alb
sence.
II is quite probable that General L,e Will
not return TO Havana. II will 10 rcmem.
bercd that when the new administration
came into power General Lee and other Of
ficials holding like positions tenicroi their
designations. There followed n great deal
nf tut ma N
of General Lee would be, and several
names We're mentioned In this connection
| About this time the disclosures concern
Ing the condition OF Americans In Cuba he
| came public and, based on the reports of
General Lee and other consular officers In
| Cuba. President Mckinley sent q message
| to congress stating the destitute condition
! OF the Americans In the island and congress
Immediately appropriated $4,000 for their
relief. The publication OF these reports
| caused great deal of criticism OF General
Lee In the Spanish and Havana papers,
and limitations were made that General
Lee was to be superseded bccause he was
unsatisfactory to the new administration
| 1t was also said that when these roporta
department that, while he was anxious to
| be relieved, he did not want TO retire I'M
| der fire. The course pursued b. the I'D
mInistration In not naming his successor
leaves no ground for the intimation that
| there was dissatisfaction with him Of
| .icially Nov there has been u period OF
| comparative quiet In havana and General
/ q a.,
| stratc that his course was not disnpprovcd,
and II he Is relieved no criticism OF him
| officially will stand. While state depart
| ment officialG are unusually retieent re-
garding The return OF General Lee, there
seems TO be little doubt that he will not
return to Havana and tina. his successor
viii soon be selocted.
Havana Seutember 4 AT 4 o'clock this
afternoon Consul General Lee, with his
son and private secretary. embarked on
the United States sanitary boat to be
transferred to the steamer Seguranca on
which the party have engaged passage to
New York. Captain General Weyler's ad-
iutant awaited the party at the wharf
for the purpose Of bidding tho consul gen
eral farewell In the name OF lis chief
Vice Consul j. a. Springer. the employees
at the consulate, several personal ffierds
and a number OF American newspaper cor
respondents. also accompanied General Lee
on board the steamer, q. w Tisnbpck.
who acted as the secretary ~ MIR. CAL
houn when that gentleman visited Cuba
TO Investigate the death OF Er. REV. ard
Robert Oliver. who served az United
States consul ut Merida. Mex. during the
second administration Of President Cle'c-
land. has taken passage on the steamer.
FIlibustcrs Land