The herald., 1898-03-03

pie are only dangerous in case riotous
demonstrations come from other quarters,
such, for Instance, as the volunteers.
In the ten years war the volunteers shot
many Innocent people, and were controlled
with difficulty. but 1t seems probable that
dissatisfaction is more likely to be mani
Tested later against the autonomists or
against General Blanco and his staff than
against the Americans, since the impress
sion Is daily stronger that only short
time will elapse ere Cuba will be annexed
to or under the protection of the United
States"
There are no signs of demonstrations
against the Americans. and stories to the
contrary thus far, are without founda-
ton. Still Havana Is no place just now
for those who have no calls of business or
duty. This season is inclement and the
variations of temperature are sudden and
violent, causing much sickness, especially
the grippe.
PRESS CENSORSHIP
All idea of censorship is so foreign to the
American mind that an American can
scarcely appreciate the difficulty of send
ing news from Havana.
The Spaniards seem equally not to un-
derstand why censorship is not exercised
in the United States. One experience will
serve as an illustration of others of daily
occurrence. A correspondent prepared an
early bulletin for cabling, giving such
routine facts as could be gathered before
in the morning in city where the Off
cial business of the day begins at 10 or
later
Sickness happened to deprive him of his
interpreter and he tried to get the dispatch
stamped" by the censor In the original
English. The regular censor happened to
be i'll and Commandant Norena was acting
in his place. Norena, who does not know
a word of English, declined to give his ap-
proval until the dispatch was shown him in
Spanish. The correspondent hunted some
one up whom he could trust and finally Sc
cured Spanish version. Norena scrutin-
lied 1t carefully, crossed out sentences per-
fectly harmless, but which appeared to
him to contain a double meaning and after
emasculating the dispatch stamped the
Spanish version.
The correspondent took the English and
Spanish copies to the cable office, where
they were compared by the operators, who
are held responsible for their perfect agree
ment. The dispatch, finally approved and
butchered, was then sent. Time consumed
two hours and forty minutes.
Later in the day the same correspondent
may lose two hours of valuable time in
waiting for the censor, who happens to be
at lunch, while at night the censor may
put in an appearance half an hour before
the cable office closes.
WELCOME TO vIZCAYA
Greater demonstrations of welcome could
not have been accorded the Vizcaya had
she been the most powerful battleship in
the world. Her officers and crew will be
the objects of constant and generous social
attentions 1t has been prophesied that
her arrival would be signal for demon
strations against this, that or the other
party or official, but, as usual, this was
nothing but prediction. A few shouted for
Weyler, but not enough to attract the
slightest attention from the police. News
from insurgent sources is scarcer here since
the Maine explosion than usual.
INSURGENT OPINION
No official declaration has been received
from General MaXimo Gomez as to the