Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-26
M CUBAN IRny 4 MENACE.
Impossible to Rshsbilitate Santiago Till
It is Disbanded.

TILL ALL DANGER OF FORCIBLE
SEIZURES OF SUPPLIES HAS
BEEN REMovED-CARGoEs CAN
NOT BE ORDERED BECAME
THERE is NOTHING FOR ABE
PARTING VESSEL TO CARRY
SPANISH MERCHANTS READY TO
QUIT IF THE UNITED SITES
DOES NOT HOLD ON-LABORERS
NOT TO BE HAD.
Santiago, August 25.-The merchants
here are anxious that the Cuban army
should be disbanded at once. 1t is a
standing menace to business, they say.
They are all anxious to resume, but
find it impossible to do so, because
property is threatened by the i'll disci-
plined troops of General Garcia COM
mand.
Cu.tivators refuse to return to plan
tations where they will be subject to
contributions for the support OF the
Cuban soldiers who are still in the
sANAN. Nv PlOu tuCiC1OlC. W.
to the market here, and the ships that
bring cargoes cannot take anything
back. If the province is to return TO
self-supporting basis and trade beg
again, the Cuban army, it is generally
admitted, must be disbanded.
Robert Mason, the British consul
here, said that business is at stand
still. No produce is coming from the
country he said, because the condition
OF things there is unsettled, and mer-
chants are afraid to engage in opera
tions until the political situation is bet
ter defined. Owing to the lack of Ia
Dor, lighters and wharfage facilities,
we are completely blocked, and our
business interests are suffering. We
cannot order cargoes. There is no
money in the provinces. If trade is to
DE resumed some definite steps must
be taken Immediately by the United
States"
Spanish merchants view the situa
ton from a most gloomy standpoint,
and are prepared to cease all
CONNECTION WITH CUBA
II the question of dominion is settled
In any other way than that the United
Julian Bendoza, agent of the Ward
Line, makes statement to the eff
feet that utter disregard is shown in
the chief quartermaster' department
to private importers.
I'VE had arranged" he said, ''to es-
tablish regular mail and freight line
between New York and here, but we
have had to discontinue it temporarily
owing to the difficulty of discharging
cargoes. For instance when the Phil
adelphia came here with a cargo of
only 400 packages, the vessel had to
remain unloaded for fifteen days, elev-
en- of which, on demurrage, cost the
company $500 a day Much of this I'M
reasonable delay was due to Colonel
Humphreys, who paid no attention to
my protest.
THE war is over and it is to the
interest of the government to encour-
age private trade; but the reverse is
apparently the case. l obtained d
lighter at considerable expense and
IT WAS CONFISCATBD
by Colonel Humphreys, together with
a gang of men l had employed
General Lawton places no credence
in the stories Of intended Cuban vio-
lence and says they have shown no
disposition to make trouble for the
United States military authorities.
There has been nothing" he said,
to disturb the peaceful estate of at
fairs, nor do | expect trouble
If there should be any, however,
General Lawton is prepared to demon
strate to all concerned that the United
States military authorities are supreme
in the capitulated province of Santi-
ago.