The herald., 1898-04-11
CLEARED OUT OF HAVANA
AMID A CHORUS OF SPANISH
KISSES AND JEERs
GEN. LEE THE LAST TO LEAVE
Havana Was Not So Unkind as the
Gulf Waters for Everybody
Aboard Was Seasick
Associated PRESS Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
KEY WEST, Fla, April 1o.-"Tell the
Olivette to get under way at once, Capt.
,Cowles; signal the Baohe that the United
States fleet is ready to clear out Of Havana,
and please follow the Bache out"
| Those wers the words Of Consul General
Lee at $40 p. m. yesterday as he stood on
the poop of the Fern with group of cor
respondents around him. 1t was evidect
to all that Gen. Lee intended to be the last
to leave and a murmur of applause went
around in support of the intention. The
Evelyn had already passed Moro Castle
when the Olivette weighed anchor. The
Bache was chose behind and the Fern was
the last of the line The wharves and boats
on both sides Of the narrow entrance to the
harbor We're crowded with Spaniards, who
jeered as the boat passed out
| AS the Fern rounded to, heading for the
open sea, she passed nearthe Maine wreck.
The group on deck had been laughing and
talking expressing their satisfaction at
leaving Havana. With one accord each
man doffed his hat In salute to the brave
dead, while silence fell on all for the space
of several minutes. Gen. Lee being on
board the Fern made that boat target for
redoubled Kisses. groans, cat calls and
whis ties from the crowds on Shore
| Get out, Yankee swine" was about the
mildest expression used. This seemed 10
strike everyone on board as ludicrous.
| Vice Consul Springer, who had been In
the island thirty years, waved his hat to a
particularly abusive group. saying: ''Wait,
walt my friends; we shall all be back
soon."
There was one pretty incident. On the
Cabanas shore a British steamer was un-
loading at her wharf. AS the Fern passed
the Union Jack was dipped, while the
| English crew gave hearty cheer. 1t is
needless to say that the compliment was
returned with gusto
Havana seemed dazed yesterday when
the people found that Gen. Lee was really
going and that all the Americans were 60
ing with him. Not to see the United States
flag floating from Casa Nuevo struck most
| residents as little less than calamity. The
correspondents were besieged with eager
questions as to the Intentions of the Amer
leans and when the fleet left expeotN a
bombardment was likely to commence.
The government officials seemed as much
at a loss as all the rest. A Spanish officer
of high rank besought q correspondent TO
tell him II he had any news not made pub
lie and affecting the future Of the city.
The fact that Mr.. Gullon. the British con-
sui, called with Gen. Lee on Capt. Gen.
Blanco, also puzzled many. some believing
that this meant that an English alliance
had been settled. The truth Is the Ha-
vana newspapers have been under such
close surveillance for months, have been
made to publish so many untruths and
have printed so many tales Of the United
States backing down at the deman1 of
Germany, Italy, Austria aud Russia, that
the residents take no stock whatever in
anything published. Consequently when
they saw the Americans leaving, despite
the statements of the papers that they had
no intention of going, the people believed a
crisis at hand.
Under instructions from Gen. Lee. who
went on board the Fern Immediately after
his farewell call on Capt. Gen. Blanco. the
consular people and the correspondents
went went quietly on board IN twos and
threes. No one was molested or insulted,
but the people stared curiously as the
newspaper men, to whose presence all had
grown accustomed, rode down to the docks
with their grips, canes and other hand
DdBBAsts SHOWlHs 1utT " dt-
part. Ia fact. Havana was kinder than the
ocean outside. Everybody was sea sick
some more so than others. Even the naval
men did not escape. From the crowded
decks of the Olivette hearty cheers went
up as the launch from the Fern. with the
correspondents and consular agent on
board, put ashore.
Several hundred persons on the docks
added their shouts to this lusty welcome
and for some hours stayed gazing at the
Fern, on which Gen. Lee could be seen
pacing the deck. AT about II o'clock Gen.
Lee came ashore and received an answer
from Washington to his request for orders,
sent earlier. After a brief reception Gen.
Lee went on board the Olivette, which was
kept waiting and sailed for Tampa at
noon. He will go direct to Washington.
Nineteen refugees were landed from the
Bache and ore hundred from the Evelyn.
AFFAIRS AT HAVANA
HAVANA, April II. - (Via Key West.)
Havana is guarded more closely than ever,
the Arolas battalion being posted around
the limits Of Vidano, the swell suburb of
the city. Within the last two days num-
ber of Cubans have been arrested and are
now confined in the Cabanas fortress,
charged with serious Offenses. Some say
the prisoners have been engaged in plot
to assassinate United States Consul-Gen-
eral Lee, and others assert that they have
been acting as spies for the United States
government. There Is no doubt that the
Spanish government is alarmed more than
it has ever been before, and Is taking every
precaution. There are reasons to believe
that there was plot to kill Gen. Lee, and
that it was allowed to come to head by
the Spanish detectives in order that they
might get credit for defeating 1t.
All sorts of rumors were in circulation
yesterday, and there was no trouble what
ever in hearing any kind of a story and
finding dozen men to swear to it's truth
The real impression among newspaper men
was that Gen. Lees withdrawal was a
shrewd move, intended to show Spain that
the United States means business. In the
palace kilograms were shown saying that
the queen regent had agreed upon the in
tervention of Russia; that Spain would ac-
cept $3.50, 900 900 for Cuba, end the war and
| withdraw her flag.
TENSION AT MADRID
MADRID, April 10.--2:30 D. m.-Despite
the alleged belhcose talk of the opposition,
revolutionary and anti-dynastic papers and
| the cafe gossip, quiet indifference is OBJ
servable in Madrid This mornings ami
nation was due to the bull fight. which for
the moment concentrated Madrids atten-
tion upon the bull ring.
Six fifty-five p m.-The day has passed
quietly and without special incident. Enor-