New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-20
TENSION IN HAVANA RELAXED.
BLANCO CONFIDENT THAT TROUBLE is
OVER VOLUNTEERS PROTEST
THEIR LOYALTY

Havana (via Key West. Fla) Jan. 10 (Spe-
ciaD-Havana is quiet Tension has been re-
laxed since Monday morning. Sunday night
passed without the threatened uprising OF the
volunteers. One thousand additional cavalry
and two thousand troops were brought In on
Sunday making eight thousand troops In all
Those whose stations are near Havana nave
been sent back. but a large number OF regular
troops still in the city.
Officers OF the volunteers called on General
Blanco on Monday night in body to deny that
the organization had taken part In the rio's' rs
well as the current rumors OF disoyalty anu
offered their support In maintaining order ana
helping tranquillize the country. The captain
General. replying. said he had never doubted the
adhesion Of the volunteers to the institutions
and representatives OF the constituted authori-
ties. The incident causes comment. in that II
should be necessary for the volunteers to pro-
test their loyalty.
AS was expected when the news OF what had
happened In Havana spread. the effect on the
country was bad No open revolt has yet oc-
Cured but in Cardenas there has been riotous
demonstration against autonomy. and the SOL
diers called out. In Cenfuegos the tension
is great. but hostile movement has been
made In Santa Clara the attempt on sunday
or drunken emplOye or the military nOspitdi
to shoe: Marcus Garcia the autonomist Cover
nor Of the Province. is said to have been more
than a drunken mans whm. Enrique Picon,
who made the attempt sober at the time.
The intranslgent Spanards in Santa Clara are
very bitter against Garcia and against auton-
omy. Picon is declared to have been the instru-
ment OF a conspiracy.
General BlancO and the autonomist Cabinet
insist that, In spite OF these evidences OF dis
content the worst is over and that the entire
island will in few days be tranquil. The Sa-
gasta Ministry does not seem fully satisfied. BY
direction of Senior MOret Minister Of the Colonies.
a dispatch is published. quoting kilograms from
New York to Madrid that the disturbances have
given a bad impression in the United States or
the prospects Of autonomy. Censure of Banco
and the AutonOmist Government s implied.
Consul General Lee is informing the State
Department OF the sentiment among Spanish
property owners who want American interven-
ton 1t is an expression Of sentiment. rather
than definite movement General Lee re-
iterates his belief that the present occasion does
not call for warships Minister De Lomes ad-
vices from Washington are understood to be re-
assuring on this point.
The authorities continue to show lack or
discretion in many things. Rigorous censor
shin is applied TO the press particularly in
guarding against criticisms OF the army. Sharp
compla4nt Is made by Americans because Of IN
reference with mails and with cablegrams.
LA Discussion has been permitted to resume
publication but It IS no longer radically au-
tonomist and says nothing against the army.
Newsdealers. whose business has been affected
nv the exclusion and delay of American ana
foreign newspapers. have drawn up petition
asking General Lee to protest to the authorities