The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-12

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every doilar 81 The appeUpFtatioa shsuid y
use4 the disaribuftnu wfu amo1ns % sneW
- ceats pefson.
Deesobee 3 0sn- Lee rays he has ben
informed that the authorities are engaged
- forming IN aueo0omtstic cah4net a1-
rAAG1nG for 3ho neanbsss - take tho ~
qusrsd osxh On January, ard ''alse Ter IN
eleo1isn thirty dayS threaftsr. Ay
present informatfoa = thas NEST u the
0paniaxds Win refrain from voting. and
In Havana. and I hear In ether parts Of
the Inland. = STRONG AGnluDt n Tho Gu
bans desiring IN independent republic, and
the 6paniArao pfefeEring annexation to
the United States rather than autonomy.
On tho night Ct the nth instant there
The ts3and 70 test1fy the dlea1pgOoafto0 OF
the people to the psoposed autonomistic
plan"
He goes on to describe how II illuminated
at about o'clock o. tho morning az the
18th. when Q mob asuemhted In the pTin-
c4pai square with cries Of Death 20 an
tenomyr and viva Weylss.''
what 1sesaesntsaaiea' AseenpIisAsA
Gen. Lee On January s snakes the fol-
lowing report:
'Htr: I have ths honor 20 state. -
il
centrado order Of Gen. Weyier. former
governor general Of this island trans
formed about 10000 se.f-supporting peo-
pie. psincdpaiiy women and children. Into
tributions Of others or to die Of starvation
and fever reeulting from . low physical
condition. and being massed In large
without food. Their homes were burned,
Their fields and plantations destroyed and
their i've stock driven away o killed.
populatioo in the psovincs Of Pinar del
Rio. Matanxas and Santa Clara have died
Of Starvation from resultant causes and
;as ssatSs g g xa s.x aans .s
other. and Of mothers praying for their
children 70 BE- relieved Of their horrible
s s ~ death. are not The least Of
present In the provinces Of Puerto Prin-
cipe and Santiago de Cuba. where the
concentrate order could not ne enforced
tanT dsy % 49, ns pso y gre ses Esr,s
Of food to 30,o00 people would be an ex-
renditure Of 1.0o0 per day, and OF course
the me .,1a humane eosts upon the par, Of
such a gigantic relief and a portion OF
these peop:e viii have TO be abandoned to
their fate"
Reports On Riots.
January u. II. II and Is Gen lee sent
brief cablegrams to the department with
regard TO the rioting and demonstration
sGainst autonomy and B.a1cO, and the
four newspaper ofIicee. January II he said
some OF the rioters threatened 10 70 to
the United States consulate"
Ships" he said, 'sare rot needed. hut
may be later. II Americans are In dan.
ger. ships should move promptly for Ha-
vana- Uncertainty and excitement win
spread"
The riotine ceased the next day and Gen.
Lea reported all quiet.
On the 18th Gen. Leo sent a dispatch
marked "Confidential' regarding the riot
ing. It was:
Sir: The recent disorders are primarily
who were incsnsed at articles appsas:ns
IN three OF the newsna pers OF Havana FL
Reconcentrado. La Discussion and Fl Di-
&c IL ossr. wer. = sy that hat the
nunciation OF Weyier Il, the columns OF enc
Of these papers and determined 10 stop II.
rnea he nns sDD0f asS BY s sa
antonomist affair. I send today an
analysis Of the autonomist plan The In
. e from on ans the . Part hat q The
hrst appointments OF officers to ut into
effect its provisions was mad generally
outside Of their party in order to show the
solutely for their benefit and protection"
The Maine Explosion.
TIE nrst intsmation OF the cause Of the
explosion was given by Gen. Lee on Feb
ruary =. when he telegraphed:
Copper cylinders of ammunition found
intact in ten-inch forward magazine star
board side. this morning. Seems 10 show
that magazine did not explode. Evidence
beginning tn prove explosion on port side
by torpedo"
Gen. Lee informed the department on
February q that arrangements had been
concluded for both governments to con-
duct independent investigations Of the dis
aster In concluding his letter to Blanco,
Gen. Lee eaid:
II am quite sure that neither government
has any other object except to ascertain
the facts connected with the explosion OF