The sun., 1898-01-14

4 SPhtOu LnHJ everything was Quiet. SenOr
Dapuy de LONE. the spanish Minister. was also
getting many dispatches during the day from
deDSnE & SSGnESStp Sns former Spanish oensnl At Phia
fuse with explanations that the outbreak was
Of autonomy that they were susceptible to the
CRITICISM Of protesting too much"
OF Yesterday had 80 little Importance" said DIR.
SSong9sto In one message, that not a shot was
sna the hG setatOn was confined to one
=, Later DR.. Congosto telegraphed that thoro was
itS tSGmP1ese nop colm and "tho city has recovered
"A tA9,eordine ,ce 70 Senior Dppuy dc Lomo's adyices
tsocsIO YVES a. started % By few army officers
nowspapor because it's failure to support
So5 GSn, construed into SISpi
| on the qfiiess Of the DiarS de & "a Ac Ma:
was at its height twenty-five Spanish soldiers
| were sent to protect tho building occupied by
number to guard Gen. Lees residence This
statement statement was confirmed BY Gen. Lee. 0ther
Government is able to protect ali interests. but
does not anticipate further trouble. Assurances
that American citizens would be protected, in
| their lives and property wero given to Judge
Day, the Assistant Secretary Of State, by the
| Minister during personal visit to the State
battleship Maine had been ordered to hold him:
arose from the fact that an Official despatch was
| sent to Capt. Sigsbee at Key West yesterday
to S SCI q @ fNsGsfSs NosFS P%sS
squadron @ys on II their trip from Hampton Roads to
Of sfy % %s ss e
a a positive denial that any orders were sent
servse n Subs 10 nou IN ea n S
authority. with the Injunction that the namo Of
The person making tho denial should not be pub
| lished. Confederation of this statement is ap-
Lee. saying that the conditions in Havana
rsSss tasEs sonss %s
teraay afternoon about the the news sent BY Gsna. en-
Lee, and that all the DISPATCHES received from
DepaFtment to the Navy, Department immo.
ddiSteIy after @ their translation: During the day
him on the situation. Secretary Long was also
at the White House, but he did not confer with
early morning Cabinet meeting are absolutely
Although officials of the Administration and
the Spanish Minister make light Of yesterdays
outbreak it can be stated that the general i'm:
the beginning Of the end OF tho Cuban struggle.
For several weeks the President, Assistant
have known that such a demonstration was be.
ing arranged. They did not expect 1t to come so
f ished TSfer IN THE sun Of Taeaday last tod
vices which the State Department had received
predicting the very result which threw Havana
twas learned to- day that while Consul. General
Ice had sent warning that trouble was brewing
most q the valuable information when pre-:
for the event of yesterday was given ver bally by
SDSeph ShprngSr Vie and Deputy Consul
Springer returned to this country re-
S going
post he stopped over In the capital to give the
sa as sand nS"s %s Ss a %n SR
the fs, prediction &c was mn made BY Mr.: Springer.
teers and other Weyler adherents 70 make
SSsaa Tha;
so MnsssRp woas haes tss
his advices from Secretary -deneral Coneosto.
that the contrary was the case. The idea put
that a few Spanish y army Officers attscSed the be
establishment of the reconcentrado newspapers
Is too ridiculous for belief In the general knowl-
edge that the army Is strenuously opposed to
breaking Of Weyler and his policy Of annihiia.
tion.
The swift yerhcation of the representation of
dent and the Administration absolute faith iu
the inner knowledge of these two competent and
energetic officers whose assertions that a
autonomist Government by the uncomprlsing
season ends will cause active preparations to
be made for serious trouble There Is very
little preparation necessary. and tho Admins
tration Gun carry out Its plans for meeting any
emergency without exciting the suspicion of
Spain. On Saturday morning. in accordance
with programme arranged before the out
break in Havana was known here. the flagship
New York and the battleships Iowa and NAUSEA
chusetts will sail south from Hampton Roads
for the Gulf of Florida to engage in the winter
manoeuvres mapped out for the North Atlantic
On the way south they will fall in with the
battleship Maine. which has been at Key
West for a month under the prerenco OF watch
ing for ilibusters.
1t ismore than q coincidence that the orders
to the Maine to Join the filibustering patrol
were given about the time the State Depart
ment first heard tho predictions of trouble for
Blanco from tho nnti-autonomsts of Havana,
subsequently explained in detail by Gen. Lee
outbreak The Maine is command ed by Capt.
Charles ID. Sigsbee. an officer In whose bravery
and discretion the naval administration has the
the greatest confidence. 1t has been explained in
these despatcbes that the Maine was not tho
proper vessel for chasing flibusters.a fact which
Is generally admitted in naval circles. The
monitor Terror will join the squadron at Key
West soon. and little later the battleship
Texas will be attached to 1t. The armored
cruiser Brooklyn and the battleship Massa-
chusetts are still at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
vous OF the squadron before the end of the
month. Several small cruisers arc engaged in
watching for flibustcrs on the Florida coast,
and the fOtilla of four torpedo boatS Is oper-
atinR in the Gulf of Mexico. All these vessels.
will remain in the vicinity of Key West until