The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-28
HAVANA IN a PANIC.
soldiers Prefer Surrender to starv-
Ing to Death

Ing to Death.
Copyrieht, 1898, by the Associated Press
Key West. June 27.-The most authentic
rehabie news YET obtained of the true con-
dltion OF affairs at Havana to-day was
FURNISHED the Associated Press by Brit
ish subject who left Havana on the British
cruiser Talbot, and who arrived here yes
terday.
He says a reign of terror exists at the
Cuban Canital
Sapt. Cen Blanco has issued a procla-
Ahdtloh announcing that any one daring TO
express uhtaVorable opinion OF, or suspect
eu % pelhS dissatisfied with, the present
i,iJs p0I0s VI Ihe government will be summa-
tHy snot without trial or investigation.
;. ihls proclamation, il appears, caused
dissatisfaction among the members of the
olueh pupllco, or police force, who threat
ehed To revolt if fun rations were not
served 70 them. The result is the police
patrols the city and its members are them
serves policed, the Spanish Infantry and
a. %artlileIy soldiers mounting guard over
them al every corner
Famine is imminent. and stories of rhe
arflVal OF supplies at Havana via Bata-
Oaho are pronounced untrue The inform
ant OF the Associated Press thinks Havana
cannot possibly hold out six weeks longer.
Inc city is pronounced panic stricken. the
inhabitants expecting every moment to be
pombarded by the American fleet Riots
are daily expected at Havana. as the
troops are suffering from hunger and the
volunteers are seeing their wives and chill
dren dying of want Under such condi-
tlons Capt Gen. Blanco cannot much
longer keep the military forces in check.
Capt. Gen. Blanco himself admits the
posltion IS desperate. He is reported to
nave SAID that he will r @ver leave Havana
allVe, as he is prepar to take his own
life when the outbreak occurs
Senor Galban Rio, a prominent Spanish
merchant refugee, continues the inform
ant, IN his statement TO the Associated
Press. had 5000 bags of flour hidden at
Gulnados suburb of Havana and was
retailing it to the public
Cen Arolas, the military governor of
Havana, was informed that Senor Cal
pans trucks had traces Of fresh flour up-
on them, and he caused the vehicles to be
followed. The store being thus disclosed
1t was seized and distributed among the
ravenOus soldiers.
referring to the strength of the Span-
lsh forces, the Briton says there are 12O-
OOO men under arms at Havana. but that
the great majority of them are ready to
{ surrender rather than die of hunger.
In conclusion he says he credits the re-
- N-AS'N VIC sunni at MOTTO castle and
other batteries were taken from foreign
warships, and he says the consuls in
Guiding Mr.. Gollan, the British represen-
tative are strong Spanish sympatizers.
British Vice Consul Arastegoi, he contin-
ues, is Spaniard by birth and a report
er for La Lucha, the mouth piece of the
government
Mr Gollan, the British consul general
he further remarks, gave a dinner on the
Queens birthday at which all the guests
were Spaniards and three British sub
jects, prominent socially and financially
at Havana, were, it is alleged, relegated
by Mr.. Gollan's orders, to the forecastIe
of the Talbot when she left Havana be-
cause they were Cuban sympatlzers.
+ 1t is said that as a result of the ener-
getic protests of the Englishmen to the
British foreign office and to the governor
of Jamaica, the Talbot will shortly return
to Havana with Mr.. Gollans successor.