Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-09

so particularly insulting in speech that
the American talks back" and a row fol-
lows. In such instances the victim has al
ways been locked up in Cabanas for "safe
keeping till the next steamer day. Then
ne has been marched aboard the steamer
onetk.
The spies all speak English, though they
pretend not to understand a word Of our
language. Hence more than one Ameri-
can has made indiscreet remarks to a fell
i 10 W. sai n, in the presence Of Span,
not understand the English tongue.
Spying at the Hotels.
The most dangerous, most monstrous,
and most despicable of the Spanish spies
are hotel employees. There is absolutely
no way of knowing which Of these hotel
rascals is your particular enemy. Who
ever he is he sneaks into your room when
ever you go out. searches the pockets of
your clothing, and reads any letters or
scraps of paper which you have been care
less enough to leave exposed. This spy
peeps into your room through the grating
the dining room, always listening and al
ways hating.
An American who had been thus watched
tor some weeks asked a hotel porter one
day to direct q csbman to Grive to the
cemetery to the burial place of the Names
dead. Tho porter said few words in
Spanish to the csbman. the American got
in the cabman dashed his horse. After
driving for ten minutes the American, who
had been to the cemetery before, per-
ceived that the cabby was driving In the
wrong direction. Thinking that there had
been mistake in giving the destination,
9he american ATTEMPTED to make the
driver. understand. The driver however
paid nc attention to him, and moment
later a file Of soldiers, issuing from a gate
in the wall, stopped the carriage, dragged
the american from 1T and marched him
into Cabanas prison. The only excuse for
the imprisonment Of that young man.
correspondent for New York daily, was
that he had been seen on three several
occasions driving with a Cuban family in
the Praedo. The charge usual was
general conspiracy against the govern
ment.' The next Ward line steamer left
Havana with that unfortunate correspond
ent aboard.
Sometimes, though very rarely, the spy
is a Cuban. When a Cuban Is bad he is
very bad. Only such one would sell
himself to the enemy OF his island and his
independence.
With ell these spying, prying rascals
about him, how is it that the American
does not keep out Of their clutches? Be-
cause 1t is utterly impossible to distin-
gg uish the spy from the ordinary mortal
Things are in such a state here that
Americans have acquired a habit of say
ing. On the Spanish This of course
Is seditious remark. and, though the
american DelleVeS tnat only his cOmrade
hears 1t, yet it is translated to the palace
officials in way that gives it sufficient
significance to expel the Yankee.
Watching Gen. Lee.
The Americans have more than once
spotted a spy. Sometimes the peek
ing. thieving, lying fellow has been caught
in the very act of breaking open a trunk
or Of stealing important papers. In such
cases that particular spy reports that he
has been discovered, and another spy Is
| put on In his place.
| Appeals to Consul General Lee to have
certain anEoyances stopped, and for re-
| dress of certain personal grievances, are
orally surrounded by both Spanish and
| Cuban spies. The Spaniard and the Gu
| ban are both forever thinking of Moro
,, Castle, the Bastile Of Havana. The year
| 1893 undoubtedly means for Havana what
| 1898 meant for Paris. The Bastile fell then,
| MORO Castle Is bound to fall now. The
| Spaniard knows 1t. He is desperate The
| Cuban knows it. He is in despair. Today
! over Moro Castle flies the flag Of Spain.
| In a few months the Spanish flag will be
| gone, and another will float in its place.
| which, The Cuban blue and white or the
American stars and stripes? This is the
| question which both Spaniards and Gu
| bans are asking themselves today. Over
! MORO Castle each wants his own flag to
| float alone and neither wishes to yield
| up that famous fegpole to the red, white
| and blue Of the Americana.
No wonder that Havana Is infested by
! q horde of spiesl