The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-15
REvOL UTION
SIMMERINC.
Gen. Lee Reports Everything Quiet
at Havana.
THE PRESIDENT WILL AWAIT DE-
vELOPMENTS BEFORE ORDER
ING A SHIP OF WAR TO THE
CUBAN CAPITAL-THE CRUISER
DETROIT is WAITING ORDERS
AT KEY WEST-NO TELLING
WHEN TROUBLE WILL OCCUR.


change the feeling that a crisis was I'm.
minent In Cuban affairs Only one tele
gram had been received from General Lee
when the Cabinet met. This was dated
t midnight and toll of the crowds pa
rading the streets, shouting "Duwn with
autonomy" Nothing serious had &C.
Cured, however, and Gen. Lee was not
apprehensive of any In mediate roting.
Early in the afternoon second dis
patch cane, telling of the temporary res
toration of order, and just before the
State Department. closed for the day n
third message was received This last
telegram was timed at noon. 1t said that
everything was quiet in Havana ut that
bur.
1t is apparent from the discussion at
the Cabinet meeting that the Pro sident
and his advisers think it best to await
developments before taking "anv steps to
protect American interests in he Cuban
capital. They decided it to be inadvisa
bic to send o warship there until General
Lee requests it.
The President and his executive officers
have no means Of kno wing, but they are
satisfied that the current demonstrations
are based on some orders issued yester-
day to Commander McCalla, Of the
cruiser Marble head, not to start from
Key West to Navassa Island, where he
will make an Investigation of the condi-
tioD Of American laboiers engaged in the
work on the guano deposits. until the
cruiser Detroit arrived. The Detroit
left Port Haitian on Tuesday and was eX-
pected to arrive yesterday.
This afternoon Captain Sigsbee. of the
battleship Maine, the senior officer at
Key West telegraphed that the Detroit
had been sighted. Secretary Long sent IL
telegram INN ediately, directing the Mar
blehead to sail. Ii General Lee asks fer
warship the Detroit and not the Maine
will probably he sent. She is q cruiser
aud can make better time than heavy
armored cruiser. The Detroit s the YES
sci which, under the command of Com
mander Bronson fired 4 shot into one of
the insurgent ships at Rio de Janeiro
during the Brazilian revolution and prac
tically ended the attempt to restore Il
monarchical government.
Late tonight an official telegram re-.
ceived from Havana is practically ret
eration Of General Lees noon despatch
Il sal / everything was practically 3uiet
although excitement continued. Neither
despatch made reference to any recur-
renee Of rioting. The cruiser Montgom-
cry arrived ut Key Vest from Pensacola
this afternoon, 'augmenIing the already
formidable array vessels there.
AS VIEWED IN HAVANA.
Havana, Jan II. via Key West.-In
spite { the official Spanish declarations
that the city is quiet, which are the only.
reports allowed to be sent by direct cable
the situation here continues very serious
and the city is in the greatest excitement.
Near the theater of Albisu and the bar
rack called Eulalia several volleys were
fired last night by the rioters, doing some
damage to the neighboring buildings.
The whole night passed in great excite
meut. The rioters paraded the streets,
crying "Long live Gen. Weyler!' and
"Death to the traitorsn'
A regiment of cavalry and the military
police dispersed them at Central Park.
All the strategic points in the city were
occupied by artillery forces and cavalry
detachments of civil guards, swords i'm
hand.
The city presented this morning the
most terrible aspect of military disorder.
The Plaza de Armas, or the maiu
square in front of the governor generals
palace, Is defended by strong artillery
forces. Without this security the palace
would be exposed to assault from the
rioters
Gen Arolas assumed the military com.
mand of the city My last evening. He
remained the whole night near Gen.
Blanco.
senior Galvez, president of the cabinet,
and his secretary, Senior Bruno, the civil
governor. and all the more important
employees of the government al: remain
ed near the governor general during the
night awaiting orders.
Many arrests of the rioters have been
made, and among them are wealthy Span
ish merchants.
General Blanco avoids using the artil-
lery against the rioters because he is
afraid that if the levolt squelled by that
means it will assume such proportions as
to precipitate foreign intervention.
The peaceful residents and all the Gu
ban families are panic stricken, fearing a
u,ore serious outbreak may occur at any
moment
The rioters are, most of them, voluu-
teers and Spanish retail merchants. They
are we'll armed. and if not persuaded by
arguments to keep the peace. they are
brave enough to stoutlv resist ans as
saults by the troops.
The situation Is considered identical
with that when Capt. Ecu. Dulce MAS de-
rorted to Spain by volunteers in 1869.
The decree just issued bv Gen. Blanco
against the press is positive proof of his
weakness. and he has PROMULGATED it to
mollify the rioters.
Elegant line Of lpdpers ut lowast Drices