Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-14
IIABANA VERY QUIET
OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION FROM
GEN. LEE TO THIS EFFECT.
10 ASERICAN WARSHIPS ASKED FOR,
NJ violence oGcrcJ 60 Our Consul
General. Reports 10 the Contrary
cuban Poor Appalling.


.e.ssraphod that everything was very
snt n Hahana to-day, and that there
VAS mo- cause FOR apprehension Of trouble.
orders have been sent 20 the Marble
h.d 20 proceed 20 Navassa to investi-
s.te conditions among the laborers there
,hus dssposing Of the rumor that She
would bc ordered 20 Cuba.
Consul-Gcncral Lee has reported to the
slate Department from Habaaa. under
f.te of yesterday. the facts connected
with Che rioting there yesterday. While
... state Department officials do not
tviec the text OF the dispatch. it is
slid Chat 10 corroborates generally the
r.uspsrer reports on the subject.
According 90 General Lees report, the
disturbance has been quclled for the time
nc. bat he was apprehensive of an
aaer outbreak at any moment General
r.. did not asl. TO have a warshD sent
, H.haua. and. I'm the opinion Of the
s..t. Department officials. that is suf-
t... reason for the assumption that
-r.rs is no occasion for sending one. The
officials are evidently not apprehsnsive
. any trouble I'm the immediate future
tr.t viu require the forcible intervention
c.. 1ur government.
TaE DESTITUTION IN CUBA.
rae aisquctins feature Of the situation
IS fIe horrible condition of the poor I'm
c.I. According TO General Lees ad-
,..s uo less than 100000 people on the
t.ri arc n the last stages of destitu-
lu ana are wholly dependent upon
O.r.g. TO feed THESE people on q 10
Ct ration per day would cost $1,000
... which sum is double the amount
,. lr received in contributions during
h. rast ten days by the State Depart
n.rt ln The opinion Of General Lee.
DID less than 90 per cent. OF these poor
people are surely doomed 20 death from
starvation and disease. In such q state
0. irs. The existence of any form of
o.-ln.1-i government is threatened and
o.. autonomy plans OF the Spanish Gov
tru.rt command little attention.
reary Long was asked whether any |
@. t.. american ships had been ordered /
O.. le ready 90 sail for Habana. He re- |
f..l that. while he could not discuss the /
matter he would say that he had not /
mad. amy change in the orders 10 the /
b--I.shio Maine. now lying at Key |
W.st Inquiry developed the fact that |
81. Naiue's last orders We're TO so out /
lr TARGET practice. and upon falling in /
with he North Atlantic squadron, 10 at
zach -Iself there-o.
OUR STRENGTH NEAR HABANA.
Although there is no expectation at the
Nr Department of any trouble just
r.H still. In case il should occur, the
Fy is more strongly represented in
Florida and West Indian waters than it
ls been % the past ten years. AT Key
. OBJ. So q H- -rlnGl InffIaehfW
,l..l. at Jacksonville the dynamite crui-
,-r N-uvius. and at Guadalupe the
Wilmington. The Annapolis is also on
t.. station The Detroit is also on the
sway rom Cape Haytien 20 Key West.
naval force is made up. with one
l1..rti0u the Maine of unarmored but
Unprotected cruisers and gunboats
J. could be powerfully reinforced, how
tt-r .n few days by the North At
u-c squadron. under Admiral Sicard,
.nnoscd Of heavily-armored vessels, the
powerful fleet that the United states
s- had together in many years.
b. isl authoritatively stated at the Navy
Department that this southern movement
NJ rhe squadron is in no degree attribu-
to the trouble I'M Habana, but that |
Oh. movement is a part Of the programme
r winter manoeuvres of the squadron.
prepared by The Navy Department months
SPANISH ADVICES.
Tho Spanish Minister, Senior Dupuy de
,mt has been kept constantly advised
u every development within the last
H,nty-t0ur hours at Habana. and he
summed up his adviccs this evening by
.rae that they show the uprising TO
save been a riot pure and simple that
rI.r has been completely restored and
a ff..l arnr.Ia d |
d every protection; that the tumult
confined 10 Spanish and Cuban resi-
.ents. aad that nc indignity was put upon
nr American interest or citizen, public
D. private.
I.e official advices began arriving about
HnIslt last night. and have come unin-
srurraily since then. They told the
tory of The disturbance fully. and I'm the
al coroborated the press dispatches.
l.r made 80 clear. it is stated at the le-
rol that the demonstration was an
.0rcanized riot, the partcipators being
uered up from the streets, without
.ms or ammunition IL began when I
army officers mobbcd the "Reconcen- ,
ato' newspaper establishment, which !
suspected Of having insurgent ten !
r.les. Later as the people were leaving /
e shops at the close Of the days work, r
.. the streets were filled with home
es the demonstration was begun again Z
an attack on the establishments OF r
.a Discussion" and the "Diario de Ia
rna." The dispatches state that &
l group raised a cry against auto Z
mr some few gave "vivas" for Gene
Ncver. while some scattered shouts x
.ro directed al General Blanco. In the +
n. however. the "vivas" were for I,
% and the army The mounted police r,
r, brought into use and dispersed the O.
urs SO that order was restored and
NJ c.ty was tranquil by midnight
GUARDS FOR GENERAL LEE. is
During this excitement United States N
.ul-Genoml Lee was IN communica- ia
with the Spanish authorities. I II
.iher ne nor the officials appeared 90 II
apprehenslve. but il was deemed the 30
DO of wisdom 10 guard against contin- 81
n.es by sending a guard Of soldiers to q,
United States legation and 10 the pr- ct
fe residence Of Consul-General Lee.
c9rdnsly. twenty-five Spanish soldiers in
fe dispatched 20 the United States Fl
D llatc and another guard Of twenty lh'
0 10 the residence Of General Lee They n
'l as an emergency guard, and no oc-
.on arose fOr their services 10 be III
.sht into actual requisition. Through al
ihe disturbance, il is said az the le- s
lon. there was not "A shout against the Ia
tiei States nor q hand raised against Dc
nrcan citizen. 10
DENIAL FROM GENERAL LEE. ar
iAbANA January l3.-Tnited States ia
ll-General Fltzhugh Lee absolutely IN
.es MAT he has asked the authorities ra
M 1ingtOn 10 send two war-yessels pi