New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-14
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Ali SERENE 1T WASHINGTON
REAssuRING NEWS FROM CoNsUL-GEN-
ERAL LEE.
TIE COMMUNICATES TO TIE GOVERNMENT THE
FACTS REGARDING THE RIOTS IN THAT

connccted with the rioting there yesteroav'
While the State Department oMciais 40 ho'
dl,,lye tho text Of the dispatch, 1t Is 'a'a mat
| II corroborates generally the newspaper rcp'i''
on the subject According to General Lee re-
! mort the disturbance had been quelled Tor inc
| time being. but he was apprehehsi'e Vi "'''
outbreak at any moment.
Late this afternoon the first news OF the gay
came 70 the state Department from Gehera'
Lee who telegraphed that everything wan
ouiet IN Havana to-day, ana INA. 'no''
cause for apprehension Of trouble.
General Lee did not ask to have "arshp
cont IN Havana. and In the opinion OF the o'a'e
Denartment officials. that Is suhiciehe '7"'
| for the assumption that there Is no OCCASION io
.ending one The officials are evident'y ho' ap
nrehensive Of any trouble In the imn'eu'a'e iu.
ure that will require the forcioie ihte' e'o
| NJ our Government. The disauietns FEATURE VI
| tho situation is the horrible CONDITION vi '''e
| poor In Cuba. ,o,s
According to General Lees advices' no 'ess
| than two hundred thousand people On '"e sou
| are in the last stages OF desutu'ioh. anu
wholly dependent upon charity. 10 leeu [" o.'o
| neonle n 1O-cent ration day would cos. F-''voo
doiiv which sum Is double the amount 80 iar
received in contributions during 'iie '"'' WI
| dave by the State Department. M
~ ,ho on,nion OF General Lee no less thah ~
| Nov CON, NJ these poor people are surely dooHeu
| - ,ooth from starvation and disease. In SUCH
,.o ~ affairs the existence or any 10TH VI
| .~o,,vod Government is threatened. and the au-
| .o,,o,,,,. mans of the Spanish Government eo"
mand little attention.
MINISTER DE LOMES INFORNA1lON'
r,o c,ansh Minister Sehor Dupuy de LONE,
| .,,.ad y dispatch from Secretary-Gehera'
,,S.,,..u,o chic afternoon under date OF noon To-
dav nj Havana 1t said:
l Your Sas had so little Importance that not rv
shS was fired and there Is no know ,atien was CON
| body was wounded or hurt LII, ne "e'
| fined TO quarter or INC oi''' a.
rh,s followed closely another omcia' u'
| no,ch from the same authority, FLED at fa'a
| about o o'clock this morning IL Sa'u
cor,r,c,e calm. The city has recovered It's norman
| condition -, Nopt constantly
rrh. spanish Minister has been kept eo"'. $500
.,s.d or overy development within the last W.
ausis $50 NJ Havana and he summed up
~, a,,ccs this afternoon by saying tha' 'nes
| show the uprising to have peeh " ,o 90.
and simple: that order has beeh coi"p'
stored and that the authorities nav o. .,r,,
| force 20 afford every protection' tHa' ','e -,
wos confined 10 Spanish and cuban reo''' g.,
.ho, No ,ndgnity was put upon any America" Il"
,erest or citizen. public or private -,
The official advces began arriving "oo"' ~,
,,,b, last night, and have come uhh'e'i"P''
,noo then Tho early were In cipher ana II
SIN, SIN, - hours m decipher them They told the
80, Of tho disturbance fully ard In the MAI"
| corrohoroted the press dispatches lhey """e l.
c,car II is stated at the Legation. tha' ''e u. ~
stration was an unorganized riot the par"c'pd"
| being gathered up from the streets "''ho'' ="
| -, ammunition II began when few army oiicc's
oohhed the "Reconcentrado" newspaper establish
| nor, that paper being so lukewarm toward au-
| toncmy that it suspected or having "surse"'
| tendencies Later as the people were iea'''e .'o
sbons AT the close Of the days WORK, anu '''e
streets were hllec with home -goers the denoiis ,
TN ,Sas begun again by an attack on the estaD
lishments of La Discuslon anu "
The dispatches state that small group rnlss
cry agains, autonomy some rev scaftered shouts
were directed against General 6'S tnr snon and
main hSweye he Mounted police were brought into
! use and dispersed the groups, 80 tnat osuGa vas
restored and the city was Tranquil! Dy Midnight
GUARDING CONsULGENERAL LEE
During this excitement United States Consul
General Lee was In communication with the Span
ish authorities Neither he nor the officials appear
70 have been apprehenslve. but It was deemed the
part Of wisdom 10 guard against contingencies os
sending a guard OF soldiers to the United states
Iegatior and TO the private residence OF Consui
General Lee Accordingly, twenty-five Spanish
soldiers we're dispatched the United States Con-
s,la,e and another guard OF twenty-five to the
residence OF General Lee. They acted as an emer-
gcncy guard and no occasion arose for their ser
vices be brought into actuaI re4u'ssit es
lion there was not shout against inc Unitec
States a hand raised against an American eiu
The Spanish authorities at Havana Havana, sent , the
that ihcy are entirety able cope with the stun
ton. They minimized tho demonstration. Sang
Thnv added that IL by any possibility emergency
should require (which howeveT they In mol, mo way
protect every interest. large body OF troops Is
auar'erSd in tine S Tor ana al 'ssS This
statement IS made By way OF assurance however
one OF the ate dispatches stated that an insur;
gent leader. Colonel Lopez Marin OF the general
ibrIr arms in nar Del Rio and have declared for
auonomy and thn, nS AsrSl1
his arms and those OF his companions In Matanzas
mc mt s6ont il ocIock to-day and conferred with
Assistant Secretary Day on the situation In Ha-
yeved assurances OF restoration OF order. and
Of ample power project all American and other
interests Substantially as set forth above
NO CHANGE IN NAVAL ORDERS.
No word came 10 the State Department from Cen
eial Lee during the forenoon. but this not
regarded as disquie;ns. for from other the
Department learned that Havana quiet to-day,
and Judge Day assured tina; there no
danger OF another outbreak and that the Spanish
sEa6st any n"p posSe asas h
American Consulate by liberal use OF the gem
Garmcric This news confirmed the officials In tneir
resolution not to make any change in the orders
or the warships and TO avoid complicating the SIT
ua,ion any further by sending ships 10 Havana.
1t felt that the appearance Of an American war
snip in Havana haroor you'd be likely TO be mis-
construed by the exciable populace ihero ana be
regarded as manifesting a purpose on the part OF
the United States Cove nmen to interfere In favor
OF the nsurrectionists. and thus might preciptatc
the vcry trouble It's scnding Intended to avert,
namely. commission OF some covert act against
Americans In Havana
The Department was supported In this resolution
by the fact that in case or real need only few
hours would elspse inter sounding A note Gf warn
Ing before ships could appear on Havana and
hist General Lee heretofore had acquainted the
Admin tfation with his intention 10 ask for two
naval vessels In the event OF occurrences arising
to demand their presence In Cuban waters.
Meanwhile has been said the Navy Depart.
ment Is fully prepared for all emergencies. and al
though the officials repeat their statements thar no
.rrrs In Lccn Gent 20 The shins Elnrlla