Evening journal., 1898-03-11
LEE SPOKE OUT.
Declared to Congosto Ills Conviction That
Autonomy Is Failure.

Autonomy iR "a tuilure.
HAVANA. March 1.-THE yacht Anil
Ia has arrived. bearing Senator Gallin-
ger Senator Thurston and Mrs Thurs
ton, Senator Money. with his father
mother and sister; Congressman Cum
mings, Congressman Smith, Mrs. Eva
Valesh ana Mr.. Herbert Brown. Ar
rangements are being made for courte-
sy calls upon Captain General Blanco
and the other Spanish officials.
II Is said that Consul General Lee re-
Gently expressed to DR.. Jose Congosto,
the secretary general his opinion that
autonomy Is a complete failure. not be-
Ing acceptable to Spaniards or Cubans
not in office, as well as the insurgents
themselves The reply is said to have
greatly incensed DR. Congosto and Sc
nor Amblard. who have ever since
8triven TO have General Lee removed.
Captain Sampson, who has been ex-
posed to the sun while on the wreck
lately, is somewhat indisposed, but the
doctor on the Montgomery says he has
no apprehension of a serious illness.
The Spanish divers avoid the MONDAY
heat, working in the morning and the
evening. Two divers were examined by
the American court of inquiry yester-
day as TO their recent observations at
The wreck.
The work of wrecking appears very
slow. II any real progress is made, Il
Is scarcely apparent from day to day.
still it is hoped that when the upper
debris has been removed to the barge
more bodies viii be recovered. 1t may
b.. however, that the last body retain
Rg a shape recognizable as human has
keen removed from the Maine. Chap
bin Chldwick. from descriptions In en-
Nstment papers. has identified two that
we're buried at Colon cemetery together
some days ago as the bodies of Joseph
E. Gordon and Johnson. both colored.
The officers and men Of the Mont
gomery are still refused shore leave
they devote much time TO drill and set
ting up exercises the latter exciting
much interest, especially to the sailors
On the Spanish ships, where the tactics
are quite different.
Consul General Lee called yesterday
on Commander Converse Of the Mont
gomery Both called together on Cap
tain General Blanco later in the day.
The congressional tourists are likely to
remain ten days or a fortnight, as the
health regulations would prevent an
/
| Is official authority for the statement
that the Spanish court of Inquiry viii
make It's finding public as soon as
| reached.
Next Thursday there will be an innu-
sntiai gathering at the palace, under
! the chairmanship OF General Blanco. TO
promote the purchase Of warship to
be called the Island OF Cuba.
AS an indication of the estimate put
| upon the Vizcaya and the Almlraute
| 0quendo. sister ships. by naval officers
here. remark of one of ther. IS worth
| reteatlng. The officer was standing with
this correspondent on the quay watch
ing the Nlzcaya as she swung with the
tide. 'Yes." he observed quietly, "sh6
Is beautiful ship. but too big a mark
The Iowa. for instance could not miss
her with single shot at reasonable
lighting range and would be likely &c
blow her boilers out in the first ter
minutes" The same officer said, 9TH.
Pelayo is a really formidable battleship
but smaller and less dangerous thar
our Massachusetts"
There is some talk here TO the effec'
,hat The American government has ar
rangcd for laying a cable from Ke,
West to- the Tortugas as tho latter (.
thc best rendezvous for the fleet sine,
The largest ships are able TO coal ther
n am sorts of weather
Mr Henri Laine, the newspaper cor
rospoaGent was not compelled to leav.
the country because of newspaper work
but because of written charges. accom-
panied by alleged fun proof Furnished
, to tho autonomic government 10y Seno
: Bruacn governor of Havana province
5 that Pee and others We're involved I'm Tn
5 conspiracy responsibility for locating 2
? dynamite bombs ut various points II
Havana. Senior Buzon demanded tn
expulsion Of an newspaper correspond
ontH on the ground that sensationa
stories sent 60 the United States wer
I liable tn create riots I'M Havnna
Tho Marquis de Montoro and Seno
E GOWN opposed q wholesale deportation
] | saying that the matter was very sor
2 aus and that Il was the duty Of th
Z 0rtoDnmic government not only {
P pr,gerve peace in Havana. but e. prs
2 rt3te good feeling with the Unite
states Furthermore, they cont 80 ls
2 that not al the correspondents shcul
? be under the ban but that selactioY
10 should be made of the guilty. The
s concluded their reply to Senior Bruce
e by saying that Il would be unwise
Npel any correspondents while Il
3 court OF inquiry was In session. lest