Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-07

uoosc mas received no J. opNo. q
lions on the subject, and VIZ
plete ignorance of the dc p .ade
through Minister Woo ~ % 9th
er suggestion of tt 81. govern
!! ment-that relief sbo,,ld nor
/ be sent in war yes did NOT coma
! through Minister Noodford as the
Madrid dispatches state. but was pre-
sented by Senior DuBosc to the State
department last Friday The re-
sponses in both cases went direct to
Minister Woodford There was
NO LOSS OF TINE,
however, in assembling a special ses-
sion Ur the Cabinet, or even in any
! general conference between the Presi-
dent and his Cabinet advisers indi-
vldually. In the protest against the
Montgomery and Nashville. Judge Day
! conferred with Secretary Long, who
| III turn called on Captain Crownin-
| shield chief of the bureau of naviga-
| ton. There appears to be reason why
| change should be made in the plan
! for sending these shirs on the relief
! mission, and without attaching grave
/ significance to the request of the Span
! ish government, the answer was made
/ that the plans for the trip were com
| pleted and that the stay of the ships
/ would be brief aud of the most pacific
| character.
| In responding to the request for Gen.
| Lees recall. the President did not ap-
/ pear to have deemed the subject open
| to such discussion, as would require
| the views of his Cabinet associates,
! and after a brief exchange between
| the White House and the State De-
! partment, the negative answer was
| dispatched to Minister Woodford One
j phase of the incident that tends to
/ show
THE FIRM STAND
taken by the administration is the ex-
! petition with which the action was
| accomplished Such a matter ordin-
! arily is laid before the Cabinet the
| views of all its members personally
| given and the fullest opportunity af
fored for discussion. But in this case
| the Associated Press bulletin furnish
| ed to some members of the Cabinet
the first information they had that
| Gen. Lees service was open to ques-
ton Before the cabinet meeting no
hint nor complaint of any kind relat-
The ground on which Gen. Lees re-
, call was asked are not officially dis
closed. 1t is known however, that the
Spanish government has chaffed for
some time over Gen Lees presence in
Havana, although this had never taken
the form of definite protest prior to
the present time. 1t began to as
sumo
A MORE SERIOUS ASPECT
shortly after the arrival of the Maine
at Havana. At that time Gen. Lee
escorted Captain Sigsbee on his round
| of official calls. These We're made
with due formality, but the Spanish
| officials took offense when the calls
were restricted to Gen. Blanco, Adj
miral Manterola and the representa-
| tives of the military arm OF Spain S
service and did not include Premier
| Galvez and his associates of the auton-
omous cabinet who represent the new
civil regime which Spain is seeking TO
! enforce. The matter came to the at
tention of Senior Dupuy de LONE, then
| Spanish minister at washington, ana
although there were no protests, the
situation doubtless reached the State
1 Department. as suitable amends were
made by Captain Sigsbee's ealing on
! DR.. Congosto, the civil secretary gen
/ eral, Premier Galvez and his assocl-
! ates. There was
LIKE IRRITATION
over a dinner given by Consul General
Lee to the officers of the Maine. The
/ list Of guests on that occasion IS sad
/ TO have omitted some of the Spanish
naval officers and to have included,
| unite couspicuously, the names OF
| number of American newspaper cor
resnondents who were regarded by the
! Snanish officials at Havana as an
| tagcnistic to them. This also came TO
! the attention of the officials here, but
was not made the basis for any ac-
tion but rather of unofficial Spanish
! criticism Of Gen. Lees general mode
| of procedure.
Within recent days it has been I'M
| derstood by officials here that the feel-
| ing against Gen. Lee has been smooth
/ ed over. and the request for his recall
was for that reason in the nature OF a
| comnlete surprise There are clrcum-
| stances. however, which clearly dis
| close the grounds for the recall al
! though it is not known that Spain mas
made any exact specification 81 COM
| nlajnt. Since the Maine disaster re-
mort has been circulated that Gen. Lee
| held the personal opinion that the eA-
DTE TO EXTERNAL CAUSES.
No official report of this character
was ever sent TO Washington SO far as
is known. But the mere clrcu atloh Oh
| the report at Madrid attrlbuting such
views to Gen. Lee has been the source
of much feeling in Spanish official CT
Giles. The press dispatches from Mau-
rid also disclose that Gen. Lee is heid
accountable at the Spanish capital Tor
the proiect of the purchase OF CUBA by
the United States from Spain as well
| as for a general sentiment OF sympa-
thy toward the Insurgents. The sug-
eestion of the impartial, Leading
government organ, that the next SEES
| sion of the Cortes will consider the
| case of Gen. Lee, shows the strong
| influence which induced the Sagasta
cabinet 10 ask mis- recall. In this con-
| nection. the fact is noted that Senior
: Dummy De LONE is due in Spain at
/ this time. His enforced retirement,
on a demand by the United States, IS
| felt to have awakened
A COUNTER SENTIMENT
! NJ Madrid which finds express ~
against Consul Lee. There is little
DON'T also that such advice as Senior
! Dummy de Lone would give to the gov
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