The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-03

wreck. the patrol lines are not 70 rigid
as formerly and the boats OF visitors are
allowed to soi close to the uphcaycd mass
OF debris
ARE AMERICANS IN DANGER.
The question is frequently asked:
Are Americans IN danger On Hav-
ana?"
Tho only truthful answer ever given
by a wel-infOru ed resident or American
official or layman. Is:
I'VE thlnk not. We don't know.
OF course Spanish officials who will
talk on the subject deprecats any idea
OF danger; but they are as much In the
dark az the rest.
A well-iniormed Cuban Of high social
position and on good terms with the
government said 10 the correspondent OF
the Associated Press:
"Of course. In the low dives and sa-
looms there are constant boasts py lrre-
spOlsib.c lersO1s O., .O VIA. the' luteno
TO DO to Americans; but these people are
only dangerous IN case rlotous demon
strations come from other quarters, such'
for instance. as the volunteers. In the
ten wears war the volunteers shot many
innocent people, and dissatisfaction IS
more likely to be manifested later against
the autOnOmists or against General
Blanco and his sta1. and then against
the Americans The impression Is strong
that only a short time Will eiapse ere
Cuba will be annexed 10 or under the
protection Of the United states. There
are no signs of "a demonstration against
the Americans, and stories 10 me con-
trary thus far are without foundation.
Stn Havana Is ~ place just now for
those without calls Of business or duty.
The season Is inclemcnt and the varia-
tiOns OF temperature are sudden 0nd yio-
lent. causing much sickness. and espe-
cially the grip. All idea Of censorship
IS so foreign 20 the American mind that
an American can scarcely appreciate the
difficulty of sending news from Havana.
DON'T UNDERSTAND Us.
The Spaniards seem equally unable 10
understand why censorship is not eXer-
cised I'm the United States
one experience will serve as an illustro-
tion OF others Of daily occurrence. The
correspondent appeared at an early hour
with a bulletin for cabling. giving routine
facts. etc. Sickness deprived the CORES
pondent Of his Interpreter and he tried TO
get his despatch stamped by the censor
I'm the original English. Commandant
Norana was acting I'm tho censor's place.
Commandant Norana who does not un-
derstand English. declined TO give his APP
proval until the despatch was shown nim
I'm Spanish. The correspondent hun'eI
some one up whom he could trust ana mn
ally secured a Spanish version. NoraAa
scrutinized IL carefully. crossed OUT sem
tences perfectly harmless, but which ap-
neared to him to contain a double mean
inc and after emasculatlng the despatch
stamped the Spanish version.
The correspondent took the English
and spanish copies 10 the cable oiice.
where they were compared by operators
who are held responsible for their per-
feet AGREEMENT. The dispatch finally ap-
nrovcd as butchered. was then sent.
Time consumed-two hours ara ior'y
minutes.
Later In the day the same correspon-
dent may lose two hours OF valuable
time I'm waiting for the censor who nap
pens to be an luncn; while at night the
censor may put in an appearance hair an
hour before the cable Office closes
Greater demonstrations Of welcome
could not have been accorded the VIZ
cava had she been the most poWeif"l
battleship in TIE world. Her on GERS ana
crew will be tho objects Of constant ana
oene~ore social attentions. il HAS hee'
propbesled that her arrival wonld he
eiqnel for demonstrations against this
nat or the other Marty or ofosl. ~
usual this was nothing but predictions
FEW WEYLER SHOUTS.
few shouted for Woylcr but no1
enough to attract the slightest attention
from the police.
News as to the movements of the IN
surgents is scarcer here since the Maine
exp'csion than usual
no official declaration has been receiv-
cd from General Maxine Gomez as to the
disaster so far as is known. but OF
course. he and his followers regard the
affair as due to Spanish treachory. Tho
ii ght I'm Puerto Principe. already an
uounccd by cable. was probably one OF
the hottest since the opening OF the trou-
BILE. Il is thought that when the facts
are known the reverses VIII be Spanish
rather than Cuban This is believed here
among the Spanish themse' 'vcs. ana the
official report admits greater losses on
.he part of the government troops than
In any engagement Of the war The IN
sur4ents could not have had three thou
sand men engaged, as the Spanish OH
clal accounts represent Probably they
had a thousand or under
The insurgents continue TO burn cane
fields ard destroy plantations wherever
tho owners fail 10 pay taxes 10 Presid' n'
Massos government They loot catlie
from under the ve~y walls Of Matanzas
Cienfuegcs and other cities. To-day 1t
Is reported from apparently reliable
sources that General Calixto Garcia IS
IN Santa Clara Province with 5000 men.
Early on the morning Of the nth two
dynamite bombs were exploded on the
railroad line near Holguin and two hum
drcd yards of track was destroyed.
Senator Proctor does not seem in the
least nervous over his trips into the in
terror If he intends 10 see one or more
of the prominent insurgents he does not
say so. In this as In all other matters.
he keeps his own counsel and observes
closely.
TWO WARSH1PS TO CUBA,