Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-31
PLOTS AGAINST LEE.
Consul General as Cheerful as Sunl sllt
Despite Warnings.
iBy TeleEEeph.l -----

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| .H.AV4AiN& VIA KEY WEST. FLA
March 30.-sunday and Monday were
| days of decided anxiety i'm THE political
aEid BUSINESS circles OF Havana; but
yesterday and today there has been
more quiet feeling Without being
@ Bile to give amy good reason for their
jbelief many prominent men seem sat
| is'tied THAT peace is assured. The word
| aiIMstGre is repeated from lip to
! dip as III there Were some magic Within
ii to solve THE whole problem of Cuban
| Stlife.
These, however. who know General
Maxine Gomez. General Calixto Garcia,
Senior B,rrtolsOune AlaSs,o and other in
surgent leadAns best say that all reckon
without t0lair host Vino believe these
! mtn Will agree to an armls'iice even
III asked to do SO by uhe United States
| unless it is plailnly undels. food that thu
truce is 10 be followed 10y recognition
! of Cuba lhbre.
1t is argued that General Gomez. after
Ihlding uut a,ll Through the dry season,
viii decline to agree To a truce during
the rainy weather. in which the In
.'urgamis would hava THE advantage
On all sides 1T Is regarded AID utmost
certain that il war does come it will
overcoming difficulties fail. A Span.atd
OF hi 9Th influence. N7tlile talking recently
With CONSUL General Lee, said:
The Sasasta ministry Will not be
compelled to fight To insure self- pro-
lection tSasSasta oould quiet Spain by
procllinins we have made Cuba an ash
pile. a desert. 1t is no longer worth
any outlay OF blood or treasure. 1t is
only fit for negroes and mixed 'bLo.ods.
Let us go"
but very few take such a view az
the situation. although ignorant SPAN
:ards might be deceived by such a dec
,aration. Meanwhile it Seems as ii the
Spanish military and naval powers ere
either convinced that there j. no danger
of active hrstili'ties Or sire utterly care
less OF grave conseC uences that the
future may hold.
There a re no visible preparations to
provision Havana in case cit a block
AIDE. nor is there any NOTABLE increase
IN the Coo. supply Tor nav hi uaes.
the opinion of Americans here. one uf
the 'g1ave.st dangers lies In the fact
that THE Ignorant classes of the city
axe mot i'm any way advised aa to the
chances OF war OF siege. They believe
Havana dmpregnabie and the fleet OF
spain aE-conquer+ns. II rudely aw.ak-
ened to other views. They might become
dan gelcus and foster Internal d;sor-
ders. .
Consul General Lee continues as
cheerful ais suallight despite the fact
that he was warmed Last Sunday and
Monday s. Of five distinct plots against
| Ills life. OF course he does not give
cred@nce to such stories. He IS care
fully guarded by the government, but
continued warnings OF this kind are not
pleasant mental Diet. The last story
was that he would be poisoned by
srabed employee OF his hotel. To this
General Lee replied by asking the news
paper e,spondents who sat near him
at meal time. in case he is suddenly
taken i'll. first to shoot his walter and
then nun for stomach pump.
since the reports Cf the two courts
| or inulliIyV tho q ay,fs !,
have been sent in. the news pa per-: clubs
and cares have been alive VITA all SORTS
| Of old and new theories
The exploded scandal about the drum
ken dinner on the City OF W'as:::iG, yton.
and the other about cirelessiasSs and
| bad discipline on board tine Man are
revived day by day. 1t is Interesting
TO recaIll The fact that in the coun:e OF
| an INTERVIEW which the cores pendent
| II the Associated Press had With Cap
| tain Pe'rsll, who presided over the Span
;ah court OF inquiry. the officer earn
| astly denied all such stories TT.
| Among SpanGards OF the lower classes
! It liz. rumored that there is a plot on
| fosrt to blow UP iIhe Maine wreck with
dynamite and TO blow up The Viz,aya
! " the -Almira nte Oquentlo. Recently
| the story gained circulation THAT three
| Americans had been arrested during
The night for trying TO blew up the
| wreck and had been sent to Ca5a.nas
fortress. The only foundation nor this
was that the Associated Press CORES
jondent with a companion visited tine
Fern after dark for the purpose of
reading a bulletin TO the officers. and
had his boat challenged repeatedly, as
1 is usual, by the marine sentinels.
/ It is now known here that Captxin
| Chadwick was the Last of the member s
OF the court OF Enquiry to make up his
mind that the evidence pointed incon-
ltestEbly TO aur external explosion.
Captain Sampson, Leutenamt COM
lnsaapdes Potter and Judge Advocate