The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-04
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SPANISH GENERAL SAILS FOR HOME
WITH 12,OOO,OOO FRANCS.
Army I'm Cuba Seven Months in Ar
rears and No Explanation Given
-PandO Reaches New York.

NEW YORK, Sept. "a dispatch to the
Herald from Havana, via Key West says:
| Having successfully done everything in his
power to convey the impression he was sail
| ing to Spain, via New York, on the steam
ship Philadelphia, Thursday, General Pan
| do, instead started direct for his native land
about ten hours later on the French
| steamer Notre Dame du Salut, it is said,
with 100000 francs The secret was so eff
fectively kept that very few persons here
| have any knowledge of it, and all the Ha-
vana papers announce Pando's departure on
| the Philadelphia. Before s o'clock in the
| morning, when few persons were about,
| General Pando and the treasure were put
| aboard the Notre Dame du Salut, every eff
| fort being made to avoid notice. Pando
was no sooner aboard the ship than he sent
| for Captain Pilard and intrusted the 49,
| 100000 francs to his safekeeping, obtaining
receipt for it. Pando then locked himself
| In his stateroom aud remained concealed
| until the ship left the harbor about o'clock
in the evening. There are many plausible
reasons for General Pando's conduct,
though exactly which ole moved him it is
impossible to ascertain Much depends on
where the treasure he carried away came
from, but. whatever it's source, while the
civil list four months. and while both cry
out for pay, it is obvious that dangerous
amount of discomfort will be stirred up if
the knowledge of the transportation of
such amount becomes public
Although Pando had the reputation of
having considerable private wealth. it is
preposterous that such sum could be real
lied on his property here under existing
circumstances. If the amount taken was
paid by Blanco at Madrids order, army and
civil list conditions would make secrecy alb
| solute. If it was taken without Blanco's
knowledge, no matter from what source.
secrecy would be no less necessity for
Pando because of the treasury straits here.
The funds may have been the combined
resource euphemistically called the savings
of Pando and friendly officers. The sum
| may have been, and most probably was,
largely made up of subscriptions from
Spaniards IN South America, Central Amer
lea and Mexico which reached Pando in
large amounts during his visit to Mexico.
General Blanco having ignored Pandos
plan for the defense of Santiago, Pando
probably insisted upon delivering the funds
direct in Madrid, rather than through
Blanco. Here, again, secrecy would be es-
Sential.
Dame du Salut besides Pando, were Gen
erals Figuereda and Saliejo. sent home in
disgrace by Blanco. Other passengers in
cluded many cadets from Spanish military
schools and wounded or ill soldiers, pro-
vided with blankets and other comforts by
the Spanish Red Cross
Apropos of Pandos departure, persons
here have long been asking what has be-
come of three high officials who left Cuba
when Pando did to secure vessels to run
the blockade, each of these other three
having carried away for that purpose $1,000
pesos, of which reports say nothing has
been heard since.
Within the last few days the officers have
Reconstructed the system of patrol boats
about the Maine wreck as maintained be-
fore theswar, intending to show the ccm-
mission their determination that American
property shall be fully protected, and, in
cidentally, that they do not regard the
cause of the disaster as determined, and
intend to give no opportunity for the man
ufacture of evidence such as would be nat
ural from their point of view.