The San Francisco call., 1898-03-29
TO EXAMINE
 THE MAINE Naval Officers Who Will Decide as to. A bandOn-
 ing the Wreck. Divers Not Anxious to Remain at Their PerilouS Task
 Much Longer.
Since the Use of Dynamite Is Denied, the Work Cannot B9 Carried
 On With Success.
Copyrighted. 1898, by James Gordon Bennett.

Copyrighted 1898. by James Gordon Bennett.
 HAVANA, March 2S-The Bache left Havana for Key est at p. m. with Captain Chadwick and Captain Cowles. who, with Lieutenant-Command Wainwright, were named to decide whether it was desirable to proceed further with the work of Wrecking the Maine. The committee has secured the necessary information, and while work on the wreck is going on and will be continued, the plan first decided upon, which included the raising of every portion of thA ship possible, has been abandoned. A sh6Et the wreckers and divers will continue work for the pres ent and recover such guns and material as are still valuable enough to pay the heavy cost of getting them up. The Fern remains, but work will proceed slowly in the absence of permission to use dynamite. It is the opinion of both naval officers and wreckers that the commissions decision will mean little more work to b> done, the ten-inch guns may be raised, but even those may be abandoned because of the diff ficulty of reaching and raising them. The task of the divers is perilous In the extreme, and as the top hamper cannot be cut away by dynamite lives might be sacrificed, and are now hourly endangered by submarine caves. The tug Underwater Is expected tonight with a barge to carry off some of the material recovered and not taken by the Mangrove and Bache. The wreck CTS are not at al anxious to continue work. They feel anxiety regarding the continued stay in these waters and say the wreck will long resist their efforts as dynamite Is barred.
 Deep interest is felt here in the news received to-day from the United States. La Lucha, in an editorial, says ''The United States note to Spain demanding that date be fixed to end hostilities is simply dec ration of war. It was not issued until after the finding of the United States Court of Inquiry had been received which finding is without scientific basis an1 Is open to question even upon the part of the most pre- judiced. President Mckinley has been forced by jingo opinion and the sense- tional press to close the debate on the question and to shield Captain Sigsbee. who is one of the most popular officers in the navy. It was needless to send the Maine to Havana, as American in- tereStS were amply protected by Gen. eral Lee and also by the Cuban Govern ment, the latter often acting to its dis advantage and in favor of American interests"
 Continuing, La Lucha remarks: Tt is we'll for Spain to know at last the real purpose of money-loving Ameri- cans. Spain now knows what to ex- pect and how to act"
 La Lucha then warns the united States that if she expects to have all her own way in Cuba 'she can only do so with cannon" In conclusion La Lucha says: "The United States Is rich and Spain Is poor. but the Yankees may find Spain with a good portion of American money"
 La Lucha also quotes General Lee as denying the report published in Mad rid to the effect that he was connected with an alleged syndicate whose pur- pose is said to be the purchase of Cuba The Consul General says, &C., cording to La Lucha, that he attends only to the interests of Americans, never mixes with outside matters and never had any communications With the insurgents, except when he tried to save the life of the late Lieutenant Colonel Ruiz, which step was taken with the consent of Captain-General Blanco. In conclusion General Lee is quoted as expressing the hope that peace will prevail and that all ques- tions in dispute will be arranged in the interests of both nations. About 700 troops have arrived here to-day from Spain