Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-27
WOOD AND LEE.
Notifications M 10 santiago Funds
Reorganization Plan.

HABANA. January 26.-Major-Genera
Leonard Wood Military Governor Of the
Department OF Santiago. has arrived here
from the United States to confer with
Maior-General Brooke, the Governor
General OF Cuba. As the result Of the
conference. a mutual understanding has
been reached res riding the customs re-
calpts at Santiago. Santago's ItH
will not be used in other PROV ,.s. Dai
will be mortgaged 10 defray the cl OF
the works now under way. The IN of
$4,000 is required for the water-w0rAs a.
Santiago alone.
iOr-General Lee was very much i'm
pressed by what he saw and heard On tn
trip 90 Guines, In the southeas.c pafl
Of Habana province, from which re re
turned last night. Guines e. tho largos,
town In the province after Habana
The municipal authorities at Gulnes
have held over from the Spanish reg me.
and there Is a good deal OF political dis
content there. Many matters need adj
iustng. such as taxation fees. customs,
rural police, and the relation Of the
priests 70 the civil authorities.
PLAN or REORGANIZATION
General Lee is preparing a plan Of re-
organization which Will allow the install
lauOn Of Cubans.
At Guines and the various towns along
his route ha received OyatlOns and was
rendered banquets For a good part Of
his way he was escorted by go Cuban cav
airy under the Cuban general. Peraza.
4 rumor has been IN circulation during
1 - 4 l.. . H. F.afF IL lad ..r
! will lend 100000 10 be applied 10 part
payment Of the arrears OF pay claimed by
! the Cuban soldiers. II has provoked some
] strong criticism, the argument being that
/ II the customs were IN the hands Of the
/ Cubans the first thing done would be 20
pay the Cuban soldiers in full. and that,
! therefore. the United States holding am
/ pie customs receipts as security, could
/ advance more than $500 90.
The Executive Committee Of the Cuban
Assembly makes pub ic document. the
| Importance of which lies in the fact that
| the committee should have deemed It's
| publication necessary. The following ex-
/ tracts viii give an idea Of its character:
Discomfort Win UNCLE SAM.
The committee learns that some dis
content prevails because Of the smallness
/ OF the sum the United States b. 20 loan
/ 10 pay the Cuban troops Although me
! reports are exaggerated, the committee
| thinks Il necessary 20 recommend % the
/ civilian and military elements concord.
-nitv and the best discipline. As yet Il
| has not been officially announced how
much the United States viii lend, or what
o. manner ~ payment Will be-. The Gu
| ban Assembly Committee 10 lay the case
before the Washington alth 1r. es viii
Don return. and Judgment should be SUE
pended until the facts are KNOWN
THE country should have confidence
in the Assembly and obey is rulings and
the recommendations we believe neces-
sary. We DO not see cause Tor great
anxiety. Should there be cause for such
the Executive Committee will tuln us
/ duty. and the hrsf meeting OF the Assem-
! blv will inform the people OF all that Is
| transpring. 80 as % enable them 10
| Judge fairly
The Habana papers give prominence 70
/ this address. saying that the voice OF the
| Cuban Assembly through the Executive
| cc-~rut,e. should be listened 10 and
| needed.
! SPANISH BANK INVESTIGATION.
The president OF the Spanish BaAk has
been subpoenaed 20 appear before Major
| General Brooke's special commission To-
! morrow. Already the thorough investi-
gallon that Is being made points 20 IT.
regula fltles and frauds. No conclusion
has yet been formed