Evening journal., 1903-11-27
COMRADS IN ARMS
TALK OF WARS
General Fitzhugh Lee, Guest
of General James H. Will
son Tells of Cuba
WILL LECTURE IN OPERA HOUSE
When Asked For an Opinion Regard
ing the Case Of General Wood the
Southern General Refused to Have
Anything to Say.

Standing before the open CRATE in the
oozy library of General James II. VIII
sons home this morning. General Fiiz-
hugh Lee, with his back TO the blaze, hold
ing his coat tails beneath his arms. and
a far-away look in his eye, related some
of the experiences OF the early lfe OF
these two men. who have been friends for
many long years. IL would cause the
ordinary story Of adventure 70 appear
came IN comparison.
The friendship started at West Poin.
before the outbreak Of the civil war Of
the Rebalion. where both were cadets
When the war came one returned 20 fight
for his country and the other for the
cause he thought was right. Both made
themselves famous by their acts OF cour-
age and during the Spanish-Amcrican
war ,he men were.alaain united. -h.s time
byah were Major-Generals stationed in
Cuba.
General Lee arrived in this city yester-
day and is the guest OF General Wilson
He will lecture tonight at the Grand
Opera House on the Unsted States and
Cuba. The lecture is for the benefit Of
tho Jefferson Memorial which viii com
slst Of a stone road from Charlotteviic.
Va. to the home Of Jefferson. about three
miles distant. The general gives his SER
vices free and all Of ule profit Of the lee
lures goes TO the memorial fund.
The lecture itself is said to be more in
teresting than any novel which was ever
wriaten. The general, as Is weli-known.
was IN Cuba in the trying times preceding
the explosion of the Maine.
He tells of the conditions under Weyler
and OF rhe troubles which were expert
enced by the Cubans in a way which
holds the attention Of tho audience from
the beginning TO the end Of the lecture
General Lee tells what he knows by per.
sonal experience and not by hearsay.
General Leo came here from Jersey CIT,
where he made the unveiling address al
the exercises in connection with unven
Ing q the monument erected by thl
Daughters Of the American Revc1u1on Il
comrncmnrate the capture of Paulu
Hook by General CWllte Horse) Iiarr,
Lee. grandfather Of General Lee tn,
same lecture for the cause Of THE memor
TAI Will be given by General Lee in Bal
timore tomorrow evening.
In speaking OF the annexation Of Cuba
the General said:
The government OF the United State.
/ by what is called the Tellar Resolution
passed by Congress at tho outbreak OF
hostilhies against Spain promised that
/ Cuba should be a separate and sndepen.
ldent republic and that is the reason whs
Cuba today does not belong to the United
States os does Porto Rico and the Philip.
pine Islands
In my opinion there are only two ways
than Cuba can come under the Jurisdiction
Of the United States. One by annexation
as the result Of peaceful action OF a ma.
jority Of hts people enbitled to vote upon
such question. The other by failur.
Of the Cuban government 20 protect ths
Dives, liberties and property interests OF
the island, especially Of the foreign resi-
dents. In such a contingency st would b,
tho duty Of our country to do It, which
would end the life Of the Cuban Republic
In other words. as long as the peopi,
of Cuba do not ask for annexation unt
as long as peace prevails on the island
as 1t now does, there win be no disposition
on the part OF the United States TO ia
terfere with it in any way"
When asked about the charges ngains
General Wood, the General replied:
1--WE are both in the army, you know
and Of course I could say nothing fl
reference TO the matter"