Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-11
WARSHIPS REACH HAVANA
Washington and Rhode Island Ar
rive at Noon.
READY TO LAND MARINES
situation There Is Believed by OFF,
cinls at Wash inHton to BE seri-
ous- - Admiral 0sterhaux
In Ia Com mnnd. ,

HAVANA, June l0--The United States
armored cruiser Washington entered Ha-
vana harbor at le:25 o'clock this After
noon and exchanged salutes with the
fortress of Cabana. Fifteen minutes later
the battleship Rhode Island passed into
the harbor, The arrival OF the Anne rican
warships attracted little attention In the
capital.
The publication In today's papers mere
Of the news of the dispatch of United
States warships from Key West to Ha-
rana under the command of Admiral
Hugo Osterhaus created profound i'm
preston.
The popular impression is that the
coming OF the. ..Americant ships me ms
speedy intervention by the United
States. Officials, however. unanimously
] scout the idea of Intervention, regarding
I the sending Of warships as a friendly
act on the part OF the United states.
/ They declare they depIore that Washing
ton has been m!sled by exaggerated g.
ports into the belief that a racial war is
about 10 break out.
The officials assert that the rioting in
the streets of Havana on Saturday night
was not significant of race hatred, but
they do not explain the reason for the
extensive military preparations which
were taken to prevent a breach of tn,
peace in the capital last night All parts
of the city were patroled until daylight
by detachments of regular troops and
home guards, To-day the aspect of the
city was normal.
There $ little popular disposition to
discuss the coming of the United States
Warshps, but many expressions Of relief
arc heard on account of the assurance
of security the presence of the war vessels
Will give. The warships are expected
to arrive shortly before noon.
Reports from the various provinces
show that considerable damage has been
done to the crops. particularly In Pinar
del Rio.
Four Hundred Men Available.
WASHINGTON. June lC--American
marines Will be available for service In
Havana before noon today. The cruiser
Washington and the battleshlp Rhode
island which steamed out from Key
Vest early this morning, under orders
sent from Washington late last night.
are expected to make to run across the
straits Of Florida to the Cuban capital
in about six hours
Each of these ships i'm addition to It's
regular complement Of sxty-five marines
carries an extra complement of rs, in
Guiding officers. They would only bo
landed In the Cuban capital. of course,
in case Of dire emergency. In which
event the blue Jackets OF both ships also
would be available.
The gravity with which this govern.
mcnt regards the situation Is indicated
by the fact thai Rear Admiral Oster-
haus, commander OF the Atlantic fleet,
Is aboard his flagship, the Washington.
The remainder of the third division OF
the fleet remains at Key West and can
JOIN the flagship in few hours
The mine planter San Francisco leaves
Annapolis today with a complement of
midshipmen aboard and will join the
ships al Key West.
The first division OF the Atlantic fleet.
the Massachusetts. Utah. North Dakota,
Florida and Delaware. also leave Anna
polls today with midshipmen aboard.
While their destination is now Cape Cod,
there is no assurance that the Navy de-
partment may not order these ships to
join those near Cuba at any moment.