Show IT m VERY WELL DONG Gen Lee Tells About the Destruction of the Maine Oltet llbrnrntn nl tile wrylve SI let all Telegfon tile V anterotelfile I 00 ants Oh Illaok Woshlncton April 14The testimony testi-mony takei befole the Senate commit Ito on forefOi relations In cOlaelon wllh the Investigation Into the relations rela-tions between the United Htntes and Cuba was made public today it con stlluteiia Wok of about 610 pages unit Includes not only the testlmon taken since the dlxaster to the Maine but also much tlint n kilurtn before and running buck for a year or more The statement which contains the gleatent current Interest Is I that made by Consul Con-sul Ueneral Lea on the twelfth list Ill this statement Gen Lee said that ht Wlrt Infuntiedon Isly good authority that the Spaniards had placed tuu roH ot toipcducs just at tlu mouth ot the 1 Havana harbui by Moro Castle within the past two months or subsequent sub-sequent lit the Mnlli disaster and that on the switch buaid Is I In n loom In the elf tle He I sjlld however that he had n Ini formation of the iilaclng ot nny lor polities befits Ih e Anln wan destroyed and lon lit regand 10 their purchase Hyacl blj the eponish authorities HA6 you any Inn 10 suppose that tho harbor vVus milO al all be fore the blowing un of the Maine nskul Senator ok1 Fry Nn sir I had no < reason to suppose linjIhlnK of Hint Ait Up to that time Ho then went on to II that Gen Wey lers letter lo Santos tlksmnn had led him to believe that minx might have bt l n placed there rulous i to theMnlne Incident and 1 lie Suitt that hiB suppo lbn wa ottlglene1 hy a telegram WejTer 17 whlcVheTad from On Wtr ut hlch lit hall cognizance Upon tile hot he thought the Welpler letter the laln letter utoo a CpCI copy or II gen Was letter The telegram to which he referred was alr e m > d to Kva CaneU a noted Spanish Woman and an admlur ot Gen We > let and to Senor In Uuamnn and It ado as follows FebT If 10 circumstances 3 obtty tile last cause letter m i Februar 1 Gen Lee said that this telegram bad never before been published and he found lit It strong confirmatory oil denote or the genuineness ot the We > let I lptter With reference to the ponslbllty for the destruction 01 the Afalne Gen rlle Les said l ill am sitlslled that the explosion was from rlt 11 outside I cabled the slate department n ten dam after the I hoard assembled that It was almost certain IIt tile explosion Na train the exterior nl have always 1 hd all Idea about the Malm that ot course al It was not blown up by any pi Hate Imlu vldual or by any private citizen but It was blonn of III same of the Officers h lo ihnre who had charge of l the mine I avid elec trio wires 1 n torpedoes In the Reld mere and thoroughly understood their Well buln 11 ror I wu done < letnttkilbly WellI I dont think Gen Blanco the present contain general ot the Island of Cuba had anything to do with It I dont think he had any knowl edge of It 1 01 him shortly offer the OoeurrenO t Was Pitting In any front at tile hotel I heard the ex I Illusion and AUDI tile balcony or tile hotel saw 1 great column or fire BO up In the air A row moments after eullllling that II was the Unfair I e lt rlht duvin 10 the palace and I askedfor den Blanco He came In directly by hlmsslf He had Just ieard It and was crying Tears were coining out of his eyes He seemed to resict It ns much ns anybody I saw In lola I think It came from some or the subriltern officers who had hen l there Under Welor old who mere r probably anlnanoo anyhow and who had full knouledge or tile hUII On Ie said that he had Peen a copy of a telegram from Admiral Mllnlerl dated Havana prior 10 the Maine explosion to the Spanish eOI mission In London asking the com mission to Burly up he electrical cables Whether that referred 10 wire for submarine mines nr 10 loredoe 1 dont know lie continued I Irle1 10 ascertain Ir any or the wire or electrical cables had arrive there but they came on Spanish ships and 1 could not find out Cien Lee raid 1 that this teftilmony In regard to the Mimtcrol and all of that with reference to the We > le telegram Imd been furrilfie1 to tile eourt nf Inquiry whlili investigated the Maine disaster but had not been sent 10 Congress Title lbllh1 lie iAxime or it request or Ills ld 10 tile mints de arlnt not 10 make them Iuhll All 1 WO arrald tile PUIIRh tmDers there would rpuhllh II nn11 they would probably Kill the mal lal gave It to me Continuing his testimony Gen Lee said that ten minutes after the explo slOn he was at the palace talking to len Blanco and that the latter cave him nn older for n boat to take him out Into the harbor Senator Morgan asked If when h got to the waters edge he saw any lights burning of I did not notice that sold General Left but I have mude Inquiry since said have ascertained that n electrlo lights Went out 1 enl for electric light rirafcjVlsc lght and gas then game sea 366 elt 011 II nne or two Plem eau1 by Shock something but I could not the bOk or omlhlnl bltl euld nt Ascertain front theme men that n Fill gle electric light went out One of the 1 elctrr Ilbt rtectrlc light mel whom I called up Is I a friend ot mine and he sent for the nan who has direct charge ot the lights lal i cniie to my office This mal he aid had not heard of nny such thing I Mid I I alI to know with ccilaln ty The man then made nn explora tion at tin hour or two and rctilrntil ivfyinR that wall the exception of one electrlo light near the hirlmr and one at another place not very far distant whs be thought l PerhAPS I the lights might have gone nut by the shock to eiller 1lrle i lights Went out General Leo Alto Mid hi had not felt the chock ot tint explosion at the hotel ble 10 You heard since the exploson nf the Maine tint expression bySpun rh ntneera In Tellethin I to tHi t Indlint Intr their pleisuro at the facts asked Senator Frye oeneral Lee respondild t hon two or Abreo days allrwI train various nersoirt that come In that there Wos 0 good deal or rejoicing Among Penn i < tile omcer All reports amool mid that thy ivero drinking chain Prime quit II Ililtur to do In honorof the event and In ffrrent portions II Ilrnt prllo of the city were making merry I attributed at-tributed I 10 the fact ttait what they rh considered I ad been almost blown i A nu I I mTaw1111 Ii ad milk In 1 theIr favor lie amid he b1 not hoard tiny threats or Jlluslona to the tructlcni of the I toethe t tR12dvevialls tatlilkilt he had still I 0010 rd El na tin Attempt nn Ih 0 11tomery 1 = = hoard M bOi SPMM Uen1 UItlhe a w Le ADS eventn bTktml1 orGOII ort alI evnllll Lelov lav tigation Upn Ilaln It wesfound Z amoual 10 onYlhlng rOlld iht It did not The ilc klu ythlAg1 rolln Ioquy between Sea tiler V Hrale r mr Dd out some further jthegn rurher opinion rt the n ell elm In Is VIIIII if tile 1111 tItstructivu If the Maine detrucJol 1Dlllor lrlorYol lhlnk Ihl n nOlce rould ba 0 dlroy1 the Maine Ih Wh General did LpeOh that n It That men work me an officer thoroughly Atillflollntedt mith nmcr < lh exploSivem nt Hit RI orto Roll Who knew oI About It W I H Wa very wen done Senator Frkr man n ° Itud I eX pert knowledge nectnoflrlly General LeoYes tlr |