Show CONSUL in LEE RESIGNS efforts for american citizens citizen S not upheld WILL NOT ENACT A FARCE reiteration of the report that the C consul ansil 1 at havana asked tor for warships to protect american interests t te which wore were refused ish warships concentrating tit la the tha sartor harbor of havana tn in anticipation of trouble washington officials la in consternation at the sudden action new york feb 22 A dispatch it to the herald from havana cuba via key west says nays consul general lee has resigned ills his letter tendering its ills resignation under certain conditions poes goes by the next trail mall lie he determined some days 1 aco I lo 10 to take such EL step it if he were not upheld in his efforts to protect all american citizens in cuba the con conail val generao asked the state department t that a li he be authorized authorised to demand the release ot of citizens of tile the united states confined in cuban prisons under the th same illegal circumstances as was the ill rated catl d kulz such au hoa has not been granted him spanish warships in cuban waters have since yesterday been concentrating in the harbor of I 1 lavana havana this Is regarded here as aa very significant in view of 0 tho the important incidents of the last few days great pres pressure surn Is behig brought to bear here to make consul general lee I 1 1 IN ki I 1 t A 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 ia 1 I 1 I 1 it I 1 ri X W I 1 r k X 1 K I 1 p 0 e f h IY i V i t I 1 I 1 I 1 t I 1 f Y 11 I 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 X 9 A ak a I 1 g I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 A 1 14 j I 1 I 1 r I 1 I 1 I 1 4 a I 1 N za 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 fic i I 1 oen gen ritz bush leo lee deny tho the heralds jacksonville dispatch to lo th effect that the diplo diplomatic matle representative of the united states in havana had asked the government to send ld warships to cuban batera A As a pretext for such denial and as aa IL busts basis upon which it can call bo be founded it is 1 stated that according to the dispatch gen lee cje had asked for a warship to tiko him to tile the united states what the copoul general did do I 1 can reiterate on tile the highest authority was as to ask for to support hint in his efforts to protect americans in peril of their lives antl and american Amert can ln in forests which were in jeopardy the herald jacksonville dispatch therefore was absolutely correct and upon indisputable authority I 1 call confirm it in every detail it necessary further I 1 arri am confluent that I 1 can secure and send bend to the herald the full official telegram in which v alch consul gen eral lee asked for groat great anxiety ts Is felt at al thi the palace and in all circles circle at the news new front from which states that that ott olty Is the center of a serious mutiny of the spanish troops carp arrea arrazate arr arate ragen of pay are arc tile due the army in cuba and the discontent causal by this hate han culminated in open ence in the spanish ranks in fuegos district tho the insurgents in the eit elatta rn tm end of tho the island have captured bayamo an important toxin town in Sant santiago lago NEWS IX IN washington new york feb l cb 23 22 A it dispatch to tile the herald harald from Was washington binon says the reali matlon of consul general lee a dramatic climax to the administrations cuban policy which ties lins caused consternation anione the hem whether for diplomatic reasons or because of nn an idla idea entertained that 0 oen en lee may be induced to reco recon eldr hla his still persist lit in that ho he asked for or vv ar assels to backup tits his demands la in cuba that he lias has asked for instruction to demand the immediate ie lease leak of amerlan amerl Ani erlean an prisoners and that he has bas because ot of a refusal ott on tile the part 0 of the administration to grant ills requests REPORT FROM froit washington washington fell feh 22 SS no further steps s have been taken by bv tile state stale department part parti ment nent regarding dr ruiz hulz an american citizen murdered in gua chuana aa bacos cuba consul general genc ral lee le who ho j the affair under orders of ahn tills has not yet yel le ported in ill tin meantime nil all talk of and calls for warships la Is pronounced mith foundation the state mate imort hn as ott on a tall full and its right to know the charpes charges upon aich american citizens enli are ilela loed in custody cut custody tody talor tailor at mill push this his demand to the hie end Kol Rol offs expedition new york feb 22 2 tho the world this saya gli carloa roloff v ath 60 men 35 of whom are arc americans americana and a big biff supply cupply of arms and ammunition Is 13 said eald in cuban circles to havn have sailed from a point on the new jersey coastin chaat not tir far from conr branch for cuba it Is said cen roloff li Is in charge of 0 the largest expedition that lim haut left tills ihla country during the present cuban revolution tile the have experienced experience so RO much difficulty with chartered steamers that gen darld ud to io put ww une her namo name could not he be learned yesterday but report had it that 1 aho I he came front the neighborhood of at philadelphia delp liJa and was larger than any A latch hav ha yet yel curried carried men and aring to cuba dynamite liaa has been gen holoff a mt iet wea poll ue he has often said that tho the C cubans were foolish to use mach etes and bullets when dynamite bould do the same barno work much moro more without endangering tiny any cuban lives seven tons of dynamite were part of 0 the cargo of gen Ro lorts lofts steamer mpr she carried also 2000 rifles and MOMO cartridges tile the 33 35 americans americana of the expedition were selected from the thousands of applications that havo have come to the junto junta front rom all parts at 0 the country it in the last three months most alost of 0 them havo have served in companies |