Show LfAY L I = KNIE IS HE LEASED I lo France Vessel Had Courtesy of 4 Ad Permission lo Land NOT CEEN DELIVERED HAD ORDERS 5 AocrrtalnlnlC he Fact tI Y Lpan laordult rnrb bhlp Wn ordered SoL fir 00 Liberty to 00 oun T 1M ison rest this fi r May to Intontly GCommod6r oil fcaer elan wahington 11 at career Lafayette tit F ed1r to ilavelina under all And to 3 rt of the Frenchman by I Tile capture Aterinpolls turns out to boat Incident rc the unfortunate castle an bay IJ g from mistake bt X n Pot II i been Rio v ilt in the Unit oft nehTf Ifllclalq I here declare Ad 5 close the affair IR that that before tile Lafayette It peors the French logo ltavaria lr 010 far NaFbingtDn Was Instructed C04 In with the state depart tj communIcate NN09 dOuO sod permission I This learner to enter and Cited to the Jerco ran passengers find cargo her I discharge the u n derstanding thnt she would rli nothing there Instructions take on fulfillment of this agreement I togeJ fng f the Washington to Admiral wer 3 eat from a rid it wan only pluadroil SMpsonI tudny after the capture Visa a delivered were never 1r tile that fa I United States Core This afteriloo HIle Dlslrlet td u once Olin I ond it number of Stripling ttorny I rI of C1315 ant out to the I 1Zmft edern exa I laJs er pape and t a la at the I Ial eparlment for In ciw These came without delay I tnleUon b form of an order to Commodo I tbt ltadmr consl fff of the Lafayette I leuc I The first official act of Commo taVs latOol the 10 his new command o f 11r division of Admiral Sampson tbl OllvU today arrived on the lie feet went on board the sod immediately Cincinnati NNhere lie hoisted niler StSA3 boomed Ji foll a shiFs F 0 salute Of eleven this afternoon guns customary act of courtesy to aneW This cmmndlng ofilcr had a dl liessing neW effect on Ih e LCuyeUs pas The Federal olllcer were iiirera jangerk with Captain Chapleti at the dining and suddenlY found themselves it m the initial of a panic The Spaniards be jfi that the enemy had opened Ilre and They scampered about the deoks to end places l of shelter Some of them ml frantically Into the captains ibn and begged the Americans 10 we their lives On Mexican woman wife 01 a Spaniard who Was seized with spasm hn the Ann01l8 held up the Lafayette yesterday duplicated that performance where Ihe salute Was Ut d and for some time II was eared bit life was In danger Commodore ItellarY arrived on the lliscatte this afternoon While noth 11 melal can be learned as to bther Id mill lake command of the 04 dllllon o 1 the fleet Il Is said 00 loud authority that title assignment Istamsume contrjI 1 of the naval sta tka here I STATE DEPARTMENTS ACTION fublngton May 6An International Internation-al dlm < UIY connected with the seizure tithe french steamer Lafayette has feet malt ed by the prompt release of lit r Immediately upon notice ot ierwplure reaching the state depart cut The explanation for this action ci lit part Of the ilnlslrutlon Is pren In the statement which follows ullhlch was Issued from tho White Hoje tonight Me Lafayette was released In pur uuico of olders which wele Issued by tilt navy department previous to her Hire I but which had nut been reo ftired hY the commanding onleers of tin vessels that made the capture The facts are that on April 29th the French embassy made an Informal Inquiry as ttuhethcr the Lafayette which left Saint Nazalre Trance for Vera Cruz trwas of Havana before war was de hued or Information of the blockade il received would be allowed to lana In 110 ana her pengrs her mall Ud and the dispatch I bag of the ton mute genet al ot France and take Pme French passengers on board An Assurance was given thaUlf this irtvl Ice should be granted the steamer Ould be forbidden by the Trench con ml to land goods d The matter was duly considered Ml It mas decided that without regard 19 tie trct law o I blockade and as an ut of courtesy the request of the mnch government should be acceded to Orders were accordingly sent on the end day of May When Information was received of the capture of the steamer and of her laving been brought to Key West these ord < re were communicated 10 hr Upton with Instructions to release the steamer and to see that the orders irtre duly delivered so that they might he carried Into effect No demand wad made either by or on behalf of the French government directly or Indl rtrtly for the steamer release The Wllmlnglun mill escort the Lafayette to avana tonight |