Mr. Williams to Mr. Adee.
Habana, July 24, 1895.
Sir: I telegraphed you in substance this morning in answer to your telegram of yesterday that on communicating its purport last evening to General Arderius, the acting Governor-General, he asked me to assure you there was no ground whatever for fearing that the volunteers might demand the instant execution of Sanguily and Aguirre, or of other Americans; that the volunteers had obtained permission to parade to-day, it being the saint’s day of the Queen Regent, in the supposition that Gen. Martinez Campos would be present to review them, but he being absent the parade had been suspended.
From my own observations and sense of the personal security of Americans, I added that I saw no cause for apprehension and that perfect discipline and subordination existed among the troops and volunteers.
The acting Governor-General appreciated the communication of the Department as a friendly act, and attributed the false reports upon which it was founded to machinations of the enemies of Spain, who desire to create a misunderstanding between the two Governments.
I am, etc.,
Consul-General.