The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-05-12
TROOPS TO THE FRONT.
SPAIN ALARMED AT THE CUBAN
REVOLUTION.
Strict News Censorship Many Conflict
ing Reports as to the Importance
Of the Uprising.

their horses and arms They have all
been liberated on parole, The latest
information before this announcement
was that the insurgents were located
between Puerta Padre and Manate.
1t was stated yesterday that they had
been reduced by desertlons to but
twenty-five and they were pursued so
closely by seven scouting parties that it
was expected they would either sur.
render or be captured.
Almost complete retiCence continues
to characterize every department of the
public service in Havana. Every ave
nue. for obtaining news is closed and
all information regarding the uprising
IN the eastern provinces IS guarded a
strict censorship is maintained over the
press and cable, and only that which is
favorable to the Government is allowed
to be sent out Occasionally an item
from a correspondent in the interior
favorable to the insurgents finds its
way into print, and only from these and
subsequent measures adopted by the
authorities in that locality do the natives
get any comfort,
There is little doubt that the upris-
ing was premature, and therefore the
movement only received the support Of
the most impetuous and enthusiastic
For this reason, too, it is deplored if
not actually repudiated by those lead
ers whose weIl-matured plans have
been thereby frustrated. While it is
claimed that the most prominent
leaders of the 1903 instruction are in
the present uprising, their names do
not appear among those now in revolt.
The authorities, however, continue
active measures to suppress the uprls
ing Troops are constantly being sent
eastward. All available war vessels are
centering there, The gunboat Jorge
Juan left Sunday for Llbars with $50
regulars belonging to the Farrogone
regiment, under Captain Gonzales.
The steam launch Carload has been
ordered to Nuevitas. Orders have
been issued to the gunboat Telegrifo to
get ready for sea.
On the steamer Herrera, which sailed
yesterday, ffty-hve mounted guards I'M
der Captain Munoz, and fifty guerrillas
under Captain LaCOste left for Neuvitas
A company Of guerrillas has also beer
sent from Batabano for Santiago de
Cuba. This shows that under the sur.
face and in spite of apparent indiffer
ence some alarm is felt.
Mail advices from Havana to-nigh
bring quoting news, if they can be be
ieved. La Luchd and Discussion sa
Governor General Arias has receive,
kilograms from the SOFAS Of San Lul
and other towns in the district of Sar
tlago saying the civil authorities wi
preserve the peace and are offering a
support One dispatch places the rebe
forces at ten and assures the Governor
General that they will lay down thei
arms if their lives are spared. Tn
military captain of the Santiago distric
believes the rebels will surrender
The Government dispatches stat
that the rebel forces are small and nc
increasing, and locates them at on
time in the bushes on horseback, an
according to another telegram of tn
same date they are said to be betwee
Puerto Padre and Manate. All di
patches belitte the movement and il
dictate the early surrender of the troop
but the truth of it is mistrusted beCaus
of the rapid and vigorous movemen
of the Spanish troops, The Minist,
of War at Madrid telegraphed the Go
ernor-General yesterday to use all vi
orOus measures necessary for the su
preston of the rebellion and to arm {
troops with repeating rifles.
Dissatisfaction expressed in Spa
at the course Of GovernorG ener
Arias in Cuba led to his tenderir
his resignation on May Ist. This a
is regretted by the Spanish papers, ar
is Censured as premature and due
the too delicate feelings of Gener
Arias. General La Chambre has bee
placed in charge of the Spanish trooI
in Orient. There are seven Compan
of infantry and three or four Compani
of cavalry in Orient, but they have e
countered no insurgents yet
The steamer Villa Verde, whic
landed the battalion of Tarragona
Jibara, left Havana again yesterd;
with Senior Elias and other aids an
troops to join General La Chambr
The Minister of War at Madrid hi
ordered all the troops in the Canari
and Porto Rico to Cuba immediatel
Troops from Cadiz, Barcelona al
Santander have been ordered to Il
Canaries and Porto Rico. After
short stay for acclimation they will
sent to Cuba
News of the revolt in Manzanillo h
been confirmed. The importance
the movement may be understoc
from the fact that the Secretary OF w;
General Lopez Dominique, answer,
Representative Poruonko, declari
that orders had been given for t
movement of all regiments in t
Canaries and Port Rico to Cuba.
Colonel Mariana, chief in the fiji
war, is at the head of the force in Ma
zanllo. In spite of the protests of t
civil authorities in the Santiago distr
that the peace would be maintained
the civil authorities and that a militia
t,rorIo n, ton ,vaC unperaCCary the a