The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-13
CLOSE WATCH ON THE CUBANS
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Maxine Gomez Crosses the Frontier
OF Puerto Principe With 1000 Men
at His Back-The Fact Indicates
That the Revolution Is Spreading
Westward - Spain Preparing to
Send Ont 10000 Additional Troops
in August.
Washington. June 12-The President to-
day issued the following proclamation:
Whereas, The island of Cuba is now tie
seat of serious civil disturbances, accom-
panied by armed resistance to the author
ity of the established government of Spain,
a power with which the United States are,
and desire to remain, on terms of peace
and amity; and.
Whereas, The laws of the United States
prohibit their citizens. as well as all 9TH
ers being within and subject to their ju-
risdiction from taking part in such distur-
Dances adversely to such established gov
ernment. by accepting or exercising COM
missions for warlike service against it, by
enlisting or procuring others to enlist for
such service; by fitting out. or arming, or
procuring to be fitted out and armed, ships
of war for such service; by augmenting the
force of any ship of war engaged in such
service and arriving in port of the Uni
ted States, and by setting on foot or pro
viding or preparing the means for mill
tary enterprises to be carried on from the
United States against the territory Of such
government
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laws aforesaid, and in the discharge of
the obligations of the United States to-
ward a friendly power, and as a meas
ure of precaution to the end
that citizens of the United States ana
all others within it's jurisdiction may be
deferred from subjecting themselves TO
legal forfeitures and penalties.
1, Grover Cleveland, President OF the
| United States of America, do hereby ad-
monish all such citizens and other per-
| sons to abstain from every violation of the
! laws hereinbefore referred to, and do
| hereby warn them that all violation of
such laws will be vigorously prosecuted;
and l do hereby en3Oin upon all officers
of the United States charged with the
! execution of said laws the utmost dill
! gence in preventing violations thereof.
and in bringing to trial and punishment
| any offenders against the same. In testi-
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hand and caused the seal of the Uuited
! States to be fixed.
Done at the city of Washington this
/ 18th day of June, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-five, and of the independence of the
United States of America, the one hun
| dred and nineteenth. Grover Cleveland.
BY the President:
Richard Olney, Secretary of State.
Santiago de Cuba, June 12.-Maximo Co
mez has reached Puerto Principe and
| crossed the frontier. He has about 1000
| men with him and succeeded in evading
! the government troops sent to head him
off. The invasion of Puerto Principe
| means that the insurrection. which so far
| has been confined to the Santiago prov
! ince is extending westward. In Puerto
! Principe province hundreds of Cubans are
! Joining Gomez. The Marquis de Santa
Lucia has again taken up arms, and with
| him are several deputies and young men
of good families. Gen Campos has asked
| for additional troops to suppress the new
uprising.
Havana June 1.-TWO insurgent bands
numbering fifty men, under the command
| of Campanoni and Agramonte, entered the
| town of Moron, province of Puerto Prin-
cipe on Monday night. They fired two
volleys, but were driven off by Spanish
troops.
| Madrid, June l2.-PreparatlonS are un-
/ der way to have 10000 troops ready to
sail for Cuba in August, besides the 10000
men who will start for the island next
month.
The Senate has passed bill authoriz-
| ing the government to raise 600,0O0,00 pes
tas, should the amount be necessary, 10
put down the insurrection. A dispatch
from Havana states that insurgents have
| appeared in the Camaguey district of the
| Central province This is regarded as i'm
| portant.