New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-07
SENIOR PORRUA RESIGNS.
THE CIVIL, GOVERNOR OF HAVANA TIRED
OF COMPROMISES AND DIsGUsTED'

urs ACTION MAY LEAD TO wEYLERs REsIGNA'
rIoN-wEYLER LEAVES CIENFUEdos'
PROBABLY FOR JucARo
Havana April CT Is UNDERSTOOD '""' 49,,
lose Porrua who in February last SUI
General Suarcz Valdez as Civil Governor Vi i,
vana and of Western Cuba, has tenuereu ITO
resignation by cable to Premier Caho'"S' ,'
warding by mail the reasons for the act 10y
toin-ceneral Weyler IL said to oppose the res's-
ro,,on because he considers Senior Porrua's pres
ence In the island expcdient for the tl'he' '
Porrua. however, has evidently maze up mo
mind. and 1t Is not impossible that inc an""
NAV bring about Weyler's own resiSha'oii'
Senior Porrua will sail for Spain on Aprl' ~
He gives up office cheerfully. he says pec"uS7
II will bring an end of compromises HI" "''
gust" On reaching Spain he Will probably apa'i
don the political following Of Senior CanoVas anu
,,i,a himself 10 the extreme wing Of the Con-
servative party, headed by Romero hop'eu''
The Marquis Pamerola has gone to ClehtuesoS
to confer with General Weyler on the resisha-
ton of Sehor Porrua.
General Weyler left Cienfuegos yesterday Oh
,te steamer Conception ard is believed to be on
his wav 10 Jucaro. the port Of Puerto PRINCIPE
which is the southern extremity Of the Moron
il
at Cienfuegos to bid him farewell ana cried
"Viva Morality" referring TO General Weyier
attempts to purify the administration Of cuba.
"rbo I-nf,n Constitutional" Conservative.
commenting to-day upon the capture at Fer
| ,,rdira Fla on Saturday last Of the tug Al
exander Jones by the cruiser Vesuvius' says
| that the Administration Of President Mckinney
( shovs II IS sincerely DESTROYS Of complying with
the neutrality laws IN supp ,essing flibusterinG
expodItiore and express the hope that IL VIII
be- successful in preventing the insurgents from
| Obtaining assistance until the revolution ENDS
a climax which ia said to be approaching rapidly
Hricadler Ilase has been transferred to the
| Moron Jucaro trocha. and Brigadier CeballoS
| has been placed in charge at Hol9ufn. the Mar
| aus de AIolins has been repeatedly attacked by
| the insurgents at Portillo and Mora but &C
| cording to the official account. has invariably
dispersed them with musketry and artillery.
| Lieutenant Colonel Cirujeda. adjutant to the
| Queen Regent. will leave Spain next SATURDAY
| for Cuba.
! II Is officially stated that eleven armed insur-
| gents surrendered to Colonel Bays commanding
| The vanguard Of the S;anish troops on the west
! trocha near Artemisa. There have been num-
| Der Of minor skrmishes in that locality.
George Washington Aguirre, who was arrested
| I'm July last on the charge of having come 10
| Cuba with flbusterng expedition, led by SAN
| chez Echeverria. which landed near Barac0a,
| and who s'vore before marine martial court
| that he was Il naturaliZed American and resi-
! dent Of New-York, has been transferred from
| the Cabana Fortress 10 the city jail.
The insurgents led by Paul Change, nave
| blown up with dynamite and buried the works
! and cane fields the Cavajabor plantation. near
| Madenga Matanzas the property of an Ameri-
| can. Andrew Terry, and valued at S4oVoD; yet
| II is runored here that General Weyler VIII
| shortly return and declare the Provinces OF Ma
| tanzas Santa Clara Pinar del Rio and Havana
"paci1e1.'
| General Weyler derias that the depreciation
| IN the paper money Of Cuba is due to speculation
| He saws the difficult lies in the fact that ex-
| change is not easily obtainabe on Spain. In re-
| ply TO the question why the Bank OF Spain sends
| no paper to the island. no answered fropapiy
| tho bank would lose by doing So.
Madrid. April ct is semi officially denied
| here that the Spanish authorities have entered
into regotia tons for the submission or the CUBAN
| insurgents The Government has ordered q
| vigorous campaign TO be pushed until the re-
| belliOn is crushed.