The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-19
Discomfort N GUBA
Various Elements Distrust
America and One Another.
RABlD HAVANA JOURNALS
Cuban Generals Said to Have
Troops in Perfect Control.

ton that men are saying. Havana is o.
the verge OF anarchy" There are trou
bles in the Spanif army and in the Cubal
army over back pay, and the undeter
mined question as TO what the Unite'
States is going to DO with the island Il
adding TO the general distrust of the fu
ture. Last night the Guardia Civil lef
its duty in Galiano Street, and Spanish
regulars had to be called out to do police
work. They left their duty 10 attend {
secret meeting of protest against tint
hardship OF receiving no money for theil
service in Cuba. AS a lot, they are su
perjor men. coming mostly from the Pyre
nees, and they are inclined TO be carlist:
in their sympathies. Thus they do not
with such pathetic nleekness as the regu'
lars endure whatever Madrid imposes
| The suspicion Is held that they mediate
revolt. In fact, a detachment in a small
fort in the suburb of Ceiro did revolt the
other day, and the Military Governor
General Arolas. went out with 400 men in
two sections of artillery to subdue them
They refused to surrender; he trained
his guns, and again demanded that they
give up the fort, which they did, and for
their resistance they were promptly dis
armed and imprisoned.
In the Cuban army there is quiet, wheth-
er ominous or not no one can tell. Com
plete order is being maintained and the
fact that II can be maintained is supposed
to carry its own suggestion to Washing
ton regarding how well the insurgent
1aodarS heir in, ban
much food is going 10 them from the Cen
trail Junta in Havana, and they have been
for three years used to taking whatever
they saw. Yet there svery little forag-
ing, and hears of only two soldiers having
to be shot for stealing from private fields.
Visiting a camp near Guanabacoa yester-
day, an American was asked for money
by one of the insurgents. His responsive
hand was in his pocket, wflen two guards
suddenly seized the soldier who had beg
ged fastened his hands behind him, and
tied him, In the sun, TO a stake. 1--WE per-
nit no begging" explained the command
ing officer; "even for sugarcane we COM
pei our men TO pay something, if not more
than a, centavo.'
Meanwhile the insurgents are, I am told
guns, and ammunition. General Ducasse
tells Of a reserve of 1000 Remingtons
which he got hold OF, and another officer
is reported Coy Cuban anti-annexation-
ist9 to nave said that he had collected
a million and a half OF cartridges. Thanks
to our tolerance of filibustering and our
gifts of arms since the war began, and
from another thoroughly Cuban source
hear that the money which is being raised
by the Cuban clubs for the good of Cuba
is being applied to the purchase of stores
from the departing army of Spain. 1--WE
are not acting directly" said one of the
members, as II that was the interesting
thing, but indirectly, using German,
French, and Chinese merchants as ne
gotiators.
The interesting thing IS that the sense
of obligation towards the United States
is weak or wanting in the "Cuba-for-Cu-
bans element; and although there is no
way of getting at the real strength of
this element-nearly every one being a
liar by policy and preference-it is cred
ible that an appeal in sounding accents on
behalf Of 'the flag" or Cuba Libre would
make the soldiers forget temporarily that
rich civilian Cubans might not furnish the
sinews for further revolution. This flag
is dear 20 them: it is hard TO think. after
following It through many fights, that Il
did not signify anything after all,a that
another flag to stand before the eyes
Of the people as the one which liberated
Cuba They are being told that this other
flag is soiled with perfidy; their newspa-
pers quote from the New York Tribune
TO prove that the sentiment of the Re
publican administration is for forcible an
and against keeping the letter
or spirit of that fine resolution of the
President. In consequence the radicals
are becoming desperate; Gomez is said
to be asking Captain-General Blanco for
a coalition OF Spanish and Cuban forces
against American permanent occupation
(of course Blanco does not listen to this
absurdity) and the likelihood Of trouble
for Americans keeps increasing.
People who are not fixed n the island
are 50 impatient with the conditions tia:
they speak OF going to America and ad-
a cessation OF all American ac-
.ivity in Cuba for the present. Let
these wretched Cubans take their island
now" some OF them say. half seriously:
'let US not waste any more good Ameri- /
caI sympathy or money or blood upon
hem or there distresses. but take hem a.
heir word and leave then: u themselves. (
Il will cost many soldiers lives 10 occupy
The county Tor two or tls 2 months; pcs /
thence is sweeping or even natives N
great number. Why no. give the ,,uhans /
ne trial a. self government :he radicals (
90.
II disease and the unSatisfactoTiness OF I
sighting bandits and guerillas? They viii 4
soon enough be called upon 10 deliver the /
sland from its own people"
Today the Marina and the Universal. +
whose editors are Spanish. prin; particu- /
ars from Porto Rican newspapers OF the +
disorders committed By our soldiers IN .
Ponce. They tell OF me North Amer 4
an savages' breaking into home. div
ng the family away from the dinner-ta-
lie. and sitting down themselves 70 eat
he meal. Mention - made OF drinks
AIKEN fl cafes and refusaIs % pay. q
iatives hired % DO govern neut work a.
5 cents silver (s5ou- = cents a Gay. sad
nd 81 p delegation going 70 zoe house
I the military commander % pr3.ss- ard
eng brutiiy dispersed by soldier; q IA
ives pressed into tire government employ. /
nd beaten because they ID n0t Ike u.
I the pay received. and espe -,a.sy II
han who had 20 leave ire la51r OF ac-
cunt OF an arm fractured BY an Amer
an butt, and wno. next day. when scea
Z the street, vas knocked down D
older who thought &c ought 20 b ~
roTk- Names. dates. places. a. ne eri-
szcs OF circumstance are printed end
he comment IS 20 che sNsc1 that Wis j.
he sort o. ,hins 10 BE- feared n Havana
raea the Americans cone TIE MA-.r1
ecla-es shat Hava-e-5s wli nc, tolerate
ayth.zg % ire cor. me U.iversaI g a.1h
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