The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-12-30
APPEAL TO CUBANS.
People in the Island Asked to Live
Strictly Up to Agreement.
The SPANISH CALCULATING HAVANA.
Gen. Greene Predicts Trouble In Havana
Pending the Transfer from the Span
ish Governments to the United
states Military Authorities

Havana, Dec. 81. The American
evacuation commissioners to-day issued
the following proclamation to the in
! habitants of the island of Cuba:
The undersigned commissioners. on the part
OF the United States, having been invested
with power by the president to arrange for and
execute the evacuation OF Cuba and adjacent
islands and also taking over the public prop
ertv OF Spain, have entered into an agreement
with the commissioners on the part OF Spain
Tor the iinal ceremonies and regulations to be
observed and carried out on the hfst day OF
January ana thereafter until all Spanish troops
shall have embarked for repatriation. and the
same /, published FOR the guidance Of the in
| hao.tants aud others uutsiIe OF the Santiago
district
The undersigned desire In this public manner
TO Impress and enjoin upon all the people OF
the island the necessity Tor strict compliance
win the terms Of this agreement. to the end
that public order and due res poet for the
gravity OF the occasion may prevail. and espe-
cially to admonsh all classes Of people to exer-
ciss' Self-rcstratnt and moderation and refrain
from giving cause OF oiTen,c or irritation, and
from the exhibition Of excitement, undue man
Hesitation Of feeling or from doing any act cal
culnted to produce irritation or bad feeling.
Acting under a sense Of duty to the people
and our government we give notice that any
violation Of the terms and provisions of this
agreement win he resented and offenders
brought promptly to justice. Representing all
classes and interests, we shah be governed by
the strictest impartiality, with the sole pur-
pose OF promoting the rehabilitation and pac-
hcation Of Cuba The preservation OF peace.
the security to persons aud property and the
establishment aud maintenance OF government
with Just laws impartinlly administered are
indispensable 10 the welfare and happiness OF
the people, We therefore confidently invoke
the aid and cooperation Of the Inhabitants Ia
accomplishing these ends
The agreement then follows. 1t is
the programme for the exercises at
tending the official transfer of SOW
ereignty.
UNREST ~ HAVANA.
Havana, Dec 27.-During the last %
hours one man has been killed and -
have been wounded in ARRAYS in diff
ferent parts of the city, and II bur
glaries have been committed. The
city is in state of unrest. Three
more wards of Havana were evacuated
yesterday La Lucia says it can see
no disloyalty to Spain on the part of
Spanish residents in Cuba if they
choose to hoist American and Cuban
flags, because Spain renounced the
island without consulting the Span
iards.
The Spanish troops are evacuating
the city so rapidly that IL is almost
impossible for the Americans to move
promptly for the preservation of peace.
The proclamation of the United States
commissioners appeared in extra edi-
tions of the Spanish newspapers yes
terday evening.
Maj. Gen. Buffers mission to Matan-
zas and Cienfuegos is in the interest of
sanitation and order in those cities
after January !. lie will counsel with
the Cuban leaders with a view to per-
suading them to exercise prudence to-
ward the Spanish troops, who, after
January /, will be the guests of the
Americans.
GEN. GREENE PREDICTS TROUBLE.
Washington, Dec. n. Maj. Gen.
Francis Il. Greene, u. S. A., accom-
panied by his aide, Lieut.. Schuyler
Schie fferlin, Forty-seventh New York
volunteer infantry, passed through
this city yesterday on their way from
Havana to New York city. Gen.
Greene paid flying visit to the war
department, and spent about an hour
in consultation with Adjt Gen. Corbin
in regard To the condition of affairs in
the Cuban capital. lie said that
there would undoubtedly be trouble
in the maintenance of order pending
the transfer of the control of affairs
from the Spanish government to the
United States military authorities. but
that he did not anticipate that IL
would reach proportions beyond the
control of the American forces. Ac-
cording to his representations the
feeling between the Spaniards and
Cubans is intensely bitter. serious
rupture between the two factions be-
ing averted only by the presence of /
American troops and the knowledge Z
that the American military authori- 1
ties are determined to preserve order
by ,he prompt exercise OF force in case
of necessity.