The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-23
N SPITE OF PROTESTS
General Blsnco Ignores the Amer
ican Commissioners.
NO ATTENTION IS PAID
Conditions OF the Protocol Are Violated
Every Day-0uns Have Been
Sold by the spaniards
In Havana.

Havana, Oct. 22.-Yesterday after
noon the evacuation commission was
informed that J. b. Hamell was remov-
ing the guns bought from the Spanish
government at a sale held by the au-
thorities. despite the commissioners
protests. Captain Brooks was at once
detailed to the artillery depot to make
an investigation. When he arrived the
commandant at the depot attempted to
prevent Captain Brooks entering.
claiming that IL was against his orders,
but the latter insisted. advising the
commandant to make a formal protest
OF trespass directly to the commission
ers. Captain Brooks reported that the
entire purchase had been removed with
the wagons and carriages. Each arti-
Gle was checked as II went out. The
commission addressed a note to Mr..
Hamell warning him that the Ameri-
can government would claim full right
In the property and would hold him
responsible for every piece removed.
Yesterday afternoon the commission
made further protest against the dis
mounting and shipment from the island
OF the heavy krupp guns Of the Refna
battery. The American commission il
placed In an unfortunate position. The
Spanish government. IL is alleged. daily
commits some act in violation of the
terms OF the protocol, or the legality of
which is doubted. such as the removal
Of guns or the sale of government prop
erty. against which all the American
commission Is able to do In to protest,
which II does regularly. only to see its
protests unheeded and ignored. As one
OF the members OF the commission
said:
I'VE cannot go out into the street and
stop the guns being carted on the road
ourselves. We should have troops or
marines here to enforce our protests.
All we can do Is to protest, to which
action no attention In paid. IL is the
most extraordinary situation ever
known. To the protests OF our COM
mission the spaniards first dismounted
the guns of the Alfonso XIII. in the
Santa Clara battery and quietly re-
turned them to the cruiser, and they
now announce that she will sail for
Spain on the 30th.
These guns Technically belonged to
the fortress where they were placed
and mounted. and could not accurately
be considered as movable property
Next. the authorities had a sale OF about
100000 worth OF brass cannon. which
were disposed of. despite protests. at
less than half their value. Matters
have now eliminated. In total disregard
for our commissioners. In the dis
mounting OF the heavy Krupp guns in
the Reina battery for shipment to
Spain"
In Cienfuegos and Pinar del Rio there
is intense Ill feeling between the Gu
bans and Spaniards. which gives rise to
daily disturbances. An investigation
into the cause OF friction has been or
dered.
The Cuban chief. Juan Bravo. in vio-
lation OF the terms OF the armistice, has
entered and occupied the village OF Ell
Condador. or Trinidad. dismissed every
official and appointed others In their
stead. Another insurgent, +. NJ. Gomez,
has occupied Ova station. Pinar del Rio
province. leaving a company of Cubans
there with a soldier I'm command.
The military authorities of Santa
Clara province have forbidden that any
food be allowed to pass the Spanish
lines unless accompanied by a spec's'
permit. which II is very difYicult to op-
tain. thus not only increasing the want
and hunger In the Cuban camps. but
also making II difficult to send supplies
to the sugar estates and farms.