Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-31
IN PASTORAL PINAR DEL RIO.
One spo, In Cub ma, Is No, Dcyas.
iaied.
Caban Insurgents Comrii.s.ry D.part.
men, Il Run IN vsry uniau- aud
rrrcarious Lines.


Tribune from Pinar Oct RIO raya pgnc
American officers came o. this town
Few days ago 20 look up the site for
an American camp No parade was
made of their presence but their com.
ing vas = greltfui Indication that
something Il being done toward Amori.
cih military occupation. Lieutenant
Rowan had previously been here and
had conferred with General Velasco.
commanding the spanish troops In the
district and with the cuban general.
Lorcn,o. whose headquarters are a.
short distance CUT u town. The only
other Americans who have visited the
place were two or three tobacco buyers
who como every season. Nothing IN
their prcaducc gave a hint Of the new
conditions. Tobacco would continue
10 grow Ia Plnafd II Rio whether span.
lsh sovereignty was ln force or not
ana buyers would continue 10 come
from the United States.
10 o. not likely that a large glrrlssn
VIII be established here. Yet the pro.
sumption 10 that tho military cOntfo,
N the western end ~ the island will
he ccnirfcd at this point. There Il NJ
other place except the little port OF
cplufnh. on the south coast. fifteen or
twenty miles away. That ~ not adlpt.
ID Tor camp, though supplies may be-
'andid 'hsrr and carried overland hy
tuply trhl1H, - 'nH real iH an excellent
one. or they can be sent by railroad
from Havana.
There ave two thouaaGd cuban fol-
~ - IN this rhft ~ 'hf prN,nr and
almost an equal number ~ spanish
troops, Two.thlrda W the Insurgents
are under General t.nrruto In small
camps within u feW miles of Plnar. The
remainder are campad 40 putnte a.
Collie. a dozen fmllls away. They DO
not forage on the country. Instead
they send out small squads to solicit
food from the people ln the Villages
Where they have anything Cubana and
spanlar1s both contribute n h an
uncertain means % existence and can.
NOT be continued indefinitely The ca.
ban generals have excellent control aud
ihrlr Authority 10 respected. No col.
iiHlonH have occurred with me spanish
troops and sclt.resifaInt - shown on
both SIDES, The CuhnuH say they Wis
dlabari a. seen ~ the Sparish truips
10, GCnsral Nrlascl. the spanish
commander, does not know when thar
wiz be-. Thought % might be- possible
FOR the spanish forces 20 depart Tor
two or three months. the presence N
small American garrison In pinnr
would relieve the strain which must
exist ~ long an the two armed forces
continue ~ AZ present In respect 10
the future, there h. sharp cleavage
The spanish classes want immediate.
quick ard even furGihle action. The
cubana want 10 ny the experiment Of
an independent government
The town VI Pnhr itself b. healthy
= -. o. al
spot IN Cuba IL llkly 60 Doe. Ia no
part Of tho Island Il less seen ~ the
effects OF three ana half years u
Internal war IN the zone NJ which
Pinar dol Rio ID the center are olgh.
teen thousand people. Most of them uf.
ehgaked In culilyaling The soil rInlr
del RIO had the RECOMMENDATION 100
nlld FORM, while traces ~ u remain
me country people 40 q whole were not
eNtermlnaied. Enough are lefl 90 ull
ne lands, The evidence that they are
doing lt can be seen Tor miles around,
Ihe prospects for a general rsclpuFls
Ton ana expansion when American
Ing.
An this Is said with the fun luowl.
edge mat the tobacco crop this season
may not come up % what 10 was a yeat
agp, The uncertainty following the
signing the protocol pcthnps retarded
lhe seeding a little, The Inhabitants
expected that the United States would
take Immediate possession. When that
ga not happen they had a period ~
doubt, and Instead of putting IN their
crops they talked politics" hut The
ehlef drawback n the weather, The
rainy season lasted later than usual
ana the rains have been heavy enough
70 wash out the young tobacco plants
which had not been taken from the
hotbeds. The small tobacco farmer Il
lrradlng lest he lose the seeding en-
/ ufely' This IN not prohahle, though
NJ may have TO face sctut crop,
The means Of Huatalnance SUFFICIENT
iof the support Of the p pllauon are
not wanting In spite Of the tobacco
ihoriage, food being abundant
rms nelghhorhO1d win further have
ne benefit " industrial development
lhe Western railway, owned by an
EngllEh companyAs entering upon some
improvements which Nero hold back
during the lnsurreotlon. The line from
havana 10 Plnar IL TO be- strllghtened
ana new bridge building done, The
| .lne Il 10 be extended from plnar Into
! ne hills 20 the west. The managers
~ The company have decided that u
| WIN pay % give the tobacco raisers
| mere the advantages Of railroad trans
poFtauon Instead Of mule frelghtage'