The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-30

the Cubans to celebrate. He urged.
however. hat while this feeling was
perfectly natural. there was the danger
OF giving an opportunity to ill-disposed
OF ughtl persons to make trouble,
whlch would harm the city's industrial
and commercial Interests. On all these
grounds. concluded General Ludlow. il
was expedient hat there should be no
general public display Of feeling.
night:
Sir: General Ludlow has instructed
me 10 direct that ali places where spir-
ituous or other Intoxicating liquors are
solo shall be closed and that quiet shall
De preserved at all times; that there
snail be no large gathering of citizens
on streets and noisy parades by
night or day; that no pistols. firearms.
knives or other deadly weapons shall
be carried by any one except troops on
uuty; mat persons carrying weapons
or any kind In the streets shall be ar
rested m their arms c~onfiscated: that
all persons who shall sell intoxicating
liquors OF whatsoever kind are prohib-
ited from selling or giving the same to
soldiers, m that any place in which II
Is found that liquor is sold or given TO
soldiers must be closed and its proprie-
tor arrested. BENTLEY MOTT.
Major and Assistant A~djutsnt."
This order will be executed as re-
CARDS Cubans as well as United States
troops.
A joint meeting Of the committees Of
various Cuban societies was held this
afternoon at the Irijoa theater to dis
cuss the situation. The meeting was
private. but IL was decided to endeavor
10 prepare a petition to be signed by
the business firms of Havana. request
ing General Brooke 10 allow the demon
stration. This feature Of the proceed
ings is the only one made public. IL is
reported. however. that most Of those
present advised that all Cuban flags
be taken down on Jan. I and the day
be a a day OF mourning. the Gu
bans carefully keeping away from the
Americans. The minority. on the other
hand. urged that IL would be better to
keep cool. TO trust the Americans and
TO wait and see how their policy would
work out.
Senior Perfecto la Goste. who presided
at the meeting. is said to have ex-
pressed his views in this wise:
Il am satisfied that the Americans DO
not understand us and their moral po-
sition is essentially weak. Instead Of
saying to us: Go ahead and have all
the pleasure you want in an innocent
way and II you fight and destroy prop
erty expect to be punished they sup
press the natural enthusiasm of our
people. forbidding free assemblage. free
speech in public and all other methods
of expressing our delight at the advent
or the new conditions. For years we
have suffered only to see at this hour
our emotions changed from pleasure at
the departure of the Spaniards to APP
prehension at the arrival OF the Ameri-
cans"
The patriotic committees are holding
meeting tonight. DIR. Porto of
the Havana medical board said to the
associated press correspondent this
evening:
w ave expended more than so. 900
in our arrangements for the celebration.
IL wac very difficult to get this none
and we keenly feel the injustice of now
being told that we canno celebrate.
our demonstration would be quite as
nue. an American as a Cuban affair.
AS il is. we feel that the United States
military authorities do not trust us"