The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-30
NO HAVANA FETE.
General Brooke Forbids the
Six Days Celebration
Of independence.
FEARS OF GREAT DISORDER
Bad Feeling Among the Bar
barian Natives Of the
Island Quiet Today.
fBy cable q The Associated Press.l

HAVANA, Dec. 80, 1S9S.-The Cuban
Patriotic Commirkee, consisting Of $50
leading Cubans lawyers, doctors and bust
ness men, at a meeting which lasted un-
til four o'clock this morning, sdeetded
to yield Without reservation to
the wishes of General Brooke
and General Ludlow in the mat-
ter of postponing the six days cele-
bratfohs. and has approved a manifesto
to the Cuban population Of Havana, on
the lines Of General Isudlow's reply on
the subject of the proposed celebrations,
quoting some portions of it and para
phrasing Others.
The Cuban citizens in Havana and the
Cuban soldiers outside the city are in
tensely excited, but the Patriotic Cons
mittee and the military chiefs of the
Cubans think they can quiet this feeling
and grevent violent incidents.
The following IS the text of General
Ludlow's reply to the Cuban deputation
him with written programme Of the six
days festivities
''Messrs. Mora. Nunez and others rep
vesentng the Patriotic Committee. OF Ha-
vana:-
'Gentlemen-I have given careful con-
sideration to the matter of the proposed
celebration by Cuban citizens OF Havana,
during next week. of the exchange Of
national flags that will take place
on January 1, and, as l promised
you, have taken the occasion
also to ascertain the views of Major Cen
eral Brooke, commanding the Division of
Cuba, upon the subject. regret to III
form you that celebration Of this char
acter must. at this times be deemed in
expedient and cannot for the present be
authorized, for the following reasons:-
First. Havana has for g long time
suffered from strife and contention, and
it is the supreme duty of all at this criti-
cal moment TO suppress disorder and pre-
serve public peace All other considers
tions, for the moment. should give way
to this.
issecond-At the present time the only
effective nea y of maintaining order IS
the presence of United States troops in
the city, since the local police in several
districts have disappeared with the aepar-
tt1re of the Spanish troops.
'sThird-It is in the interests both of
citizens generally ard particularly OF the
more distinetiyely Cuban. citizens them
selves, that the occasion be one Of peace
and order and of quiet rejoicing only, and
that everyone should be controlled by q
patriotic. desire to do what IS best for the
'Fourtb-The American authorities
sy-TnUdtfllze fully With the Cuban feeling
Of rejoicing and at q proper time here
after, when affairs are IN more settled
condition, they viii be glad to further
and participate in the plans of the eeie-
bration; but they are convinced that this
is not q suitable or eXpedient time for it.
This morning the city and suburbs OF
Havana are absolutely quiet and last
night there was not one instance of dis
order The United states patrols and off,
GERS were keeniy on the alert, penetrating
into every corner of the town.
Senor FREDERICK Mora said to the cOrre-
spondent of the Associated Press today
we are sorry We cannot execute our
programme. but we agree with General
Ludlow's desire. He viii have difficulty
in keeping the low people down and re-
straining the young men in the army;
but we are sure only detached acts
of disturbance viii occur. Nothing
will be done IN combination against the
American wishes. Now is Cuba S oppor-
tunity. If we go wrong now we shall
never attain independence. never reach
national life and the Americans would
never leave Cuba