The record-union., 1898-12-31
CRISIS PROBABLY
PASSED IN CUBA.
Insurgents Yield to the Wishes of
General Brooke
In the Matter of Celebrating the Inaugura.
tion of American Control.

Orders, and Will Endeavor to
| Prevent Violent Incidents Dur
ing the Ceremonies Attending
the Change of Administration.
HAVANA, Dec. 30.-The Cuban Pa
triotic Committee, consisting of 100
leading Cubans, lawyers, doctors and
business men, at meeting, which last
ed until o'clock this morning, decided
! TO yield without reservation to the
wishes of General Brooke and General
| Ludlow in the matter of preparing the
six days celebration and has approved
a manifesto to the Cuban population OF
| Havana on the lines of General Lud-
! lows reply on the subject of the pro-
posed celebrations, quoting some por-
tions of it and paraphrasing others.
The Cuban citizens in Havana and the
Cuban soldiers outside the city are in
ter sely excited, but the Patriotic Com
mittee and the military chief think they
can repress this feeling and prevent
| violent incidents.
| The following is the text of General
Ludlow's reply to the Cuban deputation
him with a written program of the
six-days festivities
''Messrs. Mora, Nunez and others,
representing the Patriotic Committee
Of Havana / have given
careful consideration to the matter of
the proposed celebration by Cuban cit
liens of Havana during next week on
| the exchange of National flags that
| Let
promised you 1 have taken occasion
also to ascertain the views of Major
General Brooke, commanding the d1-
vision of Cuba, upon the subject. l
regret to inform you that a celebration
of this character must at this time be
deemed ineXpedient, and cannot for the
present be authorized, for the following
reasons:
First Havana has for long time
suffered from strife and contention, and
| it is the supreme duty of all, at this
critical period, to suppress disorder and
preserve public peace. All other con-
| siderations, for the moment, should
give way to this.
Second. At the present time the
only effective means of maintaining
order is the presence of United States
troops in the city, since the local police
| in several districts have disappeared
with the departure of the Spanish SOL
diers.
Third IT is in the interest, both of
citizens generally and particularly of
the more distinctively Cuban citizens
themselves, that the occasion be one of
peace and order and of quiet rejoicing
only, and that every one should be con-
trolled by a patriotic desire to do what
is best for the city.
Fourth. The American authorities
sympathize fully with the Cuban feeling
of rejoicing and, at a proper time here
after, when affairs are in a more set
| tied condition, they will be glad to
further and participate in the plans of
the celebration, but they are convinced
| that this is not 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
disorder The United States patrols
and officers were keenly on the alert
penetrating into every corner of the
town.
! Senior FREDERICK Mora said to- the cor
respondent of the Associated Press to-
day
I'VE are sorry we cannot execute our
program, but we agree with General
Ludlow's desire. He will have difficulty
| in keeping the low people down and in
restraining the young people in the
army. But we are sure no acts of dis
| turbance will occur Nothing will be
done in combination against the Ameri-
can wishes. Now is Cuba's opportun-
| ity If we go wrong now We shall never
attain independence. never reach Ma
tional life and the Americans will never
leave Cuba"
| The address of the Junta Patrlotica
regarding the abandonment of the pro-
posed demonstrations has been widely
| circulated to-day. 1t is as follows:
sgTo the People of Havana: IN ac-
| cordance with the wishes of the Amer
| lean authorities the directory of the
| Junta Patriotica, after consultation
WITH the main committee, ha; agreed
| to suspend the festivities planned to
| celebl ate the independence of the ISL
| and In a reasonable letter to the COM
| mission charged with presenting the
| festival program, General Ludlow has
| indicated the deSirability of suspending
| for the present public demonstrations
| owing to q fear that at the present
| moment, when the Cuban police are
not yet organized. there might be some
! interruption of public order in the
preservation of which all citizens and
especially all Cubans, are deeply in
| terested At the same time General
Ludlow declares that the American au-
| thorities are in full sympathy with the
| Joyous feeling of the Cubans, an(: that
| when the situation becomes more set
| tied they will take pleasure in pro-
noting such festivals as have been
| proposed and will even participate IN
| them. But the American authorities
are convinced that the present mo-
ment is not opportune for celebrations.
I'm view of the fact that the con-
| sderations thus urged are quite in ac-
| cord with obvious good judgmeaf, the
| representatives of the directory have
determined to suspend the festivals ar
ranged for the coming week, which
| will be carried out as soon as circum-
| stances permit. The directory regrets
| the existence of such doubts and mis-
| givings as prevent the carrying out
of the program as projected; but they
/ have agreed to recommend to the
| Cubans to cooperate in maintaining
| order during the change Of flags and
| in the days following. because they are
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