The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
THE RIOTS KILL AUTONOMY
THE sPANIARDS DON'T WANT IT
AND TEE oUBANs WONT HAZE n.

The Cause or the whole Treubis Is the de-
termination OF spaniards THAT Ne Coness-
sisus or Power Shall ne Given to the Cu-
bnus-severnl Wounded In fridays fights.
HAVANA, Jan. 10. via Key west-Never has
Havana witnessed four days like those Just
passed. Tho trouble began on Wednesday at
0 o'clock In the morning. and ever since tho
city has looked az II besieged. Soldiers Of all
the corps are parading and guarding different
parts Of the town. except the volunteers, who.
since Thursday, have not boon called to arms
because the Government saw that they sided
with the rioters and could not be counted upon.
Tho riots have boon the doathblow to autono-
my, as they prove that not only tho Cubans do
not want II. but that the army, tho volunteers,
and the Spanish element generally will not con-
sent to It and are determined to fight aGainstit.
Bayonet and cavalry charges have taken
place In the parks and thoroughfares Of tho
city, and 1000 regular soldiers have been neces.
sary to keep order. The attacking mobs were
composed at first Of army officers Of different
corps and grades as high as colonies, but after
ward of all social classes of Spaniards.
The most serious and imposing moment Of
trouble was on Wednesday night ut 0 o'clock.
Blanco had placed the Fifth Battalion Of volun-
teers inside the courtyard palace. Outside the
plaza Armas largo crowds had gathered, shout
ing Long live Weyler!" death to autono-
myi'' death to Blanco!" and the volunteers
inside the palace began shouting the same.
| They were subdued by the energetic action Of
several officers Of the regular army. who. with
swords in hand. enforced silence and made them
fall into ranks.
Tho correspondent was at the palace at that
moment. Gen. Blanco and all the palace off,
cials were in great suspense. for had not the
volunteers been subduod, there 10 no telling
where the trouble would have ended.
Seeing that the volunteers could not DO
counted upon. tho civil guards from the nearby
towns were Immediately called.
Col. PaElieri came with 500 civil guarde. who
| can be said TO have saved the situation. Since
then about 1000 cavalry and infantry soldiers
have been ordered from the country into the
city to keep order. as Bianco knew he could de-
pend neither on tho volunteers nor on the
orden pubiico or military police, WHIT also SYM
pathized with the mutinecrs-
Some say Blanco was weak at first, but. TAX
ing in consideration that he had no backing,
either Of tho volunteers or the ordcn pubtico. 1t
is believed he did all he could. He feels very
downhearted over the occurrence, anc has re-
peatedly begged his friends not to abandon him
in these trying moments.
La Discusfon and Ell Reconcentrudo. whose
| Offices were entered and destroyed. have not re-
surued publication. All the other Liberal papers
have strong military guards protecting their
offices. The Diario published on Thursday an
editorial saying that the occurrence was the
greatest victory ever won by the revolution.
Nothing could have happened to provo moro
clearly to the world tho failure Of autonomy,
although shouts Of all kinds were heard even
for the Spanish Republic. The most prevalent
CRY was Death to autonomy" Tho only fruits
DO Tar OF the trouble have been q new bando
~ fL---l - .kll
ding the free circulation of American papers.
During the trouble no one was killed. although
several wero wounded during tho cavalry
charges. A few shots were fired. but not by the
soldiers.
Gen. Blanco. taking o conciliatory attitude.
has released the chief disturbers who had been
arrested.
The Spanish openly say that autonomy will
never be successful. even II they have to fight
against Spain to prove 1t, and as tho Cubans
don't want 1t either, autonomy has become q
pitiable outcast.
Trouble 10 feared ahead. and many prophecy
that this is the beginning of the end of the
Cuban war. The cause Of all these troubles Is
the unyielding hatred of the Spanish element to
the granting Of any liberal concessions or power
to tho Cuban element. and 1t 10 q warning lesson
TO those who imagine that the Cubans will have
any show when onco they lay down their arms.
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