The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-08-05
THE RULERS OF CUBA.
A Denial Of Charges Of Bxtrava-
ganCe Made Against Them.
GENERAL JIMINEz INTERVIEWED

The Claimant to the Presidency OF san
Domingo says tho People Arc UrR-
Ing Him to Come Mt Once, But For
"A Time He Prefers Delay.
Havana. Aug. 5.-Considerable com
ment has been caused here by the pub
lication Of dispatch from the United
States embodying the charge made by
leading New York newspaper that
Governor General Brooke, Brigadier
General Ludlow, military governor OF
Havana, Collector Tasker Bliss and
Major Davis, sanitary officer at Ha-
vana, have been receiving extra allow
ances out of the Cuban revenues to
maintain themselves In luxury. The
feeling among Americans I'm Havana Is
that this charge is based upon
serious misapprehension of the facts OF
the case. The suggestion of luxurious
living perplexes the Cubans, who are
I'm a position to contrast the democrat
ic way in which men holding the high
rank held by Generals Brooke and Lud-
low conduct the establishments with
the prodigal habits of the old Spanish
regime.
As to the charge that General Brooke
has expended money in repairing the
palace the Americans reply that this
old and historic structure had either
to be repaired and renovated or to be
pulled down, and consequently about
500 600 has been expended on 1t. But
II is pointed out, instead of being, as
heretofore, the private residence of the
governor general, the palace 70 now a
veritable network Of public OL.ces, in
Guiding one large wing devoted to the
mayor and municipal officials. Cen
eral Brookes private quarters are un-
equal to what would be allowed him
at any station in the United States
Aside from the official reception room,
his apartments are only modestly fur
nished.
AS to the governor generals car
riages and horses, the fact is that the
necessary expenditure in this direction
does not come out of the insular funds,
but is met by the United States. Cen
eral Brookes coachman is paid in the
same way.
The same answer to the charge can
| be made in the case of General Lud-
| low, who has only a few rooms and
| is literally surrounded with Offices. He
has very few servants. Not many men
of equal rank and means in the United
| States would be content with what
satisfies General Ludlow.
Brigadier General Lee lives in a
| house which he rents, and Generals
! Wilson and Wood, the military gov
ernors of the departments of Matanzas-
| Santa Clara and Santiago, live most
democratically.
AS for Colonel Bliss and Major
Davis. army officers of their rank who
| hold high administrative office, are
put to many expenses, especially In this
most expensive country, and the opin-
ion is generally expressed that 1t is
only fair to make them a reasonable
allowance to cover what is reasonable
General Juan Isidro Jiminez, when
his attention was called to a cable
summary of an alleged declaration
made by him here recently and pub
lished in the United States to the ef-
feet that he was about to proceed tC
the United States to organize an eX.
pedition against the existing govern
ment of San Domingo, replied that he
had not made the statement attributed
to him. He went on to say that 1t was
quite unnecessary for him to proclaim
himself hostile to the present San Do
mingo government, as it could not pos
sibly last beyond the 18th of this
month.
81 did hear" he continued, that
Heureaux was sending men to Cuba
to kill me, but l knew nothing what
ever regarding the plot to kill him
l had no connection and have no con-
nection with Ramon Caceres, who die
the shooting.
az do not believe that the United
States will interfere with my govern
ment in San Domingo. which will be
a government peaceful and helpful tC
all, for the United States did not In
terfere with the government of Heu
reaux, who robbed and murdered for i
years"
General Jiminez admits that he has
often been to the United States in
eognito, but says he has not had IN
terviews with official persons. HI
considers that there is no need o
promoting expeditions to land in SaI
Domingo, as there already are thou
sand men waiting for him, force
which he deems quite sufficient for hi
purposes. The people Of San Domingo
he declared, are impetuous, and ar,
urging him to come TO them at once
but for a time he prefers delay, a
leach day is worth a battle won"