Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-06-12
CUBAN DuPLlclTY.
Officers Fabricated kilograms From
Santiago de Cuba in Order to
Create Friction.

Create Friction.
HAVANA, June 1I-Some weeks ago dis
patches were published in the local papers
pufporting to come from Santiago de Cuba
and announcing that the Cubans there had
absolutely refused to accept the American
Sratuity. These messages were really TAB
ricated by officers of the late Cuban army
in this city, two nights before they ap-
peared, in the cafe of the hotel 1nglaterra.
The consul of foreign power, who under
stands Spanish perfectly, sat at a table
adjoining the one used by the Cuban off,
GERS in question, and heard every word OF
the messages as. nnally agreed upon, In
Guiding the corrections IN the original dratt
and the details of the plan for forwarding
the matter to Santiago and having 1t tele.
graphed from that point to havana, as II
sent from a Cuban official. The plan was
executed according to the programme The
consul, who overheard the plot, Is man
of undoubted veracity. Though at present
he objects to a public use of his name and
is not unfriendly to the Cubans. ne be-
lieves that tricks like these tend TO ln1ure
American influence, are unWlse and ought
to be exposed.
Senor Federico Mora, fiscal of the su-
preme court and former civil governor OF
Havana, says that one of the first duties or
the court will be to abolish the objection
able practice of incommunicado and estab-
lish the writ of habeaS corpus. 1t Is the
opinion OF most Gubans, judging from their
Judicial committee should be appointed to
do away with all the Objectionable laws of
the late regime. According to the pres
ent law any Spaniard engaged In business
in the island has commercial advantages in
respect of taxation and other matters over
Americans and all other foreigners. This
is especially the case with large corpora
tions.
Senior Prefecto LaCoste. the mayor, Of
fered the cab owners police protection If
they would supply new drivers to take the
places of those out on a strike. About
seventy men were engaged but they did
not put in an appearance this morning for
work, and consequently the situation to-
day was practically unchanged. Presum-
ably the new men feared the regular driv-
ers.
Domingo Rossi chief of detectives in Ma
tanzas province, went last week into the
province of Puerto Principe, having been
various parts of the province. After a
fruitless search among the small towns and
isolated houses, he found yesterday $4,000
cartridges and 400 rifles. principally Maus-
ers, concealed under the ruins Of a de-
serted farm house, near the trocha. in the
vicinity of Placetas. The arms evidently
belonged to Spanish volunteers who have
sold many large quantities.
| Mr.. George Carter, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
who came here to act as secretary. for
Major General Ludlow. and who was con-
| fined In the hospital six weeks, suffering
| from mental trouble. has left for the Unit
charge of hospital attendants
General Rooster is i'll at Bahia Honda and
| Major General Lee has sent tug with a
| physician to bring him TO Havana.
| The temperature in Havana at o'clock
to-day was SO degrees, Fahrenheit.