The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-02
1T is IMPOSSIBLE.
President Refuses To
Give the Cubans
More Money.
ASSEMBLY STILL HOPES.
Action as to Dissolution
Suspended Until the
Committees Return.

Havana, April 1.--Beguiled by mys-
FERROUS kilograms from Washington,
the military assembly did not dissolve
today, as the Americans and many
| Cubans had hoped and expected.
Twenty-three of the members present
were unwilling to vote for dissolution
because they still believe in the ability
of the assembly to raise a large loan
with the help of the United States gov
eminent, The session opened with the
rendering of designations by the mem
bers Of the executive committee, action
on which was postponed until the next
meeting.
A motion was offered providing for
the appointment of a new executive
committee to close up the affairs of
the assembly after its dissolution. A
motion was also made to concede to
the civil representatives of the Cubans
in arms, military grades and insignia.
| During the argument on the motion it
appeared that the future payment of
officers by a possible Cuban republic
was being considered, and hence the
matter Of grade is important. Gen.
Sanguilly favored paying many Cuban
generals of today who have never seen
a days fighting, declaring that among
the civilian members of the Cuban
party there were the most devoted
men he ever knew. The motion was
finally carried. 1t means the admission
to payment according to conceded mill
tary grades of many men who have
not been recognized before, if the day
for the payment Of officers ever comes.
Gen. Andrade, president of the as
sembly, read kilograms from Senores
Hevia and Villalon, the delegates sent
to Washington by the assembly to en-
deavor to secure more money for the
Cuban troops. The first telegram was
as follows:
March 81.
"Andrade, Havana: No hope at
present. Hay received US officially.
Transmit to the president today our
request. Said woulGN convey answer
short in time. Hay thinks that the
president will not authorize loan.
''Villalon.
"Hevia."
The second read:
/ President answers impossible to in
crease amount or authorization. We
accept resolution to dissolve. We leave
Sunday. Villalon.
"Hevia."
Gen. Sanguilly then requested a Sc
cret meeting Of the assembly, but the
request was voted down. Then San
gully suggested that the assembly
wait until Senores Villalon and Hevia
returned and made fuller report than
was possible by cable. During the dis
cussion which followed, it developed
that at the last secret session of the
assembly, held on March "a, a majority
Of the members favored Immediate dis
solution; but the minority insisted that
they would not concur until a commit
tee went to Washington and made a
final effort to obtain a larger sum than
the 100000 offered by the United
States for the payment of troops. II
the committee reported unfavorably
they said they would agree to vote to
dissolve today. The majority insisted
that the minority fulfill this compact.
as the report Of the committee was I'M
favorable. Gen. Sanguilly then read
the following cablegrams, saying he
had received them from a man with
whom the assembly had negotiated for
loan during the secret sessions, and
In declaring that the receipt Of these
messages made it impossible for him
to vote.
The first dispatch was as follows:
'Sanguily, Havana, March 31-Com-
bAt x ACN hAoAbAA LdNOl dDAe W assembly.
Entire cash ready. Have assembly
Portuendo hold fast. Hereafter use
exact code. Important information
morning"
The second read thus: April ii
Would be crime to soldiers and assem-
bly, dissolve. Villalon foolishly follow
ing track of old commission by calling
secretary in pompous manner without
our assistance. Was necessarily !
turned down. Previously understand
If contract was signed all would be pre-
sented to president today. If assembly |
order contract signed and authorized |
Hevia myself whole matter be received
by president. Everything most favor !
able. Press more favorable assem- |
bly,"
The third read: April 1.-See cable |
Fares. Villalon's departure assures
success. Money ready"
The above cable dispatches were in l
English and had every appearance of |
legitimate messages from the Havana |
cable office. Sanguily read them in
Spanish. He declined to give the
name of the sender of the three cables,
which signed with a code word: but
they are generally believed to have
been sent by q man named Cohen, who
made the original proposition of a loan
to the assembly"
After considerable argument during
which President Andrade said it was
useless to wait for the return of the
the only object was criti-
cism of their conduct while in Wash
iIgton and the appointments Of others
to return in the same mission, It was
finally decided to suspend action as to
the dissolution Of the assembly by dis
GUESSING Senior Depaigne's motion to dis
band the army and dissolve the assem-
bly, until the commission that went to
shall have returned
here, which viii probably be four days
from now.