The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-17
CUBA MUST FEED POOR
Free Rations Will Be Charged
Against Customs Receipts.
GENERALS DEHoUNoE ASSEMBLY.

Commanders Of Over Twenty Thousand
Cuban soldiersl viii Probably Sup
port General Gomez, Though OPP
posed by General Rodriguez.
Havana, March 17.-An order was To-
sued by the United States military au-
thorities yesterday to the effect that all
rations distributed to the Cuban poor,
after the supply now on hand is ex-
hausted, shall be charged against the
customs receipts Of the province In which
they are distributed. Monthly requisi-
tons will be made A. heretofore, and the
United States authorities will supply,
buying in the Cuban markets such arti.
cles a. sugar and rice, II they can b
obtained to better advantage here. The
rest Of the rations will be bought In the
United States.
The United States transport Meade.
formerly the Berlin, which left Newport
News on Monday with the $3 000, 900 al
lotted to the Cuban troops BY the Uni
ted States government, Is expected to
arrive this afternoon. As yet arrange
ments have not been made fer storing
the money, and until that matter Is set.
tied the allotment will be left on board
under guard.
Governor General Brooke Il still wait
ing for the muster rolls, which will prob.
ably need much handling before they
can be got mot shape to proceed prop.
erly with the distribution. To this end
q. corps Of clerks will probably BE- In.
stalled at Ell Vedado, near headquarters.
General Pedro Bstaneourt has arrived
from Matansas and conferred with Gen.
erals Pedro Diaz, Jesus Monteaguedo,
Luis Robau, Alberto Nedarse and Fran.
cisco PsRasa, who last week decided to
act In conjunction with him In condemn
ing the action Of the military assembly.
Considerable interest attaches to the at
titude they will adopt with respect to
General Gomez, because they command
over 10000 Cuban soldiers. II they adj
here to Gomez It Is asserted that their
action will probably be the assembly's
death blow. The general feeling Is that
they will support him. but they would
like to secure the cooperation of General
Maya Rodriguez, commanding general
in the provinces Of Pinar del Rio. Ma.
tanzas. Havana and Santa Clara, bnt
this may prove din5cult, as he has al
ready publicly expressed his adherence
to the assembly.
Should Rodriguez continue to defend
the assembly's course and should these
generals decide In favor Of Comes
trouble might follow. They are corps
commanders under him, but their united
influence 10 considered stronger than his.
The talk Of General Gomez for presi-
dent Of the Cuban republic Is increasing,
as a very natural reaction against the
censures passed upon him BY the mill
tary assembly.
Two hundred newsboys, members Of
the Newsboys' Protective association,
called at the Office of I'll Diario de la Ma
rina yesterday and informed the busi.
ness manager, through committee,
that they would not sell the paper. He
asked them why. Because" said the
spokesman of the association, "of the ed
itorial this morning favoring a long
American occupation" He added, how
ever, that they might sell today's issue
If no more "displeasing" editorials ap.
peared.
The newsboys, encouraged by the sue
cess that attended similar efforts against
another paper three days ago. determined
yesterday In solemn session to oppose all
papers not openly favorable to General
Gomez and the cause of free Cuba.
Among the paper sellers are many adults.