Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-07-12
TO BE The KING OF CUBA
Cuban General Said 10 Have Aspirations
In That Line.
Thinks That Monarchy is Better for Cuba Than
a RebublC- Establishment Of
Royalist Party.

Havana, 2 July Zone of the
dissatisfied Cuban Generals, who
claims to be descended from the
great Emperor Charlemsgne, is
incubating scheme to establish
royalist party in Havana, with the
object. ultimately, Of having him.
self crowned king.
LA Lucha" will tomorrow pub
lish a statement regarding this
matter, which its conductors say
they have been investigating aud
carefully guarding for several
weeks, owing to the reticencs of
those concerned and the desire of
the latter to avoid premature
disclosure, leading to a possible
failure OF their plans. The paper
will say:
Cuba during the last few months
has been a land of many surprises.
The latest is the establishment of
royalist party. The new organ
ization is uuimportant at present,
probably numbering fewer than
fifty members, but well known
Cuban General, who claims to be
descendant of Charlemagne, is
reported to be the head of the
party and the meeting place is
u.ually the Ipgla'erra Cafe.
The Cuban General in question
is said to be dissatisfied with Am.
erican rule. He thinks that what
Cuba needs is not republic, but
strong hand at the helm, like his
own. He is Of the opinion that the
people Of the Latin race prefer
royalty and the possible honors
accruing under a monarchial re-
CINE.
The Cuban General referred to
is understood to deny that be lie
the head OF party with such OBJ
jects, but there is considerable evi
dence that such q movement is on
foot. He is the officer who was
recently reported to Governor
General Brooke for collecting 30
centimes from Spanish mer-
chant on the ground that it was
an assessment for the fund devot-
ed to driving out the intervenors.
General Ludlow has been made
aware of the Cuban Generals
successful attempts to collect
money from gambling houses
under threats to use his infiue nee
to have them closed it the proprie.
tors refused his demands. For
political reasons it has not been
considered advisable thus far to
proceed against him, but he has
been warned to discontinue this
practises, and it is believed now
that he is more interested in max
Ing money than starting a new
party.
According to such other reports
OF this bombastic scheme as have
leaked out, the promoter has re.
presented that he will persuade a
majority of the Alcaldes t, give
the movement their support by
promising to make them Dukes,
Counts, and Barons 1t is also in
the plans to form a Cuban Legion
OF Honor. Several persons who
affect to believe that such scheme
might succeed, say the outcome
will depend largely on the charm
OF novelty with a populsce judlci-
ously prepared to embrace the
ideas.
The theory is that it would he
acceptable to such families as have
already had titles in Spain and TO
Spaniards residing in Cuba, who,
owing to business considerations,
have been compelled to forfeit
their patents to nobility. The
promoters of the movement allege
that they expect financial assist
ance from these sources. as the
plan promises to substitute equal
dignities and positions for those
that have been forfeited.