The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-11-28
THE CUBANS UNEASY.
Must Be Given Some
Assurances
Or There Will Very Likely Be an Up.
rising.
Cuba Full of Alarmist
Rumors.
Big Gathering Of Cubans In Last
Few Days.

Nothipa 10 known at headquarters In
this division or In Gen. Lees to JUSTIFY
the report, published In the United
States and cabled back here, that q
thousand armed Cuban Insurgents have
taken to the woods In tho province OF del
Rio, and that general up rising against
the Am orleans hrs bsen planned for
Thanks ,iving day. Indeed, the story 10
absolutely dis.reditsd by the A merican
authorities, who say IL 10 impossible that
any thing of the kind should have hap
pensd or should be in prospect without
knowledge Of 1t coming to some army
Iort.
Rumors Of q more or.lsss nlarmist char.
sctsr have for some time BEEN plentiful
around Havana. 1t IL said. for instance,
thst this general or that Ii about to take
to the woods and II 10 apparently true
that certain men ara nursing pro-
srammes hostile to the American admin
istration. Bat the spread Of the cam
pa,sn of cd ucation 10 doing great deal
to Offset the influence Of such people and,
In any event, no trouble whatever 10 Ike
" to occur until after Congress meets
1t Is . faot, however. that many Anne
rieans here believe that. II nothing is
done toward giving the Cubans some
definite assurances. II not . precise date.
regarding the Independence OF the isi-
and, there will be a rising OF some sort,
alth ough opinions dinsr widely with re-
gard to what 1t will amount to- Some
believe that the mAloontentI will b prao-
ticalIy bandits easily controlled BY few
troops Others hold that the rising would
be form liable and would call for large
| American foroe.
This morning there WAS large gather
ing of 5000 people at the cemetery to oom-
me morats the execution Of eight Cuban
students BY tse Spanish volunteers In
1871. Mnsy clubs were represented. Faith
or LOYAL, who celebrated mass, spoke
briefly, declaring that the execution was
an act of murder. In the course OF his
remarks he slid that he himssf WAS
"more n & uSan than . priest, and ever
r,ady to % crifloe life for the indepen-
denoe of Cuba"
A procession was then formed at the
school of medicine and moved to the
Punta, where the memorial stone was
unveiled.
Last evening 500 Catalonians ran
through the streets of El vedsdo with
standards, crying, "Viva Cuba Librs' "
and "viva Cataionia," and "Viva Max
iDio Gomez"
Many citizens Joined In the cheering
evoked BY the cry for free Cuba.
The flag over the Spanish consulate was
az half-msst In honor Of the comuemora'
tion ceremonies, Senior SArRario saying
that Spaniards, no less than Cubans.
deplored the awful occurrence.
DON'T WANT A CIVIL GOVERNOR.
Havana, November 90. The FEASIBILITY
of the appointment of civil governor
general causes much discussion. Ever
men like Gen. Gomez. who have beer
especially friendly to American control
condemn o civil goyernorship. Men o.
every shade Of political opinion.Asre'
that the appointment Of civilian a
governor general would mean s'riou
complications, and many army officer
lthiuk IL would prsoipitste the trouble
VIII ich q majority are beginning to DO
lieye Is imminent should Congress moi
take action regarding ths making O.
Cuba independent.
The Cubano aud Patria are outspoker
in their belief that every thing rests with
Congress. They say they do not cara fo
the opinion of the present governors o.
President Mckinley, but that they avail
the Immediate action Of Congress. A
commission from the Veterans A nooi
alton went to Maxine Gomez to consul
with him regarding the appointment
Gomez formally declared against the Idea
and congratulated the veterans upon tn
stand they had taken In the matter.
About q thousand persons attended
cock. dght that was held in GuAnabaco
today. Bets to the amount of SIC, OF
were made on the result. The spectator
were enthusiastic.
seven thousand persons today attends
q meeting Of the National League at l.
Punta. The discussion was mainly cor
fined to the appointment of Mr.. sbarret
as Bishop Ut Havana and the ruinors n
sarding the civil governorship.