The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-03-17
CUBA MUST
FEED POOR.
Free Rations Will Be Charged
Against Customs Receipts,
GENERALS DBEOUEoB ASSEMBLY.

| Commanders ofOver TwentyThousand
Cuban soidiersl wm Probably sup
port General Gomez, Though op-
posed by General Rodriguez.
Havana, March 1T-An order was is-
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 reuuisi.
tons will be made as heretofore, and the
United States authorities will supply.
| buying in the Cuban markets such arh-
cles as sugar and rice, II they can be
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 SO, ,0OO. 600 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 for storing
the money, and until that matter Is set
tied the allotment will be left on board
under guard.
Governor General Brooke Is 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
a corps OF clerks will probably be in.
stalled at III Vedado. near headquarters
General Pedro Betancourt has arrived
from Matanzas and conferred with Gen.
erals Pedro Diaz, Jesus Monteaguedo
Luis Robau, Alberto Nedarse and Fran.
cisco Peraza. 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
tltude they will adopt with respect to
General Gomez, because they command
over 10000 Cuban soldiers II they ad-
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
Ike to secure the cooperation Of General
Mayia Rodriguez, commanding general
IN the provinces of Pinar del Rio. Ma
tanzas Havana and Santa Clara, but
this may prove difficult, as he has al
ready publicly expressed his adherence
to the assembly.
the assembly's course and should these
generals decide in favor of Gomez
trouble might follow They are corpx
commanders under him, but their united
influence is considered stronger than his.
The talk OF General Gomez for presi.
dent Of the Cuban republic Is increasing,
as 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 El Diario de la Ma.
rina yesterday and informed the busl-
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
ttorial this morning favoring a long
American occupation" He added how.
ever, that they might sell today's Issue
If no more "displeasing" editorials an.
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.