Iron County register., 1899-05-25
HAVANA AGAIN IN A FERMENT.
The Disposal of the Cuban Arms
Again the Bone of Contention
Bad Faith CHARGED.

The Disposal of the Cuban Arms
| Again the Bone of Contention
Bad Faith Charged.
Havana, May 2O.-Havana is in Ger
ment again over the idea that The
| Washington administration has de-
| termined to take the arms of the Gu
ban troops and to retain them in milf
| tary possession. This view of the
latest news from Washington has been
| telegraphed to the various cities.
Brooke's Order to be Issued To-Day.
Gov.-Gen. Brooke is thus far una
| ware, save through the press tele-
grams, of any dissatisfaction on the
part of Gen. Alger, secretary of war,
with his (Gen. Brooke's) plan to have
| the arms deposited in the care of the
mayors of the municipalities, nor Las
he received any other inkling of the
! secretary's purpose to lay the matter
before President Mckinley. Conse-
Guently, unless instructions to the
contrary are received from the Wash
ington administration, the governor
generals order respecting the distrib,l-
ton of the $4,000, 900. as modified Will
be issued to-day. The secretary of
war has been informed as to the sub
stance of this order, in the usual course
of business.
Cause for Fresh DiscOntent.
Havana's midday papers publish the
Washington news, some of them COM
menting editorially upon it. AS the
point about where the arms are to be
kept appears to be thought Of vital i'm
portance in Washington, the conviction
announced there that the mayors can
not be trusted with them is cause of
fresh discomfort, just at the moment
when the various complications ap-
peared to be unraveled.
The Agreement Quoted.
The mayors are the appointees of
the governor general, and when the mil
itary assembly dissolved they were
made its representatives to receive the
arms. Article of the agreement Dc-
tween Gen. Gomez and Robert p. Por-
ter, President McKinley's special rep
resentative, runs as follows: 1.-The Gu
bans shall surrender their arms to the
Cuban assembly or to its representa-
tives."
Bad Faith Charged.
Gen. Gomez, who at the time Of COM
ing to the agreement with Mr.. Porter
had not quarreled with the assembly,
insisted upon this point. Since the
quarrel he has again raised the point
repeatedly, saying, also. that Mr.. Por-
ter brought full written authority
from President Mckinley, and, in the
presidents name, agreed that the arms
II. L c IL
sembly or it representatives. At Mon
day nights meeting of the Society of
Veterans of Independence-organ
by former members of the assembly
the speakers dilated upon Article 4, as
serting bad faith, the presidents plen-
ipotentiary having agreed to deposit
the arms with the representatives of
the assembly, while, through the con-
nivance of Gomez, they were to be sur
rendered to the American army.
What Does AIger Want9
La Discussion says:
''Secretary Alger appears to wish to
provoke a conflict here. He is more
distinguished in the United States as
a business man than as politician,
and his relations with certain syndi-
Gates are well known. He opposes ev-
erything that Cuba wants, and favors
everything that would cause feeling
and provoke excitement. His attitude
prompts the question: What does he
want? Does he desire war here SIM
liar to that in the Philippines? We
are forced to believe that he only ap-
proves what is unsatisfactory to Cuba"
Cubans of prominence object to talk
ing for publication on the subject, but
wherever they have been interviewed
they say, without exception, that such
an order as is referred to in the press
dispatches from Washington would
cause much trouble and would still
further separate Cuba from the United
States
The Manifesto Unsatisfactory.
The manifesto of Gen. Gomez, issued
Thursday evening, is unsatisfactory to
the military administration, because
its author failed to disband the army.
He had been asked to include a para
graph directing the various commands
to dissolve, and had said he was in
doubt as to whether he was authorized
fleet upon the matter. His attitude at
headquarters Thursday was quite diff
ferent from his previous bearing, and
it soon became obvious that he wished
to discontinue giving advice, even on
the subject of the payment to the
troops.
CZAR,S PEACE CONFERENHE