The record-union., 1899-02-03

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Cuba; that we had only been a month
on the island, and that President Nc
Kinley needed and was entitled to the
cooperation of all interested in the
welfare and future OF Cuba, but he
needed the cooperation of General
Gomez above all others.
The first problem, Mr.. Porter then
pointed out, was the disbandment of
the Cuban army and the return Of the
Cuban soldiers to work. This was the
specific mission which had brought Mr..
Porter to Remedies, and in which Mr..
Mckinley expected General Gomez S
aid
The Cuban Communicating Chief re-
piled that he was ready and willing to
give the aid required, but asked how
he could do so.
To this Mr.. Porter replied that Pres
ident Mckinley would be glad to have
him go to Havana and cooperate with
General Brooke in disbanding the Gu
bans and in paying over the So 900, 900
appropriated for that purpose.
General Gomez said the amount was
too small, but that it was not his fault,
and he would make it go as far as pos
sible.
mo man in history said Mr.. Por-
ter, has done so much with so small
resources as you have done. Hence your
cooperation with General Brooke will
bring good results"
General Gomez specially requested
that the money for which Mr. Porter
had orders in his pocket, should be paid
over to General Brooke and not to him
self, as he did not want the personal
responsibility of keeping it.
The Cuban General then assured Cap
tain Campbell of his good feeling tow
ard General Brooke, and the formal
compact was presented to General Co
mez by Mr.. Porter, and was assented to
by General Gomez.
GOMEZ WRITES A LETTER TO
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY.
REMEDIES province of Santa Ga
ra), Feb. 2.-Immediately after yester-
days conference, General Gomez wrote
the following letter to President Nc
Kinley in Spanish:
Republic of Cuba, headquarters OF
the army, Remedies, Feb. /, 1899
President Mckinley, Washington: II
has been great pleasure to me to con-
fer with your Commissioner, Mr. Por-
ter, introduced by my friend Quesada
and am now aware of and pleased
with your wishes. In a short time ]
shall go to Havana and confer with
General Brooke, so that everything will
go well. Following your advice, I will
willingly cooperate in the work of re-
constructing Cuba.
MAKING GOMEZ, General"
To-day General Gomez is preparing
for the trip to Havana. The whole at
titude of the old fighter is much more
cordial than was anticipated by Mr.
Porter. He told the latter he was
proud to meet the special Commission
er of the President, and he is evidently
much gratified at the prospect of the
early solution of the disarmament
problem.
The money from the United States
will be sent on Commissioner Porter's
order to General Brooke, and will be
paid out as called for by distribution
through subcommittee of Cuban and
American officers in the various prov
inces. As agreed upon at yesterday
conference, the entire amount will be
in Spanish silver At the rate of &c
it will amount to 81 100000, or nearly
500 for each man in the Cuban army
as estimated by the delegation from
the Cuban Military Assembly which
went to Washington in December and
has recently returned to Cuba. The
late General Calixto Garcia told Pres
ident Mckinley that this amount would
be satisfactory.
At the conference Mr. Porter laid
oio1 ct he
100000 was not to be regarded as
wages due for services rendered, but
as relief fund from the United States
to expedite the DISARMAMENT of the
army, and to further the aims of re-
construction. This article of the COM
pact, previously cabled, was the most
delicate point under consideration, as
the question of the recognition of the
Cuban army as a military body and
tacitly, of the Cuban Revolutionary
Government was involved General
Gomez acquieseed in this premise more
readily than might have been expected
in view of his reputed hostility to the
United States
STATEMENT PURPORTING TO Elk.
PLAIN THE SITUATION.
LONDON, Feb. "A former Captain
IN the Cuban army, Juan Fernandez
the London representative of General
Maxine Gomez. issued by order of the
latter to-day, previous to the receipt
here of the Remedies dispatch of the
Associated Press showing the settle,
ment of the great Cuban difficulty. q
long bombastic statement. purportins
to explain the situation in Cuba. He
| saidd
The proffered $1,000. 900 for the paw
ment of the Cuban troops has been re-
FUSED as totally inadequate to meet ths
expenses and losses of the troops. many
of whom have lost all proofs that they
are owners of property which is now
being monopolized by American capi.
talists and railroad magnates. Ever
twice the s6O,O00.OOO demanded b,
| Gomez would not properly repay the
Cubans. We all respect President Nc.
Kinley and the Americans, but have ne
| respect for the petty officials employed
| by the United States who are exercis.
ing as bad tyranny toward the Cubans
as did the Spaniards. This tyranny
and lack Of money is driving the Gu
bans headlong to rebellion. If the
demands are not satisfied they will fol.
low in the footsteps of the Filipino. an6
resist to the death the United States ir
Cuba God knows how 1t will result
but carnage and the humiliation of the
Cubans is inevitable
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