The Mena star., 1899-03-16
Doubtful Whether the Assembly Will Be Able to Maintain Its
 Opposition to Gomez.
CATHOLIC SISTERS TO LEAVE CUBA.
the Sacred Heart Ordered to Get Away from Cuba Because They Are Daughters of Indian Chle 's--Havana Sentiment with Gen. Gomez.


 New York, March 15. "A dispatch to the New York Tribune from Havana says: The teapot of Cuban politics has been fairly boiling over again. It is clear that the controlling element in the assembly could not have measured accurately the prestige and popularity of that somewhat nondescript body before plunging into the foolh hardy con- test with Gen. Gomez which the resolu- tion of deposition has precipitated, for, with all the faults of temper and judg- ment which may be charged against him, Gomez remains the sole military hero of the recent rebellion. Had Ma- eco or even Garcia lived there might have been rival within the army to divide with Gomez the honors of the struggle against Spain and to chal- lenge now the expediencv of his polit- ical policy; but among the generals of the military assem bly, none has as yet so recommended himself to Cuban opinion as to attract distinct or noted following. The influence of the assembly as whcie is not to be set for moment against that of the real chief of the army.
 Though the veteran warrior accepts the decree of retirement and renounces the generalship, he remains, in spite of his enemies, the political head of the revolutionary party and in that role will continue to direct the for tunes both of the army and of the other elements of the Cuban popula- tion, whose present desire is for a speedy termination of military control and the cessation of the political guar Idianship now exercised by the United States.
 That the assembly will be able to maintain it's opposition to the display of feeling is doubtful. Many observ- CTS think that it's surrender, followed by the restoration of Gomez to his former authority, is the only logical outcome of the situation. Gomez has made many new admirers by the dig nifty with which he has accepted the issue raised and if he returns to the military leadership it will be with more influence and control than ever before.
 Catholic sisters to Leave Cuba
 Baltimore, Md, March 15. Five sis ters of the American order of the Sa- cred Heart have, according to dis patch from Pinar del Rio been ordered away from Cuba by Archbishop Cha belle, the papal representative recent ly appointed to investigate the affairs of the Catholic church in that island. The news was received from Rev. James +. Craft, an Indian missionary priest, who founded the American or der of the sisters and went to Cuba last November with the five nuns, who are all daughters of Indian chiefs. The cablegram, which came in Latin. was translated by Gen. O'Bierne: Archbishop Chapeile orders us to get away from here on account of the old hatred against the Undian) sisters"
 Havana Sentiment with Gomez. Havana, March 15 The action of Civil Governor Mora and the police de- partment in attempting to prevent the popular manifestations in favor of Gen. Maximo Gomez is strongly cen sured and the i'll feeling against the police runs high. The action of Gov. Gen Brooke in restraining the Cuban authorities from interfering has pleased the people and is favorably commented upon.