The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-12
FAITH IN AMERICAN HONESTY.
NORA BELIEVES CUB WILL BE
GIVEN INDEPENDENCE.

c,eation of the Supreme Court
Looked Upon as the First Step.
con. wood Seems to Have Issued
His Marriage Decree Too Early.
cen. BrOOISe's Decree VIII Render
II Nugatory-GOmez Has Angered
Members of His STAFF.
Havana. May 11.-Senor Federico Mora,
armerly civil governor OF Havana, who
vas recently appointed to the post Of su-
oreme Court fiscal. said in the course of
an interview to-day:
although I would not oppose annexation
after native incapacity for government
had been shown, do not think that it
would be forced upon the people, who, af-
ter half a century of fighting have earned
Independence. My knowledge of American
honesty eompels the belief that the govern
ment of the United States is acting in good
faith toward Cuba. and with the intention
10 keep the promises which President Nc
Kinley has made. To violate these promises
would disgrace the President and the ma
ton in the eyes of the world. The establish
ment of a court in Cuba is, in my opinion,
the first actual step toward the recognition
of the independence of Cubans."
A Mix in Marriage DEGREES.
The civil marriage decree recently is
sued 10 the province or Santiago differs
from the decree on the same subject in
course of preparation at headquarters
here The military governor of Santiago
province. Gen. Leonard Wood, acted with
out consultation with the governor gen.
eral, and his decree was rrst heard of
here through the local newspapers.
Probably it viii not be annulled specially,
but it win be rendered nugatory by a
general paragraph IN Gen. Brooke's de-
cree covering the entire island.
Gen. Woods action in this particular is
one of a series of incidents in line with
the theory held by some that the prov
inces are not so many departments in a
military division, but rather so many
states, loosely connected and semi-inde-
pendent
A letter has been addressed to Gen. Wood
pointing out to him the undesirability of
an attempt to handle the affairs of one
province without regard TO similar condi-
tons in other provinces, and alleging the
necessity of a uniform system In order to
make the people homogeneous.
Gomez staff Is Mad.
The decision of Gen. Gomez to abandon
Qunta de los Molinos, the old summer
residence of the captain generals, where
he has been living, and to take a house
in the city, or live with friends here,
was announced to the members of his
staff to-day, who were simultaneously in
structed to repair to their homes.
The order aroused considerable resent
ment among them, all accusing Gomez
of deserving them, and declaring that they
have neither homes, work nor money.
The disagreement is serious, especially
as the anti-Gomez papers continue to at
tack the amount of money the Cuban
soldiers are to receive.
Papers Growing Bitter.
La Discussion and Ell Reconcentrado
seem determined to cause trouble, The
former, in a bitter editorial to-day, de-
clares that the payment of $50 for an
exchange of arms is merely
an attempt to place the Cubans in the
power of the Americans. The article,
which is believed to be inspired by Man
uel Sanguilly, says:
These traitors have caused all the COM
pllcations which have placed our country
in the existing conditions, conditions that
if continued longer, will cause ferocious
and bloody strife between the Cubans and
Americans"