New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-14
GENERALS YIELD TO GOMEZ.
ASK HIM TO REPRESENT ARMY IN Ne
GOTIATIONS.
CUBAN LEADERS CONFER WITH GENERAL
BROOKE REGARDING DISARMAMENT-
STEPS TAKEN TO END LAWL LESSNESS.

| BROOKE REGARDlNi DlSARMAMENl-
STEPS TAKEN TO END LAwLEssNEss.
| Havana. April 13.-The Cuban generals this
! afternoon waited upon General Maximo Gomez
| officially. and informed him that they desired
| him to represent the army in any negotiations
with the United States military authorities in
| Cuba General Gomez accepted the trust. After
this all the generals waited upon. Governor Gen
eral Brooke to discuss with him the details Of
disarmament and payment. Generals Carrlllo,
Diaz. Alexandra, Rodriguez Rafael Rodriguez.
Roloff. Nunez Nodarso. BoZa, Castillo and
Vega present. representing the Fourth,
Fifth and Sixth Army Corps which had re-
quested Gomez to accept the representation OF
the army.
General Gomez In his response said: Since
by the dissolution Of the Military Assembly the
Cuban Army has been without representative
In position to serve its interests and the gen.
era interests of Cuba as connected With those
Of the army, gladly accept the post you offer
for the purposes specified. but l insist upon a
council Of generals to advise and assist me. and
that these generals shall receive the arms of the
soldiers and hold them trophies and souvenirs
Of the last glorious Cuban struggle for liberty.
AS soon this work is completed desire
full liberty to withdraw to a foreign country or
mainder of my days. We must recognize that
the only power to-day In Cuba is the power Of
those who have interviewed and therefore. for
the present thoughts Of Cuban independent
government can be no more than dreams"
General Gomez also proposed that after the
work of disbandng was completed the council
of generals should be continued under the presi-
dency of General Bartoome Maso. the head
OF Cuban interests. a provisional Cuban gov
ernment assisting In promoting Cuban welfare
under the control of the Americans. In his
opinion, the Cuban officers. well as the men
OF the rank and file, should receive share OF
the $3.0OO,OO, especially many of these. he
said, were to-day in extreme want. His sug-
gestion was that such officers did not need
the money allotted to them might turn It back
to the account Of the soldiers
VISIT TO THE GOVERNOR GENERAL
On the suggestion of Gomez that they should
all visit General Brooke. communicate to him
their resolutions and talk the matter over In his
presence, the generals repaired TO the Hotel
Trocha where the Governor General received
them cordially The conference lasted two hours
with regard to the payment of Cuban officers.
the fact developed that the American authorities
had already decided to make to them payment
after that of the soldiers had been settled The
preparatory details will probably be agreed upon
tomorrow.
The resolutions rendered to Gomez to-day by
the generals. coupled with those received yes
terday in the same tenor from the First and
Second Army Corps leaders make the represen-
tation unanimous. and give to him power as the
representative of the Cuban people until the
final establishment OF the Cuban Republic
The Third Cuban Army Corps is already dis
banded.
The land-owning and banking interests are
keenly anxious as 10 what Washington will de-
eide In the matter of the mortgage extensions
The debtors, who probably owe from $50 600 600
TO Slo,On,HO, predict a general. we'll as a
personal ruin, if the mortgages enforced.
their contract rights and assert that 1t will be
impossible for the island to contract further
loans for its restoration unless existing debts
can he collected. The question is considered
vital by all