Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-13
CONFIDENCE
IN GO ~
9.
The United States Will ). :
OgniZe Him.
THE ASSEMBLY IS IGNORED
1t Has Never Been Recognized by This
observation-disclosures I'M
pressions Are Held.
THE ASSEMBLY IS IGNORED

the Tribune from Washington says:
News from Havana of the Cuban as
sembly's action Will cause no change IN
the administrations policy. The Ameri- !
can military authorities in Cuba will con-
tinue to recognize Gomez and to deal
with him. 1t is not believed the turmoil
which has been created temporarily will
make necessary any change in the plans
for the withdrawal of the volunteers,
though if the developments seem to re-
ouire it, the plans will be modified. The
intention was to have all the volunteers
out of Cuba by April Is. Peremptory m
structons have been given that the trans
ports should be available, so that there
| would be no delay in embark1ng the
troops This is understood to have been
| done by direct orders of President Nc
! Kinley.
No serious concern is felt over the act
| of the assembly. Official reports have
all increased the confidence felt IN Go
mez He has impressed Gen. Brooke and
tho other military commissioners with
his sincerity and they have stated their
confidence in his ability to secure the dis
| bandment of the insurgent army. SO
complete is their confidence that Gen.
| Brooke has completed the general scheme
of rural police to be organized from the
ranks Of the disbanded insurgents. Co
mez gave his adhesion to the plans and
was ready to cooperate in making it eff
| fective.
The Cuban assembly has never receiv
ed official recognition from the United
States. Unofficial consideration was CIV
en- to the existence of such body and the
commission which came to Washington
headed by Gen. Calixto Garcia was re-
| ceived informally just as Mr.. Quesada
was received in advising and giving in
formation a bout Cuban affairs The COM
mission arranged for the $S, 0Q0,000 pay
ment but the government gave neither to
it nor to the assembly the handling Of
the funds. The instructions under which
Gen. Brooke is acting are specified. They
are based on the supposition that the in
surgent army consists of a total of 30,
600 men and officers
The roll must be produced to show that
the beneficiaries of the fund joined the
insurgent army before the surrender Of
Santiago. This is a liberal provision, for it
recognizes those who did not take their
chances with the insurgents until the
American fleet blockaded Havana in April,
; Nevertheless, it excludes several thOus-
land camp followers who exceeded in
| getting themselves enrolled after the
protocol was signed. All the insJrgent
: generals were dsgusted with these camp
followers The assembly itself directed
: that 900 of them should be mustered out.
There is no evidence that this has been
done.
1t is also an erroneous impression that
the United States makes a gift of $1,000,
r O0O The sum is gift simply in the sense
that it is advanced without q specific ar
rangement for its repayment being made
The United States contents itself with
the simple statement that the advance
: is to be repaid ont of the future revenues
: of the island The statement from Fla.
, vana that the assembly has not yet
rl,T h
u udricous misconception which the mem
, bers have Of their own position 1t does
Z not rest with them but with the insur.
gent soldiers to accept the bounty. The
. funds have been shipped to Gen. Brooke
! to be paid out directly ano not through
!. the agency of the assembly. He has beer
: arranging the details for paying out the
\ money with Gen. Gomez.
:. In the secret sessions of the assembly
. the members of the commission which
= = came to Washington were sharply criti
y cized and defended themselves. While
= hostility to Gomez has much to do Will
the action of the assembly, it has alsC
. been influenced by INSCRIPTIONS financia
- adventurers. These have presented var
~ ious schemes for creating a great bonded
- Indebtedness. The knowledge that thes
9 schemes We're beng urged caused Gen
- Brooke to make the official declaration
0 that the United States would recogniz
;. no indebtedness created by the assembly
>. One of the schemes was to make vali'
- the s2O,O00,000 CT paper money issued b.
. the Spanish bank of Cuba in Weyler'
,e times and use it for the payment of tn
a troops This scrip has speculative val
- ue of five or six cents on the dollar.
- While the immediate future is not clear
- administration officials have the utmo
~ confidence that the policy which has beel
% adopted will work successfully. Ger
=. Brooke will not be hampered IN his dc al
+; ings with Gomez. Tho reports from tn
~ army officers as we'll as from the Ameri
can civilian officials in Cuba have bee
all to the effect that his leadership is rec
ognized by an overwhelming majority Q
= the people Some of the army officer
l. who in the beginning doubted were con
If yinced of his influence when they saw tn
- receptions given to him. 1t was know
" from the beginning that Gomez was nc
y. popular with the members of the assem-
L bly, Many of them We're his persona
D. enemies because of the discipline to whic
st he had subjected them. Conservativ
s. Cubans were hopeful that the assembl
y, would restrain this personal hostility
l, Gomez and would also act so as to fin
favor in the United States. They hav
been disappointed and their influence wi
now be directed to ignoring its existenc
A. The reports received in Washington hay
So lindica ted the growing unpopularity of tn
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