Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-23


consider final interview on the oues-
ton of surrcnderng the arms. The pay
ment order was signed by the Governor
General on Saturday. but not publish
ed.
TENT OF AGREEMENT.
AT the end of two hours and a half
devoted to its examination, General Co
inez SAID he was entirely satisfied and
ieit convinced that the order met all
the objections which had been raised.
he text of the article disposing of the
arms is as follows:
The arms and equipments Of the Gu
pan soldiers will be turned over to the
civil governors or to the alcaldes of
municipalities. either at the place OF
residence of the soldiers or at the place
OF payment, to the United States off,
GERS IN charge. Said civil governors
ana ialcaldes are hereby charged With.
l tnfeiiRi gers orage and care Of the SAME
uhni they can be collected for storage
IN Cuban arsenals at Havana and SAM
tiago as already arranged
Receipts will be given to soldiers for
arms turned in. and civil governors
ana alcaldes will forward to headuuar-
ters Il report of the number of arms in
their charge. Where five hundred arms
are stored in one place an eX-Cuhan
soldier VIII be employed as an arnor-
err and shall be paid for his services
by the general government. The name
oil such person shall be sent to head
quarters 10 be placed on the rolls for
the proper and prompt payment for his
services
~ FORCE DISBANDED.
Colonel Acea, who was at one fine
member of the staff of the late Gene
raj Antonio Maceo, to-day disbande5
ms iorce of three hundred men, who
mad been stationed near Alqusar. prov
neg nf Il II u
quietly to their homes with their arms.
resolved neither 10 accept the money of
the United States, nor TO wait longer In
n condition of suspense. ~ meeting of
the cuban chiefs in the Occident. or
western provinces, has been called to
consider the situation. and will proba
piy decide TO adopt he same course
SANGUILLY'S STATEMENT.
iSNeral Julio 5 nguilly said to-day:
Our officers and men realize the i'm
II resort TO force should be had. but
they earnestly wish to retain the arms
which are rightfully theirs, and it will
be source of animosity IL they are
not allowed to do So
THE CUBAN PRESS.
La Discussion. In spirited editorial
urges emulation Of the example of the
Cubans in the Orient. and reprints the
dispatch Of the veterans OF Santiago to
General Mayia Rodriguez, announcing
that there is no longer an organized
army In the Orient and declaring their
determination to refuse American
money.
The -Lucha. says:
The rifle represents to each soldier
much more than dollars: and It is not
hard to prophesy that the rest of the
Cuban soldiers will initiate those In the
eastern provinces. We are now stand
ing over trouble which. sooner or
later, will break out. ii the Americans
prohibit The use of all arms, as they
have already stopped The importation.''
The Engish-Lucha. in an editorial.
pcinting out the impossibiIity of war.
says:
"Cubans are too intelligent not to
realize the rashne<s OF such a proceed
Ing 1t would simply bring ruin; and
they do not wish TO have the world
think that they want war"
It is now believed that the disease
which attacked the Canary Islander
who recently arrived here. and which
was thought u be yellow fever. Is only
pernicious malaria.