The Van Buren press., 1899-05-20
JEALOUS OF GENERAL GOMEZ.
Ihe Real Cause of the Present WIN
dy Denomination of che Gu
ban Generals.

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ton as TO the payment II the Cuban
army. but probably viii direct the
foreeS TO disband.
Brooke Ha. Faith in Gomez.
Following lis publication Goy.-Gen.
Brooke viii issue a modified order
eliminating theneeessity for the partiei'
patton Of any Cuban commissioner in
the distribution of the S3.o0o,0oo. The
governor general regards Gomez as
having acted sincerely throughout, and
believes that his Withdrawal from the
question of the distribution 70 an at
titude Of friendly inactivity has been
forced upon him by the desertion OF
those generals upon whom he had re-
hed
Meeting of IrreconeiIahleS.
Members Of the late Cn0an assembly
and other diseoaiented persons be-
longing 10 the new revolutionary club
STYLED the Veterans association, met
al Cerro Monday night. end iadulged
N prolonged debate on the question
OF the Cuban troops surrcU dering their
arTas. One group wasi i fayol Of in
trusting the arms 10 the brigade chiefs
or Cuban municipalities. Another
group was opposed altogether 10 sur
rendering the arms. saying i might
be necessary 70 use them against
American pretensions."
Opposed to Giving Up Arms.
TIE meeting vas presided over by
Gen Jose Lacret, and was attended by
Sanguilly. Andrade. Vidal and Juan
Gcmez. kilograms from all the prov
inees were read. opposing giving up
the arms. The se-ealled weakness OF
Gen. Maximo Gomez was eontrasted
with Aguinaldo's patriotic courage
No decision was reached. During the
meeting Col. Miyores proposed to
send the following telegram 10 San
tiago:
Discarded Telegram and Substitute.
General discomfort. We refuse to
surrender arms. Opinion unanimous"
Gen. Andrade declined to agrte to
the suggestion. saying it would not be
advisable TO make such 2 display of
feeling. Instead OF the dispatch pro-
posed by Miyores. the following was
sent:
Reunited. Decided TO agree to
muster out on the basis of the decree
Of former assembly. Announced that
Brooke will modify his decree. Await
to see if satisfactory. Concert with
yon in final proceedings"
The voting on this dispatch WIS SO
in favor against 36 oppOss d.
Not Regarded a. Significant.
Such meetings as the one jlst aeld
at Cerro would be regarded in n less
inlamatory community as ominous,
and outside observers might think
Cuba is on the verge of insurIeetion.
Public feeling in Havanl is certainly
excited, but those whose judgment is
worth most consider the agitation TO
be superficial and TO consist merely of
phrasings which will never lead TO an
overt act. GoY.-Gen. Brooke will go
ahead as inoffensively a. possible in
the disbursement of the 1900. 900 APP
propriated for the Cuban troops. This
can not begin, however, until next
week. If the Cubans wish to surren.
der their arms to the municipalities,
all will be well. The American au-
thorities will raise no objection.
Like the Garcia Funeral Incident.
Americans residing in Havana, espe.
cially those who have been here since
the military occupation, l"ok upon the
present anti-American outburst as
similar to the Garcia funeral incident
and the excitement which followed the
prohibition of demonstrations on Jam
uary /. 1t is really very simple mat
ter.
Proposed Order by Gen. Brooke.
just now Gen. Brooke i; considering
the publication of an order designed
to check untruthful and violent crit.
eism of the military government
Should the order be issued il would
merely call attention. by reproducing
them, to the existing libel laws under
the Spanish code, which provides
abundant methods of discCuraging i'm.
moderate utterances.
Free Press and Free Speech.
The propriety of cenaoring explo-
siye newspapers, suppress.ng meetings
aud forcibly disarming the Cubans has
been considered. but such policy has
been laid aside definitely as being un.
wise and impolitic. There is no pres
ent purpose to use any repressiye
measures. Everybody will be allowed
to express his feelings in writing and
talking.
Desire a Peaceful Adjustment.
A former member of the military
assembly said yesterday:
The Cubans have no desire for any
thing but a peaceful adjustment. They
blame Gomez for being too dpcom-
municatiye and for his nnwillingness
to abnegate selfish motives sufficiently
to allow any one else to have a share
in the honor of arranging Cuba's fu-
ture."
Canal Bill Rejected.
Berlin, May 1.-THE committee OF
the Prussian diet has rejected the
canal bill by a vote OF II to IL.
VIII ha a nfhRrnts