The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-20
Will To-Day Issue His Order Regard
ing the Payment of Insurgents I'm
less Washington Interferes.
COMMENTS OF LA DISCUSSION
1T DESIRES TO KNOW IF SECRETARY
ALGER WANTS WAR.
GOmez's Manifesto Unsatisfa ctory to
the Disarmament Question.

ment again over the idea that the Washing
ton administration has determined to take
the arms of the Cuban troops and 10 retain
them in military possession.
This view Of the latest news from Wash
ington has been telegraphed to the various
cities. Governor General Brooke is thus far
unaware. save through the press telegrarns,
Of any dissatisfaction on the part of Gen.
Alger, secretary of war, with his General
Brooke's) plan to have the arms deposited
in the care Of the mayors Of the municpali-
ties, nor has he any other inkling of the Sec
retary's purpose to lay the matter before
President Mckinley. Consequently, unless
instructions to the contrary received
from the Washington administration, the
governor generals order respecting the dis
tribution of the s300O.00O. modified, will
be issued tomorrow. The secretary of war
has been informed to the substance of
this order in the usual course of business.
Havana midday papers publish the Wash
ington news, some Of them commenting ed
itoriaily upon it. AS the point as to where
the arms are to be kept appears to be
thought of vital Importance in Washington,
the conviction announced there that the
mayors cannot be trusted with them is n
cause of fresh discomfort, just at the mo-
peared to be unraveled. The mayors are
appointees Of the governor general and when
the Military Assembly dissolved they were
made it's representatives to receive the arms.
Article CT the agreement between General
Gomez and Robert Porter, President Nc
Kinley's special representative. runs as fol-
lows: THE Cubans shall surrender their
arms to the Cuban Assembly or its repre-
sentatives."
General Gomez, who at the time OF COM
ing to the agreement with Mr.. Porter. had
not qtarreled with the Assembly, insisted on
this point Since the quarrel he has again
raised the point repeatedly. saying also that
Mr.. Porter brought full written authority
from President Mckinley, and in the Presi-
dents name, agreed that the arms should go
into the custody of the Assembly UT its rep
resentatises.
AT Monday nights meeting of the Society
Of Veterans Of ndependence-organzed by
former members of the Assembly-the
speakers dilated upon Article 4. asserting
bad faith. the presidents plenipotentiary
having agreed to deposit the arms with the
representatives of the Assembly while,
through the connivance of Gomez, they
were to be surrendered to the American
army.
La Discussion says: Secretary Alger ap-
pears to wish to provoke a conflict here.
He is more distinguished in the United
States as a business man than as a politi-
clan and his relations with certain syndi-
Gates are well known. He opposes every
thing that Cuba wants and favors every
thing that would cause feeling and provoke
excitement. His attitude prompts the ques-
ton What does he want? Does he desire
a war here similar to that in the Philip
pines? We are forced to believe that he
only approves what is unsatisfactory to
Cuba"
Cubans Of prominence object to talking
for publication on the subject, but wherever
they have been interviewed they say, with
out exception, that such an order as Is re-
| ferred to in the press dispatches from
Washington would cause trouble and would
| still further separate Cuba from the United
States
The manifesto Of General Gomez, issued
last evening, Is unsatisfactory to the mill
| tary administration because its author
| failed to disband the army. He has been
asked to include paragraph directing the
various commends to dissolve and had said
| he was in doubt as to whether he was
| authorized to dsband the army. promising
| to reflect on the matter. His attitude at
| headquarters yesterday was quite different
| from his previous bearing and it soon be-
| came obvious that he wished to discontinue
| giving any advice, even on the subject of
| the payment of the troops.
| The man who was reported to be suffering
| from yellow fever is now out of danger and
| no new cases of the disease have developed.
| Orders have been issued that only the i'm
| munes are 10 be allowed TO work under the
/ ground near the harbor. 1t is believed
| this work caused the former case of fever.
| Owing TO orders from Washington a ma
| Jority of the employees have been discharged
| from the navy yards here, which has not
| left enough men at the yards to pay proper
| sanitary attention to the place. Naval off,
| GERS expect in the near future the city sani-
| tary inspectors will be called upon to take
| steps in order TO properly safeguard the
| city for cleaning certain portions of the
| yard.
| Governor General Brooke has ordered the
| immediate making OF copies OF all conces-
| slons for public works and railroads given
| by the Spanish government or by former
| governor generals OF Cuba.
| &