The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-17

Washington Authorities Confident
That Gen. Brooks Is Equal to the
Occasion, and Will Distribute the
$3,OOO,OOO Without Causing an
OutbreaL-Gen.' Gorii ez Preparing
Lengthy Manifesto.
HAVANA. May 1691The manifesto
which Gen. Gomez IS Preparing to issue
will not only review his. own position as
| to the payment of the Cuban army. but
probably will direct the forces to disband.
| Following its publication Gov. Gen.
Brooke will issue a-modified order elm
| mating the necessity for the participa-
| ton of any Cuban commander in the dis
| tribution of the 100000. The governor
general regards Gomez as having acted
sincerely throughout, and believes his
withdrawal from the distribution due
! to an attitude of friendly inactivity"
| has been forced upon him by the deser-
| ton of those generals upon whom he
had relied.
| Members of the late Cuban military
assembly and other disconnected per-
sens belonging to the new revolutionary
| club, styled veterans association" met
at Cerro last night and INDUCED in a
! prolonged debate on the question of the
| troops surrendering their arms. One
group was in favor Of entrusting the arms
! to the brigade chiefs or Cuban munich
| palities. Another group was opposed al
| together to surrendering the arms, say
| ing it might be necessary to "use them
/ against American pretensions.'
| The meeting was presided over by Gen.
Jose Lacrete, and was attended by San
gully Andrade, Rival and Juan Gomez
Telegram from all the provinces were
| read opposing giving up the arms. The
supposed weakness of Gen. Gomez was
contrasted with Aguinaldos patriotic
course No decision was made. During
the meeting Col. Myres proposed to send
| the following telegram to Santiago:
General discomfort. We refuse to sur
render arms. Opinion unanimous"
Gen. Andrade declined to agree to the
! suggestion saying 1t, would not be advis-
| able to make such a display of feeling.
Instead of the dispatch proposed by
Myores, the following was sent:
Reunited Decided to agree to muster
out on the basis of decree of former as
sembly. Announced that Brooke will
modify his decree. Await to see if salts
factory Concert with you In final pro-
ceedings
The voting on this dispatch was fifty
nine in favor against thirty-six opposed.
PUBLIC EXCITED
Such meetings as the one just held at
Correo would be regarded in a less in
fiammatory country as ominous, and out
siders might think Cuba was on the verge
of insurrection. Public feeling is certain
ly 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 Governor General Brooke will
go ahead as inoffensivey as possible in
the disbursement of the 100000 appro-
| priated for the Cuban troops. This can
not begin, however, until next week. If
| the Cubans wish to surrender their arms
| to the municipalities all will. be WELL The
| American authorities will raise no OBJ
| lection. 20 .sftce-
Americans residing i'm Havana, especial
ly those who have been here since the
beginning of the military occupation, look
upon the present anti-American outburst
as similar to the Garcia funeral incident,
and the excitement htoh followed the
prohibition of, demonstrations on Jan. ].
1t is really a very simple matter Just now
Gen. Broekeis considering the publication
of an order designed toseheck untruthful
and violent criticism OF the military gov
ernment Should the order be issued it
will merely call attention, by reproducing
them, to the existing libel laws under
the Spanish code, which provide abundant
methods of discouraging immoral utter
ances. The propriety of eensuring ex-
plosive newspapers suppressing meetings,
and forcibly disarming the Cubans has
been considered, but such policy has been
laid aside definitely as being unwise anw
mpolitic. There is no present intention
to use any repressive measures. Every
body will be allowed to express his feel
ings in writing and talking. A former
| member of the military assembly said to-
day:
1.-THE Cubans have no desire for any
| thing but a peaceful adjustment imme-
diately. They blamed Gomez for being too
uncommunicative, and for his unwilling
| ness to abnegate selfish motives sufficient
| ly to allow any one else to have a share
in the honor of arranging Cuba's future"
Gen. Luis Rivera has been appointed
civil governor of Havana by Gen. Brooke
| Several natives have been arrested near
Caibairen for destroying government sig
nal posts.
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