Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-16
CUBAN ARMY
IS TO Be PAID.
According to General Gomez s4O.-
100000 viii be Advanced.
CUSTOM HOUSE AS SECURITY


New York. Jan. i6--AccordinE to
Brig. General dose Miguel Gomez.
member Of tho Cuban commission In
Washington. the cuban army " rurc
TO receive tho three years pay 10 which
It 10 entitled. gio.ooD.Ooo being advanced
Of tho United States. with the custom
house u Cuba an security Tor ltn TO-
payment
liirg. General Gomez. who has .ust
arrived In this city from Washington,
u grateful Tor the way the commission
has been received. The negotiations II
Is expected viii be completed by tho
end or this month. whom the commla-
sion win return o. cuba Gen. Gomez
last niHht raidi "Our hopon have ali
been realized. At first however. thlnfs
looked very dark for us. Poor Gen.
Garcia was the most ponalmiatic ni-nt-
hcr % the commission. lie had uttls
nope TOT the success N our plano when
he len FOR Washington. The rest ~
the commission argued, however. that
as the Americans had taken charge ~
cuba nnd thus prevented W from fnir-
ing money We had right To request a
loan with which to pay on our mon.
uon. Garcia asked for only 500 for
v y
Protested because ~ the small amount.
Then came the generals DEAN sgd for
the time being negotiations woru fun-
pended. NJ our next meeting II was
agreed that an official list ~ the mon In
the cuban army would be required be-
fore any agreement could be reached.
Accordingly. lett FOR cuba. whence I
returned ON Jan. 9. with the required
document
There are 1900 mon 10 be paid in
the cuban army. The amount W. have
requested IL 10000. 900. 10 BE- turned
over 60 Us either In one or thrcc pny-
montr. We viii give AZ security Ito
custom houses In cuba. should tho
government not care to lent u that
sum, We are willing Co take Uns.thiri
81 u and later pay the men the raat.
AH nuuifH now stand, however, I
think We will receive the amount Ia
three payments. This. however. N not
decided yet. The late Mr.. Dinghy was
~ favor o. giving M the amount Ia ono
speaking OF the present condition ~
Affairs IN Havana, Gen. Comes said Il
There appears 60 be much ilsngreo-
mcnt among tho American Haldl,rs.'
ne continued. "and no one seems TO
know what his power II. Some one
gives nm order and the next man co,ln-
termnnds II. A result the gpy.rn-
ment q Havana Is not as smooth o. Il
might be.
Gen brooke. however. II wcil ilfed,
ana the cuhanH arr more than willing
To- help him. Cen. Ludlow's orders prc-
venting the cuhanH from taking my
part In the Evacuation parade caused
great deal ~ III feeling. This II now
done away with, and there npsi he ~
fear ~ clash between the Cubana and
the Americans.
The American soldiers arr = fns yet
of men ana do not give any 'rugbie,
We are done with war and want peace.
hut nevertheless We would never tllcr-
ate the condition ~ affairs which A. re-
parted a. exist In Porto Rico.
Gen. brooke, ! am told, u about %
name "a committee ~ CuhauH Wnn viii
act nH hlr advisers. Mpnhos Cnpote,
president ~ the assembly 10 santa
cruz Del Sur. win b. PLACED az tho
head ~ the commission.
Gen MaNimu Gomez will remain IN
the Held until IN" army n dlahnndei.
lie win then make his home In Havana.
Aftor the men In the army nave been
paid on, We viii try TO prove % This
country that We are fully able 10 gyv-
cn cuba.
"The paying IN Of tho army IL the
most important movement toward es-
tnbllHhlnF tranquility on the island. n
we should not be- able 20 raiia the
money. trouble with the men would
follow"
GomeE will return 60 Washington this
afternoon. Tho body % Gen inrcia
win be taken 10 Cuba by the sonimis-
Hlunerr.