The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-17
Influential Generals Expected to
Espouse GOmez'S Cause.
MAY BE MORE TROUBLE
PRESIDENTIAL BOOM LAUNCH
ED FOR GENERAL GOMEZ.
Havana's Cuban Police Make Mis-
cradle Failure, and Are Treated
With Derision-Chief Carries His
Resignation In His Pocket-News-
boys Control Newspaper Policy.

Havana, March 16.-General Pedro
Betancourt has arrived from Ma
tanzas and conferred with Cen
eral Pedro Diaz. Jesus Monteagudo. Luis
Robar. Alberto Nodarse and Francisco
PeraZa, who last night decided to act
in conjunction with him in condemniner
the action of the military assembly. Con-
siderable interest attaches to the attitude
they will adopt with respect to General
Gomez, because they command over 20,0O0
Cuban soldiers. If they adhere to Gomez
it is asserted that their action will prob
ably be the assembly's death blow. The
general feeling is that they will support
nm, but they would like to secure the
cooperation of General Mayia Rodriguez
commanding general in the provinces of
Pinar del Rio, Matanzas, Havana and
Santa Clara, but this may prove difficult
as he has already publicly expressed his
adherence to the assembly.
Should Rodriguez continue to defend the
assembly,s course, and should these gen.
erals declare in favor of Gomez, trouble
might follow. They are corps of COM
manders under him. but their united in
fiuence is considered stronger than his.
The meeting they had arranged for this
afternoon was postponed.
The talk of General Gomez for president
of the Cuban republic is increasing as a
very natural reaction against the censureS
bly,.
POLICE IN DISGRACE.
Chief of Police Menocal, owing to the
recent censures of the force, carries his
resignation in his pocket. He has ten
dered it two or three times, but on con-
sideration has withdrawn it.
The police force has unfortunately
created a bad impression. During the last
few days the policemen have shown
timidity in handling people. They appear
undecided as to what to do or how to do
it. People have no respect for them and
pay little attention to their orders. Be
sides this the force has no past traditions
esprit de corps or experience. Since Nc
Cullaghs departure the only American
police officer here has been Detective
Crowley. and he is concerned with the de-
tective bureau alone.
There have been several amusing in
cidentS showing lack of respect for the
police, and several of the force have
asked for a detail of American soldiers to
help them arrest lawbreakers saying our
soldiers are the only men the lawbreah-
erS will obey. 1t will take some time
for the police to regain the prestige they
have lost.
Two hundred newsboys, members of the
Newsboys Protective association, called
and informed the business manager,
through a committed that they would not
sell the paper. He asked them why.
Because" said the spokesman of the
association, "of the editorial this morn
ing favoring a Ions American occupa-
might sell tomorrow's issue if no more
'displeasing' editorials appeared.
The newshoys. encouraged by the sue
cess that attended similar efforts against
another paper two days ago, determined
this morning in solemn session to oppose
Gomez and the cause of free Cuba.
Among the DaDer-sellerS are many adults