Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-20
CUBANS PLEAD BAD FAITH
bly, or Its Representative Shall
Receive the Arms.

HAVANA, May 19.-Havana is in a fer
ment again over the idea that the Washing
ton administration has determined to take
the arms of the Cuban troops and to retain
them in the possession of the War depart
ment This view of the latest news from
Washington has been telegraphed to the va
rious cities
Governor General Brooke is thus far una
ware, save through the press kilograms, OF
any dissatisfaction on the part of General
Alger, secretary of war; with his General
Brooke's) plan to have the arms deposited
in thS care of the mayors of the municipali-
ties, nor has he received any other inklings
of the secretary's purpose to lay the matter
before President Mckinley. Consequently,
unless instructions to the contrary are re-
ceived from the Washington administration
the governor generals order respecting the
distribution of the 100000 as modified,
will be issued tomorrow. The secretary OF
war has been informed as to the substance
of this order in the usual course of business.
Hayana's midday papers publish the WASH
ington newspapers report commenting edi-
torially upon 1t. The conviction announced
there that the mayors cannot be trusted
with them is a cause of fresh discomfort
just at the moment when the various com.
plicationS appeared to be unraveled The
mayors are the appointees of the governor
general and when the military assembly dis
solved they were made its representatives
to receive the arms. Article iv of the agree.
ment between General Gomez and Robert p.
Porter, President McKinleys special repre-
sentative, runs as follows: "The Cubans
shall surrender their arms to the Cuban as
sembly or to its representatives"
General Gomez, who at the time OF coming
n he nDnt with
quarreled with the assembly, insisted upon
this point. Since the quarrel he has again
raised the point repeatedly saying also tha,
Mr.. Porter brought full written authority
from President Mckinley and in the presi-
dents name agreed that the arms should g.
into the assembly or its representative. AT
Monday nights meeting of the Society OF
Veterans of the ndependence-organized by
former members Of the assembly-the speak
ers dilated upon article iv, asserting bad
faith.
La Discussion says: Secretary Alger an.
pears to wish to provoke a conflict here
He is more distinguished in the United
States as business man than as a poll
tican, and his relations with certain syndl-
Gates are we'll known. He opposes every.
thing that Cuba wants and favors everything
that would cause feeling and provoke ex-
SltSluehl' iil5 attitude prompts the QlleS-
tion, What does he want? Does he desire A
war, similar to that in the Philippines? We
are forced to believe that ne only approve.
what is unsatisfactory to Cuba"
The following official dispatch has been
received at headquarters from the city of
Puerto Principe, dated May 10:
To the Adjutant General, El Vedado: A
man named Fernando Alvarez reported that
band of sixty armed negroes had attacked
farm at Guayabal east OF Santa Cruz, and
mad killed six out Of the fourteen men en-
ployed on the farm. afterwards escaping.
Captain Fountain and two troops of cavalry
scouting near Guimara. were ordered to pro-
ceed to Guayabal with pack animals as soon
as possible returning along the Santa Cruz
road. Another troop was sent down the
Santa Cruz road with rations and grain to
meet and assist Captain Fountains COM
mand. TWO detachments of rurals were in
the meantime sent TO Santa Cruz.
Alvarez. the man making the report, had
not been to Guayabal at all, but an indi-
vidual named Pedro Roberto. at Sobonica,
asked him TO come 70 Puerto Prineipe and