The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-05
nALMA GOVERNMENT BITTERLY
ATTACKED BY LIBERAL FA-
voRire FOR PRESIDENT.
zELIEvEs UNITED STATES HAS
DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY TO
ACT UNDER PLATT AMEND


zead IN Cuba, and the condition of 4af-
airs there is worse than it ever was
ander Spanish rule. even in the most
{ Asraeious periods Of tho weyler gov,
s-uraent. Financial ruin and dishon.
= fare the people, and II things con.
Hnus rs they are the nation will be
1onyerted into one of hereditary rule. :"
THIS declaration was Jade by Gen.
ezaK lose Miguel Gomez, Governor of
ths province Of Santa Clara, and can.
aihate OF the liberal party for the
Presidency Of Cuba, who arrived on
me steamship Monterey from Havana.
srrmpanied by Col. orestes Ferrara,
ane OF his closest adherents.
Aitkuugh he denied he had any
aSen fear, color was given to the re.
pors that General Gomez had left Gu
% ., escape assassination by the fact
l1zs as soon as he stepped from the
st,ip uf the Ward Line pier, in Brook.
In, he was surrounded by four Pink.
srf1H detectives who accompanied
him IN a closed carriage to the New
Amsterdam Hotel, where he will stay
while IN this city.
according to other passengers on
me Monterey. the impression in Ha.
xana Is that General Gomez's mission
Is ~ call upon President Roosevelt
md invite the Intervention of the Uni.
ted States in the prevailing troubles
AtxEeen the liberal party and the gov.
srzruent of President Palma, but
vixen questioned about this the Gen.
aafai said he had no present idea OF
dong SO. although he would be very
xihd II he could enlist public senti.
Hafur and sympathy in the cause of
( rtsrsm and justice for the whole peo.
Die.
Here to Take Liberty.
am here to rest for some DAYS"
Ae continued, "and to breathe the air
Il liberty that is lacking in my own
puntry and for which | have fought
10 long,. y
Then he entered upon lengthy ex.
ruzttion of the political situation In
taa island, first taking up the report
lac boxes Of dynamite had been
s<ken to Tunas de Saza, in the prov.
nee of Santa Clara. by the liberals
md titat plan lad been formed to
blow up the city of Cienfuegos.
After the war;" he said, "the can.
rn and shells that had been sent to
Eihas in the Florida and Fanitta expe.
eafioux were presented TO the munich. |
Eadry Of Sanctii Spirftus, but the may. !
r, Garcia canizares. who is now pres.
dent of Congress-, was afraid to re.
.rrira them. They were then taken to |
xanas de Saza and thrown into the
sea The Palma government has fu1l
nowiedge of this, but has been
Hreading these stories of dynamite
IN order to justify the murders it has
been committing.
fn false charges the government
assassinates the Liberals, the jails |
are tHled with political prisoners, and
NE have no hope OF justice from
andzss and magistrates who recog-
mig M law but the will of the govern.
n,rat- We are hinderci in casting
;uEr votes and Cuba is now suffering a
reSsu of terror never caualled under
Spanish tyranny. 1tswos such things
Is these that made US withdraw from
. yke elections. Public funds are used
3 FOX electoral purposes The sanitary
unrdition of the island is disgrace.
The Cuban government has employed
afs1zsands OF men in the sanitary de-
Vsrrment, but for voting, not for.
( soeiling purposes.
Assassins Feared.
has become impossible to dare
40 oppose the government without
.risksof ones life and liberty. The
rszgur of Havana has Been deprived
4 x ais Office against the law and the
.EhoIe city council dismissed because
ttsey were liberals. The same thing
azz happened throughout the republic
! m scores and scores of towns. No
sze tslres confess his political opin-
iors for fear OF assassination, for
which purpose the most desperate
rrininals are allowed ty the govern.
nzre to be at large.
For what is happening in Cuba,
NE United States government has a
stsyct responsibility. Palma is en-
rnfeh tn do as he is doing only by tell.
irs ahe people every day in that case
Of revolution or disorder the United
<rsteS would seu,I troous IN rup;sh