The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-30

Quarrel In the Palace Mt Havana -Capote
Believed TO he Dealing With the OD.
p~osition-COI. Aiyos VIII Not Make
Attack on the Main BODY OF lnsur gents.
Special Cable Despatch 10 THE SUN.
HAVANA, Aug. 2e.-There was a hot
quarrel In the Palace to-day between Presi-
dent Palma and Vioe-President Mendez
Capote. The President ca lied Capote a
traitor and the latter retorted that Palma
was a powerless President. There were
mutual determinations and strong language
WAS used.
1t Ia universally believed that Capote
IL trafHoking with the opposition. 1t is
not likely, however, that the latter will
choose him as President.
Last Tuesday while Senior Gaytan de
Ayaia, the Spanish Minister, was talking to
friends at a table in the MiraInar Hotel he
spoke Of the killing Of Gen. Quentin Ban
deras as a %murderous affair. Capt. Jose de
Cardenas, an aide OF President Palma, who
was at an adjoining table, overheard the
remark and applied a vile epithet to the
Minister.
The latter notified President Palma OF
the occurrence and threatened to return
10 Madrid unless Cardenas was dismissed
from the palace. As a result the Captain
was this afternoon sent to join his regiment
n the field.
Pine Guerra, the leader Of the rebels In
the province OF Pinar del Rio, and DR..
Julian Betancourt, his chief Of staff, rs
ject President Palma's offer Of am
nesty to rebels. They say there can be no
compromise except on the basis Of the an
nulment Of the elections and a guarantee
Of fair play to the Liberal party. Guerra
says the revolutionists have no candidate
for the Presidency. When the proper time
comes, he says, the party will meet in gen.
eral assembly and nominate one.
Gen. Rafael Montalvo, Secretary Of Pub
lie Works, who is In charge Of all matters
pertaining TO the public order outside Of
the military operations, says that the COM
promise hoped for by the rebels would be
preposterous. Should the Govern ment make
any compromise with the rebels there never
would be peace In Cuba, for those who might
be dissatisfied with the Government would
always take to the woods as a means of
forcing the Government to agree to their
purposes. Cuban revolutions, said the Gen.
eral, must be ended now forever.
Artemisa, an important town IN the
rrovince OF Pirar del Rio, was attacked
yesterday by the rebels. Amid heavy
firing the rebels entered the own but
soon withdrew. They also entered the
town Of Cabanas, In the same province,
and a small band OF them raided Santiago
de Vegas, in the province OF Havana.
Guerra's main army is near San Juan de
Martinez.
Passeng ger trains in the provinces OF
Pnar del Rio and Santa Clara are being
fred upon and travelling in those prov
inces Is unsafe.
Before dawn to-day the rural guards
by mistake fired on Gen. Betancourt's
guard OF twelve men neal Coliseo, killing
the sergeant commanding and wounding
four others. The wounded were taken to
the hospital at Matanz as.
Small rowing bands Of rebels in the vi
cinity Of Matanzas are now concentrating
into one large force.
There was fighting to-day near Bejucal.
Details are lacking.
The situation is steadily becoming more
serious. The steamer Maria Herrera with
a crew OF ffty-three men sailed for New
York this afternoon where she will be
fitted out as an armed Government trans
port and also take on supplies.
~ P'ohpSt s"N ~"y N'eS
the Cuban planters were unanimously
in favor OF annexation.
The pay Of some soldiers has been further
increased to $3.50 a day, An effort will
be made to have some Generals who nave
not been mixed up in the political trouble
arbitrate the situation.
Business Is paralyzed and loans are i'm
possible Of negotiation. The stoppage of
-z-t~ - ShA -la~NotNna ,a llyaly kN fn.aa
idle hands to join the rebels in order to
live.
Col. Avalos arrived home from Pinar del
Rio tonight. He informed the Government
that 1t Is impossible for him to attack Pine
Guerra with any hope Of success without
more troops.
The Diario de Ia Marina yesterday
printed the following significant editorial:
1T is imperative that this insurgent move
ment should end soon. Among others,
the most powerful reason for this is that
II II does not end soon there will be Ameri-
can Intervention and IL during the war
there Is not American Intervention the
Platt amendment will ave failed OF its
purpose.
-In other words either the republic is in
peril or It's credit falls to the ground. Inter-
V6nUlOn WOulu p0 VIC iosS, VI az Ipdot WIG
diminution OF independence. Non-inter-
vention during the war would be a loss of
the guarantee upon which capital has here
tofore counted.
IF the Plat Amendment, instead of
guaranteeing the peace, solvency and
health Of Cuba had confined itself to the
right Of Americans to intervene whenever
they might deem fit, 1t is almost certain
that so much English, American and Spanish
capital would not nave come here as has
come during the last few years.
This Is not to say by any means that
capital W ould not have come to Cuba without
the Platt law. II is sufficiently clear that
in any event capital would have come to a
country 30 prodigiously fertile, but can it be
doubted that it has come in greater quantity
because Of having such an extraordinary
guaranteed
Therefore It is our opinion that public
credit would suffer greatly with the failure
Of the Plat amendment, which is one OF
the horns OF our dilemma and 1t would 80
suffer without Cuba gaining anything in
true independence, for all that's evil in thai
L. -..ll .>s,a;n ;n f,,I forca