The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-18
SETTLEMENT
NOT IN SIGHT
All Look to MIR. ,Taft,s
Arrival
GIVE CORDIAL RECEPTION
Cubans Wish to Facilitate Work
Of Coneiliator.
Iusurgent Forces Met mt Ell CanO and
Elect Pine Guerra Major-Generai
and Commandments
Chic.

Havana, Sept. 17.-while there Is
general desire among the insurgents
as well as on the part OF the Govern
r,ent officials to arrange peace as
quickly as possible. nothing dennue
concerning the basis on which ali
agreement can be reached has yet oe-
veloped.
The hope that anything like perma-
nent ARRANGEMENTS can be secured by
Wednesday. when Secretaries TAFT ana
Bacon are expected her. has been aban-
doned The situation on wednesday
probably will be simply one of armed
truce.
Another party of emissaries left Ha-
vana this morning for Ell Cano Tor the
purpose of negotiating with Genera
del Castillo but II will be Impossible
TO reach and confer with all the -ebei
leaders before Wednesday.
The thing most hoped for now In that
Secretary Taft on his arrival will hnd
matters in readiness for him TO begin
adjudication. The moderates are not
vet willing to make large concessions.
and neither are the liberals. CONSIDER
! ing their strength in the Held, wililng
| to recede much from their original de-
mands.
| General Menocal held a conference
with Alfredo Zayas OF the Liberals at
| a late hour last night. but with no
/
| def1nits result.
| The leaders of the rebel forces in the
western part Of Cuba held general
meeting yesterday near Ell Cano ana
elected Pine Guerra to be Ma1or-Gen-
eral of the first division. and Loynaz
del Castillo to be Major-General or the
second division of the insurgent army.
Asbert. Arenciba and Guas were CHOSEN
Brigadier Gen erals.
Congressman Gown, Romero and La
| Guerra and others who visited Ascerf
and other rebel leaders last night re-
turned to Havana this morning and
/ renorted that the rebels have 1850 men
| concentrated between Arroyo Arenas
end wajay. They declared the renei:
said they were agreeably impressed
| with President Roosevelts letter and
president Paima's decree for the sus-
peusioa OF hostflities, They had hstlt
to saw, however. about the peace neEo-
t:ations.
/ General Rodriguez. the commander OF
the Government forces, reports mat as
a result of his fight with the rebsls al
Wajay. September II. 115 rebels were
wounded and taken to the hospita'5.
The Government In this engagement
had seven men killed and fourteen
wounded The Government still ha;
zoo troops In the vicinity OF Wajay
No attack has been made since ths
issuance of the decree announcing the
cessation of hostilities.
A small force of insurgents attacked
thirty Government soldiers In Bar
Feline. near Batabano, Sunday. the,
were repulsed.
The Government has been subjected
TO considerable criticism for having
released some of the prisoners recentl,
taken into custody, but this action con-
Germs only the special court having
jurisdiction over persons charged wit.
rebellion and kindred offenses.
The general atmosphere in political
circles today is combination OF hope
fulness and uncertainty. The genera
nnhlic Is content with the assuranc,
that the, United States will settle the
quarrel fairly and provide permanent
assurance for the future.