New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-01
SANTIAGO In REVOLT.
REBELLION IS SPREADING.
Havana Paper Says U. S. Interven-
ton Would Be Worse than Death.

is spreading about the city and causing the
gravest concern
When Mr.. Sleeper, the American charge DAFT |
faires here, learned the contents of The AS
sociated Press Santiago dispatch he endeavored
to verify 1T through the State Department but
was Informed that it was absolutely untrue.
Subsequently the dispatch was verified from
private sources and from newspaper sources,
The extent of the rising in Santiago is not
known, but it is the opinion here that the worst
calamity Of all to the Palma government would
be an insurrection in Eastern Cuba.
INTERVENTION WORSE THAN DEATH"
The increasing gravity of the situation has re-
vived discussion of the possibility of interven-
tion by the United States. La Discussion the
semi-off1ciai organ of the administration. in an
editorial this evening, calls upon Cubans TO lay
down their arms and save the republic from the
| danger of intervention. The article appeals to
the patriotism of the people. depicting the re-
suits of intervention as follows:
Permanent Intervention would be than
death. 1t would be preferable if the Caribbean
should engulf the Pearl of the Antilles.
The article further appeals thus TO racial
sentiment:
The coored race may tremble before the pos
sbility of intervention. Americans hate and
despise Negroes. Even their own Jegroes with
whom they have been in contact for two hun
dred years. treated like dogs. lynched and
hardly considered human. If it is so with
Negroes of their own land and language what
would happen TO the Cuban Negro?'
AS to what whites might expect under Ameri-
can intervention. the article says:
Our courteous comrades in the public depart
ments will he superseded by men of the type of
Bliss TGeneral Tasker II. Bliss ]. who, when ad-
ministrator of customs. asked nobody to be
seated in his office and forced the use of the
| English language. Also instead of delib-
| crate and refined judges, we should have Judge
| Pitchers [ailuding to Captain William l.. Pitcher
of the Sth United States Infantry who in 1899
was police magistrate and supervisor of police
of Havanal, with their so or ten days" Fur
thermore shall have with beer drinking
! American officers, with clanking spurs, master
| of all, captivating our adorable virgins.
That this may occur, Cubans fight against
| Cubans. making that Finlanders. Ger
mans. Americans and Spaniards may come and
| enjoy the fecundity Of soil and air. the muir
muring of rivers. the beauty of our mooniit
nights. the kiss of our sea and even the love of
! our women. all because 1t is said the elections
| were not fair. is there no other remedy except
| placing our neCks under the yoke of Uncle Sam?
| This can have no other end but interven-
| ton.
| Surrenders IN small numbers are reported from
various places. the largest being at venero. on
where twenty-five men forsook the insurgent
cause.
There is no apprehension of uprising in the
| city of Havana. although the city contains
| great many fnsurgent sympathizers. Many for
| egners are registering themselves at their con-
| suates.
| The Associated Press was informed might
by two reliable eye witnesses that Cardenas,
which hitherto has been considered perfectly
peaceful city. was the scene to-day of desutory
fighting between police and rural guards on the
one side and rowing insurgents on the other
The only province remaining perfectly peace
| ful is Puerto Principe Americans having great
cattle interests there are apprehensIve lest it.
too. become the field of insurrectionsry opera
tions.
FOREIGN PROPERTY IN DANGER.
| The Associated Press correspondent Glen
| 1uegos telegraphed tonight that there
9 600 armed insurgents in that vicinity and that
all the small towns in Santa Clara province
were controlled by insurgents. who attack and
loot trains and seize the property of foreigners
as well as of Cubans.
| Trinidad Is surrounded by insurgents, and the
government appears powerless 70 protect the
property of Americans and other foreigners.
Railway trains are held up at will and passen-
sers searched The Cuban Central Railway has
declined TO assume responsibility for the safety
of passengers or freight.
Recruiting for the government forces is maxi
ing good progress here The government con-
tinues to make fine headway wherever there is
open fighting.
The troops in the western portion of Pinar del
Rio Province have not yet come UP with Pine
Guerra, and according to The Associated Press
correspondent with the troops, there is pres
| ent likelihood OF doing so, the troops might
| march for ten years and all the while Guerra
would still be just ahead Of them in the hills.
There are thousands OF mountain trails. with
which the insurgents familiar. which lead
in all directions. II Guerra cared to harass
the government the troops could be killed off
by sharoshooters. The government has no cav
airy in Pinar del Rio. and the only real soldiers
are the artillerymen, but they afoot they
cannot cope with the well mounted veterans on
the insurgents side.
Guerra does not want TO fight. His scouts
can always be at distance along the gov
| ernment line OF march The correspondent re-
ports more lootng by Guerra's men.
INSURGENTS STRONG IN COUNTRY.
| to calm