The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-25
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3STRALyVS AND PAM MAS
and ready to J make any sacrifice to- got
back to tho republic. Is 4 ss83 is
Sis:S C ubans N st Surprised,

ly}3Rg3s5I uUdI1S& IN OIS y III pIlSCu.sS3at
s T o many of3these Cubans tho news that
I a lllon$ had been 8 rted was merely
Sn premature announcement They had
|8expected IT, but not quiteg SO soon. The T,
Enforcement had Its beginning, they assert
Led ,S on the day after the last election,
which seated President Palma, and since
that time preparations hive been quietly
going on. Though ct was 3surmised that
plans were forming, s1i III was said there
was no obtainable evidence of It., and
no steps were ia ken to guard against an
Soutbrcak.5 s55 u N
S3 In. the estimation OF some Of the big
planters who passed through tho city yes
Eterday, the outbrenls8 came sooner than
was intended even by thu organizers Of
tho movement, and from that fact they
make the prediction that, while tho gov
ernlnent will have nucn trouble In sup
pressing the fdisorde or. It will do SO wi tn
less effort than would have boon re-
l#uuired had 4 the iinsurrection mot been
abortlye.. II FL 4, y5 "
NJ Commenting on the cable Il dispatches
that the rebellion Is participated in by
l the negro inhabitants, Cubans who were
interviewed ,yesterday asserted "a that,
while many of these people are In the
.moyemont,t they are encouraged by men
who have long been prominently con-
Injected with the government and who
have means at their disposal for carry
ling on the rebellion. They have felt re-
sentful toward President Palma because,
as they assert, he used unfair means In
the last election and did not provide gov
/. erninent berths for some OF the men who
worked hardest for him. n
y 5S Americans Of adventurous spirit have
I already offered their services through
3llocal officials to the Cuban government.
4 Several mon from the West, as well Ens
4 from, New York, have personally and
4 by wire volunteered to pack up and
4 start for Havana at once IL the governs
4 ment could use them in the army service.
5|f4tll such offers, while cordially received,
4 have been declined thus far. AS ex-
4 plained by Senior Antonio Altamira, net
4 Ing Cuban consul, yesterday: # s 4 * B
u "Cubn does not need help OF any kind.
4 Conditions are not now as Il they We're
\ during tho Spanish rebellion. NJ President
4 Palma has all the resources he wants,
Land more men than he can use. lilo will
4 triumph over the insurrectionists with
4 out trouble and inya4very short tlmo II
Senior segundo Botet, Of Nfatanzas, one
OF the wenlthiest sugar planters In Cuba,
i arrived IN the city yesterday on his way
homo, ..,g 81 i.E II IA.
II Is a Danger to Cuba.
68.1t Is bad for Cuba" he said, shat Mt
/ this timo, WHOM she Is so prosperous and
1 the future is 80 bright, there should be
4 disorder, j It Is not a rebellion to cause
grave alarm, but 1t IS. of course, trslble-
/ some and should be suppressed as3qulckly
4 as possible 1t is caused by discontents.
Every one OF the friends Of An admins
|5tratoni expects that he must have a good
lob after election, and those for whom
/ there are no places become discontents.
1t Is these persons who are leading the
| present movement. How extensive 1t Will
become no one can tell. I have kad cable
dispatches every day from Matonzas.
where I have big interests, and there Is
no trouble there. In Havana, however,
| It Is different, III = N sss.. Z, 4, .5ja!
"For the next generation there will he
troubles OF this kind IN Cubn--they nre
the natural result sof the Spanish tenn
\ permanent. BY rs tx III is
4 "The Cuban who feels that he has been
sighted must fight, and fight means a
4 revolution. IT Is deplornble, but 1t Is
1 true and Cuba must expect outbreaks
like the present {one-perhaps wolse-
sl1ntil enough American blood has been
i mixed with tho native to put n damper
on the impulsive natures OF the t'l'-
y bans, II will take Rbout5a generation to
4 bring this about n x IL " (, s$,S u li%
|l"The Americans are mingling aud IN
"A termarrying more and more, md afte ~
llwlille Cuba wfll be the home OF a splen-
did race and the dwellng-plnce al Won
~ drous prosperity and wealth, ! am not
surprised at the present outbreak. ~
A should have been foreseen. Cubans are
not unlike other spaninrds In the Vest
4 ern hcmisphere."