Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-30
CUBAN REBELS
MAKE A RAID
Insurgents Would Welcome
American Intervention Estate
Near Cabanas Is Looted.

HAVANA, Aug. Bottle surrender
of some of the more vigorous insurgent
leaders in the provinces of Matanzas
| and Santa Clara and the coming in of
a scattering few insurgents in response
to the governments proffer of amnes-
ty Is vastly more than offset by the in
surgent sentiment looming stronger
daily in the country districts of the
provinces of Havana, Pinar del Rio
and Santa Clara and which now is re-
ported to be gaining Roadway in San
tiago, but more especially in the dis
trlcts where the insurgents are oper-
ating.
The fact is that not only the employ
ees of the big plantations, but hun
dreds of small farmers, tenants and
workmen on shares, are with Guerra's
force, and many others are ~frequenting
the towns instead of preparing for
planting. The sugar situation, gener-
ally speaking, is much easier than the
tobacco situation because the cane,
growing from old stalks, has up to
now been progressing fairly
Mr.. Sleeper, the American charge
here, reports that a band Of Cuban in
surgents, led by Campos Marquette, a
negro member of the Cuban congress,
has made a raid ON the M%ercedita
sugar estate, near Cabanas, and taken
away horses, saddles and other prop
erty of the sugar company.
Captain Pepy Cardenas, President
Palma's personal military aid-de-camp,
started with 200 mounted men in the
direction of Guines, Havana province,
with the object of %encountering the in
surgent force commanded by Colonel
Asbert.
Asbert. who is the leader of the in
surgents in Havana province, in an in
terview said that he has superior or
ders to the effect that If the govern
ment does not accede to the insurgents
demands by Sept. Is he Is to begin an
active campaign, destroying trains and
burning property without respect to
foreign ownership. He added:
"We prefer another American inter
vention, which would guarantee legal
elections, for which we are contend
ing. In order to avoid contact with the
troops and therefore bloodshed we are
changing camps every eight hours"
Many Cubans feel that patriotism de-
mands that some united effort be made
to end the war and avoid the POSSIBLE
ity of Intervention by the United
States.
Meanwhile a rapid fire artillery corps
Is being organized under American of
ficers, ammunition and guns are being
unpacked, and the historic Castillo de
la Punta, fronting on the harbor en-
trance, is the scene of the greatest ac-
tlvity.
The Instruction in the province of
Pinar del Rio has spread across the
mountains to the north coast, and the
town of Cabanas is now in the hands
of the insurgents, who are reported
also to have gone in the direction of
Bahia Honda.
Colonel Avalos' command has left the
city of Pinar del Rio for Guanes, but
no news has been received yet from
him. The government telegraph lines
are interrupted.
General Aleman, governor of Santa
Clara province, has telegraphed Presi-
dent Palma that unless reinforce
ments are sent Santa Clara city is like
ly to fall into the hands of the insur-
gents.
The insurgents who have occupied
Cabanas took arms from a small de-
tachment of rural guards and captured
fifty horses which the government had
requlsitioned.