The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-22
CUBAN REVOLUTION
 REACHES MAXIMUM
BELIEF THAT IT HAS ALL THE ACOESSIONS IT WILL
 LIKELY GAIN.

Promptness of Government in Arrest ing suspected Leaders and PlOtters in Havana and Elsewhere and in Send-
 ing Out Reinforcements Has Excel
 lent Effect--SOme Apprehension in
 Western Cuba--SmaIl Skirmish in
 Havana ProYince--Town Quietly Oc-
 cupied by Insurgents.
 Havana. Aug. 21.-The indications to- night are that the revolution in western Cuba already has practically reached it's maximum. The government and people generally believe the movement has received about all the accessions 1t will be likely to gain. The promptnesss of the government in arresting sus- pected leaders and plotters in Havana and elsewhere and in sending rein forcements to the disturbed districts has had an excellent effect in strength ening public confidence and overawing the sympathizers with the movemest.
 On the other hand, and notwithstand- ing the quietude in the Pinar del Rio region throughout to-day, peaceable irl- habitants of the cities of Pinar del Rio, Consolation del Sur, San Juan del Martinez, and other western towns are in hourly apprehension of the attack and occupation of those places, The fo o4 +bo+ ,,,.cl0a bI1r nnn ;,,s,,~oay,tc q ra attempting to concentrate in the prov ince of Plnar del Rio upon towns in adequately guarded by small detach- ments of rural guards, mostly inexper- fenced in warfare, makes the situation grave; but as the insurgents have not assumed any strongly offensive attitude or interfered with trains carrying troops, horses and supplies, it is in ferred that they are not prepared or lack the nerve to try for control of the territory.
 An official of the Western railroad in- formed the Associated Press tonight that absolutely no trouble had been en- countered anywhere along the line which is the main artery of the prov ince of Pinar del Rio
 There have been many rumors to-day of fights at various points in the prov ince of Pinar del Rio, but they have not been confirmed by government or press dispatches. However, night att tacks on the city of Pinar del Rio and other towns continue to be regarded as q r1rrha hilitu T1ba orauai.,, y,,5,,+ ,,r5.+,. are working freely The guards at Plnar del Rio, Consolation del Sur and San Juan del Martinez received rein Agreements of 200 troops to-day The loyal citizens are well equipped to repel invasion.
 There was some fighting to-day in Havana province and more is hourly expected. A detachment of rural guards encountered a part of Bandera's band with which shots were exchanged at close range. One insurgent was killed and the others scattered. Fifty rural guards are in pursuit of the main band.
 It is reported that the town of Guines twenty miles south of Havana, was this evening peacefully occupied by a band of insurgents. Guines is the cen- ter of the American truck farming in- dustry but the farmers have not been molested.
 The absence from the capital of Vice President Rendez Capote who hitherto has been the right hand adviser of President Palma, and who is at his summer home at Cardlnas, is exciting some comment.
 In order to appreciate the motives of the insurrectionists 1t should be remem- bered that political partisanship in Cuba is radical and fierce and with the opposition takes the form of violent condemnation of the dominent party. This is particularly true of the province of Pinar del Rio, which claims to be naturally liberal but whose municipal and provincial officers, as elsewhere. are wholly occupied by moderates. the one class by government appointment and other as the result of the December election, in which the liberals took no part. The alleged repressions of 1905 will rankle with the more radical nem- bers of the liberal party.