The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-15
BARGAIN DAY REVOLUTION,
MARKED DOWN FROM THE 'S5
FIGHT nv CUBA.

RermIVveO 10 FMfN1G- M9lWt AlhuON
Dealing win Inc Men In the Field.
HAVANA, Oct. s.-Mme. Sarah Bernhardt
wyonaed the Cuban. when shs described
him az an Indian with clothes on. The
indian Is cruel, the Cuban 10 alfecti onate
and kind hearted; the Indian II stolid, the
Cuban Is the most easily excitAble human
being on ep 18th; the Indian In vcngeful n
vindictive, the Cuban forgets an injury
as readily az he infiicts one. Nine. Bern
hardt wronged the Cuban. He h not an
indian. he il a child. and each day Of life Ii a
TOW TO be played with. broken and thrown
away.
The more one studies the present plight
Al Cuba the moro the wonder grows that
so little wind could have inflated so big a
tire. Cuba's present population is some
where about i.750. 900; Havana alone has
about ROC. 600 inhabitants. The troops on
both sides Of the recent unpleasantness
probshly totalled not many more than
2O.ooO: the best information IL that consider
ably loss than a hundred YES we're lost in
all the fighting. Yet the republic il shaken,
perhaps overturned. American troops are
pouring in every day and Cuban waters are
full Of American warships.
An account Of ono days journey through
the province VI Havana will perhaps do
more than anything else to show how a
TEMPEST in a thimble has shaken the country,
We left Havana at 7 o'clock in the morning
Of a warm sunnyO October day in charge OF
Major Laid. who has personally conducted
the disarming operations in the provinces
Of Havana and Pinar del Rio. The Majors
labors have been herculean. He has fire.
ouently spent sixteen hours a day flying
about these two provinces, rounding up the
scattered bands OF insurgents, c~ajoling and
persuading, amiable when necessary and
stern when that was desirable. The result
is that where four days ago about 1000
troops Of both sides were under arms the
Two provinces are to-day practically in a
normal state.
Our first stop was at the agricultural
experiment. station, about which Aren-
Ciba's men had operated. Here the General
had deposited about forty guns belonging
TO his men. They were, like all the weapons
Of the insurgents. a collection of indescrib-
able Junk. 1t is inconceivable thai any
body could be shot with them ave by
accident. In short. every man killed by
insur gent bullets must be regarded az
having met his death from h the 8
snce companies would call an act of God.
We looked in vain for traces of the fight-
ing. There was none of the horrors OF war
10 be SEMINARY a horror. Not a building
vas burned or a stable destroyed or a house
pillaged or a stone wall thrown down
or a crop ruined. Nowhere did We hear
tales Of the libidinous license OF an aban-
doned soldiery.
no.o.s1aaI1y -ua rnat N ear~nar -hp nn1n-
planned that his cattle had been driven of
or his poultry stolen. but III fields and
roads gave evidence that there were plenty
left.
The insurgents stole a good many horses
and this is the biggest bill the Cuban Gov
ernment will a to pay to those who car
prove their property. But it was certainly
q bargain day revolution, with all prices
marked down from 'e5.
The director of the agricultural ex-
pertinent station said his greatest loss
came when the rebels stole a thoroughbred
stallion, the get Of the famous American
racer Tea Tray, which he had been using
for breeding purposes. He explained this
to the insurgents, but they declared that
nothing was too good for the liberators OF
the country and made of with the thor
o~ughbred. He will probably be recovered
before long.
From Santiago de las Vegas we bowlec
along the beautiful macadam o at twenty
Ave miles an hour 10 San Antonio de las
Bahoe, a town Of IL 900 inhabitants, wher'
the rebel leader Guass made his head
quarters. Just outside the town a rebe
commandante hailed us. He would guide
,s to the house Of FL General. He did so
standing on the step of the automobile.
The General with his stan. MI OF whom
had taken to uniform since the fighting
ceased, received us with much ceremony
escorted us to his Office and bowed Majol
Laid to his own armchair behind a New
York business mans desk, behind which
hung one Of those barbaric Instruments o
turture. a Cuban telephones The Genera
is "A big, handsome Cuban OF 30 years
robust and good to look at, with big brown
eyes and an incredible enormous set o.
Stewart L. WOodford whiskers. He told
us, with the aid OF a whirlwind OF gesture
and an interpreter, that his immediate com
mand had turned in their rifles. He Shove
them 10 us. stacked in a corner Of the patio
They we're the usual lot Of %innocuous anC
rusty iron. Another detachment OF Gen
NdNLnlO = mcn WOuiu AhoANh INV NS"N
up. VI. 10 disaTm.
After that we took pictures OF the Genera
and his stan, all of whom stood very straigh
and thrust their hands into their bosomI
IN the most approved manner Next on tn
programme was the drinking Of healths II
little glasses OF excellent vermouth. AnC
there were sehoritas, three Of them, YER
pretty in their olive skinned, black eye
manner. who lowered about all the pro
ceedings inc whose pictures must need
he taken.
There being nothing more to do until tn
arrival 81 Castillo's men, we repaired TO tn
little hotel OF the town and breakfasted
After breakfast we started in the auto b
run about the town a bit. the c~ommandant
who had attached himself invincibly to gu
stan riding on the step as before, his fac
brilliant with the reflected glory Of hi
society.
We had picked our way scarce two block
among an excited rush Of caballeroe, blacl
eyed women and naked. brown ninOs anC
NANCY. mOngrel dogs, when we were over
taken by a mounted messenger in a stat
Of maniacal frenzy. There was a telegram
for Fl Major Ladd. 1t came from Alqui1s