The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-28
WILL PARDON ALL
WHO WILL RETURN
Government of Cuba Is Dis
posed to Be Lenient To-
ward Insurgents.
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
MADE FROM HAVANA
Result Is Confidently Expected
to Be Collapse of the
Revolution.

HAVANA, Aug. 27.-The striking
feature Of the situation today was the
| announcement that the Government will
nnconditionally pardon all those who
have taken up arms against the Gov
ernment, excepting captured command
ers, and these also will be pardoned If
! they surrender with their full COM
mands and arms. This order, which
was issued by Acting Secretary of the
Interior Montalvo, by direction of the
! President, followed an informal state
ment made by the President and con-
| tanning partial intimation of the same
thing, The palace authorities firmly
expect that il will result In the bulk
OF the insurgents returning home. No
| time has been fixed as limit for the
! surrender Of insurgents to be accepted.
/ The Government officials here were
more cheerful than usual today.
| In the province of Havana the situa-
| ton is no better today than it has
been for the last three days The
Government troops are still busily en-
| gagged ID harassing the insurgents.
I In the province Of Santa Clara the
| insurgent bands are evidently badly
scattered as result of operations of
| the Government forces.
| Leading sympathizers with the re-
volt here are beginning to show badly
! suppressed signs Of discouragement
| eral party, informed the Associated
! Press today that there was absolutely
! no truth IN the report that Vice Presi-
! dent Mcndez Capote had consulted with
him on the question whether peace
! could not be restored by President
| Palma 8 withdrawal from the Pres-
dency by permitting Mendez Capotc to
succeed him.
Presidents Daughter Volunteers.
The name of President Palma g
daughter appears on the list of women
who have offered themselves to serve
as nurses during the suppression of the
! lnsurrection
There are thirty Americans among
! the recruits who have joined Mai.
Clews s new rapid fire gun battalion
The chief of the secret service has
formally charged Senator Morua Del
! gado with being one OF the instigators
! OF the insurrection and with being at
| present one of its chief supporters.
| The chief claims that Delgado led the
late Quentin Bandera to revolt,
against the latter's better judgment
! Delgado, who is the only colored Sena-
| tor, was charged with instigating the
outrage at Guanabacoa in February
! last The Senate was asked to allow
him 10 be tried, but after long con.
sideration of the matter it declined 10
| do SO.
Rural guards today arrested several
! prominent Liberals, including two edi-
! go. who are charged with conspiracy
! u is said that they were about to or
| ganlze an insurgent band in the pro-
vince of Santiago
Bnrtolome Masso, the noted Cuban
leader, who distinguished himself dur
ing the war with Spain, was elected
| President OF Cuba by the insurgents In
1897, who resigned the following wear
and who has been mentioned as "a prob
able successor to President Palma, made
speech at a meeting of veterans at
Manzanlllo Yesterday, which decided TO
send committee to attend veterans
meeting which is TO be held shortly in
| Havana.
Telling Blows Dealt.
Al the moment today when the Gov
! ernment was issuing It's proclamation
Offering pardon 20 rebels who would Law
down their arms, its forces were dealing
the most telling blow that has vet been
struck against insurgents iu the field.
| For several days IL had been stated thar
Gen. Guzmaus force of insurgents. which
was Variously estimated al from 200 up
ward. contemplated au attack on Glen
fuegos. Col Vale, with a detachment
OF rural guards. was dispatched TO Glen
fuegos for the purpose OF engaging Guz-
man and breaking up the band. The en-
in the worst disaster which the insur-
gents have sustained up TO this time.
They lost seventeen men killed and
many wounded while the loss to the
Government force was one man killed.
The Government is without further par
ticulars OF the fight.
That the irsurrectiou is In shaky
condition seems to be a fact. although
the end may not be near as members
OF the Government profess to believe.
EX-Congressman Faustino (Pino) Guerra
the lnsurgeut leader operating In the
province OF Pinar del Rio, In a signed
statement telegraphed 10 the Associated
Press tonight. declares that he Is as de-
termincd as ever that the last Presiden
tial election shall be annulled before
there can be peace in Cuba,
That Guerra's force OF 1000 meu is we'll
armed and supplied with ammunition and
food is amply verified. Their greatest
drawback now is the lack OF money, but
the people Of the western part of Pinar
del Rio are furnishing them with all the
supplies needed. taking In return there
for orders on the "Cuban Government"
and In many cases refusing to accept any
consideration.
Offer variously Received.
The Governments offer OF amnesty
which was Issued this afternoon, is vari-
ously received, 1t Is impossible TO say
what its effect will be upon those to
whom II Is addressed Alfredo Zeaya-
dos, President of the Senate and leader
OF the Liberal party. stated that he was
unable to express any opinion as to
whether the insurgents would grasp the
opportunity offered them OF surrender
Ing, but said. in his opinion as a lawyer,
Secretary Montalvo could not legally Is
sue such an order, for the Constitution
provides that only the President may
make such a proclamation. which must
be countersigned by some member Of the