Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-08-31
PALMA WANTS PEACE.
EXECUTIVE OF CUBA WOULD TRY
and AVOID BLOODSHED.
President and Cabinet to Consider a
So-Day Amnesty-Fund of Two Mil
lion Set Aside for Defense-EnIist-
ment for Army to be Large-lnsur-
gent Bands Active.

Havana, Aug. 28.-The anxiety OF
President Palma to extend every pos.
sible opportunity for peace without
bloodshed and his desire to permit
those who joined the insurrection un-
der misguidance to repent and return
to their homes unmolested, combined
with the generals wish to end the sit
uat1on fraught with so much loss and
suffering, has led to consideration by
the president and his cabinet of a
project decreeing 80 day amnesty
period, during which the insurrection-
lists are invited to lay down their arms
and return to their peaceful pursuits.
So far as actual conflict went Sun
day proved to be day of inactivity
but preparations proceeded without
abatement. A fund of 100000 has
been set aside by the treasury for the
defense, and drafts on it are heavy
and constant.
Army Must Enlarge Rapidly.
The situation is so increasingly. Sc
rious that it is facility admitted in all
government circles that the enlarge
ment of the army will not stop at any
given number, but will continue in
definitely.
While the number Of men at pres
ent leaving their regular occupations
to enlist for war is small, employers
are beginning to find that they soon
will be confronted with a considerable
scarcity Of labor. Many laborers are
gathered in front of the bulletin
boards, on which is displayed the call
for volunteers issued by President
Palma Saturday night. They discuss
the attractiveness of a soldiers life
at such unusual pay, and as a result
may resolve to enlist.
1t is learned that several new in
surgent bands had taken to the brush
The growth of the instruction GER
tainly seems to keep pace with thet
preparations for suffocating it.
Next to the progress Of the COM
batants the most interesting question
seems to be how to end the war with |
out fighting. Around the discussion !
of the question centers a great deal of |
elimination and recrimination from
both liberals and moderates, each side |
bringing. accusations against the other
as to the responsibility for precipitat-
ing the rebellion. On one phase of
the controversy the liberals seem so
united as to suggest an understanding |
among them for taking advantage of
the present situation to press upon the |
government proposition that it ought |
in some manner to treat with them, or
at least admit them to a conference
of some sort. While no liberals are
in arms against the government, they
admit countenancing the instruction.
though they always deny knowledge
Of any conspiracy.
The insurrectionists in the field,
who. of course, are far more radical
in their demands and who are impor-
tant factors in this discussion, don't
think of accepting less than the COM
plete annulment Of the last elections.
All the liberals would insist, under
any circumstances, upon a general am
neSty for all rebels. The government
at this stage does not think of consid-
ering the proposals.
Santa Clara is becoming a thorough
province.
It is learned that there are grave
between President Palma
and Vice President Mendez Capote.
The latter is suspected Of having con-
sidered with Senator Alfredo Zayas,
president of the liberal party, the
question of whether peace could not
be restored by Palma's withdrawal
from the presidency by permitting
Mendez Capote to succeed him and by
giving certain posts to the liberals.
None of the parties concerned were
willing to discuss this matter tonight,
but the source of the correspondents
is entirely reliable.