Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-09-19
REBELS TELL why
. THE REVOLT STARTED
Back of Every Reason In Fight
/ Being Made
ON THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT

Many People Are Killed and Wound.
cd In Terrible Explosion in Havana.
Explosion Thought To Be Work Of
Inecndlarles.
Havana, Sept 1S-The insurgents
leaders, Compos MarQuetti aud Carll.
10, have withdrawn their forces from
GuanaJay and have agreed to the sus.
pension of hOstilities pending peace
negotiations. Other insurgent lead
eds, so far as they have been heard
from, also are agreeing to the suspen
sion of hostilitles.
Word has just been received here
of the first fighting In Santiago prov
ince Four hundred rebels under Col
Onel Dubois met the rural guards at
LaMaya. The result of the engage
ment is not yet known.
New York. Sept. 1S.-The reyolu
tionary junta Of New York has issued
q program giving the insurgents rea
sons for taking up arms against tac
Palma government. The proclama
ton says:
In the first place this movement
must not be COMPOUNDED with the ia
ternecine strife that so often dlsturbs
the quite OF the Central aud South
American republics. With 1t Is not
q fight alone for the control OF tn,
presidency.
"We have been careful not to over.
draw the seriousness OF the political
situation In Cuba and have made no
charges tina, canOt be fully substan
ua.el by unbiased investigators.
we charge that President Palma
oDtaired his election tn Office through
fraud and intimidation ana by the by
the denial 10 the liberals their right
OF suffrage.
I'VE charge that the government
OF President Palma Was directly r.
I.Oas.jlo for the killing of Colonel
Enrique v.lluendCz, a member OF th,
house Of representatives. at Cucfue
SOS. Sept. %. 1905.
we charge that President Palma
has usurpcd The powers ana functions
a the governing bodies of municipal
ties. and has annulled arbitrarily and
without warrant OF Law. the elections
OF liberal officials. displacing them
with members OF his own political
party. The mOderates
I'VE charge that be has In like man
ncr removed from the bench Judge,
Who refused To act In their judicial
capacity according 10 his dictation
PeeyideIt> Palma also has imprisoned
withoui judicial proceedings. mem
b,rs OF the liberal party because theJ
vetoed their protests against bis die
taiorlal conduct
The liberals have made continued
peaceful appeals tha; this lnjus,Ie,
b. righ,ed bar 90 all these me gov
eminent turned a deaf ear Deniee
the constitutional rights for which
The Cubans fought. bled and died 20,
hft uaN a tNhahits ~ N'fAAtl ttaf
our oRly recourse was again 10 TAI.
up arms
I'VE nov asa only one thing--anc
th't Il that the Illegal and frAada
heat election 10 last December De- az
nsIlcd and a new election held a
whish every Cuban ciiizen wiil b. giy
en q faiT chance 70 vote
10 Concluding the prociams'lSt
sayH.
Palma = TO-DAY tho dsc'a,or a
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