Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-17
REASONS FOR THE
CUBAN REBELLION
Revolutionary lunta in New York
Issues Proclamation Explain.
ing Their Attitude.
PALMA ELECTED BY FRAUD.
Charged He Has Csurped Powers and
Functions and Acted IN an ir-
bitrary Fashion.

New York. Sept 1.-THE revolution
AIRY junta OF New York has issued a
proclamation giving the Liberal iusur-
gents reasons for taking up arms
against the Palma government This
proclamation says.
In the first place. this movement
must not be COMPOUNDED with the inter-
necine strife that 80 often disturbs the
peace Of the republics Of South and
Central America. In the latter move
ments the one object OF the leader is to
gain control Of the presidency With
us 1t is not 30.
We have been careful not to over
draw the seriousness Of the political
situation In Cuba, and have made no
charges that cannot be fully substant-
sted by an unbiased investigation.
We charge that President Palma OBJ.
tanned his election TO Office through
fraud and intimidation and by the de-
MAI TO the Liberals Of their right OF
suffrage
We charge that the government Of
President Palma was directly respon-
Sible for the killing Of col ENRIQUE
Nilluendas, member Of the house OF
representatives, at Cieufuegos ON Sept.
% 1905.
We charge that President Palma
has usurped the powers and functions
OF the governing bodies OF the munici-
palities and has snnulled. arbitrarily.
and without warrant Of law the cleo
lions Of Liberal officials. displacing
them with members Of his own political
party. the Moderstes.
We charge that he has in Ike man
ner removed from the bench judges
who refused 10 act la their judicial
capacity according TO his dctauon.
President Palma also has imprisoned
without judicial proceedings members
Of the Liberal party because they vote
ed their protests against his dictatorial
conduct.
The Liberals have made continued
peaceful appeals that this injustice be
righted but 10 all these the govern
ment turned deaf ear. Denied the
constitutional rights FOR which the Gu.
ban< fought bled and died Tor nearly
half a century. we decided that our one
recourse was again 10 take up arms
We now ask only one thing. that the
illegal and fraudulent election ~ last
December be annulled and a new cleo
ton held. AZ which every Cuban citi-
zen will be given a fair chance TO vote d"
I'm concluding, the proclamation says:
Palma is today the dictator Of
Cuba instead Of Weyler" and declares
that the men who surround him are the
same who supported the Spanish re-
gimC while patriotic Cubans we're IN
the field lighting
The Times today states that accord
Ing 20 story which Is being told IN
financial circles here, the real cause ~
the action u President Roosevelt In
regard 10 Cuba was not the appeals %
American sugar planters nCyr Glen
fuegOs. but a complaint made through
The British embassy as Washington re-
gardiuF the damage done 20 the proper
~ OF the Western railroad. which Is
owned by British capitalists. aud the
head office which is In London.
Nicholas Rivero. head proprietor ara
editIr ~ the Diario Deden IA Marina
arrived On New York Sunday frum
Havana he said:
When I left Havana on Thursday,
the situation was considered grave. but
think that Mr. Taft win reach an
agreement with the revoluiionists by
supporting song Of their claims
- do not think that the rebels win
accent anything less than new cleo
ton
Asked II he believed that President
Palma would resign. Senior Riy"ro re-
piled:
i do not think that be would resign
81 his own accord. but II Il we're neces-
sary for the peace Of Cuba ] am sure
President Palma is patriotic enough 10
do So
Another Cuban who arrived here
Sunday Is quoted A. stating that there
were over 1900 well AIMED insurgents
iu the field at the present time. which
was more than there were on the last
war with Spain.
n is announced that the Cuban gov
eminent. through agents here. had pur-
chased the steam yacht Peerless. owned
by Chas ". Hardness The Peerless
arrived 90 this port three DAYS ago
from Cleveland by way Of the 81. Law
renee river
The Peerless is the third steam Yacht
brought here by the Cuban government
since the beginning Of the Instruction.
and will like the other two be used for
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