The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-24
Goaded to Fury He Decides
that the Screws Must be
Put Down on the American
War Correspondents.
ATTEMPTS TO BRIGHTEN
EDITOR OF HAVANA POST
Foreign Intervention Seems
Possible Especially if GEN.
eraI Guerra Blows uD the
Western Railroad.
Publishers Pressy

Havana. Aug 23.-From now on all
news from Havana is to be censored.
President Palma. goaded to fury by
the knowledge that the newspaper
correspondents had succeeded in
showing the outside world that the
revolutionary movement in Cuba, in
place of being a punitive, ahortive and
generally emasculatiye uprising. faith
cred by few malcontents. which the
present administration arrogantly
characterized it, in certain authorized
interviews, this evening decided that
the screws must be put down." Ac.
cordingly, he called before him the
editor of the Havana Post and censur.
ed him in strong language because he
published news of the victories gained
by the insurgents in an extra edition
of his paper. The president shooh
his fist at the editor and informed him
that such reasonable publications
gave aid to the enemy" The editor
boldly defied him and informed him
that his mission was to tell the truth
and that he proposed to do so.
Extra Session of Cabinet
Immediately afterward, Palma call
ed an extra session of the cabinet
which lasted until midnight, and IL is
understood that plans were arranged
TO censor all news, beginning tomor
row.
Foreign Intervention tonight seem.
likely in the Cuban revolution. anc
not from the United States as has
be freely predicted in the past. II
seems possible now that England viii
be dragged into 1T, if General Guerra
carries out his threat to blow up the
western railroad In his message tG
the manager of the road. Immediately
upon his occupying San Juan De Mar
tinez, the terminus of the railroad, the
general said:
Il am determined If you transport
any more troops over your railroad
that | will blow up all of the bridges
and burn up 81 stations regardless OF
any international complications that
may ensue. (Signed.)
Guerra"
The manager of the railroad, Cap
tain Livesey, went at once to Presi.
dent Palma and told him that he
would hold the Cuban gvernment re-
sponsible for any damage that might
ensue through it's compelling him to
transport soldiers and munitions of
war over its lines. The president
was panic stricken, according to re.
ports that have leaked out from the
palace. but finally told the railway
official that he would be ex-
pected to carry any and all
freight and passengers that tho gov
ernment might order him to- He then
assured him that he would protect
the railroad.
Three detachments of regular
troops left tonight and have been in
structed to throw ND breastworks and
defend every bridge and culvert
along the line
Manouvers Are Brilliant.
The occupation of San Juan De
Martinez by the rebels can only be
compared to the brilliant manouvres
of the American army under General
Miles in Porto Rico in 1898 A squad
of ten men in command of an aide de
camp of General Guerra, rode up to
the outskirts of the town just before
noon. When sighted by the rural
guards stationed there. the latter
promptly proceeded to mount their
horses and get away from the vicin-
ity, standing not upon the order of
their going. The inhabitants of the
town, who numbers less than 1000,
were apparently in sympathy with
the rebels, as they met the moutside