Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-11

could organize successful attack upon 1t.
The seaport of Mariel, province of Pinar
del Rio has been sacked by a band of in
surgents In the provinces of Pinar del
Rio and Santa Clara the insurgents are
committing outrages upon women and loot
ing the small towns.
A dispatch from Puerto de Golpe says
that a man from Pinar del Rio has arrived
there He had great difficulty in crossing
the rebel lines. He says the city Is In
great stress from scarcity of provisions, ow-
ing to the interruption of the train serv-
ice.
A dispatch from Cienfuegos to La Lucha
says that Brig. Gen. Orestes Ferrara, with
a large band of rebels. entered the town
of Cruces yesterday and seized $9,OOO .that
was in the town councils safe. The same
band captured a government train and Sc
cured $4,000.
Help the Veterans.
Cen. ltenocal is comforting today with
bankersi merchants and other business
men, asking them to help the Veterans AS
sociation to establish peace. Should he
succeed, a commission, representing the
business classes, will see President Palma
and the rebel leaders and endeavor to bring
about compromise. 1t is unlikely, now
ever, that the business men, who are most
ly Spaniards, will assume any such decided
attitude.
The wires have been repaired as far as
Puerta de Golpe, Pinar del Ptnar. The
only reliable news from that quarter is
that the troops with the second military
train are repairing the railroad and are
now at the Santa Clara bridge, between
Herradura and Consolation del Sur which
was blown up by the insurgents. AS TO the
rest, 1t Is mere gossip.
The commissioners from the rebels In
Santa Clara province have just arrived
with the purpose of holding peace negotia-
ations They were much surprised to learn
that martial law had been declared. 1t Is
reported from Santa Clara province that
Gen. Esquerra has Joined the rebels ana
that they have given him a command on
the condition that he attack the city or
Cienfuegos.
Later concerning the rumors that the reb-
els purposed attacking Havana, General
Montalvo said there were but few small
and unimportant bands on the outskirts or
the city, and no large force near Havana.
The city itself was amply protected.
Aggressive action now will be begun,
General Montalvo concluded, against the
rebels in Havana, Santa Clara and Pinar
del Rio provinces. The weakness of the
revolution in the last-named province al
ready has been proved by the defeat OF
Pine Guerra
- Have Not Asked Washington.
Ernesto Fonts Sterling, secretary of the
treasury when approached on the same
subject, said:
1.-The government has straight, distinct
and direct policy to follow, and the charge
that 1t has broken faith with the veterans
is unfounded. The entire machinery of the
government could not stop for them, al
though we were willing to meet them half
way l regret that the veterans are pro-
yoked, but l do not believe they will be
unpatriotic enough to side with the revo-
lutionists.
The report that the Cuban government
has been in communication with Washing
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not been consulted in any manner"
Government officials claim that the admin
istration is capable of coping with the sit
uation.