Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-08-28
Hundreds Leaving America for
Island in Alarm at Grave Re-
ports of Progress of Revo-
luton,
CONSUL SAYS PRESIDENT
PALMA CAN HANDLE 'EM
Wealthy Sugar Planters De-
clare Rebellion at Time of
Present Prosperity viii Be
Blow to Cuban Progress,

Blow to Cuban Progress,
New York, Aug. 27.-By the hun-
dreds of Cubans who are rushing to
New York from Saratoga and noun
their native country, the present sit
uation in the little republic iS viewed
with profound alarm. While express
ing publicly the belief that the insur-
rection will be short lived and the I
quick punishment will be administered
to the leaders of the rebellion, they
admit when speaking privately that
the outbreak is far more serious than
appears on the surface and that 1t has
the sympathy and cooperation not
alone of the lower classes but of many
persons prominent in business a1i
public life
The Herald says: Governor Sobar-
ado, of the province of Pinar Del Rio.
received a message yesterday at an
Adirondack resort where he has been
staying for a month which caused him
to pack up Immediately and start for
Cuba With him were several otht :
prominent Cubans, some of whom
have extensive property interests in
Pnar Del Rio and Matan2as and some
of whom are identified with the Cuban
government.
At the Hotel America, the Hotel
Murot and the Westminster, thecc
were hocks of Cubans yesterday all m
cable communication with relatives in
Cuba and all making hurried arrange
ments to get back to Cuba, From Sar
atoga there has been a steady rush Oi
Cubans for three days and from all
the Adirondack resorts which are pop.
ular with Cubans, and from resorts
along the New England coast, therl
came a crowd of Cubans, eager Cor
flrst-hand news from home and ready
to make any sacrifice to get back ia
the republic.
.Cubans Not Surprised.
To many of these Cubans the news
that a rebellion had been started was
merely premature announcement.
They had expected 1t, but not quite so
soon. The movement had its begin.
ming, they asserted, on the day after
the last election. which seated Presi-
dent Palma, and since that time prep
arations have been quietly going on,
Although II was surmised that plans
were forming. it was said there was no
obtainable evidence of il and no steps
were taken to guard against an out
break.
In the estimation Of some of the big
planters who passed through the CITY
yesterday the outbreak came sooner
than was intended even by the orga-
nizers of the movement. and from that
fact they make the prediction that.
while the government will have much
trouble in suppressing the disorder, 1t
will do so with less effort than would
have been required had the insurrec
ton not been abortive
Commenting on the cable dispatches
that the rebellion is participated in BY
the negro inhabitants Cubans who
were interviewed yesterday asserta
that while many of these people are
i'm the movement, they are encouraged
by men who have long been promi-
nently connected with the government,
and who have means at their disposal
for carrying on the rebellion. They
have felt resentful toward President
Palma because, as they assert, he used
unfair means in the last election AMI
did not provide government berths for
some of the men who worked harde st
for him.
Americans of adventurous spirit
have already offered their servlc a9
through local officials to the Cuban
government Several men from the
west as well as from New York have
personally and by wire volunteered 10
pack up and start for Havana at once
II the government could use them In
the army service. All such offers while
cordially received, have been declined
thus far. AS explained by Senior Au-
tonic Altamira acting Cuban consul
yesterday
Cuba does not need help of any
kind. Conditions are not now as they
were during the Spanish rebellion
President Palma has all the resources
he wants, and more men than he Cal
use. He will triumph over the insur-
rcctiOnists without trouble and in q
very short time"
Senior Segundo Botet. Of Matanzds
one Of the wealthiest sugar planters IN
Cuba, arrived In the city yesterday on
his way home.
II Is y Danger 10 Cuba.
''It Is bad for Cuba" he said "thai
at this time, when she is so prosper
Gus and the future Is so bright. there
should be disorder. 1t Is not a rebel
lion to cause grave alarm, but 1t Is OF
course troublesome and should be SUP.
pressed as quickly as possible IL i
caused by dscontents. Every one oi
the friends of an administration ex.
poets that he must have good ior
after election, and those for whom
there are no places become dlscor.
tents. IL is these persons who are
leading the present movement How
extensive II will become no one car
tell I have had cable dispatches eyerl
day from Matanzas where | have bil
interests, and there Is no trouble there
In Havana, however. 1t Is different.
For the next generation there will
be troubles of this kind In Cuba-the,
Nare the natural result OF the Spanlsl
temperament The Cuban who feel
that he has been sllghted must fight
and fight means n revolution. It ls de
1 plorable. but II is true, and Cuba mus
expect outbreaks like the present on
perhaps worse-runtil enough Amer
ican blood has been MIXED with tn
native to put damper on the impul
sive natures Of the Cubans. II vii