The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-09-07
A TRUCE
IN CUBA
HostiIities Suspended Pending
Efforts For Peace.
MENOCAL'S GOOD WORK
Business Men Call liza Patched Up
Peace and Want American
Intervention.
MENOCAL'S GOOD WORK

HAVANA. sept. THE committee
OF veterans which visited General Guz.
men, In Santa Clara province. 10 ask
him % suspend hostllltles pending
peace negotiations has returned 10
Cienfuegos aud reports that Guzman
has suspended hostlllties entirely pend.
ing the negotiations FOR peace.
The veterans who visited Colonel As.
bert. In Havana province. report that
the committee sent 20 Pine Guerra, In
the province Of Plnar del Rio. had not
yet returned, but they add that there
Is not the slightest doubt that he will
follow Guzman's example, MS Guerra
has always avoided fighting.
The report that the government has
suspended the prosecution OF the cam
paign FOR the present is confirmed.
While peace projects have caused
general suspension OF revolutionary OF.
eratlons. no appre,aable progress TO.
ward anything like a satisfactory un-
Outstanding has been made The Lib.
era leaders Insist that II Is unjust "a
regard them as insurgents and assert
that they are merely seeking FOR peace,
az the same time declaring that not
only must the terms of peace he better
than heretofore talked OF. but that
there must be some unquestionable
guarantee that the conditions will be
carried ont 10 the letter. The Mod.
crates meanwhile continue In waiting
attitude.
General MenOcnl was busy through
ont the day receiving callers. mostly
Moderates and veterans. and holding
conferences He said he had no rea-
son Ia be disappointed with the prog
ress the negotiations are making and
that the scmiollicial suspension OF hos
tilitlcs which began In Santa Clara
aud Havana provinces would be ex-
tended 10 pinar del Rio, giving the vet
Grams a chance 10 get among their com
rldes and others In the field and push
negotiations FOR peace. General Me
mccall appears not to be discouraged by
the attitude Of the Liberals.
The demands which came from the
insurgents themselves as the price OF
cessation OF rebellion are regarded
in the capital for the most part not TO
he considered These demands include
the restoration Of deserters from the
rural guards to their former positions.
the reinstatement of Liberals who last
year were deposed from municipal Of
fees. the retention of their arms by the
insurgents and other equally radical
propositions.
The Liberals have not yet relln
quished the hope that they may be
able 10 force the resignation Of Presl-
dent Palma and all the high govern
ment officials The succession OF Vice
President Mendez Capote to the presi
dency is also discussed. Liberals seem
to think they could reach an under
standing with him that would be sat
isfactory TO ALL There is nothing TO
indicate in any OF the recent develop
ments that Mendcz Capote is party
to this project, and the reintroduction
of his name in this connection serves
only 10 complicate the discussions.
Many business men OF Havana rldi-
cule the whole effort for what they
call a patched up peace, which, they
allege can be NO more than temporary,
and some 90 so far as to assert that
the country never can be governed
rightly or investments be absolutely
safeguarded unless the United States
nteryenes. This is frankly stated In
some cases also by high government
officials and brings the retort that
those who make such statements are
not good Cubans.
Despite all drawbacks, however, the
fact that peace proposals are pending
and that Inequalities have been sus-