The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-05
BOLD REBELS PLAN
TO INVADE HAVANA
Cuba's Capital Fears Merger of
Insurgent Armies and At
tack of City.
Government Hurriedly Strength
ems Defences, but Denies
Danger of Sally.
journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
Havana, Sept. 5.-Sensational rumors
Of bold plot of the revolutionists to
combine their several armies and at
tempt to seize the administrative Of
fees in this city. the capital, are ahoat
here today. Extensive improvement Of
the defenses Of the city, the importing
of arms and the rapid recruiting Of the
federal army are taken as indications
of the government fear Of an inva-
sion of Havana.
The city militia, swelled to twice it's
ordinary number by recent recruiting,
is engaged in strengthening the de-
lenses and the government officials de-
clare that this is but an ordinary pre-
caution and deny, emphatically, any
fear that the rebellion has assumed a
who believe that the insurgents plan
a bold sally.
Rebellion Deep Plot.
The rebel armies are fast growing,
scores joining them each day They
appear to be in no need Of money or
food, the people willingly furnishing
them with supplies in exchange of Or
ders on the Cuban government, which
the rebel leaders assure them they soon
will seize.
That the rebellion has deeper base
than was at first thought and is the
work Of men high in the affairs Of the
republic has been established by the
discovery of a document purporting to
have been found in an abandoned rebel
| camp, but which, it is reliably reported,
was first issued in Havana and the
original Of which is said to be in a
full program of revolution appears in
the document, the signers pledging the
overthrow Of the present administra-
ton on the grounds of fragrant disre-
gard Of the constitution. Personal am
bition, so the document reads, is re-
sponsible for the alleged violations Of
constitutional provisions to the damage
Of the republic
"We shall aim to make every effort
to safeguard the national moneys, re-
establish order and maintain the nor
mality Of AFFAIRS is one paragraph
Of the declaration Of war; -s..s ~. ~
. 49, Strike Sept. 15.
Brigadier Guzman, commanding the
rebel forces in the province Of Santa
Clara. is reported to have received q
commissioner sent to him by Pine
Guerra, the rebel commander in Pinar
avoid any engagement with the govern
ment forces until after Sept. Is, when,
unless advised to the contrary, he must
begin an energetic campaign.
AS days and weeks pass with no ap-
preciable diminution Of the revolution
alarm increases. The most conservative
testimony from the country districts of
the provinces of Pinar del Rio, Havana,
and Santa Clara is to the effect that
two-thirds Of the people in the country
and small towns of these three prov
1nces are insurgents in sentiment if not
in fact.
1t is generally believed that the gov
eminent ultimately will subdue the in
surrection, but in the meanwhile the
crops cannot be developed; and it is a
grave question whether the rebellious
spirit even then can be actually quelled
to the extent Of restoring the country
TO normal self-governing status.
Rodriguez Confident.
The fitting out of troops to take the
field against the insurgents is beinp
rushed day and night. General Rodrf
guez, commander Of the rural guard,
says:
1--WE have worked hard and have &C..
compllshed. already more than we ex-
pected; We have received millions Of
cartridges and We have all of the gums
we can use: There will no longer Be a
shortage OF horses, as we have 1000
here and 1000 coming from the United
States. We are sending out TONIGHT 100
recruits from Camaguey and more ara
coming from the interior.''
Army officers admit the seriousness
of the rebellion and admit that its
suppression will be a matter of a long
time.