The Jersey City news., 1906-10-04
CUBANS TO DISARM.
Insurgents Show Willingness to
Surrender Rifles to Ameri-
can Commission.
TROUBLE AT GUANTANAMO.
Rebels In Vicinity Of City Refuse TO
Lay Down Arms-Aotual Fighting of
Revolution Small, Says Observer
Taft Denies Reported Criticism Of
Palma Administration.

Taft Denies Reported Criticism Of
Palma Administration.
Havana, Oct. A. Such alaerity as is
shown by the insurgents in laying
down their arms to tie commission ap-
pointed to superintend this termination
Of the revolution is the greatest sur
prise the provisional government has
vet encountered in It's smooth working
programme.
This operation is now well under
way in the neighborhood of Havana,
100 of Guerra's men. with their horses,
having been entrained for Pinar del
Rio, while one brigade marched to
Guanajay without sign of disorder.
AS a concession to the men General
Funston and Major Ladd permitted
them to take their arms to Pinar del
Rio, where most Of the men joined the
army The rifles, however, were first
counted by officers of marines under
the direction of Major Ladd, and the
men will be required to surrender them
before leaving the train at Plnar del
Rio.
Trouble at Guantanamo.
1t is reported that body Of rebels in
the vicinity Of Guantanamo have re-
fused to disarm.
The situation in Santiago is still Sc
rious. The revoIutionists continue to
concentrate around Santiago. They
promise to disarm if General Del Cas-
tillo orders them to do So Del Cas-
tillo has not arrived, but is expected
now at any time
According to the testimony of an
American named Harvey, formerly a
Roosevelt rough rider, who has been
with the insurgents. the amount Of
actual fighting during this revolution
was really small. Harvey says that
most of the fighting he had seen was
between gamecocks. This is borne out
by the fact that easily 10 per cent of
Guerra's men carry fighting cocks tied
to their saddles.
Rebels Butcher Cattle.
Since the. cessation OF hosulities ma
rauding bands have stolen or destroyed
more or less property IN Santa Clara
province. Elais week a band q attaclzed
the San Nicolas plantation, owned by
a captain of the rural guards, and
butchered 200 mead of cattle. The
motive for this destruction is said to
have been personal spite.
officials of the Cuban Central rail-
road estimate that the insurgents dam
aged the railroads.&c. the extent of $780,
OOo.
Governor Taft has received a dis
patch that the threatened disturbances
in Caenfuegos have been obviated by
the withdrawal Of the insurgents from
that city
Governor Taft now occupies the of
fee in which the affairs OF Cuba have
been administered suceessively by the
Spanish governors Of the island, Gen
eral Leonard Wood and President Pal
ma. He will take up his residence in
the palace in few days.
Colonel &. H. Crewder, judge advo-
cate, said that the continuance of the
status of the Cuban republic without
change obviates practically every legal
difficulty which might otherwise have
been caused by the establishment of a
provisional government.
Taft Denies Criticism.
In an interview Governor Taft de-
MED recent dispatch in which he was
represented as critieising ths Palma
government severely and characteriz-
ing the situation as disgusting and the
elections Of 1895 as rotten. He has
scrupulously avoided giving interviews
respecting his views Of persons and
issues in the Cuban situation and did
not use the expressions attributed to
him.
DIR. Barnet. chief executive officer of
the Cuban health department., said:
Governor Taft has told us to use
any amount of money needed for put
ting Cuba into first class sanitary
condition and for stamping out yellow
fever Consequently we are installing
sanitary brigades in many Cuban cit
les.
'In Havana now there are three
cases Of yellow fever. one of which
came from Guanabacea. There are no
cases elsewhere in the island and
there is no special epidemic threatened,
but precautions are urgently necessa-
ry.'