New-York tribune., 1906-08-21
PLOT NO SURPRISE HERE.
Cubans DO Not Fear Increment
against President Palma.

The news from Havana of plot to assassinate
President Palma, and of the existence in the ISL
and Of an incipent insurrectiOn was received
by local Cubans yesterday without SURPRISE
though they expressed their satisfaction over
the arrest of the supposed conspirators The
compatriots of President Palma express no fear
over the movement against the government led
by General Quentin Bandera 1t was known
here for several days that the men who were
arrested I'm Havana Sunday were being
watched, and that their arrest question
of only a few days.
General Carlos Garcia, formerly Cuban Min
lister to Mexico and his brother Justo Garcia,
former Consul General at Hamburg. who are
in prison. charged with being implicated in the
conspiracy. sons of the late General Calixto
Garcia. the famous fighter. and lived for time
i'm New York General Carlos Garcia also took
part in the revolution in Cuba.
General Loynaz de Castillo. who escaped after
being arrested. is also a veteran of the last war
in Cuba. He is a Dominican. General DemetriO
Castillo Duany. for whom there is said to be
a warrant out is a brother of the late General
Joaquin Castillo Duany. who was sub-delegate
of the Cuban Junta in this city during the revo-
luton. He, too. fought for Cuban independence
Notwithstanding the report from Havana that
there is a suspicion that Colonel Orestes Fer
rara has been gathering funds in this city for
a revolution, he is said to have sailed for Cuba
on Saturday on the steamer Morro Castle. Colo
mel Ferrara, who is an Italian, came here last
winter as secretary to General Jose Miguel
Gomez who was candidate against President
Palma in the last campaign, withdrawing his
candidacy before election.
While there is nobody who will confirm the
story that New York was the Matching place
of what appears to be a far reaching conspiracy
1t is known that for more than six months mys-
teriOus shipments Of arms and ammunition have
been made from this port. These war supplies
were purchased from the same concern that sup
piled the Cuban Junta In the last revolution
There are different Views expressed by local
Cubans to the object of the present disorder
There is, and has been ever since the United
States turned Cuba over 10 the Cubans, strong
sentiment in favor of annexation to this country
Some are inclined to the belief that this senti-
ment mas had something to do with the out
break Still another and more plausible theory
is that there are in Cuba some politically am
bilious men who obtain their end only by
such means as have been adopted. In this lat
ter connection there mentioned the names
of several officials high in the Cuban govern
ment.
Judge H. j. Reilly formerly OF BROOKLYN. and
now contractor in Cuba, who is staying at the
New Amsterdam Hotel attributes the trouble
TO some small politicians and scouts the idea
that Colonel Ferrara, whom he knows, has col
!ected my war money here. AS to the interest
or the Sugar Trust in the Havana plot as has
been hinted at, Judge Reilly said:
The talk of the Sugar Trust taking hand in
this and furnishing money is all nonsense Thev
might he interested in a revolution and 10 thew
were would be Joined by the sugar planters
wh" are the only people to be benefited bv an
heXatlon. but if they took any part thev would
ilot employ such agents as the men named.
General Quentin Bandera, who has taken the
neld against the government is a Negro char
acter well known to every province of the
island, whose only influence is with the idle eIe-
ment OF his own race. He is about sixty wears
old and took part In the Ten Years War and in
the last one in Cuba, distinguishing himself by
his bravery
While the Cuban government gives him full
credit for his contribution to the cause of lib
erty 1t has not in the four years of its existence
been able to discover any other ability in the
ola veteran than that of fighting. He has, when
IN havana. always gathered about him a crowd
of Negroes, whom he would harangua nv the
hour on the ingratitude of republics.
One day he went to the Senate chamber and
while the Senate was i'm session delivered. in
tones that disturbed the Senators a speech criti-
cising the government for not giving him an
ofhce. He was soon afterward appointed as
doorkeeper of the House of Congress-
The Cubans here feel sanguine that the force
of rural guards at the command of President
armed movement that might be started