The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-10

PAUL FULLER, FOR FEE JUNrA.
TO OFFER ADMIRATION.

Rebels Propose Q CemmlsaIon Of five %
Determine ths Lagamty % Palma's
neetion-wm Appeal 30 Gen. Pho
Guerra % Cease rghtnS a. Once.
Col. Carlos N. Aguirrs. bead Of the Cuban
junta In New York city, last night gave
out ths following statement:
Paul Fuller Of Coudsrt Bros, the well
known authorities on international law,
who was In consultation on Friday with
Major Augustin CasteIlanos OF the Cuban
junta, sailed for Havana on saturday.
The result Of the conference II the an
nouncement tonight Of the retention OF
Cassidy Cook a. chief counsel for tho
iunta and revolutionary party in Cuba;
an Immediate urgent appeal to. Gen. Pine
Guerra to cease hostilities pending an
armistice, and a plea for arbitrator Of the
question Of the legality OF President Palma's
last election.
The junta members issued a most
positive denial OF the published rumors
Of their determination TO destroy the Cuban
Governments war supply vessel, the Maria
Herrera, either in dock in Brooklyn or on
the high seas.
"Messrs. Fuller and Cook urged the inn
mediate blOodless ending Of the revolution
and President Palma's selection Of two
arbitrator. the junta two, and these four
TO select the fifth member for foreign in
terests in Cuba. The revolutionary party
seeks the influence OF British, German.
Couo H. ov>l No.. V.~lr naatAn aAA Mo-
treal capital invested In Cuba for Support
In its arbitration scheme and a early,
peaceful ending Of the war.
"A detailed printed statement Of the all
legged wrongs and abuses OF the Palma
administration on the Cuban people will be
issued by the junta this week. In addi-
ton the junta expects TO enlist q large
number Of Spanish war claimants against
the United States, represented by John @.
Carlisle. ex-Secretary Of the Navy Hilary
A. Herbert, Coudert Bros. and other emil
nent counsel.
The commission should meet imme-
diately in Havana, summon witnesses and
examine and report fully their findings
on the charges that the Palma bayonets,
fraud, intimidation Of electors and othc
violations Of the Cuban laws demand the
complete annulmsnt Of the last Presidential
and Congressional elections and the holding
throughout the island OF new elections.
The commissions findings to be final and
binding on all parties.
"The junta members claim that an honest
investigation will prove all Of their charges
against the Palma Administration to be
true. Furthermore. they claim that cable
grams received from Havana state that the
arbitration plan has the hearty support
Of g great majority Of Cuba's electors re-
gardlese Of party.
'Cassilly Cook. the junta's newly chosen
counsel. was formerly In Cincinnati. He
was q Captain in the First Ohio Regiment
in the Spanish war, and was sent to Cuba i'm
mediately after the war to investigate and
report on the plan TO pension Gen. Maxine
Gomez's soldiery. He has written much on
Cuban conditions and was one Of the chief
counsel to Gen. Wood when he was in COM
mand OF the American army during the
American occupation OF Cuba after the
Spanish-American war"
Senior Garlic y Aldama, Commissioner Of
the Cuban Treasury Department, did not
return to Cub with the transport Maria
Herrera, which sailed on Saturday. He will
remain here to act az unofficial agent for
the Cuban Government and various business
and private transactions It is understood
that the Maria Herrera sailed with sealed
orders sent from Havana. and that no one
knows except President Palma n his
Cabinet where the ship will land.
SeHor Carill6 y Aldama expressed strong
doubts OF the statements in the dispatches
that the rebels had penetrated into the
suburbs OF havana and that the capital
was in danger.
1T Is impossible for the insurgents to
get nearer Havana than the small snvirons y
OF Vento, where the reservoir and aque-
ducts are, and Marinao, where the rural
guards have their headquarters. Both
these towns are twenty miles from Havana
city. They, like every other place IN the
principal roads to Havana, are protected
by blockhouses sheathed in steel and
equipped with quick firing guns and good
Rarrisons."