The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-08-30
ALL EYES ON
N
PINAR DEL RIO
ON ABILITY OF GUERRA TO CAr'
TURE DEPENDS OUTCOME.
MANY UNDER LEADERSHIP
Artillerymen, Volunteers and Rural
Guards Constitute the Government
Force in the City of Pinar Del
Rio. =

O4O0 LA S~NJ
Rio,
g,r$se --
Havana. .-Unoficial advices recelv-
:'ed from the western part OF the prov
ince Of Pinar del Rio are to the effect
that the insurgent forces now concen-
trating west of San Juan de Martinez
are far more formidable than had been
supposed and also are better supplied
for campaign. A prominent resident OF
Havana whose word is beyond ques-
tion and who has just returned from
a three days visit to San Luis and
San Juan de Martinez, informed the
Associated Press that Pine Guerra 5
following in Pinar del Rio now is from
1900 to 1000 ren. He said that he
is abundantly supplied with every pos
sibIe necessity. The behavior of his
forces is excellent.
All the tobacco plantations owned
by Americans and American proper
ties are being placed under the Amer
lean flag and are not molested. He de-
clared that fully a hundred rural
guards had deserted the insurgents
and that practically all Cubans in
western Cuba were sympathizers with
: the movement.
A report has been received here
from Santiago that Gen. Jesus Rabl
with 1000 veterans will come to the
. Vuelta Abajo to help put down the
insurreetion. a-
The governments extra expenses
since August 10, have been $4,000.
The critics of the government pri-
~yately- ridicule the plans of the gov
eminent to bring rapid fire guns to
the island, asserting that the expert
enees of the Spaniards with these
guns in Cuba proved their uselessness
= in the field. They will be of value, how
ever, for the country and highways.
The government has bought 1000
horses for the army.
The government cabled to Gen. Rlus
Z Rivere, minister to Central and South
American countries, to return lmme-
diately to-Guba.
. The reported arrest of Orets Fer
rera is denied, but it is admitted thai
he is under surveillance.
: More ,troops, will be forwarded to
the weste}A. districts.
~ There is,2rave doubt ii the force OF
government troops now at San Juan
de MARTINEZ would be able to with
stand an attack by the forces of Pine
Guerra.
r.. All eyes in Cuba are turned toward
the provincial capital of Pinar del
!. Rio, for upon the ability of Pinor
T Guerra, TO capture that city depends
: it is believed here, the outcome of the
insurrection. The occupation by the
Insurgents of the towns southwest
ward of Pinar del Rio is considered
to be only preliminary tosa movement
on Pinaf del Rio; A serious question
is whether the populations of the cap
tured towns and that Of the thickly
settled and marvelously rich Vuelta
Abaio tobacco region surroundl1?
: them will join Guerra's forces. If they
do, the insurgens leader will approach:
Pinar del Rio in overwhelming force.
The outcome depends on the loyalty
or disloyalty of the people. 1t is un-
deniable that. Guerra is ga herring
hundreds Of veterans and others under
his leadership and it is impossible te
estimate the sincerity of the people
in Pinar del Rio, who have been lock
!. ed upon as likely to support the gov
ernment A detachment f $50 Cuba;
artillerymen from Havana have reach
ed Pinar del Rio, where they will co
operate with the rural guards and vol
: uateers. These artillerymen, however
3 can only act as infantry, as they have
!. not been trained to use field guns. !
hospital corps and other details arr
following the artillerymen to Pima
:. 4ae3 Rio in readiness for what is e.S
"a pe~ted to be'a short and decisive cam
palSn. .-"..
4she province of Havana is quiet.
] Considerable sympathy is develop
ing in Havana for General Gomez
J. .who is commonly believed to be to'
! hEoad-minded z patriot to mix him
= self up in revolutionary schemes. Tn
= government force in the city of Pima
5, del Rio consists of $50 artillerymer
300 volunteers and 200 rural guards.
Reports from thee ountry district
say that the people generally hav
been influenced by the liberal leader