Connecticut western news., 1906-09-13
MARTIAL LAW IN CUBA
President Palma Suspends Gen. stitutionaI Guarantees In
 Three Provinces.
REBELS PARDONS REVOKED

sAii oonteHces OFueFeo TOT All lnSur'
 gents-Leaders of Liberal Party Ar.
 rested-Veterans' Peace Commissior or
 Denounces Action of Government
 Fighting In Suburbs of Havana.
 Havana, Sept. 12.-Prcsident Palma has issued decree suspending all cUE. stitutional guarantees Iii the provinces of Pinar del Rio, Havana and Santa Clara. The law enforcing public order which Is equivalent to martial law, all 50 is put in immediate effect ill the | three provinces named.
 l The constitutional guarantees which are suspended by the presidents order include equal rights under the law, protection from arbitrary arrest and | imprisonment, freedom of thought, speech, writing and publication, free dom Of association and meeting. free dom of travel and inviolability of pri- yate dwellings and private papers. Arrest of Liberals Ordered. A supplemental decree has been is- sued suspending the decree of Aug. 2S pardoning repentant rebels and order ing that all rebels be arrested and jailed. Both decrees have been com municated to all officers in the field. Coincident with the issuance of the decrees, which followed the decision not to yield to the peace demands of the Liberals, the government ordered the arrest of practically every promi- nent Liberal.
 Prominent leaders of the Liberal par ty, among them Alfredo Zayas, vice president of the senate, are haStening to escape from the capital before they can be arrested by President Palma S secret service men.
 Hundreds of men high i'll fortune and social station have slipped out of Ha- vana city and have joined the insur- gent forces in Havana province.
 When the news of the issuance of these decrees reached the veterans peace commission, which was in ses- sion at the home of General Menocal, there was immediate and almost unan- imous Accommodation of President Pal ma and other members of the govern ment.
 Efforts For Peace Stopped.
 The veterans commission passed res olutions that all efforts looking to peace shall be abandoned and ex- presses regret that the government should take such a step at the moment when hostiiities are just giving prom ise of suspension.
 Notwithstanding the numerous crit icisms of the government many of the Cuban people agree that the course taken was the only one possible, as ne gotiations with its enemies on condi- tions involving practical abdieation of authority were not to be thought of and the Liberals were not willing to negotiate on any other basis.
 Havana and Santa Clara provinces are quiet, but Santiago Is reported un- easy. Americans at Santiago state that the assertions that an army could be raised in eastern Cuba to squelch Guerra Is groundless, as the sentiment of the people there Is very largely anti government, although as yet not bel ligerent.
 
 gent bands are occurring In some suburbs of Havana. There are many hundreds of insurgents a short dis tance from the city. Since the de parture of the machine guns, one of which had been stationed in front of the palace. 300 rural guards who were guarding Guanajay have been brought to Havana.
 Government Wins Fight. In what is called the most i'm portant battle of the present revolu. tion the government appears to have won a temporary advantage, check ing General Pino Guerra's victorious march through Pinar del Rio. While | the final issue Is still in doubt, the | loyal troops were able to cut their way l through the rebels, join the men com manded by General Pedro Diaz on ar armored train near Consolacion and drive the main insurgent body east ward.
 President Palma has issued a cal for a special session of congress tc convene on Friday next in order tc consider the disturbed condition of the country and devise measures to end the intolerable situation. The prcsi dent Is weary of the complicated and threatening conditions and Is anxious to divide the responsibilities with con gross.