The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-08-27
SEEKS PEACt
Cuban President Trying to Find
Method Of Settling Revolt
Amicably.
AMNESTY PERIOD DISCUSSED

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Suggestion Made That Rebels Be Given
Thirty Days In Which to Lay Down
| Their Arms-Government Calls For
Volunteers = Santa Clara Province
Disaffected.
| Havana, Aug. 27.-The deep anxiety
| of President Palma to extend every
possible opportunity for peace without
| bloodshed and his desire to permit
those who joined the insurrection un-
| der misguidance to return to their
homes unmolested, combined with the
general wish to end situation fraught
with SO much loss and suffering, has
| led to consideration by the president
| and his cabinet of project decreeing
thirty day amnesty period, during
| which the insurrectionists are invited
| to lay down their arms and return to
| their peaceful pursuits. 1t was pro-
posed to issue the decree at once, but
| persons close to the president strongly
| opposed the measure, and the matter
was deferred. 1t may be relinquished
A fund of 100000 has been set
aside by the treasury for defense, and
| drafts on it are heavy and constant
Palma and capote at Odds.
| 1t is learned that there are grave diff
| ferences between President Palma and
| Vice President Mendez Capote. The
| latter is suspected of having considered
with Senator Alfredo Zayas, president
of the Liberal party. the question of
whether peace could not be restored by
! Palma's withdrawal from the presi
| dency, by permitting Mendez Capote
| to succeed him and by giving certain
| posts to the Liberals. None of the per-
| sons concerned Is willing to discuss the
| matter.
The government has announced the
| capture of ex-Congressman Carlos
Mendieta, the leader of the insurgents
in Santa Clara province. He had $4,000
| on his person when caught. This cap
| ture has been authenticated from other
sources. 1t occurred in the city of
| Santa Clara Colonel Aranda who was
with Mendieta, also was taken pris-
oner. The capture of Mendieta is of
! great Importance.
To Assembly Large Army
The situation is SO increasingly seri-
Gus that it is tacitly admitted in all
government circles that the enlarge
| ment Of the army will not stop at any
given number, but will continue indef-
nitely. While the number of men at
present leaving their regular occupa-
| tions to enlist for the war is small,
employers are beginning to find that
| they soon will be confronted with
considerable scarcity of labor The Ia
| borers discuss the attractiveness of
soldiers life at the unusual pay offered
to volunteers, and as a result many re-
| solve to enlist.
President Palma's call asks for vol
unteers to compose national militia
of infantry and cavalry and to cooper
| ate with the government forces under
! the command of the chief of the rural
guards. The pay of chiefs of battal-
month, adjutants 1925 month, cap
/ tains 500 month and soldiers 81
day. All volunteers disabled will re-
ceive full pay during the period of dis
| turbance, and in the event of their
death the money will go to their de-
pendent heirs.
Government Wins Skirmishes.
| In three. sharp skirmishes with the
rebels the government troops have
been victorious. The most important
| fight was that in which force under
! Calonel Bacallao routed division of
! the growing army under command of
! Pine Guerra, who is looked upon as the
real leader. of the revolution. Guerra's
men wereg flung back upon the main
body with loss of fifteen killed and
wounded. The fighting was at close
| quarters with the machete.
| A pitched battle between Guerra and
Bacallao is imminent, and the result is
awaited with great anxiety in this city
On the outcome, it is felt. will depend
the fate of the revolution 1t is be-
! lieved that many thousands of men
are delaying their decision in the crisis
until word of the battle is received
| Although the hope of victory is ex
/ pressed, 1t is known there is great fear
| in government circles of disaster
| Guerra is known to have at least 1000
well armed men, while Bacallao can
! only muster 250 artillery, serving as
/; infantry. and fifty raw recruits.
| There is now some doubt as to Ba-
: callao's exact position and of that of
! the insurgents. Guerra before leaving
San Juan de Martinez boasted that he
would lead the government troops into
trap and wipe them out. He said
| Palma had no efficient men to put in
! the field, while he himself could mus
ter several thousand veterans Of the
rebellion against Spain
Seven Insurgents Killed.
Seven insurgents were slain in an
encounter near Santa Rosa, province