Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27
Palma May Offer a
Limited Amnesty
Period
Insurgnet Bands Increase
Rapidly in Many
Cities
Fund Of $2,ooo,ooo Is Heavily Drawn
Upon to Defray Expenses of
Maintaining the
Struggle
900 %@%~M~~~~~ 8 8 100000 o
o NEW COMPLICATIONS {
O REPORTED IN CUBA {

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8 BY Associated Press. G
@ HAVANA, Aug. 26.-The Asso- G
O cinted Press learns that there are (.
O grave differences between Presi- G
O dent Palma and Vice President G
8 Mendes Capote. G
o The latter is suspected of hay- (.
@ ing considered with Senator Al G
O dredO Zayas, president of the Lib G
@ eraI party, the question of whether G
@ peace could not be restored by G
8 Palma's withdrawal from the (:
@ presidency by permitting Mendez
O CapOte to succeed and by giving G
@ certain posts to the Liberals. G
O None of the parties concerned G
@ was willing to discuss the ques- G
@ tiOn tonight, but the source of the (:
O correspondents information is en- (.
@ tirely reliable. q
@ MnjOr Gomez of the government G
@ corps reports another engage G
O ment with insurgents at Cascade &
@ today in which several men were 6
@ killed or wounded. G
@ Acting Secretary of the Interior (.
@ MOntalvO has recommended the G
@ establishment of a censorship and
@ IL is feared that such restriction G
@ shortly will he imposed. G
O A train from Havana bearing G
O $50 recruits and forty rural G
@ guards reached Pinar del Rio to- &
@ day and reinforced the govern e
@ ment troops already there, G
@ The presence of small parties of
8 insurrectionists is reported daily !.
o in the four western provinces, 4
O principally in Havana and Santa (:
@ Clara. G
@ A band of 100 insurrectionists e
@ entered Las Lajas. Santa Clara g
@ province, today md got away with &
@ the contents of the local treasury, G
@ $4,000, and all the horses in town.
@ A special edition of the Official G
@ Gazette, issued tonight. authorizes G
O the seizure of all horses needed by
@ the government forces. Proper G
@ payment will be made for all ami
@ mails. G
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By Associated Press.
HAVANA, Aug. 26.-The anxiety o
President Palma to extend every pos
sible opportunity for peace withou
bloodshed and his desire to permi
those who Joined the insurrection un
der misguidance to repent and return
to their homes unmolested combined
with the general wish to end the sit
uation fraught with so much loss AM
suffering, has led to the consideration
by the president and his cabinet of
project decreeing in a 30-day amnest,
period, during which the insurrection
lists are invited to lay down thei
arms and return to their peaceful pur
suits.
1t was proposed to issue the deere
tomorrow, but persons close to tn
president strongly oppose the measure
so it has been deferred and may b
relinquished.
So far as actual conflict went, Sun
day proved to be a day of inactivity
but preparations proceeded withou
abatement. A fund of $2,0O0,00O ha
been set aside by the treasury for dc
fense and drafts on it are heavy an,
constant.
The situation is SO increasingly Sc
rious that it is tacitly admitted Il
all government circles that the en-
largement of the army will not stop a
any given number, but will continu
indefinitely.
While the number of men at presen
leaving their regular occupations t
enlist for war is small, employers ar
beginning to find that they soon vii
be confronted with a considerable
scarcity of labor. Many laborers ar
gathered in front of the bulletin board
on which is displayed the call for vol
unteers issued by President Palm
Saturday night. They discuss the at
tractiveness of a soldiers life at sue
unusual pay and as a result may re
solve to enlist.
lnsurgent Bands Increase
1t was learned today that several neN
insurgent bands had taken to tn
brush. The outgrowth of the insurrec
ton certainly seems to keep pace wit
the preparations for suffocating it,
Next to the progress of the combat
antss the most interesting question to
day seems to be how to end the wa
without fighting.
Around the discussion of the ques
tion centers a great deal of crimina
ton and recrimination from both Lib
erals and Moderates, each side bring
ing accusation against the other a
to the responsibility for persons par
ticipating In the rebellion.
on one phase of the controversy tn
Liberals seems so united as to sugges
an understanding among them for tax
ing advantage OF the present situation
to press upon the government prop
osition that 1t should In some manne
treat with them or at least admit ther
to a conference of some sort
While no Liberals are In arm
against the government they admi
countenanclng the insurrection, thoug
they always deny knowledge of an
conspiracy
Interviews, statements and hint
given out by the Liberals all point t.
Continued on page two.