The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-09-27
HATCH CONSPIRACY
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To Start Revolutionary Move
ment In Cuba
FINANCED IN NEW YORK
Number of Suspicious Persons
Have Been ShadoWed

Bhere is Said to be no Ground for
ADprehension-No Truth i'm Report
That Merchants Held Meeting for
Purpose of Informing the World
OF the Actual Situation i'm Cuba
Have Not Been Arrested.
Havana, Sept. 25.-A conspiracy
to starry a revolutionary movement in
Cuba has bee ndiscovered Under in
structions issued by Governor Ma
goon, a number of suspicious per-
sons believed to be connected with
the conspiracy have been shadowed
for several days past.
1t is now believed that the move
ment Is backed by New York cap
1talists
Governor Magoon has been aware
for several days past that certain
individuals were conspiring against
the government but he did not at
tach to the matter much import
ance, owing to the fact that these
persons were under constant sur
yeillance and the the Cuban rural
and the American forces in
sAhe island had been so assigned as
w 11biC W IL uSIi any SuCu nONc-
nd mt in a few hours
The fact that Governor Magoon
was cOgniZant of the conspiracy and
the movements of the agitators seems
to have served to suppress the
threatened outbreak an dadvices re-
ceiVed by the government tonight
from all the rovinces show that
there is no ground at all for appre-
hension. A report was current here
tonight that number of local mer-
chants had met for the purpose of
Informing the world of the actual
situation in Cuba.
Careful Investigation proved this
rumor to be absolutely untrue. No
such meeting was held, nor has the
report of possible railroad strike
any connection with this conspir-
acy.
Neither is there any connection
between the conspiracy and Gov
ernor MagOOn's recent attitude to-
OarDthe striking cigar makers.
!t%is a fact that certain parties
here have been conspiring for the
purpose of starting a revolution sim
ultaneously in the extreme eastern
and the extreme western provinces
of Cuba, and members of the Sc
cret police have been shadowing
number of Cubans, prominent po-
litically, or who had taken leading
parts in the two revolutionary out
breaks. These individuals were not
molested for several reasons, one
being the fact that they were SEEM
ingly vel lsupplied with money which
they were distributing in the prov
inces where they were working for
recruits to their movement, and the
government was anxious to locate
the source from whence this money
came This was a complete myst-
cry.
further reason for PERMITTING
the suspects 10 remain at liberty has
been the difficulty in proving the
conspiracy charged and the fact that
the government wanted to give the
conspirators plenty of rope to hang
kthemselves.
z If by any chance the revolutionary
movement had started the rural
guards, backed by the American
forces in the island, would nave
crushed it in it's inception.
There is reason to believe that TINS
conspiracy mas Ueeu sums VA
eral weeks past The recent miniature
sines near Santiago and taIld-
iuani were due to no great ehtnu-
siasm on the part of some OF the par
tisans in the movement, who 1alleo
+o await the signal from the chlels
in Havana.
1t is declared that Masso Parra' d
native born Cuban, was to have oeeH
the leader of the activity. PARA IS
known to have lead several Latin
American revolutions in the past. he
tried to return to Cuba after belnS
exiled years ago, but the Palma ao-
ministration feared that his purpose
in returning was to organize re'o-
luton and would not permit him 70
land. PARA landed in Cuba several
weeks ago and no objection to MS
coming was made. Considering his
- previus record and that the Palma ad-
4 ministration had opposed his landing
/ the fact that he was permitted to re-
turn now was commented upon at the
time as remarkable 1t is persistently
stated here that the money to finance
this revolution was furnished from
Wall street There are reports cur
reat that certain American who was