New-York tribune., 1907-10-18


Magoon. charged with trying to foment disorder
IN the island. Some startling revelations made
to-day TO tho Tribune correspondent show that
instead Of being a harmless Agitator his
friends make him out, General PARA is q dan
gerous desperate person. professional revolu-
ZIONIST and n menace to peace ana order. The
circumstances Of these revelations arc that the
general was in New York a year and half
ago planning a revolution for a republic in
Central America The person who tells OF them
Is worthy Of full confidence and belief and pos
sesses knowledge from his association with Cen
eral Para in his efforts to overthrow the legally
constituted government Of the republic in quos-
ton. whose plans included the killing Of the
latter's president. the looting OF the national
banks. the cancellation OF the concessions held
by foreign corporations. and among other high
4, desperate acts OF brigandage the establish
ment OF a personally dominated government TO
be nominally presided over by a native Of tho
country. but whose age and known lack Of
patriotism would guarantee 10 General Parra
the absolute dictatorship Of the country. Of
which he was not even a native.
PARRA FOUGHT AGAINST COUNTRY.
General Para is a Cuban who deserted from
General Gomez's army and allied himself with
Spain against the cause OF his country. SO
far as anybody in Havana knew, the general.
colonel in the Spanish volunteers, had spent in
Spain the several years Of his absence from
Cuba. He returned TO Cuba several months
ago. The New York incident in the career Of
General PARA will be news to even Governor
Magoon. and probably those who have ad-
vanced the harmless dreamer argument in
extenuation of Parra's conduct lately viii see
things in an entirely different light.
General Parra's plan to capture whole
country and exploit it's government. its treas
ury and it's industries, all Of which he promised
I'm New York to those who would aid him in
his design was stretching things to an ex-
trernity. His plans novel, even dastardly,
but highly romantic; some OF them dia-
bolical. In fact it was the desperateness OF the
scheme that was responsible for its failure.
In his propaganda General PARA boasted the
friendship of President Diaz of Mexico and
President Amador of Panama, both of whom.
he declared, would help him He also attempted
in like manner to compromise a foreign dipo-
mat at Washington His chief reliance on
President Diaz was the Masonic tie that he
asserted bound them, for PARA said he was
a thirty-third degree Mason.
The conspiracy had It's beginning in April.
1906. said the narrator of the remarkable story
that follows
PLOT ORIGINATED IN NEW YORK.
terested in the plans of General PARA He out
lined the proposed campaign to me- Two San
Francisco friends Of mine he said have met
man 10y the name of General Juan NlasO PARA,
who is a Spaniard Gsicl and a revolutionist.
He has a scheme whereby he can overthrow
Central American government and place In
power a man President who will be figure
mead, PARA being the power behind the throne
and absolute dictator of the policies to be fol-
lowed out
81 continue to quote the lawyer: Now to
carry out this plan it is necessary to adopt
some drastic measures. 1t is General Parra's
idea if he can get the money, to organize an
army of. say, five hundred men. He will head
them and go to the capital and seize the Presi-
dent make him prisoner and compel him to
sign his resignation. As as this is done a
provisional government will be created by PARA
and he will at install swear in this man
whom ne has in mind President. When this
is done new appointments to Office will be made
all the valuable concessions will be seized and
controlled by PARA and his friends To get this
going PARA thinks it would cost about SD O0U
for the purchase of guns. ammunition. food and
the charterng of a steamer The start will be
from here We have at present about Sl0Wj0
subscribed. IT is the best paying proposition
| have ever seen. This money has been guar
anteed by the two from San Francisco and
an Englishman in Trinidad. There is consld-
efabe gold in the bank there which will be
connscated by PARA and divided among his
friends. The banana crop. which is worth mill
ions Of dollars yearly, is now controlled by the
United Fruit Company, but We would eventu-
ally take this away from them"
Then the correspondents informant told Of his