Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-29
.CUBANS IN
THROES OF
REBELLION
President Gomez Is Facing
Serious Crisis
ENEMIES WANT HIM THROWN
OUT OF OFFICE
RE.EsTABLIsHED REPUBLIC IN
POLITICAL uPHEAVAL
Liberal MaIcontents of InsuIar Cow
ernment Seek to Give Office
of Chief Executive to
Zayas
RE- REPUBLIC IN
POLITICAL UPHEAVAL
Associated press1


II AVANA, Nov. 2S-Not since the
II downfall of the administration of
IL President Palma has the politi-
cal atmosphere of Cuba been more
laden with suggestions of trouble than
now.
The re-established republic is scarcely
nine month old, and already rumors
are persistent that some way is being
sought to secure the retirement of
President Gomez, either by persuasion
or compulsion, and to place Vice Presl-
dent Zayas at the head of the nation.
When Gen. Gomez became chief
magistrate followers of Zayas stood
shoulder to shoulder with those Of the
president, and even the conservative
organization which has sustained the
banner Of Gen. Menocal in the cam
paign of the previous summer lent him
it's loyal support in the determine
tion to give the new administration a
trial.
That they regard the trial as failure
is evidenced by their manifesto issued
shortly before the reconvening of con-
gress, in which they declared their in-
tention of beginning an active cam
paign against the administration.
Probably the most serious condition
that the president faces is that result
ing from the continued failure of ef-
tween his partisans and those of Vice
President Zayas.
For three years negotiations to this
end have been in progress and at least
half a dozen times announcement has
been made of their success.
In the presidential campaign there
was a truce, but with the beginning of
the distribution of offices under the
new administration mutual distrust
was re-established.
A few days ago Gen. Gomez startled
Liberal leaders in a letter in which he
stated that so far as he was Of
ficially concerned, he had decided to
consider the fusion as an accomplished
fact. and in view of this he would
make appointments to his cabinet with
out reference to the particular faction
of the Liberal party to which the APP
pointee might have belonged.
The attitude of the president was
particularly Objectionable to the Ia
yassts because the important post of
secretary of state recently was made
vacant by the resignation of Justo
Garcia Velez, a prominent member of
the faction, and it was feared that the
president would fill it with one of his
own supporters.
The incident has served to defer the
accomplishment of actual fusion, and,
should ii result in breaking off existing
negotiations. it is not improbable that
the administration will have two OPP
posing parties with which to deal.
Another disquieting feature of the
situation is the renewal of agitation
for the formation of a negro party.
Steps preliminary to organization were
taken at meeting of negroes in the
province of Oriente.
For some weeks Havana has been
the Mecca for negro leaders from all
sections of the island, who have come
to confer with Senator Morua Del
Gada, president of the senate, and
leader of his race.
The grievance of the negroes is that
they have not been accorded their
share of offices. Morua has presiden-
tial aspirations, and as his term of Of
flee i'm the senate will soon expire it is
likely that he will demand a cabinet
position. either that of secretary Of
state or secretary of public works.