Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-08-01
DEMAND THAT GOMEZ QUIT
President Is Given Fifteen Days in
Which to Resign.
TORCH TO BE THE PENALTY
Threat Made That Entire Island
Will Be Reduced to Ashes.
Rura1es in Pursuit.

HAVANA, August IAN uprising
against the government. apparently of {
serious character, occurred last night a
Regla. a suburb of Havana situated
across the harbor when Gen. Guiller1nG
Acevedo, a revolutionary veteran with
mounted. took the field. 1t is reported
that the party was reinforced later b.
300 men.
Before leaving Regla -Acevedo issued q
manifesto denouncing the administration
of President Gomez as scandalous and
corrupt, and adjuring all patriotic Gu
bans to rise and overthrow it.
Gomez Warned to Quit.
He declared that he would give Gomez
fifteen days in which to resign, after
which. il the warning was not obeyed, he
intended to apply the torch and destroy
property unfortunately until the whole
island was reduced to ashes.
Setting forth from Regla, the in
surgents skirted Havana, seemingly
bound for Pinar del Rio. They halted
seized citizen named Naranjo, de-
manding that he act as their guide.
Upon his refusal Naranjo was shot
dead. The party then rode on.
In Pursuit Of Rebels.
Early today strong detachments of
rurales and regulars were dispatched
in pursuit OF the rebels. The country
in which they are operating is thickly
settled. and it is probable that the
rurales will have no difficulty in fol-
lowing the trail. There are rumors
that a fight has already taken place.
Acevedo headed an uprising in Pinar
del Rio province year ago. He was
captured. tried and sentenced to life
Imprisonment. Last October he was
pardoned. His followers are believed
to include some OF the desperadoes
who attacked the rurales in their bar
racks at Guanabacoa in 1906. mas
sacring the garrison. which was the
first overt act of the revolution which
overthrow President Palma.
Claim He Is Surrounded.
Brig. Gen. Geraldo Michado, secretary
of the interior. in an official statement to
the. Associated Press, said that Acevedo
was accompanied by only four men, and
was believed to be surrounded now by
rurales twenty miles west Of the capital.
News OF his capture was momentarily ex-
pected. On leaving Regla last night the
insurgents proceeded to the nearby town
Of Guanabacoa for the purpose of obtain
ing recruits, falling which they started
westward. skirting this city.
Acevedo is an active conservative parti-
san, and this has given rise to the rumor
that the uprising was fomented by lead
ers OF the conservative party for the pur-
pose OF making an impression on Henry
L. StimSOn, the American Secretary Of
War, upon his arrival here
News Causes Surprise.
News of the uprising in Cuba gave Of
fcials Of the administration a twinge of
concern and surprise. While there have
been frequent rumors recently of threat
ened trouble, charges and counter
charges in regard to officials, advices re-
ceived by this government have not indi-
Gated any serious discomfort.
Only a few days ago Secretary Knox
sent a message Of assurance to the Gu
bans that the United States government
did not contemplate Intervention. The
fears of Cuba had been excited by re-
ports Of interference connected with the
proposed visit Of Secretary Of War Slim
son to the island. Secretary Stimson is
due at Santiago, Cuba. Thursday or Fri
day, and al Havana few days later