The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-06-06
j. S. SENDS 5000
GUNS TO CUBAhS
Gomez Makes Appeal for Arms
to Taft.
NEXT STEP is INTERVENTION
War, State and Navy Departments
Are Hastily Preparing for Emer-
aency-Hospital Ship Sails for
Guantanamo.

Washington, June 4.--The uprising
Of negroes in Cuba is fast gaining the
upper hand OF the Cuban government,
according to dispatches received at
the state department from Arthur
Beaupre, the United States minister at
Havana.
The situation is so bad that Secre-
tary of War Stimson, by direction OF
the president, has shipped to Presi-
dent Gomez, at his request, 5000 high
powered krag-Jorgenson rifles and
1000, 900 rounds of ammunition for the
guns. The guns will be distributed by
the Cuban government among recent
ly organized rurales and volunteers
These guns are the same as were used
by the United States in Cuba in 1898
in the war with Spain.
Intervention Next Step.
This shipment of rifles and ammuni-
ton will be all this government Will
send The next step taken by the
United States will be Intervention.
This is looked for any day by officials
of both state, war and navy depart
ments. Preparation for such an emer-
gency are being rushed with all pos
sible haste by both branches OF the
military arms of the government One
step looking to actual service by the
United States hospital ship Solace was
ordered from Key West to Guantana-
mo. Her commander, Medical In
spectof Manley F. Gates, has been in
structed to hold his ship in readiness
for duty with landing parties.
Ammunition Given to 1000.
The war departments activities con-
sists of issuing fresh ammunition to
the troops of the emergency force"
consisting OF approximately 1000 men.
Most of these troops are stationed at
posts on the Atlantic seaboard.
1t consists of cavalry, infantry and
field artillery. In the latter there are
light field pieces and mounted bat
teries.
Martial Law Is Probable.
Havana June president Gomez
has officially admitted the existence of
a general revolt against his admins
tration in a message to the senate re-
questing authority to suspend all con-
stitutional guarantees. This means
the entire island win be under martial
law within few days.
An extraordinary session in the SEN
ate is in session today at which action
will be taken. The chamber of COM
merce at Santiago has petitioned the
Cuban government TO accept assist
ance from the United States without
further delay. The petition expresses
the belief that the Cuban army is I'M
equal to the task of bringing about
order.
Gomez Says Situation Grave.
President Gomez message to the
senate, in substance. follows:
The grave situation which threat
ems the peace of the nation obliges me
to appeal to you, as | hereby do, under
article GS of the constitution, so that
your legislative body, with its usual
acumen, shall authorize me to suspend
the constitutional guarantees through
out the entire territory of the repub-
lie. or partially, as | may see fit. 1t
has been my policy to avoid extreme
measures. and ! have made every eff
fort to suppress the seditious uprising
without appealing to congress- but the
necessity for such action as will bring
about a rapid termination Of the
armed instruction, avoiding foreign
complications, makes it imperative
that | be given the power requested,
which will be used with the modera-
ton that has characterized all my
acts"