The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
CUBAN REVOLT IS
 GROWING SERIOUS  Government Maintains Gen.
 sorship of Wires ORIENTE IN TERROR Americans Appeal to Marine Com mander to. Land United States
 Marines-News Is Scarce.
 Fl Caney Sacked


 ing the day from oriente province and emanating from other than governmental sources leave no room for doubt that the insurrectionary movement in the east ern ends of the island, the main theatre of insurgents. is growing with alarming rapidity
 These reports apparently receive con- firmation in the extraordinary reticence of the government, in it's increase of the severity of the telepragh censorship, it's activity in enrolling volunteers and the determination to dispatch Major General Monteagudo to take supreme command
 Troops Concentrating
 The only news concerning the uprising the government had vouchsafed late to- night was that various columns of regu- lar troops were converging from differ ent points on the Cuba railroad in the town of Figuaybos. the principal place in the district between La Maya and Guantanamo City where the forces of Generals Estenoz and Ivonet. the insur- gent leaders, are reported to be concern trated.
 The government professes ignorance of the destruction by insurgents of the rail- ways between San Luis and Guantanamo ana the latter place and Boqueron. on Guantanamo bay, It also says nothing is known of the wires on both these roads having been cut, but admits there IS some interruption in telegraphic com munication. Tonight 1t was impossible to communicate with the American naval station at Guantanamo from Havana.
 Throughout the province of OrienIe panic reigns. While inhabitants are talk ing refuge in the cities and all mills have suspended operations, which will involve great loss to the sugar industry The local authorities have been unable 10 pro- teet the people. The troops are all massed in columns and the rural guards are too few and too scattered to make any head way against the insurgents.
 Many American planters have appealed to the commandant of the naval station at Guantanamo to send marines and blue jackets to their plantations. Such move ment will involve the consent of the Cuban government In addition, until the arrival of the auxiliary cruiser Prairie, the number of marines at the station at Guantanamo will be insuf- ficient to supply the guards needed.
 American Plantation Attacked The tAen op ia .Amersssn r9sntation 8t
 3sa siiiA ,s regeii to iAve be attacked by band of Insurgents, Who disable the machinery and also footed it of stores.
 Santiago City is guarded by a corps of volunteers, but the town Is running short of provisions and the citizens fear they will be unable to defend the place against the large insurgent force which is be- lieved to be not far distanct. Throughout the providence of Oriente, in which San ffnrr fc elf al tod to be rapidly swelling the ranks of Gen erals Estenoz and Ivonet There are no longer any rumors that these leaders are endeavoring to sue for terms of peace
 A great quantity of ammunition was shipped eastward from Havana today. Volunteers are enrolling rapidly at the recruiting stations at La Punta and Atares Castle. The government intends to enroll these men in the regular army un- til 1t Is brought up to it's full war strength and thereafter to organize volunteer regi- ments.
 The presidential yacht Haturi will sail tomorrow for Santiago carrying battal- ion of volunteer veterans under command of Gen. Emilio Nunez, chief of the vet eran association. Volunteer corps are or ganizing in various parts of the country and petitioning the government for arms.
 Other Provinces Quiet
 The government declares that all signs of disturbance have disappeared from every part of the island except the prov inve of Oriente but small skirmlshes con tnue to be reported between rural guards and negroes in the provinces of Matanzas and Santa Clara.
 Tonight it was reported that there had been a renewal of the insurrectionary movement in Havana city. All roads en- tering the capital continue to be carefully guarded to prevent the ngress or exit of negroes suspected of being affiliated with the race movement.
 The under secretary of the government tonight declined to comment on the Asso- ciated Press dispatch stating that the government at Washington had official in- formation from Havana that President Gomez did not have sufficient troops to cope with the insurreetion. The under secretary merely said that his government continued confident that 1t soon would re- store order
 The national council of veterans resolved tonight to proceed to Oriente Sunday. They will gather all the veterans possible en route and purpose offering their sery- ices in support of the government
 There Is much speculation in Havana as to where the insurgents are getting arms. It is believed, however. that several car goes of munitions have been landed on the coast of Oriente province from Haiti and Jamaica.