The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-28
( A PROTEST TO GERMANY
Dutchman', Plantation Looted by the
Natives and an Appeal for Pro-
tectlon Has Been
Made.

49, y - NNA ~ : ~'AN3 SC."lICcl'''0
President Taft's assurances to Presi.
dent Gomez of Cuba, that the move
ment OF naval vessels to Key West
and all preparations to hold the
marines in readiness to go to the
island does not mean intervention,
government officials are convinced to-
day that they acted none too soon in
their campaign of precaution.
An unpleasant impression was Great
ed here today by the report that a
coffee plantation belonging to a Ger.
man citizen, located ten miles west of
Santiago, had been destroyed by ne
gro rebels. 1t is reported that the
German has made a protest to the
German consul at Santiago, who IN
turn will probably report the matter
to the German. foreign Office and to
the German ambassador here.
It is pointed out that inasmuch as
the United States has in a measure
guaranteed to European nations peace
and safety in Cuba, this government
cannot let go unheeded such damage
to foreign property. A few more oc-
lcurrences of this kind, it was believ-
led would make it necessary for the
United States to intervene in Cuba
no matter how much it desired to let
/ the Cubans settle their own quarrels
4 The report that American banker.
yiands capitarsts are In sympathy Will
4 the upturn in Cuba is vigorously de
Enied in Washington. It is believed
!, here that American business men ar,
much more favorable to the Cubal
!, rule in Cuba than American rule. I
is said they believe they can gail
valuable concessions from the Come.
government which they could not hop,
|. for If there was an American govern
ment. For that reason they are doint
all in their power to upheld Gomez
!, The negro uprising is not being sup
!, ported in any way by foreigners, S,
! state department officials say.
Revolution Is Joke.
NEW YORK, May Passenger
in from Havana on the steamship Mex
!. leo, which left Havana last Friday
professed today to be amazed over tn
war preparations being made by th
United States in connection with tn
so-called Cuban revolution. They dc
clared that the rebellion in the islam
!, has been overestimated and that tn
talk of American intervention wa
/, Iunwarranted by the facts. They il
! timated that the intervention agitatio
: could easily be. traced to certain fir
,, ancial circles in this city and Londor
In Cuba this revolution is locke
on as joke declared Antonio Re,
, an official of the Cuban government a
Havana There are only about so
negroes in arms against the govern
ment. There has been no real fightin
;, and probably won't be as the insurs
? ients are not very we'll armed an
Il have to keep going when the troop
!, get after them. Where they hav
robbed towns it has been in place
where there were no soldiers and th
I inhabitants were not armed"
Charles T, Rand, president of tn
Spanish-American Iron company {
Havana, said that the government ha
acted promptly when the dissatisfie
u negroes went on the warpath and tn;
it now had the situation well in han
Il got wireless yesterday fro
my yents," said Rand, that state
quiet was being rapidly restored.
course the dissatisfied negroes ha,
split UP into bands and their pursu
0 will be tiresome task but there
J. absolutely no apparent reason for
terventicn at the present time.'