The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-26
REBELLION
 IS GROWING
CUBAN GOVERNMENT TAKING MEASURES TO BRING RACE
 WAR TO EARLY ISSUE.
Negroea from Jamaica and Santo Domingo Join With Rebels Who Are Said to We'll Armed and
 Equipped for War.

Havana, May 25.--According to re ports given out by the Cuban goye. h. ment, there is no change in the mil
 tary situation tonight, but the forces of General Mendieta are distant only few miles from the main body of the insurgents under Generals lvonet and Estenoz, and decisive conflict may be expected at any moment
 The government still persists that the insurgent forces are not numer- ous and are scantilly armed, but in- formation from other sources indi- cates that the rebels are strong and increasing in numbers Furthermore, they are showing much activity in various parts of the province of Oriente. The most serious news from that section is that General Estenoz has warned in writing, all planters to stop grinding within three days or he would burn all the mills and cane fields. Up to the present the author ities have been unable to afford pro- tection to more than a few planta- tionss. {.
 The naval orders at Washington for the concentration Of two divisions of the Atlantic fleet at Key West and the dispatch of gunboats to various Cuban ports have caused a profound sensation
 Night editions of the Havana news papers feature this news as over hsadowing in importance all reports from the front. Government officials decline to discuss the action of the Alherican government, but predict a speedyl victory for the Cuban troops, which they declare, will remove all nefessity for American intervention.
 tF~aeral Mendieta, the Cuban com mdnder, is tonight encamped at a'. lna boss between laMaya and Guaa wfnamc He reports that his troops are in splendid condition and anxious to come 10 close quarters with he Tebels. Several small skirmishes have occurred in which the troops have been successful, killing a few insurgents and capturing arms and horses.
 The province of Santa Clara, which the government declared was thor oughly pacified, reports the presence of small bands of negroes, who have appeared and exchanged shots 'fith patrols of rural guards The rebel leader, Pacheeo, who had an encoun- ter with rurales in the vicinity of Sagua la Grande yesterday, it is said, is mortally wounded. His band has been dispersed. In other 1rovin aes there are no evidences of disorder.
 Recruiting in Havana continues aud large number of volunteers have already been dispatched to the field
 General MDnteagudo, commander in-chief of the forces, will leave to- morrow to take supreme command in Oriente. A committee composed of members of the San Carlos and Union clubs and other organizations, repre- sentative of the best white element about Santa Clara, has made a viz orous protest to Governor Mandulav against the nroposal to send General Cebreco to barley with the insurgents, The declare peace brought about on any hasis of compromise would re- sr aaking the position Of the whites throughout the province intoi- erable. The Santiago chamber com merce has been authorized ! raise and equip a corps of volunteers un- der Colonel Resell for the defense of the cit'>
 More raph wires are reported lcut today Communication by rail err wire between Santiago and the naval station at Guantanamo still is interrupted General Nunez in ends to proceed to the front Monday at .he head of 1000 veterans of the wal Of independence, including large portion of negro soldiers.