Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-05-31
THE UPRISING IN CUBA.
President Gomez Declares II Is Con
fined to q SinaIe Province.

Hn0Q 10 Si19iS EToShnSos
Havana, May 29.-The capital still
awaits with keenest expectancy news
of decisive fighting in the western
section Of Oriente province, where the
national and insurgent forces have
been face to face for several days. Up
to now there have been only a few
skirmishes by the. outposts and occa-
sional raids by the rebels on small
towns. Confirmation has been received
of previous reports that some small
squads of rurales have been captured.
In the meantime President Gomez has
deemed il expedient to make an OFF,
cial statement with respect to the sit
uation as the government views 1t, and
has issued a proclamation in which
he says in part:
"A group of men belonging to the
NEGRO race have risen In arms, and,
although the movement started In
various parts of the republic, 1t now
exists only in Oriente, having been
crushed elsewhere, thanks to the valoI
and efficiency Of the regulars and
rurales. The rebellion now consists
of a misled uprising under the direc-
ton Of persons desirous Of gratifying
their personal political ambitions
THAT the great majority Of the
negro race repudiates the uprising
and remains loyal to the government
Is proof that 1t Is untrue that the
whites and blacks are now standing ir
an attitude of hostility. Many thou
sand negro citizens bitterly denounce
the uprising and are anxious to lend
support to the government. Among
the troops now facing the enemy
blacks and whites march shoulder tC
shoulder like brothers.
Reduced as the rebellion Is to q
small part Of Oriente, the govern
ment, backed as 1t is by sufficient mil
itary force and the strength Of popu-
lar support, will proceed with the ut
most energy to comply with its ma
tional and international obligations to
restore order"
The inactivity Of the national forces
is due to orders issued by the COM
mander-in-chief, Gen. Monteguedo,
that a general forward movement was
not to be undertaken until his ar
rival with reinforcements. In view OF
this the troops so far have been di-
vided into small detachments and sent
out to give the plantations and rail-
roads protection. Gen. Mendiete re-
sents the orders, declaring that he
made all disposition to carry out an
attack upon the insurgents when he
was commanded to halt and await
the coming Of additional troops. It Is
further said that Gen. Mendiete in
tends to resign and will request an
inquiry by a. military court.
The arrival Of Gen. Monteguedo al
Santiago this evening, with his gen.
eral staff and reinforcements, may,
however, change the aspect Of affairs.
Gen. Monteguedo probably Will
,ol~ 4. a,-1x fNv nr n
ing, when he intends to commence
active operations.
The insurgents under Gems. Estenoz
and Ivonet occupy strong positions,
where they have the choice Of oppos-
ing the advance Of the regulars or re-
treating eastward and northward
One report says Gen. Estenoz intends
to move on Guantanamo City and
that Gen. Ivonet will make a demon
stration against Mayari about five
miles south Of Nipe bay. The most
reliable information fixes the insur-
gent forces at about 1000 men, OF
which probably one-half have only
machetes. The position Of the ma
tional forces Is now not dissimilar to
that Of the Spanish forces In the war
of the revolution when the Spaniards.
far exceeding in numbers the present
Cuban troops, were unable to bring
to combat the bands Of insurgents,
many veterans Of which are now fol-
lowing the banner of Estenoz.
Recruiting still Is active In Havana.
The home guard is drilling continu-
ously and a force of 700 volunteers
now being equipped at Cabana for
tress under Col. Pieda, soon will be
ready to proceed to the front. The
capital is quiet and no reports OF dis
turbances have been received from
any province except Oriente, in which
many foreign properties are now ef-
ficiently guarded. Apparently the dep
relations of the insurgents are con-
fined to the small villages and isolat-
ed country stores.