The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-06

ISIS III the island.
WASHINGTON, ID. c. Special.
me Sultcu states Governments
WI not intervene i'm Cuba I'M
lc>s American lives are mCuaced
or American interests suffer more
heaNily than they have up to date
In the negro uprising.
PRESIDENT Taft sent a cabIcgTnm
10 President Gomez assuring him
tiat this Government has no
present intention OF intcrvenfn0
I'm Cuban affairs. and that W.
ships and troops are being sent
urc.
President Taft telegraphcd the
message from Jersey CITY TO
washington, and il was Officially
cabied through the regular STATE
department channels from This
city TO Havana.
Inc message was an answer IN
resident Gomez's cable to Pres
Lucht 1alt assuring him that the
NuOdh government is able 10
cope with the situation there aud
IlnlI tiiere Is no call for Interior
ence at present.
Gomez Working CeaseIcssIv.
HAVANA, CUBA Special.-I1 the
enueaNor TO save the Cuban -eD1,b1ic
=, rom intervention by the United States
PRESIDENT Gomez is today n,oI1t,S.,
lrenzled efforts TO put down the nagr0
Uprising. If United States military
iiClCes are landed every Cuban be-
,lSNes IL would be the final occupation
Of the north. 4ePUollC
Eve thousand troops are in the
Ielu, under orders to give decfsj1,S
Dattie 10 the rebellious negroes AT tbS
n 90 t rS,o possible moment and to give
Negroes Will be treated with the
greatest severity; prisoners of waI
Will be shot as traitors.
Ihree thousand men in Oriapts
province, under command of Mon
teagudo, federal commander-in-cbi hist
are IN motion against the principal
rSoel detachment. under GanaroI,
Estenoz and Ivonet 90
me government army homes tc
lorce the rebels into a battle y~ithSr
for;y-eight hours. "4'iIN
Oontinued depredations are renor+.
eu- The greatest number are in So.
titaso ana Orlente provinces. where
-Ie IeoeIS are strongest. In thoss
provinces plantation owners are No..
siliaIIlhS their employees and armins
mem. The government is sunDIT-jnS
rec OF charge arms and arnnnunitioT
-or private citizens.
. rom Holguin, in Santiago province
y Is reported that negroes att acked
ne village OF Sac Arriba. noH y =,
mere burning a number of hA 90.
ana carrying off a number of voA IN
small guard of rurales has bkar
,usheG north from Holguin. on
lranch line of the railway. to pI,rsue
ne NEGROES and rescue the prisoners.
me negroes are carrying off dvna-
mite, the mining COMPANIES daci1 Ia
n instances, where such seizures bo,>S
'Seh made. receipts have ben ofv,a1
% De pald by the provisional govarn'
President. '''iSeIl
Rebels Proclaim Republic.
SANTIAGO Special.-GeneraI Fs-
enoz' the rebel commander. SunToI,
proclaimed himself President 81 tSS
Few republic of Cuba. He desisnatsS
IeheraI Ivonet, his chief aide oS
commander in chief of the ARM -
indication EstenoZ and Tv0,e.
ldNe adopted flag Of blue and Whit
With all the available troons 90,
SIICIdteu IN positions to attack fha
nam body of rebels under Fsfa1o1
ma INonet, the government is DoVvar-
eSS 20 provide protection for tba
luhureds or planters in the OriaDte
az ere IN imminent peril of attacks
y uetached bands of blacks. EDorT-9
,, S otIe governments plight. the in
\" ISthtS are becoming holder. and
farming. more
Government forces under Captain
,,srey routed band of rebels az
a53o va pos, near Guantanamo, killing
eN eral' and the same success was baS
y troops under Colonel Nacb9Sai id al
'arrah. Officials of the Cuba Co
,er company. ten miles from So
laso; and their employees repuIsed an
LACK OF 80 mounted negroes Saf-
,,roay night with rifles forwarded nv
ne Tt government in lieu of troops.
~ toWh or Baracoa has sent an
$50 appear TO the government for
gunboat. The town is without NJ l
eGlon and is completely cut OFF nv
e siI raph' the rebels having cut tSs