Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-09
AMERICAN FORCES
LAND IN SANTIAGO
Take Charge of Situation. and
People Of City Regain
Confidence.
GOMEZ PRISONER IN PRESIDE
Rebels Suffer Heavy Losses in
Fight, Which Results in His
Downfall.
GOMEZ PRISONER IN PRESIDE
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! men from Amcri:at warships have
\ landed. aud taken charge OF Santiago.
The cane fields and tho Union Sugar
! Mills. at san Luis. ten miles north of
! Santiago. arc burning. The people Of
san Luis arc greatly alarmed. and have
| butt barricadcs in the street expect
/ ing an attack fro,c the rches
4 The Americans were landed from tho
minc-iaycr san Francisco. the cruiser
+! Olympia. tho gunboat Petrol and the
| gunboat Machias
The people Of SANTIAGO have re-
| gained confidence since the landing or
tho \mcricans. There has boon no
! lighting here result OF trc arr
! rival of tho American guards
Heavy fighting is reported in the
vicinity Of Palma Soriano.
Many civilians arc ica"inE the city
I tn join tho constitrtionaiist army
BETANCOURT PRI:PAnIN':
TO ATTACK SANTIAGO
I Colonel Bctancourt of tho Mcnocal
| forces. is preparing to attack Santiago.
1T is reported tho Palma Mill has been
destroyed.
/! Government forces commanded by
! Colonel Narona nave landed at Antil'a,
on the northern coast of Oricntes
| Province. directly across the island
from Santiago
/ Lieutenant John G. CunninEham Of
the United Stats mine layer San Fran
cisco, who carried to thr .Mcnocal
| forces at CONFERENCE.-The tho proclama-
tion issued by Commander Belknap. Of
the United States naval forces. has re-
turned. after having interviewed COL
onel Bctancourt. commanding tho Memo
cal troops. Colonel Bctanccurt refused
to consider the proclamation. stating
that he accepts orders only from Presi-
dent Mcnocal.
Colonel Betancourt is preparing to at
tack Santiago.
GOMEZ PRISONER
IN THE PRESlDIO
By Associated Prcss.l
HAVANA. March Six. President
Jose Miguel Gomez, head or the Lib
eral revolutionary movement in Cuba.
Is n prisoner Tonight in the Presidio.
while the members of his staff. among
them Colonel ouinones. his chief lieu
tenant in the field, are pehud the walls
OF Fort Cabanas.
Reaching Havana IN a military train
this morning. which was under the
command or Secretary of the Interior
Hcvia, the members OF the party pre-
sented rather pa athletic aspect AS they
aliGhted from the train.
Gomez was dressed III khaki with n
white handkerchief about his neck and
appeared very tired.
Caught between two fires in battle
which resulted in Gomez's downfall
the rebels suffered heavy losses Their
dead and wounded are estimated at
,,f
prisoner
| The rchcis beng without machine
guns. INFLICTED comparatively insig-
nihcant casualties on the loyal forces
of L'ollaZ and Consucgra.
MESOCAI. PRAISES
ARMY AND OFFICERS
President Mcnocal this afternoon is
sued proclamation. in which he
| praises the army and it's officers for
, energy. valor and intelligence" and
declares that while he will he inhey-
iblc with those who persist in wound
ing and afront,rg tho country with
their criminal attempts" he will have
! ''all possible indulgence for those who
I in good faith and with sincere re-
| pentancc" submit themselves to the
| Constitution and laws.
La Discussion this afternoon printed
a message said to have been received
by President Menocal from Colonel
! Matias Bctancourt. commander in
Oriente OF the government troops
which reads as follows:
The rebcls, under Rieobe.to DER
nandcs). in possession Of Palma
1 Sonorio Sugar Mills (sad to be worth
/ $1,000. .000). and have threatened to de-
stroy it, but have offered not to do so
il tho advance of the loyaI columns
against Santiago is halted"
According TO La Discussion. the Pres
ident replied with the single word:
! "Forward.'