The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-16
United States Does Not Con-
slider the Situation
Settled
THE GERMANS
STILL ACTIVE
Transport Dixie Is Watch
ing Intelned Steam
ships

| Washington, March l6--The Cuban
situation is far from considered settled
by this government officially.
While there has been no definite talk
of Intervention, it is positively known
such step is within the bounds of pos
sibility.
German plotting and sinister German
influence in the island republic are not
broken.
The capture of Jose Miguel Gomez, in
surgent leader, heralded at first as
smashing the German conceived insurrec-
ton, has failed to quell the trouble.
| Official reports to Washington from
| this governments diplomatic, consular
and naval officials in Cuba have con-
WINGED Washington officials that chances
of return to peace there still are re-
mote.
| Guerrilla warfare continues. In some
| sections it is spreading faster than it is
being stamped out Accompanying it is
more destruction of property than gov
eminent officials here will admit.
These frankly admit that they are
helpless to a great extent in the matter
of running down German plotters against
the United States who have their head
quarters in Cuba.
Such plotters, it has been reported
here, have a double purpose. One is to
give the United States all the trouble
possible-to draw this governments at
tention away as far as possible from
Europe; the other is the use of Cuba as
the most strategic point for secret wire
less stations, perhaps, and as the best
stamping ground for any on the many
moves German spies and German mill
tary workers might desire to make in
the event of hostilties between the Unit
ed States and Germany.
Germany's plottings as regards Mex
ico--reyealed in the notorious thinner
mann Japan Mexico letters-ohicial ad
nit, are a criterion of what could be ex-
peeted as regards Cuba and South and
Central American countries that afford
submarine base possibilities in the vicin-
ity not only of the United States but
the Panama canal
This government just now is particu
larly interested i'll what is going on
aboard the informed German and Austri-
an liners at Havana and other Cuban
ports.
This interest recently has become so
keen that the United States transport
Dixie has moved toward the Havana
harbor entrance and anchored between
the entrance and the Austrian and Ger
man boats, with her xinch riues trained
where they would do most good
The cruiser Cuba. too, in the past
twenty four hours has moved into a
more advantageous anchorage"
These war vessel moves have started !
many wild rumors. One of them is that |
one or more of the interned merchantmen
has received secret orders and is pre-
pared for an attempted dash to sea should
a war declaration come. Other rumors |
are that arms and ammunition have been |
aboard these ships which,
should clash TO the open sea succeed,
would be fitted out as commerce raid
ers.
Havana Still Under Martial Law.
Havana, March l6.-Despite general
belief that the revolution is broken, Ha-
vana is still under what practically
amounts to martial law. Moreover, the
.ity's army guards are taking no chances.
Every automobile and street car pass
ng outside the city limits is thoroughly
particularly for arms.
Pablo Desvernine, secretary of state
or Cuba; Cristobal Bidegararz, counsel
or for the Cuban state department, and
Alfredo f. Lombard, a lawyer, are en-
cute to Washington to present to the
American administration the Conserva-
i've party's side in the recent revolution.
They expect to see Secretary of State
.ansing and will be ready, if desired, to
eveal Cuba's true situation and the
auses of the recent revolution to Pres
dent Wilson.