Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-02-14
new series No. O22.-Nolume LXVuI-No.
SMALL REVOLUTION IN CUBA.
Havana is Standardization Result
of Election Dissatisfaction. ..

Havana, Feb. 10.--Havana was
stirred to-day by reports OF rcyo-
lutionary movement. During the
night Secretary Of the Interior Aurc-
Ito Hevia notified the civil and mill
tary authorities that a plot to over
throw the government had been dis
covered involving civil aud military
officials, and rumors that high army
officers had been placed under arrest
spread over the city, causing both
excitement and alarm. There had
been mutterings Of an uprising ever
since the Presidential elections in
November last. the result OF. which
has not yet been determined.
Three subordinate officers, Lieuts.
Arsenic Lopez Barcclo, Ramon Cas-
tellanos and GustavO Gonzales Bob
lila, are under arrest, charged with
completely in the plot, the exact ma
ture of which Is not yet known. The
names OF Baldomero Acosta, mayor
Of Mariana; Chief Of Police Parron,
or Mariana, and Gen Loinaz del Cas-
tillo, who represented Cuba at the
San Francisco exposition, also have
been mentioned.
About Thirty Escape.
Havana, Feb. 1.-THE Cuban
government tonight made the off,
cial statement that about 80 men Of
the Seventh and Eighth Companies
Of Infantry, stationed at Camp Co.
lumbia, near Mariana, had revolted
and escaped with their arms. Troops
are in pursuit. Lieut.. Larrabiu was
wounded while attempting to pre-
vent the escape.
At Canas. Havana province, ac-
cording To the statement, Comman-
der Jose Castillo was killed by
troops who were dispensing a group
Of rebels. It Is alleged that Castillo
was heading the uprising there.
In Santa Clara province, where
partial reflections are to take place
February Ia, two small groups Of
rebels are being pursued by govern
ment forces.
Many civilians and few army
men have been arrested and war
rants have been issued for others.
The government is taking every
precaution to maintain order. The
chief OF staff and his staff have taken
| up quarters at the palace. -.
Note to Cuba from Washington.
Washington, Feb. 12.--An appeal
to the Cubans not to plunge their
! country into another revolution has
been sent to Havana by Secretary
Lansing. Aroused to the realization
that the contested Presidential cleo
ton in Cuba already had reached the
incipient stage OF rebellion, the State
Department decided to issue to the
people an urgent injunction to await
the outcome OF the voting and abide
by the decisions OF their courts.
The communication was sent to
the American minister with the in
StruCtiOn to have it published
throughout the island.
The CuDans were reminded in the
message that close elections are not
uncommon in all countries, and that
in the United States the selection Of
the winning candidate often Is de-
termined only after contest, the
case Of Tilden and Hayes being cited
as notable.
1t has been reported that the OPP
position party had appealed to the
United States to supervise the spe-
cial election that has been called for
February Ia, but at the State De-
partment it was denied that such re-
quest had been received. Through
| the American minister at Havana IT
was made clear that the American
government would regret any neces-
sity for forcible interference again
in Cuban affairs, but it was intimat-
ed that the United States could not
cOuntenance the recurrence of civil
| war