Show i 1TllREkTSFRO F 4 OM CUBANS Situation In the Island Said to Be Alarming 4 i ARMY SAID TO BE BITTER THEY WILL NOT EXCHANGE GUN FOR S75 I 4 Trouble Sprung From Brookes Refusal Re-fusal to Sanction Gomez Plan For a Cuban Militia Insist That They Have Been Tricked and Fooled Many Living On Chart t New York May 15The Heralds Havana correspondent telegraphs as follows The situation has become most alarm ing To all appearances the Cubans are about to make armed manifestations manifesta-tions against the United States and its mode of governing the island although the conservative element still hopes I tor peaceiui arrangements This stale ra ghf of affairs which l was brought abruptly to a head last Saturday by a partial quarrel between General Gomez and Governor General Brooke has been forming for the last two months The first move has been made by the army I will probably be supported by many maJ Cubans The army which is really represented represent-ed although many dispute his authority author-ity by General Gomez Is particularly bitter against General Brooke and his policy The soldiers declare they have I been miserably fooled and trapped by the Americans They look upon the exchange of a gun for 75 as an ignominious igno-minious transaction for them as IgO1 have not been defeated by Americans change and consequently they refuse to ex j j I j I Want a Cuban Militia Some persons say the determination ot the army ntt to surrender its arms is an outcome of General Brookes refusal re-fusal to sanction General Gomezs plan for a Cuban militia At the Cuban headquarters the statement is Indignantly Indig-nantly denied in particular by Gomez Go-mez who however refuses to discuss the present situation One of Gomezs most prominent officers said I General Gomez was brought to this city through the influence of Mr Porter Por-ter He was told at that time he was wanted In Havana to help General Brooke establish a government for the Cubans which would have no other basis ba-sis than freedom and independence He was miserably fooled I i i j He had been ridiculed for the manner I man-ner in which he has been treated by I Brooke He has on account of his InI I I timacy with the American tmac general I lost popularity with the Cubans who 1 say he has be2n a traitor to their cause I Conspire Against Gomez I I This was part of Brookes scheme He wished to render Gomez useless In order that he might with further ease I follow out his orders from Washington i i I Gomez and his men are disliked and i unpopular today He has no influence I 1 Intuence A recommendation from him does more I harm than good Cubans imagine he has been working for annexation He will prove the contrary this week when he publishes letters which have been exchanged between him General I Brooke and Presrdent McKInley I After he has done this the general will probably leave the island He has not a penny He lives on charity In fact we are all doing the same Go mez was forced to dismiss his staff as staf he did not even have food for them They are all looking for work One colonel col-onel has been made a policeman at a salary of 62 a month All Gomezs I enemies have splendid positions while positons whie his officers and men starve I |