Show 3IACEO AND GOMEZ Jealousy j Between the Insurgent liqStters Said to Be Irreconcilable KEY WEST Fla Jan 16 Efforts have been made to hush the matter up but i i evident that there is a great deal of friction between the two insurgent generals in Cuba Maximo Gomez and Antonio Maceo Maceo leads the negroes and Gomez the white element While they operate in harmony har-mony and on occasion join forces the divergencies between them are said to be irreconciliable and it is feared will lead to civil strife if the independence of Cuba is won The stories of dissensions dissen-sions in the camp were at first discredited dis-credited but they now find many believers be-lievers The insurgents themselves make no secret of the fact that there la I friction The white men declare they are availing themselves of negro assistance as-sistance to attain their ends but that no negro will be allowed to participate in the direction of public affairs Ma ceo i appears heard of this sometime some-time ago and now there are two distinct dis-tinct insurgent camps Recently Maceo is said to have vetoed Gomezs promotion of LIeutenant LIeuten-ant Masco to the grade of general threatening to back up his veto by force if necessary Gomez compromised compro-mised by accepting for Masirn the position po-sition of of tho rovi siton vicepresident thE provisional provi-sional government Maceo has so far had the advantage in strength He has a large command three times the size of Gomezs column Cubans here say Some time ago Maceo is said to have declared that if unable to carry out his programme near Havana Ha-vana he would return to thE pastern provinces and set up a republic with himself as president Without consulting con-sulting Gomez or any member of thf provisional government Maceo so th < > story goes appointed his spcrearv minister of foreign affairs The secretary sec-retary was killed in a battle a few days ago Meanwhile General Gomez complained to the head of the tiro visional government Marquis de Santa Lucia who is now trying to patch up the quarrel between the two leaders Continued on page 2 |