Show EDITORS IN JAIL 1 STAFF OF SANTIAGO CUBA PA i PER IN PRISON K I Plant Confiscated for Printing a Epicorial JBoth Offensive and Indecent Inde-cent Hiots Are Expected Santiago de Cuba April GThc first Important action of the new Mayor Senor Grliian In suppressing El Cu bano Libre yesterday and placing the editorial staff of live men under arrest ar-rest created intense I excitement when it became known this morning El Cubano Libre had always been Intensely In-tensely radical In its utterances against Americans Spaniards and white Cubans Cu-bans Yesterday It published an editorial editor-ial both offensive and indecent in criticism crit-icism of the civil government particularly par-ticularly the municipal branch The editorial characterized the palace pal-ace as an Official sewer and a cesspool cess-pool of moral corruption and used other language not fit for publication I charged olllcials with stealing The new Mayor who an ayor proposes aggressive ag-gressive and progressive administration administra-tion acting under Gen Woods order of March Ulth giving Mayors the control of public order conllscated the printing plant and lodged tho editorial staff In Jail lie justifies this step on grounds of public decency The Americana foreigner for-eigner and best class of Cubans applaud ap-plaud his action Two hundred prominent Cubans signed1 a telegram to Gen Wood this afternoon indorsing Senor Grlnans course The colored party objects and says the time has arrived for decisive action The colored Gen llabl and other leaders lead-ers were telegraphed to come immediately Imme-diately to Santiago to head a Popular movement against tho Americans and the Cuban traitors There Is considerable excitement in the city tonight t and it la expected that the release or the editors will be followed by riots All the police of the city and lie rural guards are underarms under-arms and ready for an emergency |