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Show REBELS CONTROL IN PROVINCE OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA NE"U YORK. Feb. 15. All officials have been deposed and virtuallv the whole of the province of SantiaRO de Cuba is in possession of the insurrectionists, according ac-cording to a cable message which T)r. Orestes Ferrara, speaker of the Cuban house of representatives, and Dr. Rai- mundo Cabrera, now in this country as I special representative of the Liberal party I of Cuba, announced they had received to- j nieht. The messages, they said, .were I piprned by Luis Mo!a, military governor ! of Santiago, and R. Fernandez, com- j mander cf the district. i The messages declared, in effect, that the regulars under Commander Fernan- : dez, together with 20no of the militia, had occupied Santiago de Cuba on February Febru-ary 12. i "Military exigencies compelled me to mine the harhor," cab'ed Commander Fernandez. "We are ready to defend ourselves? our-selves? against any aggression, although we will take care to avoid bloodshed. Life and property of foreigners and. nationals na-tionals are guaranteed by mv forces." The message from the military governor. gover-nor. Luis JToIa. said in part: "On the 12th inst. the army in this capital cap-ital followed the movement initiated hp the army at CamaTuey, and Santiago-was completely occupied in the most perfect order, banks, commerce, industry, theaters, the-aters, public and private offices continuing continu-ing their business as usual. I was appointed ap-pointed by Commander Fernandez, chief of the movement, as military governor of Santiago. Our movement has been followed fol-lowed by both the army and the civilian population of the Important cities and towns of Caney. Alto Songn, San Luis, Combre. Santiago, Guantanamo, Farm-oa. Paguatanamo, Mayari. Holguin. Bavamo. Campechuela. Xi.niero and other localities. local-ities. The former governor has been arrested ar-rested as well as the provincial counsellor, coun-sellor, the attorney of the provincial court. Lieutenant-Colonel Lores, Commander Com-mander Resales. Captain Bandn and the police supervisor. Caprain La Torre." |