Show UI i I 1 i iA A REVOLUTION IN I T J ISLE Of PINES L I Ii t i 1 Re Residents Have Issued a Delar Declaration i I r j r of their Independence 1 From Froni Cuba 1 l li I i irE ORGANIZE NEW GOVERNMENT j I a i H HIt ii 3 l lIt It is as a Territory of the United j jI I States and Will Send Del Dol Delegates il 1 to Congress i t f ff fr f r Island Divided Into Five Districts 1 1 I IJ I i I Participant J I i i iI Mostly American Ii New ie York Nov NO 15 A cable dispatch I Ito to time the Herald front from Havana says 1 I I tim the residents ro of nr Isle of ot Pines hive hare Is I a IL d of ot their UI lr Independent J i from maims Cuba tutU ami organized a new gov government 80 I F 1 RI as ti u United States territory r A A t I delegate t e to tn Congress will be sent t tit it i I b In order or ll to have hn questions question j I I i affecting tho the future of tho time island dh f cussed ell before the house hOIle of ot representative I tive Ignoring Cuban authority I 1 ii I Mil Mass its meetings wern held hehl under r the th I I of or mind and I i cl chile l were Wre appointed to fill all nil position except those must mu t be named by bythe b I the lists president under the constitution of o I Ithe the hits St Time Tho Urn first t oC of the time 11 territory ate are j I T 1 li II Anderson secretary of t state I Irame James rame M hi 1 Steere treasurer Ed J d C I Hyari n to Congress A T i 1 j I thief Iller Justice David 13 Wall I sherIff i iThe IChe Irime The rime convention divided the time Island In Into into i j to llo JIo districts tumid ordered or er d elections to tobe I 1 be he held belt Tuesday to select members of or I Ithe the time legislature l I which Is to convene next nest week tax assessors and collectors On I 1 i ticket wait named In each Mch district dl th time only political question being to keep I ithe I Ithe the Island lall 1 under the time Stars and ann Stripes m I l Is 11 proceeding In on nn orderly 1 J I manner under tho the forums forms of ot law them the a i I Imon 7 mon on un the time different tickets announcing that they thoy will take Immediately i I 0 without regard to those c nerving brIng under time the Cuban government NOTICE f First notice ot of the affair U I contained In thIs thin letter Nueva Gerona Isle Isic 11 of ot Pines Nov NovI No ij I H 11 1 OJ Mr r Theodore j President Hir i iThe The rime people of It f this Island I having pur j I 1 chased homes under treaty of Paris Parla i I believing It was waH United States St tte territory and having waited over oer three thre r for recognition of or their rights as ns Amert I ran citizens fearing a n continuation of e these Ih l conditions awl nud feeling alarm at atthe I tho the condition of ot Cuba during durIn the coming coining election have hare taken preliminary steps I for tor or the tho establishment of ot u IL territorial government under wider the time Constitution oC ce oCi i thu Ihl tim United States 3 believing b this thi tim I proper propel step stem for tor us tie to take and ant thC tho most effective way wn to I receive r Justice ju tlc and anil r equity from mum our national lawmaking I body hod also upon you ou our president dent tient for tor deal leni a square t tWe We trust our action will vill meet youit I I I approval Yourn I 1 T I II 11 Anderson Chairman territorial convention c I Oi DISSENTIENT Nl VOICE i I At the meting there was wall only on on ow one t voice olce raised against the action taken 11 That was Vos by a man who expressed feat of tic t the results asserting that nil all ar or I 1 liable to punishment under Cuban laws law lawFully I Il I Fully Pully l of ot those now no living on in the island Inland are American citizens About half halt the native live IIvo In the little I town nf of Nueva Their Inclination 1 lion tion Is said Mild to ta have hae the Island belong belon i to the States Stute This movement to sever Hover relations with I Cuba was wall fomented by b the time American club Sixty of or tho time club met lust Monday declared themselves a I territorial convention and took steps tel I It j ID to t organize n a government A recess i I was IH taken tak until Saturday More than timan two hundred persons Bath gatim t oreti at Neuva Neua Corona United Status States Secretary of mf State Root Gen Leonard Wood and others concerned In having he the Cuban banner raised were denounced It was decided to have a legislature of ofU U 11 men two front from each district amid one delegate at large Dr r receiving c time the nomination for or that of lice It like an old oil southern muss all mi enthusiasm sold said S SH SH H to tim the Herald correspondent Mr Pearcy is vice president of the tho Isle of Pluses company which controls iso O acres out of a i total toUl o About on omu the Island CHANGES AGAINST WOOD We o are lighting for Justice he lie con continued Wood sold us out lock stock sad mind barrel for two coaling stations af at after ter br he had time the Island would be retained by b the United states State Cu Culms hits only Interest In the Island la is to afford snug berths ton for a few There are about 12 on omm the tha Island all filled by carpetbaggers in no rue native nan hams one The Cuban government h has spent nothing and collects time the taxes Personally I have Just lost 1000 as a flour arid anti other merchandise which I brought from Mobile had hiatt passed through a without a roo roof and nothing to protect the goods front from r rain in They The have rofu ed to repair the tho LIk 01 or the roeda Ws We claim which were guaranteed u tie We V harts havo set net up uI an en American territory mind and pur to maintain that Any p per r son Sott who tin hits In iii his blood any of the tha displayed by In the Boston tea party will with us in Ira our effort for freedom WHAT PALMA SAYS n Nov 15 President Pal Patina ma I Mild satti today th time Cuban government i bad no 0 definite Information about what r has baum occurred on no the Uli Il of Pines antI lie its was va not willing to discuss time the mat matter r tim ter until Informed S II H Pearcy u a prominent American i inor owner nor of land on the Isle Isla oC of Pines who whoM i M now here said saidI of I do tin not expect any amsy attempt at the tho assumptIon of without the tha United State sanction I A VIEWED IN WASHINGTON Washington Nov IB It has b been n known for or several month that Amen Ameri American can residences In the Isle of Pines were becoming restive under tinder Cuban control html but no Intimation has imas be been n I In irm official circles circle here that they Intend Intended i ed to resort to radical measures to as ascent cert cent what they to be their right I Id V d n i j ii III a Americans The announcement that at nt a mans mus mooting of or the residents dele dela delegates gates wore Were chosen to to Washing Washington ton to antagonize tho before tho senate for tho th formal trans trails transfer fer of or the island to tile the republic of at Cuba wn was not surprising to I but surprise e was created nt at the thA reported erection of oC a Q territorial government on the Island and tho SM lection of ot Independent official to ad nil administer minister tho affairs of ot that government It can call be ht that the th ece tent will receive tier no encouragement from rom the administration Sec SC of BUU Knot when lie of at war was vary cry deAr and on he 11 point that tho Jala of o oPines Pines belonged to Cuba Cub n nt a u matter of ot right ns nil u matter of ot law lawand and an RII a t matter mailer of ot Justice further furthermore more that In procuring a Il naval nM 1 station In CUba for tor the United I n II there vas al a Il that the Isle of ot Pines was WI to bo ce to Cuba Although Its hud hai In doubt |