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Show TROOPS ARE SENT TO GUANTANAMO SANTIAGO, Cuba, Monday, March 26 A long step in the direction of re-establl.ihment re-establl.ihment of governmental control I was taken today in the dispatching of j 1500 soldiers from Santiago to Guun-J 1 tanamo. Neither Aurelio Hevla, secretary of 1 the interior, who is still here, nor officers of-ficers of the army, profess to fear sr I rious resistance by rebels in the Guan-t Guan-t tanamo district, notwithstanding the fact that It is the headquarters of Rlgo-borto Rlgo-borto Fernandez, the rebel leader, who has a consideruble force with him. Several hundred American marines and bluejackets are at Guantanamo. but. the government has been given to understand they will be withdrawn as soon as tho regular troops display their ability to maintain order. The nucleus of rebels nearest Santiago San-tiago is that at Songo. some twenty railos away. Unimportant skirmishes have occurred, but no determined effort ef-fort has been made thus far to dislodge dis-lodge them. Reports from Manzanillo. Daiquiri, Firmezo. El Cobre and points ear Antllla are that all is quiet. American naval guards are still on shore duty. |