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Show ing an example of all concerned. He ordered the rapid concentration of troops In the vicinity of Vueltas to Burround the fugitives. Orderti were ipnuod to the troops to take no prisoners pris-oners If they encountered resistance and not to cease tho puirult until all I had been killed or captured. Later is was learned that a conspiracy con-spiracy had been unearthed in which the rural guard was implicated. At Placets,, a former captain of the rural guard. La Va,stJda by name, and at Vueltati, Corporal Rlchardo, and two civilians were arrested on tho charge tof complicity In tho Insurrectionary Insur-rectionary movement. The district where the trouble has occurred Is strongly liberal. Santa Clara being the home province or President Gomez, of which he formerly former-ly was governor. All the participants are reported to be liberals or the Miguellst faetlon, among whom it Is known thero has recently been widespread wide-spread dissatisfaction over the distribution dis-tribution of oftlccrs. Senor Caatel-lanos, Caatel-lanos, the president's secretary, said tonight that this doubtless was tho cause of the disturbance. However, tho dispatch of troops from Havana under command of a major general to a point 12 hours distant, at the capital la taken as an Indication that the trouble is more serious than the government admits. There Is no direct news from the district dis-trict as the government controls the wire. Secretary of Government Al-berdl Al-berdl and Secretary Castellanos promise prom-ise to make a statement outlining the situation tontcht. but later dfr-Hnpri to do so. stating that thoy had no news. They protested that all was quiet, and there was no danger of further fur-ther trouble. It has been known for some time that the discipline In the rural guard has been greatly impaired. This has been particularly marked since the withdrawal of the American officers and since the recent attempt to dratt its members into tho regular army, which resulted In a mutinous demonstration demon-stration a short time ago in front ot the palace In Hanava. Rumors are current that Colonel Vallo, who was recently dismissed rfom the rural guard, has risen In Oriente, at the head of 200 men, but It is doubtful If there Is any truth In this. lis Sergeant and Rural Guard TaketotheWoods-Troops in Pursuit Havana, March 16. The first real uprising against thenew Cuban republic repub-lic occurred last night within a little more than six weeks after the inauguration in-auguration of General Gomez as president pres-ident How serious the movement, it is impossible to determine. A sergeant of the rural guard, stationed sta-tioned at the town of Vueltas, In Santa Clara province, with a party of seven men, some other members ot the rural guard and a number of peasants, peas-ants, took to tho woods and the troops are In active pursuit. While tho movement apparently Is unimportant numerically, all Indications Indica-tions are that it is part or a widespread wide-spread conspiracy. Its nature Ifi Indicated In-dicated by a dispatch stating that a special train, carrying a detachment of rural guards under command of ; Major General Monteaguedo, was proceeding pro-ceeding as quickly as possible for Vueltas . News of the rising reached the palace pal-ace late last night, but was suppressed until this evening. An official statement state-ment was given out to the effect that Sergeant Cortes and seven men had utartd an insurrectionary movement, the motive for which, it w-as declared, was the refusal of the government to give Cortes a commission as captain. President Gomez declared his lnte-tlou lnte-tlou of suppressing the rising and mak- |
