Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1898 — SPANISH TROOPS IN MUTINY. [ARTICLE]

SPANISH TROOPS IN MUTINY.

Refuse to Leave Cuba Until They Have Been Paid. Information has reached the War Department that 9,800 Spanish officers and men who were to return to Spain openly declare that they will not leave the Cuban soil until they have received their pay. Although the situation will not be allowed to affect the plans of the Americans for the control of that part of the island, it is realized that if these soldiers persist in their refusal to return to Spain they may become a menace to the good government of Cuba. Disaffection has spread to the troops brought in from the country by Gen. Blanco, and these men now also demand their pay at once. Gen. Blanco has lost confidence in the very guard placed in and around the palace. Up to the present time the uprising continues to be a pure military mutiny, but the people generally are apprehensive that the troops will break out at any moment and attack property and civilians. *