The Evening Herald

PROCLAMATION TO CUBANS.
Proclamation Ordering Them to Treat Spanish Courteously.
DISORDERS WILL BE SUPPRESSED
At Present Havana Is the Scene of Many Violations of the Law- A Spanish Merchant Who Refused to Kiss the Cuban Flag Macheted.
Havana, Dec. 27.-The American evacuation commissioners today issue a proclamation to the inhabitants of the Island of Cuba, giving in detail the program agreed upon for the evacuation by the Spanish troops on Sunday next. The proclamation, which is signed by Major Generals Wade and Butler and Brigadier General Clous, then proceeds:
The undersigned desire, in this public manner, to impress and enjoin upon all the people of the island the necessity for strict compliance with the terms of this agreement, to the end that public order and due respect for the gravity of the occasion may prevail, and especially to admonish all classes of people to exercise self restraint and moderation and refrain from giving cause of offense or irritation and from the exhibition of excitement, undue manifestation of feeling, or from doing any act calculated to produce irritation or bad feeling.
"For nearly four months this commission and other officials of the United States have been under the protection of the Spanish authority. They have extended to us the most scrupulous courtesy and consideration, and not one unpleasant incident has marred our sojourn in their midst, and now that our positions are soon to be reversed, and they are to become our guests and entitled to our protection we must see to it that they enjoy the same immunity and consideration. The best interests of all classes, Cubans Spaniards and Americans, will be thereby subserved. Any violation of the terms and provisions of this agreement will be resented, and offenders brought promptly to justice. The preservation of peace, the surety to persons and property and the establishment and maintenance of government are indispensable to the welfare and happiness of the people. We, therefore, confidently invoke the aid and co-operation of the inhabitants in accomplishing these ends."
DISORDERS IN HAVANA.
Spanish Merchant Macheted For Refusing to Kiss the Cuban Flag.
Havana, Dec. 27.-Francisco Quintero, a Spanish guerilla, while walking along Genious street yesterday, was fired at from the roof of a house and seriously wounded. During the last 24 hours one man has been killed and 12 have been wounded in affrays in different parts of the city and 11 burglaries have been committed. The city is in a state of unrest.
Yesterday a Cuban mob threatened to attack the residence of Marquis De Montoro, secretary of the treasury in the Autonomist cabinet and a member of the Spanish evacuation commission. The house is 193 Neptune street, in a part of the city already evacuated. On the matter being brought to the attention of the United States evacuation commissioners a guard of regulars was sent toward the residence until further orders.
Some disturbances having occurred in San Lazare street, and a Spanish store there having been sacked by the Cubans, the United States commissioners have sent a staff officer, with a detachment of troops, to the scene of disorder. The Eighth and Tenth regular infantry regiments are encamped near the Hotel Trocha, the headquarters of the Americans at El Vedado.
A party of colored Cubans yesterday morning entered the wholesale grocery establishment at 113 San Jose street, owned by the Spanish firm of Mestro & Mata, and ordered Senor Mestro to kiss the Cuban flag and to cry "Viva Cuba Libre."
He refused to obey, whereupon one of the Cubans cut his head badly with a machete.
The Spanish troops are evacuating the city so rapidly that it is almost impossible for the Americans to provide promptly for the preservation of peace.
Rioting began at Monserrate last night. A battalion of Spanish troops hurried to Gallano street, the dividing line between Cuban and Spanish territory, and order was restored, but in the firing before the troops arrived an 8-year-old Cuban child was killed by a stray bullet
Spanish territory in the new world is now limited to a narrow strip of land between Havana harbor and Gallano street. The flags of Cuba and the United States are waving within two blocks of the Prado, a great boulevard which runs through the center of Havana
Zocliate having been evacuated the place was alive yesterday with Cubans and people from the United States. The scenes enacted at Cerro and Vedado last week and at Jesus Del Monte Sunday were repeated at Monserrate. There was even a greater demonstration, for Monserrate comes almost to the city. Owing to the intense enthusiasm the populace insisted on kissing the "brave Americanos,"
no
matter whether they wanted to be kissed or not.