Show WORK NORK OF TAFT AND BACON Conference With Moderates and Lib Liberals Liberals Liberals but Nothing Accomplished Havana Ha vana Sept 21 Peace for Cuba unless accomplished through Intervention seems to lo be further away awn v tonight than when Secretary of War W r Taft Tart and Assistant Secretary of State Bacon began negotiations to harmonize the opposing factions The rhe arrival to day of three United States battleships and two cruisers in l addition to those al already already already ready here has had hd h d little effect on insurgents in the field and when the leaders of the revolution were apprised of or the big squadrons presence they greeted the Information with Spanish expressions to the effect that they cannot come to the brush brushA A meeting of the executive committee of or the moderate party part was hastily sum summoned this evenin and it was voted ot d unanimously to accept whatever dis disposition disposition disposition position of he the controversy Taft and Bacon may decide upon in the th hope that such a concession will In Induce induce duce cluce the liberals to yield similarly The latter however have as yet signified no willing ness to accept the decision of the American mediators Palma Raima May Resign The rumor Is abroad tonight that President Palma the members of his cabinet and the representatives and senators elected last December De will re resign resign resign sign tomorrow w thus proe prat practically all that the insurgents have ha e been contending for and opening a way for a n settlement without American in intervention But President Palma Palina je dined elined to be Interviewed and other members f the government stoutly de do denied dented nied the rumor The American peace emissaries to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow morrow will wUl hear what the commanders of the Insurgents forces hive have to say sa Sone Some of these thee are coming from Santa Clara Pinar del Rio and Havana Hav na provinces provInces provinces inces If they persist In their demands the conferences wUl only Increase the e complications In a talk with the Associated Press tonight Secretary TaCt spoKe hopefully Although some progress has been bee n made he said no definite program had ha d been reached He told of the arrange arrangement arrangement arrangement ment to meet representatives of the in insurgents insurgents and of his previous hesitancy y to take this step and said that some something something something thing may come of It The arguments argument s of the leaders of both the moderates moderate s and the liberals have been submitted d sd and translated for future reference by b y Taft raft and Bacon but the latter latte r said that nothing of a definite nature e re had been suggested by a hurried read road reading ing of o the briefs The mediators have hav e sifted the grievances and define them themas the theas m em as a demand by the insurrectionist is for new general elections and an absolute rejection of those demands on the part of the government |