Show T f INTERVENTION 00 SEEMS CERTAIN Secretary S Taft Has Little Hope of Making Peace Between the Cubans ELECTIONS WERE ROTTEN BLAME PLACED LA ED ON THE PALM PALMA A GOVERNMENT ENT 4 4 4 4 4 Oyster Oster Bay Ba Sept 25 Plans for the 4 4 transfer of troops from rom the United f States to Cuba in the event of or the 4 4 failure of oC Secretary Tafts Taft mission f 4 to bring about a peaceful solution of oC 4 the trouble in the island republic f 4 have been ben completed f 4 The final step sten was taken today 4 4 according to an announcement made 4 4 here tonight whon whan the tho transport 4 4 4 Sumner now lying at the New York navy yard was put in commission The Sumner is in readiness for tor the i 1 v 4 immediate embarkation of ot troops 4 Negotiations are already under way 4 4 4 4 for the acquisition of merchant 4 j 4 steamers to be used as transports 4 That the events of ot today as told tod 4 in the th e press Pless dispatches have has hastened I 4 toned plans which have been long in 4 4 preparation seems apparent nt Addi 4 4 warships will reach Cuba I i 4 within a few days and will be ready rendy 4 4 to land marines if necessary 14 I bl ore the regular troops now await awalt awaiting i 4 ing orders can bo moved Should 4 4 armed intervention come these 4 4 forces will undoubtedly form Conn the t 4 vanguard of the invading army arm 4 4 4 f 4 Havana Sept Sopt 25 The Cuban republic lie lic tonight stands on the verge of a a sec eec second ond period of American intervention The moderate moderato party which six weeks ago was in absolute control of every office in the th island national provincial and municipal is tonight determined to abdicate everything and compel the United States to intervene In fact every very government official from Pros President President dent Palma down is sincerely anxious to 10 force such intervention rather than yield to any anyone one of the terms offered by the liberal party and those in arms against the tho government Regarded as Dishonorable The liberal leaders characterize the conduct of the government as treason to 10 tho the republic while Secretary of War Var Taft raft regards it as an unwarranted and dishonorable attempt to force the hand of the United States into Intervention This it has been stated is precisely what Roosevelt has been most anxious to avoid It is still sun just barely possible ble Mc that President Roosevelt through Secretary Taft and Assistant Secretary of SJ t Bason may yet arrange arrango to es esto esto to bush the liberals in control of the Cuban uban government but this js is regard regarded ed cd only as the remotest sort of possibility possibility With either party Installed in power there would still sUU remain a con condition condition of deplorable dissatisfaction and unrest and tonight there appears noth Jug ing whatever to promise relief save full control by the United States No Chance for Liberals Acting Secretary of the Interior Mon Montalvo Montalvo Montalvo declared this evening that he would never turn over the army to the liberals under any circumstances but c nil all government officials unite in saying J that if the rebels in the field or any portion of or them resist American con control control the tho Cuban army would cooperate with the United States in every way possible The real feeling at the palace is one of relief in the prospect that the adversaries of the government will not win ivin even though the government loses combined om with the tho satisfaction that the United 1 States will be obliged to take takeover takeover takeover over Cuba indefinitely and possibly for forever forever forever ever Session of Congress President Palma Palm has called culled a special I session of congress for Cor Friday Frida when he hc i will ivill III present the th resignation of himself lr Stud Aud Mendez Capote The Th Moderates however will not attend session of congress for In lit their called national Moderato Moderate assembly this n they decided unanimously sim simply simply simply ply to quit forthwith They will not even ever I attend the approaching session or have hav J anything more to do with the govern in mont on t of Cuba alleging Ilo ing that they the have hav unjustly treated by President Roose volts oils commissioners comm corn This determination Is taken by Taft Tart find and Bocon however as another in indication that the Moderate leaders loaders since ain e they cannot longer control the govern government ment themselves are determined at what whatever wh t ever ver cost that tho the Liberals shall shaU not row or 01 hereafter h hereafter obtain control Capotes Opinion At the conclusion c of the Moderate os ns this afternoon Men llen dov doh Capote called on the American Am com corn commissioners missioners and declared that he had been beer instructed by the Moderate assembly as xo u 0 draft a H reply to Secretary Tafts rafts letter to President Palma in which peace terms torm 3 were suggested After this interview p Senor Mender Capote said raid to the Asso ASBo Associated elated ci ted Press I 1 have resigned irrevocably my position tion as us of or the tho republic I resigned because the resignation of dent Palma Palmo was forced upon u on him by p onuses detrimental to the dignity and ant I decorum of ot the Ute office of rice of or chief executive The Tho ho president will convene congress in ex cx extraordinary session selon on Friday to consider cons Iller r riis Ills resignation and my own Will Be No Quorum Mendez Capote said further that thu the entire body bod of ot Moderates In both houses as well welI aa na the entire Liberal National i f r Nunez party part would woul 1 refrain retrain from attend tending the extraordinary session As the Moderates and the Nationalists comprise more nore than tItan of oC each euch house theo the will wUl bo be no quorum This will block ac lC action action tion and prove that the structure of oC con constitutional government no longer longcr exists Capote emphatically condemned d I f r alleged partiality of the American Am i commissioners and salt saIl he expressed the th opinion of many of ot tho members rs of oC his hL S Sparty party part when he declared that Secretaries 3 Taft and anti Bacon had placed d unreservedly on the side of the tho Liberals and against the existing recognized gov government government Ho lit suld Fald ald that even een had the accepted tho the basis of peace pea e first pre presented presented by b the mediators m lie he did not think thin C the Island would have remained at peace pea poa for thirty days duys Mender Mendez Capote Capoto has willed called another meet meeting lug ing iT of or tl the o Moderates for Thursday to de 10 tormine the attitude of the tho party toward towar I Ithe the approaching extraordinary session of ot o f con cun gross TOSS While hile the developments recorded re today r sq i profoundly 10 OU serious liS the outward ap ti t f things was distinctly peace 1 Continued cant on Page P ge 2 INTERVENTION r SEEMS CERTAIN Continued from Page 1 fill f ill l This was the quietest day yet t at atthe atthE atthe the American legation where wh re the tho com corn missioners have haye been holding their hear hearIng hearIngs Ings Ing There were comparatively few call callers callers callers ers but there th re Was w cL a a constant co interchange of or cablegrams with Oyster Bay over a direct wire from the legation to the cable office These communications were a result of ot ho th notification from President Palma Palms that h and his associates had determined to resign rather than submit to the tho terms suggested and the fact tact that they thoy declined ti t otter offer any modifications to these terms The Tho formal draft of the terms sent to the palace early this morning was re rejected rejected rejected at noon This action was not ex cx expected expected by Secretary Taft notwithstanding ing the fact that It had been threatened by certain of ot the government officials and It practically caused him to abandon his hig efforts toward a settlement that would continue the sovereignty of the republic No Course but Intervention Although Intervention appears to be certain certain I I tain tam both Secretaries Taft Tart and Bacon as assured assured assured the Associated Press that such a course courso would not be taken so long as asa asa asa a government remains with which they the can calL treat but In face of the tho personal communication from President Palma that ha is about to throw over the whole mat matter matter matten ter ten Secretary Taft has no ne great expectation thor tion that the present government will en cn endure dure duro for tor long Secretary Taft raft feels that President Pal Palmas Palmas Palmas mas course is uncalled for tor as the lot let letter latter lotter ter setting forth the terms of or peace invited invited invited ed the government to suggest changes In inthe tho the conditions unsatisfactory to them and andIn tn In fact tact to otter offer any other plan which they believed w uld be acceptable to all con concerned concerned corned Secretary Taft feels keenly that President President President dent Palma Palina hag haa ha been be n Insincere In the ne negotiations negotiations with the American commission commissioners ers in that he ho had entered the ne no negotiations negotiations with the voluntary promise to abdo abide by the decision of the commission commissioners ers era and then rejected the very ver r first sug suggestion suggestion made and also refused to te offer of tel any an counter plans This convinced Sec See Secretary rotary Tart Taft that President Palma Palms intended to ta t accept only In tho the event that tho the do de decision cislon favored the existing government govern mont and when Palma Palms sent word that he In Intended intended tended to resign Mr Taft TaCt was further convinced that the tho president of Cuba Cub would wreck the government of ot the tho re republic republic republic public rather than make personal or party sacrifices |