Show I PALMA RESIGNS CHAOS REIGNS Secretary Taft Certain to Take Cuba in Out of the Wet Sometime Today BAND OF MARINES LANDED GOODNIGHT TO THE ISLAND RE REPUBLIC REPUBLIC PUBLIC t t t t t t t t t 4 f Havana Sept 28 2811 It is certain f that American intervention will f I take place tomorrow f I United States ma marines 4 4 rines rifles were landed here tonight to 4 4 4 guard the treasury building There 4 4 4 will be no further landing tonight 4 but Secretary Tafts proclamation 4 f creating himself provisional mill 4 tary tan governor of Cuba will be is issued 4 I 4 sued tomorrow 4 L r A further force of Americans 4 4 will be landed tomorrow 4 H f Tonight the city is policed by 4 H rural guards 4 General Rodriguez commander 4 I 4 of the rural guards is cooperating 4 r L 4 with Secretary Taft Taftt 4 p t t t t t t t 4 t t t t t I Havana Sept 28 Up to the time tim e that congress took a recess at 5 k ek this afternoon today was a day of o f waiting After that hour various probabilities abilities became certainties By 53 0 President Palma definitely and firmly y announced to his political followers follower S that his resignation was yas absolutely ir irrevocable irh revocable Following this announce announcement h ment mont the moderates held a long con consultation consultation 1 at the residence of Senator Senate r Dolz president of the senate a aj which h it was decided that no moderate should d return to the tire session after the recess reces 3 thus precipitating a condition in which t no provisional president could be elect clod elected edw ed edof This throwing up of their hands hand LS would w practically give over the control l of ofer affairs to the American commission commissioners L ors ers er s Taft Waited Patiently Up to that point the attitude of the Ut e commissioners o also had been a waiting g one on e Secretary Taft who has hasto to a con cor considerable considerable I sico si extent taken the newspaper i correspondents co coth i ito to his confidence said sal d that th at he was then in a position where whet C he could not say anything for L lion tion ti on During the day Secretary Taft Tal heard he ard various kinds of propositions pr positions and an d counter co coa unter propositions about ab ut available Ic and a nd unavailable candidates for the U ie presidency residency p None of these propositions Uis is proved pr prA oved at all aU agreeable to all aU factions faction Among A those who visited the secretary y were w v ere Governor Nun zand and other liberal hiber tl nationalists rr They y regretted that Pres Pre 5 j ident id ont Palma persisted in his L ti on to resign Zayas came ame too and an id a asserted that Secretary of the Interior r N M Montalvo had OO soldiers in the tire arsen arsenal 1 al cl se to the house of representatives s ai and a nd was prepared to shoot him and am id ol ot other her liberals if they approached the U ii h house ouse for meeting Resignations Received It was in a spirit of utter apathy Ly tl that th at a joint session of the senate and at h house ouse received the resignations of the U P president resident the vice president and the ii re n m members embers of the cabinet this afternoon n ren T This his attitude was due in a great great meas mea measure s u ure re to despair that any an action would Id r result in making American Intervention 1 ti tion on less probable After a brief but bi Lit c confused debate congress decided on n tl the t he final and forlorn hope of an appeal appe aL t to o Palma to reconsider his decision to r retire etire Although the session had been be fl cj called c for 2 it was vas vas nearly 3 be b e tUlU fore f ore the members begun began to LW arrive and at rd erd a at t that hour the improvised gallery In inthe 4 n tl the t he long bare chamber formerly form a aI I work w ork room in a big tobacco factory factor y i d c contained only a sprinkling of spectators a t tors ors Over the presidents rostrum hung hut rg arg tl the t he faded and tattered folds of huth the t h e o original lone star flag that was first firstraised fir St r raised by Carlos Catlos Cespedes in the ten ti en y years ears struggle for independence It was w as now a witness to the closing scenes seen es of o f the brief life of the first Cuban re republic republic r e f public p From the broad street upon up on I which w the tire house is situated a small siau 1 cs crowd c of loungers lounger and workmen gazed gaz ed silently s at the windows of the buildIng ig Scene In the Assembly The assembly was called to order by Senor S enor Dolz at and a roll all re revealed revealed r e v a quorum fourteen senators rs a and a nd fort representatives being bel rig t p t present resent The Tire resignations of the tire mem mei bers b c ers of the cabinet to President Palma Pair were w ere then read Thereon Zayas en entered entered e n t ered a protest declaring that the pres pr ns s in i ident dent had no right to accept the resignations resignations resi g nations n ii of the cabinet without appoint rt j ing i rig successors Representative Mandu Mand Lu lay l ay declared that the president had act acted a Ct ed e d entirely within his rights The res r is isIce ignation i of Mendez Capote the vice v Ice l president p resident was then read without com comment co 1 ment meat Following this and amid a pro pi 10 1 found f silence e the resignation of oC Pres Pa es ident dent i Palma was read Palmas Message It was as follows To Congress The condition to which wh public order has been reduced since the I he initiation i of armed rebellion in the province of of Pinar del Rio and the fact fi act that there Is now in operation in this t his capital an American commission said s aid aido to t o be one of peace and representing the I he government at Washington and that in Inconsequence inconsequence consequence the executive has practically itt cally lost all authority while the rebels reb els continue in arms and in a threatening ink in attitude and the writer on the other oti k er hand desiring sincerely and ardently Uy that the country should turn to its natural state of order and arid tranquillity ty and as it is absolutely impossible to accept the conditions which the said s aid commission proposes as the only means met Ins of terminating the rebellion I have re resolved resolved resolved solved considering it to be patriotic patric t tand and decorous to present l resent formally to congress and in irrevocable form my m resignation from the presidency of the republic to which w office I was elected dec ted by the citizens and the vote of the elec electoral electoral el CC toral college May lIay 16 last Trusting Trust 4 a athis this will be at once accepted I my thanks to both legislative bodies to whom hom I offer this testimony of my Highest consideration c Continued on Page 2 W i PALMA RESIGNS CHAOS REIGNS Continued from Page 1 As sg n as the clerk had finished reading this document Representative Mandulay lan began an impassioned ad address dress s in which he d that Palma as the tho only man to whom the republic fluid look for salvation With elo nce he urged congress to cast to the winds all considerations of partisan partisanship partisanship partisanship ship and to unite In an appeal to the president pre to reconsider the tho resignation Ho lie also urged an appeal to the Amen Ameri American Amerlan can an to press the same Bame on Palma As Senor Mandu Jay ay concluded a ripple of or applause was heard heard from the the spectators but b t this was the only demonstration of interest Alfredo Zayas replied to Mandulay He urged that congress had no legal EIght to present such an appeal to the president Mandulay retorted that in inthe inthe the tho present crisis with the life Ife of the nation at stake it was the duty of con congress congress congress gress to disregard such technicalities Congressman Diego Tamayo declared that face taco to face with the th death of ot the nation and anti that only Pal Palmas Palmas Palmas mas continuance in Jq h office could save ve the republic A long argument ensued to which many representatives and paid little heed Dolz chatted with wit some omo friends fIends who had ad gathered about hla hl hi rostrum Finally Dolz ter terminated terminated terminated the question of ot the right of ot congress to appeal to the president for reconsideration of his resignation by putting the matter to a a vote The vote was waa 47 ayes to 13 noes On the motion of Mandulay the house then took a re recess recess recess cess to permit the moderates and the liberal nationalists to visit Palma Palma Much Affected The members went to the palace whore where they were at once received by bythe bythe bythe the president in the old throne room of ot Spanish days now the red salon Pal Palma Palma Palma ma was much affected at the appear appearance appearance appearance ance of ot practically all aU his leading allies Ho He greeted greet d them sorrowfully and then listened intently to Senator Dolz who stated the object of the tho errand Pres President PresIdent PresIdent ident Palma replied dejectedly that it was Impossible for him to continue as president of ot a nation whose people evi evidently evIdently dently had become out of accord and sympathy with him and his govern government government government ment Neither could he continue at the head of or a government while a portion of the tho people was disposed to remain in armed rebellion He voiced his deep regrets but reiterated that his decision was irrevocable I He was deeply moved and spoke with tears In his eyes He said saidI I would never have hesitated to tomake tomake tomake make any sacrifice asked for by my country whose liberty I fought for dur during during during ing forty years exposing my life and wrecking my fortune But you ask me meto meto I Ito to sacrifice my personal dignity an ani l that of or the government of the republic r now imperilled imp by armed forces with without wIthout without out any prospects of a n practical result r sult in securing peace and the stability of the nation If I could see that the sac sacrifice sacrifice sacrifice or of my personal and official dig dignity dIgnity dignity meant peace and stability and rightful liberty you could count on my compliance to that extent But since my authority has been curtailed by armed force torce and as I have been noti notified notified fied fled officially that I am occupying my position by fraud I beg you ou not to in insist insist insist in asking me to withdraw my res resignation resIgnation ignation which has been presented to congress and which represents my m ir in irrevocable irrevocable revocable resolution All Shed Tears Senator Dolz Dols broke the ensuing si silence silence silence lence saying that the moderates would not press the request and ended the I interview by embracing President Pal Palma Palma Palma ma The president and several others wept freely freeh and the delegates In turn L grasped President Palmas hand and withdrew to the residence of Senor Dolz Dols There they entered into a long conference The tendency at first was to endeavor to meet the liberals by agreeing on General Menocal for pro provisional provisional provisional visional president This however was soon abandoned because it was recalled L that Secretary Taft had intimated that thai President Palmas continuance in of office office fice flee would W uld be the only arrangement sufficiently satisfactory to the United States to t prevent intervention The crowd left Senor residence early eal ly declaring g that they would attend the session of congress Senor Dolz said the th problem before belore the moderate party was one that it was useless to try to solve as American intervention was an accomplished fact He said this th s was the true reason for President Palmas resignation and instanced as proof of his assertion the landing ot of American forces at Cienfuegos at the request request of the American commission commissioners ers to protect American property com corn completely completely Ignoring the Cuban government President Palma he h said decided that the action of the x commissioners In ln dealing with the rebels was vas v ample a run rea reason son for his resignation Refused to Attend He declared that the commission had hadnot hadnot hadnot not listened to honorable propositions of the Palma PaUna administration and that it would be beneath the ot of the Cuban government to continue as c cers cars of a republic which for some time Ume had hd h d been under und r American tion Finally Finall by a vote of 20 to 15 the mcd crates refused to assist at the night session of the congress and communicated communicated this decision to Senor Dolz The night session iwaS was wa called for 9 but at 10 only four members were present Senor Mandulay de demanded a to determine whether nether there was a quorum quorum saying if there was not he would move that the he ses session sion slon adjourn General Boza a to loyal l al liberal said he lie was willing to wait un until until til midnight However as neither r Pres President PresIdent ident Dolz nor General Freyre An Andrade drade was present to open the he letter notifying the chair of or the tho action of the moderate caucus the tho session simply dissolved At 1030 the lights were extinguished and the small crowd c present was Vas In Invited invited Invited to move on thus titus practically terminating the present government |