| Show M m W WANT T TP P PALMA I TO REMAIN tM I ill Make a Final Effort to Have HaveL L Cuban Congress Reject His Hs Resignation t L fALL ALL AWAIT DEVELOPMENTS I American Will AMII Not int H of 10 I Is Islona lonal lona I I Havana 7 The par var ar arit tt it tw tonight decided to make j a i it t r rI I to pe tn the authority of t th lh I h administration by 1 to reject the real gnat ion km of ot th the president dent when nhen presented to to 10 tomorrow morrow When was wa as reached S SIC cy y vi ut War IVar Taft aft and A st tec of ot Slate Huto the tIt American commissioner ra bad almuly I T io Intervene but they agreed aneed to await alt development M AR they are at l to 0 afford the e eiery ry r up op opportunity out their own MV ha Uon flon 1 PaUna rd rde I every e Eory of ot bis 1111 to 10 th draw his hi of ot thU Kas AI a IM ho mt to lu evelt In r pom to the final ur urgent urgent gent sent from tom the American dent that he remain at lit the helm In Inthis Inthis this ihla President Palma hi h his warmest appreciation of ot President efforts In to rt cure ure ace for tor or Cuba uba and the friendship he h has hili always rho n the Cuban people lIe He referred to his own on pre lous t J for tur I ubi Uba which he Mid f had not b been n made III In vain n but In the situation and andin jn in view of ot all that had transpired red he ht SelL felt that further sacrifice on hit his part Pert would be and that It wait wa not lIot consistent with his dignity anti and to remain In Were Vere It possible I to Palma Talma to withdraw his resignation tin th still would You III b be most mo t and would continue to be bethe beI bethe I the most probable outcome If Jt resignation were accented It would then thon I become necessary for tor congress to elect electa I I a provisional president Such an election would be R It new sort HOrt of nf contention run only between bet n the op up opposing opposIng posing political parties but probably be between tween the opposing factions faction within these parties I The rICAn commissioners will not l rook brook the tho of a n provision provisional al government by the tho Cubans simply us its a n meant means of ot training gaining time The They hold holdI I that If It a provisional government Is created It must be by b the th United States Seey Taft and Bacon Dacon would not be bo properly discharging dl their full tull duties If It such ouch a government were nere created In III uny un unIt other It her manner The have lit little littie littie tie tle confidence In the seriousness of the politicians who have been buen insincere throughout these thue days flays of or futile ne no negotiations This being the situation nobody Is Inclined to doubt tonight that within 21 C hours Recy Taft lall by authority ty of at the president of ot the United will III proclaim ch provisional gayer gover governor nor of Cuba eulia uba Such a government how hov however ho hoIer ever Ier would bo be made Cuban as its far as all asit it lt vim was possible no so to do by continuing Ithe he the various departments under the Im Ira Immediate mediate control of at the present heads hoa s thereof Immediate developments In n the situe I tion depend on the action taken by con tomorrow H it Is II not likely that the Liberals will attend the session but the ithe and the Liberal combined to secure a I quo quorum quorum rum Turn The Tho Moderate leaders tonight ex n expect no o nothing except Intervention tomor tumor tomorrow tomorrow row it being n II mutter of ot common re among thorn thom that armed forces will flock lock from front the war warship ar ship assembled here even enn before the of ot but this will not l occur r unless sOl some violent change in the situation makes It U n Even Enn should congress cary out its II an Intention of ot not accepting Palmas resignation secy tecy Taft Tatt will hold that a vacancy aMney exists un unless unless less Pal Jalma ma himself concludes to remain r In Jn In preparations for the landing of marines and from the American warships ar have hue been fully completed and within a I short time fter Secy S ecy Taft gives the order all ad advantageous advantageous which already have been selected by naval would be by b a force torce of nt at least 2500 2 00 men tuen Such an order would not be given ghen until Secy Becy Sec Taft Tatt regards re it as absolute absolutely ly I 1 necessary r but It Is certain that the tho present nt conditions will not be allowed allo O J to continue for tor more than a I day longer lon er erThe The of Of President Patinas Palmas resignation and an 1 Its Us withdrawal will Mill bo be Cubas CuLas last card ced cell Gen Oln Funston arrived h bore hore r today He lie 11 has gone gon over oer all the tha military plane approved them and am nil familiarized himself with the situation as II present presented rd Id by Ma daJ Ludd who lias has been b n here for or a fortnight Among the places today toda by li Gen Oln was wa the rebel out t Ide of Havana lavana Here Ure the American general met lens Oens Guerre and Del CM CIU and other commanders of ot the tho in ID some ome of ot whom he knew dur during lag ing the la last t revolution The atmosphere At Ht the palace to tn tonight night is III decidedly gloom Everybody who emerged from President Im private office wore wort a long face Mem Mern fm tiers rs of If f the cabinet r reiterated that PRima Palma had not receded from hi hit d 40 to resign In spite of the persuasive JI of his hl most mort in intimate friends friend The him eif lf has hu succumbed lu s II to mc lIr IGUS cU fatigue e and nd regards the wind Ind up Ul of ot the administration as imminent lalm will Mill re rt retire t tire a as poor as III when fhe he ie 11 a um j th Ih the office ottice but all his friends concede that he le Ie will have the of having hating hYl conscientiously and ly dis discharged 11 charged harg his hi duties in fact face of ot the al at almost 1 most mCl t constant lack lark oX ol cooperation mm congress f The Moderate national r reo cc convened this afternoon The senti sentiment meat ment of OLt the till m was ai different from that displayed day l y After Arter an fin hoar hoer of J dill dis Alfredo the Ule trader leader ader len Mirin Mr oc l head of ot the veterans itt and Senator r Independent d and formed f a ft I new proposition namely name the re resignation lion tion of ot the senators and congressmen chosen at nt the last elections new elec lions to fill these vacancies the ac nc acceptance of President Palmas and the getting together on a anew now new president who WIt should they stipulated be lio eiTher Liberal or an Inde Independent pendent Senator Zayas asserted that Preys Sc I Taft Tatt and Bacon Dacon had approved this proposition but the assembly was not willing to consider con lder It without con consulting suiting the American commissioners A committee was therefore dispatched to consult with the Americans American It consisted of Doll Doli president of ot the ho senate Gen Con Nune Nunez unez governor of ot Havana aula province Senators and routs Fonts y 7 Stelling and Congressman Go vi n SecT Secy S Taft told this committee that lie had nt at first approved the suggestion suggestion eR tion of ot Senor Zayas provided that both parties felt It would bring peace but upon further consideration he ho had de do tided elded cl ed that if It It became necessary to tomate mate create a provisional l government tho tim only safe plan wan wait that this bo ho done dono by b nn an act of ot the United States The committee questioned ns as to what the tho attitude of ot the tho commission commissioner lon er would be if It congress elected a II president Secy Sec Taft Tall replied that such luch sucha n a course COUro would embarrass em tho the com corn greatly M ta they felt that any other man than Palma Talma would not 1 be p satisfactory to all nil Including the tho United States Therefore unless Pros dent ilent Palms Palma continued in office inter intervention seemed the tho only alternative When hen the committee reported this to tho the Moderate assembly It resulted in Immediate expressions that nothing remained but Intervention After a along 1 along long however it was re cc resolved solved to attend congress and refuse to accept President Palmas resignation ond this no one would make n a 1 prediction n and there was oas but faint taint hopp t finding a n way wa for the preservation cr yahoo of ot Cubas Cuba sovereignty The Tho ho ns as lObI Unsolved amid a n general feel teel feelIng teelIn lag Ing In of ot depression All doubts as a to the loyalty of tho the rural Guard guards to the American govern government I ment In ease case of Intervention have been beon f set ht t at rout cost by the declaration of ot of ot officers Peers that they the would support a n Taft government with enthusiasm One of fleer said raid The American government ap RIl appointed pointed us If It sees 11 11 fit again to take takeover takeover over oer Cuba temporarily why wh should we wo not be lie loyal to It We are arc soldiers not politicians and our duty Is II to sup SUII support support port pori the tho established government Thirteen hundred volunteers who fire ere recently brought lirou ht here from front Ma Matanzas to help prot protect t Havana were re ordered to return retort to Matanzas by b Gen Hen tonight Fifty extra guards guard were stationed ta at the waterworks tonight on account of rumors that tho the rebels rebel threatened to take of or the works work NOT VERY ERT Nto ew York Sept 18 Nicolas Rivera proprietor and editor of ot Kl El I Diana de the oldest paper In Cube CUbI said ald last lut night that he did not think anything of ot Importance would be bo ac Re accomplished at the meeting of today toda In Havana If It the Moderates attended they the would be In the major majorIty ItT Ity It They Tho ho would appoint a n man to fol follow I low vv Palma and the Liberals would re cc J t him Ko No a matter how ho they ar sir arranged ranged nOO matters the tho country would not net nethe b he be settled until a It permanent United commissioner was Wall appointed by b President lr It The Cubans would like ilkI to see e Gen flea Wood Woo l return to th the thit Island bland The sight of the theo Star and Stripes floating from one le of ot the tilt public government nt in Havana 11 11 nB S Senar raid would serve rt to keep the turbulent spirits in check GOl ON New York ork pt tt There is I to be beo beno beno no c cessation r Uon on of ot active athe preparations Ire by b the lilt war sar and navy na departments to tol toland l land nd stat and troops in Cuba This was as made mad yesterday when hn or ord d deri m were ere received from Washington tv h y rapt tN apt William H JI Reeder acting commandant at th the Brooklyn navy yard ard to prepare the receiving ship Hancock to be used as All a transport The Hancock which was formerly the transatlantic liner Arizona was 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