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Show fiim."ii i. MARINES LANDED ; III CUBAN tin United States Sailors, Fully Armed, Camp in Front of Palma's Palace. Sailors Were Landed for the Protec-teetlon Protec-teetlon of the Lives and Property of American Citizens Small Guard, Will be Left ,at the . American Legation. ' s: Havann. One hundred and twenty nrmcd sailors from tho United States protected ( cruiser Denver landed Thursday evening and camped la front of tho president's palaco In nn tlclpatlon of posslblo unrislngs within or nttacks upon Havana. Washington. "it was officially announced an-nounced hero Into Thursday night that tho sailors whowere Innded nt Havana from the Amcrlcnn cruiser Denver -were ordered to roturn to Uiclr vessel Immediately, savo for a small guard which will bo left at tho American legation. le-gation. This action followed tho receipt re-ceipt of nn ofllclnl roport by Acting Secretnry of Stato Uacon from Mr. Sleeper, tho American charge d'affaires d'af-faires at Havana, regarding tho landing. land-ing. Tho report wns not mado public, but It was nnnounccd ofuclally shortly nf-torwnrd nf-torwnrd that tho sailors woro landed from tho Denver solely for the protection protec-tion of tho lives nnd property of American Ameri-can citizens; thnt such' action was in pursuanco of a dlsciisslon botween Mr. Slcepof nnd tho "? nnvnl comrannder, with tho belief thnt It was a wise pre-cautlon.looklng pre-cautlon.looklng to the protection of tho lives nnd property of Americans. Thero'was no Intention, It Is stated, to do othcrwlso than to safeguard 'Amorlcan Inhabitants, and tho Bor-vlcos'of Bor-vlcos'of tho sailors woro to" bo utilized only In enso of disorders within tho city which thrcntoned ouch Inhabitants. Inhab-itants. That tho landing In any way contemplated tho protection of ellhor tho Cuban government or tho Insurg-gent Insurg-gent propaganda, President, Palma or any other persona than American citizens, cit-izens, was disclaimed officially nnd It was pointed out that this fact could not bo emphasized too strongly. |