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Show IfnKINCEAGf Havana's Business Men Ridicule Ridi-cule Efforts to Settle Trouble in Cuba Liberal Leaders Demand Better Terms Than It Would Be Possible to Give, Including' Reinstatement of Lib-- erals'who Were Deposed " 1 From Office. Havana. Whllo the peaco projects havo caused a general suspension of revolutionary operations, no appreciable appreci-able progress toward anything llko a satisfactory understanding has been mado. Tho liberal leaders Insist that it is unjust to regard them as insurgents, insur-gents, and assert that thoy are merely mere-ly seeking peaco. But thoy declare that not only must tho terms bo bet-ter bet-ter than heretofore talked of, but that thero must be somo guaranty that tho conditions will bo carried out. Tho demands that come from tho in-surgents in-surgents Includo tho restoration' ' of deserters from tho rural guards to their former positions, the reinstatement reinstate-ment of liberals who last year woro deposed from municipal offices, the retention re-tention of nrms by tho insurgents and other equally radical propositions. Tho liberals havo not yet relinquished relin-quished the hopo that thoy may bo ablo to forco tho resignation of President Presi-dent Palma and nil tho high government govern-ment officials. Tho succession of Vico President Mendez Capoto to tho presidency presi-dency Is also discussed. Tho liberals seem to think they could reach an understanding un-derstanding with him. There is nothing noth-ing to Indicate that Mendez Capote Is a party to this project-Many project-Many business men of Havana ridicule ridi-cule what' thoy call a "patched-up peace," which thoy allege can be only temporary. Some go so far as to assert as-sert that tho country never can be governed rightly or investments bo absolutely safeguarded unless tho United States Intervenes. This Is frankly stated In some cases also by high government officials. |