Show ISLE OF T 2 PINES TO T RECOGNITION 1 Separate Provisional Government Govern Govern- 1 ment merit Advised for Cuban Dependency TRY TO FORCE TAFTS TAFT'S HAND Uc Attempt to to Draw Him Ulm Out on Who 1 Is to in Get the thc I f I V Havana ana Oct 1 12 Ate An An attempt was vas this afternoon by Cubans Cuban rep rep- the victorious revolutionists rc In tilL tho recent conflict with the tho Palma Palina administration to force Coree the hand of or I J f the provisional government before the retirement of or Governor Taft TaCt i i A committee headed by hr Senator Zaya president vice of the Liberal I party called upon Gov Governor Taft and tried to In Induce him bun to outline In deti detail ll just what are arc the plans of or the American American Ameri Amen can rulers of oC the Island Ju Just t what is It tho the pui purpose of this move o has not developed but Governor Magoon will keep a close watch to see that the Liberals do not attempt any trickery as us soon boon as the military government I is f ie withdrawn The attempt to force a definite decI dec dec- I from Crom Mr 11 Taft was a failure 1 He lie replied to the questions of oC the jf revolutionists re In general lIe He told the committee that the decrees already Jy published contain as complete an un outline of or the program of oC the thc provisional pro pro- visional government as 01 can be given f now f. f Special emphasis was laid upon tile the promised d ele election of successors to the lI deposed po ed national officials the committee com corn desiring to know just when the election will be held hell Mr Ii Ir Taft TaCt replied that It Is Impossible ble hie to et an any date nate for the election at this time as It will be determined entirely by con conditions in Iii the republic It Is la of oC foremost importance that the thc election shall be fair Call Until conditions conditions condi condi- lions assume such mch shape hape that a perfectly perfectly per per- fair fall election can bo be a assured Ule J nono none can b be held Interested td III In un any desire to se- se curt Curu o for or themselves tho com com- fl- fl s. manifested thal nt- nt I C W J fd 11 hm m Tn S1 Uie l O fm h td'S td- td l S 'S ing- ing In positions lui iii provincial governors J c- c J municipal executives and other officer officers om- om cers might exert undue Influence over the thc provisional government hat What the they want ant the they a asserted I is men elected to who will administer affairs with exact justice to all aiL The committee was told lold that Governor Governor Gov ern or Magoon will exercise his hit Judg- Judg t i ment as to nil alt Investigations us to the of or their offices I by present o will be e made Ii where he thinks nc necessary necessary- alY If any infractions of ot the laws are arc discovered tho guilty guilt will be he punished In pre presenting their thell request for fOI Information in information information In- In formation sought the revolutionists i. i explained that this was wax preliminary I J i-I- i to dissolving lib Its organization The program for tor the withdrawal of or Governor Taft TaCt an and J his Iris party tomorrow tomorrow to- to morrow will be curried carried out according L 1 to schedule Mr 11 Taft aft will leave the Island In better belter shape hape than it has been In months Today reports were re- re from the governors of o Pinar del delRio Rio Hlo and Santa Clara provinces announcing announcing an- an that their districts arc are perfectly perfectly per per- tranquil Just at present the tIre dilation In iii the Isle hie of Pines I Is attracting more morl Interest than affairs in Cuba It is now irow well understood tood that what hat to all ail Intents r and purposes S will be he a separate provisional provisional pro plO f. f visional government go will wilt be established for or this Cuban dependency Some officer from Washington IB is ex expected ex- ex PeeLed to be ent sent there Lr to take charge change Governor Oo Taft It Is understood t telegraphed tele Ide- le- le graphed to Washington Wa hington today asking th that t this bo ho done IcK rt on Oil 1 Isle It-Ie of PhIl Pino In addition to hi his duties as managing manag t Jug ing the affairs of oC the Island this orb of- of b licea will be commissioned to make a I 4 full leport to Washington ton as lo to conditions con con- 4 as the they actually exist there t i This will bo he tho the step toward towar J a 4 t 1 provisional government or organized under un un- 4 den der the guise c of or military super I supervision lon will J although the Cuban authorities L. L be allowed to head their positions i Governor nor Taft Is convinced from his hisA f A 1 it fn estl investigation atlon of oC affairs in Cuba that I f the Cubans are aro not lit IH to govern overn Amen Amen- predominate I Amer-I in the therA j leans who largely largel Isle of or Pines rA reached J by b Governor W r The decision Isle of or 1 v Taft as al to a program ion for the Pines 11 is to American resi- resi have e been clamor- clamor V lents dents there who t ing ng to bo be reed freed of oC Cuban rule rulo A mass 1 f r meeting of Americans In the tire Isle will be bo held Monday londa afternoon when Captain Cap- Cap j 1 thin tain Stark the American emissary ry Taft confer with Governor sent ent to of the island will t J. about the affairs as to his dealings with make a report Plans will r the tIre provisional plo governor go also he be discussed for or giving gl a b k lion lo to the tIre American sent bent there to rt-p- rt resent the tho provisional government ii for tor Tuft furt at the home homo of Mimi Mimi- 4 The rime reception 4 In honor of Gov- Gov M Morgan organ tonight lster Bacon Dacon and oth oth- oth Secretary 4 ers ers' oC tic the tho American patty party Ll well wellI the fact that a attended despite heavy rain fell cli Many lIer persons ons guth- guth a u great grent and there was as f attended Jed generals Government Gov Gov- revolutionary I ering of or o officers were al also o present In Iii were fa but hut Moderates Moderate large numbers numbers- by their absence conspicuous to Prominent Liberals are ale plum plannIng ng a a. Taft faCt and hs party purt Governor give their th own farewell Liberals will wiil In the tomorrow ira In Crot of oC the palace Plaza do dc Armas off send cheerful und giVe I e Mr raft a Guerrera when he Ita e Guzman Guzma del Castillo Loynaz will load the and their glowing clad In Ton form onus Taft vas giving J Mr Mn while c I Tonight m ht k Gen Funston was his honored last ss with reception a banquet given ghen for Cor him C at the Hotel by former Cormel comrades In arms with whom he served Ier against as Spain In Gen Carlos Garcia Velez recently recently- released from prison acted as toast toast- master naster I Among tho toasts given were General Funston The American President Roo Roosevelt e The Liberal Cuba Ll Libre re and Party It BUT BUI ITS IT'S CUBAN CUB TERRITORY United States Slate Wilt Will Not ol Abandon It Its Ii Contention Washington Oct 1 12 The l.-The Thc The United States rates government will vilI not a abandon andun I Its contention that the Isle of oC Pines is Cuban territory This decision has lias been reached ached h by President Roosevelt Hoose andI and I luLl cabinet after aCter till full consideration of oC tho thic subject It Is IH un understood that hat Judge Magoon tho Urn ne new provisional governor of Cuba was Yas so 50 informed previous to his hla departure departure depar depar- ture tire for that Is Island President Roosevelt Hoose Secretary of oC Slate State Root Hoot and Attorney General Moody have ha held heM several craI conferences on 01 this subject all and J have reached the decision that there shall Hhall be bo no change In tho the status of or the Island for rol which the American as association of or the tho Isle of or Pines ha has been boen so aggressively contending con con- tending The Tho case of Tearcy versus Stranahan lInn han collector of oC cu customs at Now New ew York will soon he be argued In the supreme court The rie question of customs duty duly on tobacco entering the U U- S. S from that Inland Hand Is at Issue I Indirectly there thero is It Involved ll a n question as ns to whether the tho Isle of Pines Is hI American or ot foreign territory tern tory |