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Show TAKE MEASURES TO CONTROL CUBANS i . i AMERICAN BATTLESHIP3 TO ASSEMBLE AS-SEMBLE AT KEY WEST, READY i TO MOVE TO CUBA. j I Plans Worked Out for a Dashing Cam-' Cam-' paign Against the Cuban Insurgents Should Intervention be Thought Necessary. Washington. Insurrection and disorders dis-orders in Cuba, which threaten the life and property of Americans and are believed by the Cnlted States tc be spreading beyond control of the Cuban government, caused the American Ameri-can government on Saturday to take active steps In preparation to cope with any situation which may arise In the island republic. Two divisions of the Atlantic battleship bat-tleship fleet were ordered to take on their full quota of marines, making a total of l.:t00, In addition to the Too now en route to Guuntanamo on the Prairie, and rendezvous at Key West ready to move to Cubit at the instant their presence is needed. In all a dozen warships will be In the vicinity of Cuba within a few days. The army Is prepared with an expeditionary expe-ditionary force of 15,(100 men if it is needed and plans for a campaign to stamp out the rebellion prepared by the general staff are ready to be put in execution at the call of the president. presi-dent. The Insurrection and the serious labor troubles us a result of the renewal re-newal of the longshoremen's strike VICTOR ROSEWATER. , r '' - - - ' '" ""J This Is a new photograph of the owner of the Omaha Bee and acting chairman of the Republican national ( committee, who is very busy these days preparing for the Republican convention. are believed lo warrant Ainernmii pie paredness. Of the two, the disturbances disturb-ances which probably will arise ut he Cuban ports tbrotiKh the strikers' operations are believed to be the more imncdiate and daiiKerous elements In the situation In addition to the stoppage stop-page of trade, the throw Ink upon the streets of large numbers of riotous laborers la-borers arxl the privation likely to follow fol-low the cutting of water transportation, transporta-tion, the t'uliin (.'overnmetit Is likely to find itself without the sinews of war. at a time when they are most needed, through the total suspension n! customs receipts which form the principal revenues of the Island. It Is believed that the near pres cure In such pons of one or more of j the American warships, by Its moral I rtfect would prevent violent demon Utratlons by the disorderly elements |
