The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-20
FUNSTON TOLEAD
He Will Command the Z. s.
Army in Cuba
In Case it Becomes Necessary to
Occupy the Island.
WILL REPORT DIRECT.
Taft and Bacon Are Represent
ing the President.
State Department Has Nothing
to DO With Them.
WILL REPORT DIRECT.

Lake, Wash, and has been in consul
tation with General Bell, chssf of staff,
and other officers preparatory to de-
parting tonight for Havana to join
Secretary Taft's party.
Washington, Sept. 20.-Young officers
for command in Cuba in case the army
IS sent there is the plan practically de-
cided upon by the war department
General Frederick Funston probably
will be in command and his chief lieu
tenants are likely to be Brigadier Gen
erals Thomas H. Barry and William P
Duvan. These two OFFICERS have re-
Gently completed an inspection of the
German maneuvers in Europe and have
notified the war department that they
intend to sail for this country on Sep
tember %, but owing to the acute situa-
ton in Cuba they have been advised
that their presence in this country at al
earlier date viii be desirable.
Notwithstanding the presence of Sec
retary Taft and Assistant Secretary
Bacon in the Cuban capital on a mission
looking to the pacification of the island,
preparations ire going forward to meet
any emergency that may arise in case
the reconciliation Of the warning ele-
ments in Cuba cannot be accomplished.
Whatever Secretary Taft or Mr..
Bacon may have to communicate will be
sent direct to President Roosevelt, as
they constitute a special presidential
mission which is quite Independent of
the department Of state.
No information from the diplomatic
representatives of this government IN
Cuba concerning the progress of negotia-
tions instituted by Secretary Taft and
Mr.. Bacon is expected at the state de-
partment for the reason that these rep
a fnd fc, "a
government and, officially, have nothing
to do with the inquiry Of the special
commission and would not assume to
report on any Of its functions OF
American interests Will go through the
usual diplomatic channels and not
through the presidential mission.
The state department was informed
today by the owner of a planta ton near
Santo Domingo, Cuba, that the Cuban
horses. The telegram came from the
owner who resides at Grand Rapids,
Mich.
Have Faith in Roosevelt.
New Orleans, La, Sept. 20.-A dis
patch to the Picayune from Cuba gives
an interview with the insurgent leader
in Havana province. General Enrique
Del Castillo, in which he says he
would like to see a commission of
Americans appointed to negotiate
peace.
It believe there is no reason to ex-
pect American Intervention Immediate
ly,' General Castillo said, but it will
come I would like to see the United
States negotiate peace. We have great
confidence in President Roosevelt We
believe that If he interveness he will
cause his representatives to remain in
Cuba just long enough to make peace
and then withdraw them
The correspondent. who arrived at
General Castillo's camp at night and
found five hundred men there, gives
the following description:
ssIn a strict sense there is no camp
here. One searches the landscape in
vain for signs of tents or camp fires.
Instead the soldiers slept on the
ground wherever they wished. without
protection from the dew. The cavalry
men did not even use their saddles for
pillows. We were impressed with the
mature character of the troops
erably older than the government
troops and most of them were veterans
of the Spanish war"
Funston VIII Follow Taft.
W,ashingtg sept. 2o.Gsnsgal saasra E Fred ed
rive in Was ton today, will remain
but a short t. as the instructions of
Secretary Tafef when he left here for
Cuba was that General Funston should
Immediately follow him. Secretary
QeSlTeQ LO lIlethG USE VI Tie hAAOf
ledge which General Funston has of
Cuba and Cubans which he obtained
while serving with the insurgents pre-
Vious to the Spanish war
Editor Is Arrested.
Havana, Sept. 2O.-GonzaIes Munoz
editor of the Spanish edition of the
Post, an American newspaper, who
was arrested last night on account Of
the publication Of an editorial article
criticizing the government is being
held in communicate.
General Freyre Andrad says that
Munoz recently resigned as his pri-
vate secretary.
Commissioner Sues Insurgents.
DR.. Figueroa Zayas, the government
ia Clara rebels under Guzman just in
time to prevent the continuance of the
attack which had begun on Santa
Clara city
Guzman. Ferrera and other insur-
gents chiefs prepared with DR.. Zayas
a document in which they set forth
their willingness to suspend hOstilities
provided the government would not
ship troops or war supplies over the
railroad. Like General Del Castillo,
the rebel commander in Havana pro-
vince. Guzman viii not consider any
thing, but the annullment Of the last
general elections.
Revolutionary Leaders to Confer.
Havana. sept. 20@The leaders Of
the revolutionary movement have
called all the generals in the field TO a
conference in Havana They are safe
from moIestatfon during the truce.
The taking of testimony was con-
tinued today at the home of American
Minister Morgan at Marianao. Gen
eral Menocal, the head OF the veterans,
said to the Associated Press that he
believed Secretary Taft would find a
solution Of the difficulty. He IS de-
lighted with the secrefary's forcefuI
{ tact in securing all basic facts bearing