The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-24
Turmoil viii Be Settled With
out Resort to Arms
BOTH SIDES YIELD POINTS
Keen Disappointment Is Expressed, for
Business Interests Do Not Be-
Iieve cubans Can Gov
ern Themselves.

Havana. September 23.-All classes are
now waiting for the conditions under
which tranquility likely will be restored
in Cuba, and keen disappointment is ex-
pressed on every side because of the like
lihood of peace being brought about with
out armed American Intervention.
That the differences of the opposing fac
tions could be reconciled was not generally
believed to be possible until today. when
it was announced that the liberals and
insurgents had empowered committee
to represent them before the American
mediators.
It is evident that the business interests
of the island have no confidence in the
ability of the Cubaas to rule themselves,
and now when 1t appears too late they are
openly favoring forcible intervention and
possibly annexation
Give Them Another Chance.
Secretary of War Taft is cognizant of
this general opinion that peace cannot
last unless 1t is enforced by an American
army but he considers that 1t is the duty
of the United States to give the republic
another chance. and believes that 1t would
be bad policy for the United States to
keep force In Cuba longer than was re-
qured to supervise the laying down of
arms. He said today that if the liberals
and moderates harmonize their differences
the United States must regard the com
pact as made In good faith.
That peace viii come as the result of
the mediation of the United States is now
believed by Cubans, regardless of party
affliation, but whether 1t will be on terms
which will insure permanent tranquility
is question.
Spend Sunday Quietly.
Secretary Taft and Assistant Secretary
of ssate Bacon S, iot sunday quietly. re-
ceivng few persons, Representatives OF
the veterans and OF the diplomatic corps
made brief visits. Senator Alfredo Zayas
later met the mediators at the American
legation and arranged for their first meet
ing with the insurgents and liberals COM
mttee at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
All conferences hereafter will be held at
the legation on account of Its accessibility,
since most of the visitors to Messrs. Taft
and Bacon reside in Havana.
When the diplomatic representatives of
the foreign powers visited Mr.. Morgan S
villa at Marianao today. Mr.. Taft signif-
cantly stated that he could give them no
definite assurances of peace for the reason
that the terms had not been put forward.
This statement was made in response to
an expression from Gaytan deAyala, the
Spanish minister, that the world expected
the United States to settle the turmoil on
such generous but firm condition - to
maintain the integrity of the republic.
Sympathy for lnsurgent Demands.
Among the other callers at Marianao
" ere Generals Menocal and Agramonte,
who congratulated Messrs. Taft and Ba-
con on their success in bringing the mod
crate and the liberal leaders to realiza-
tion of the necessity of each making some
concessions. The veterans evinced SYM
pathy with many OF the principles for
which the insurgents took arms. They
suggested that the first basis of the nego-
tiations should be for the revision of the
Cuban constitution. alleging that 1t con-
fers too much power and too little respon-
sibility upon the members Of the cabinet.
"Cubans are too hot blooded to be given
unlimited powers said General Menocal.
He declared that the present trouble re-
suited from the dissatisfaction over the
actions of the present and former Secre-
tary of the Interior