The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-24
TAFT HAS FULL POWER
TO SETTLE MATTERS
Secretary Considers 1t the Duty of the
United States to Give Cubans
Another Chance.
Gem of the Antilles Will Not Be Annexed This Time-Some
Disappointment Felt.

Havana, Sept. 2S.-All classes are
now awaiting for the conditions under
which tranquility will likely be restored
in Cuba, and keen disappointment is
expected on every side because of the
likelihood of peace being brought about
without armed American Intervention.
That the differences of the opposing
factions could be reconciled was not
| generally believed to be possible until
today, when it was announced that the
liberals and the insurgents had en-
powered committee to represent them
| before the American mediators.
1t is evident that the business inter-
ests of the island have no confidence In
| the ability Of the Cubans to rule them
! selves and now, when ii appears too
| late, they are openly favoring forcible
! intervention and possibly annexation.
One More Chance.
Secretary of War Taft is cognizant of
this general opinion that peace cannot
last unless it is enforced by an Amer
! lean army, but he considers that it is
| the duty of the United States to give
the republic another chance, and be-
lieves that it would be bad policy for
the United States to keep a force in
| Cuba longer than was required to SUI
pervise the laying down OF arms. He
said today that if the liberals and mod
crates harmonic their differences the
! United States must regard the COM
| pact as made in good faith.
That peace will come as the result of
! the mediation Of the United States is
now believed by Cubans, regardless of
party utilization, but whether it will be
on terms that will insure permanent
! tranquility is questioned.
Spent Quiet Sunday.
Secretary Taft and Assistant Secre-
tary of State Bacon spent Sunday
| quietly, receiving few persons. Repre-
| sentativeS 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 meeting with
the insurgents and liberals committee
| tomorrow morning. All conferences
hereafter will be held at the legation
on account of its accessibility since the
most of the visitors to Messrs. Taft
and Bacon reside in Havana
When the diplomatic representatives
of foreign powers visited Mr.. Morgan's
villa at Marianao today Mr. Taft sig
niticantly stated that he could give
them no definite assurances of peace
for the reason that terms had not been
put forward This statement was in
response to an expression from Caytan
de Ayala, the Spanish minister, that
the world expected the United States
to settle the turmoil on such generous
but firm conditions as to maintain the
integrity of the republic.
Diplomats Call on Taft.
The members of the diplomatic corps
were also received by Mr.. Bacon, who
sought their views on the situation. All
OF them asserted that their govern
mentS desired the conflict to be ended
with all possible dispatch in order to
save commercial relations and credit
between the island and their countries
| from ruin.
Among other callers at Marianao
were Generals Menocal and Agra
monte, who congratulated Messrs. Taft
and Bacon on their success in bringing
the moderate and liberal leaders to a
realization of the necessity of each
making some concessions. The veter-
ans evidenced sympathy with many of
the principles for which the insurgents
took UP arms. They suggested that
the first basis of the negotiations
should be for the revision of the Cuban
constitution, alleging that it confers too
much power and too little responsible
ity upon the members of the cabinet
'Cubans are too hot-blooded to be Civ
en- unlimited powers" said General
MenocaL He declared that the present
trouble resulted from the dissatisfac-
ton of the present and former secre-
taries of the interior.
Crowds Visit INSURGENTS.
The insurgent camp near La Lisa.
Just west of Mariana. was visited TODAY
by great crowds of Havanese. Encour-
aged by the reports that peace was i'm
minent. the people for the first time
dared to crafty their curiosity and to
show their great sympathy with the
revolutionary cause. Although If wa :
raining this afternoon this did not
dampen the ardor of those who wished
to visit the insurgents Many extra
cars were in operation. and every kind
or conveyance was used by the crowd
but these were insufficient. and many
persons walked the twelve miles from
Havana TO the camp. 1t is feared that
the effect of this enthusiasm may be
bad in the event the peace terms re-
qulre the rebsls to make decided con-
cessions. In the rebel camps are thou
| sands of negroes, to whom revolution
airy life is easy and interesting as com
pared with the labor on plantations.
Some of the more refined of the Off
cels, howeve-. admit that they viii not
be sorry TO return to their homes
Clash Avoided.
Despite the armistice which is now in
effect, a clash between government
troops and Pine Guerra's force was
threatened today. General Avalos with
400 cavalry and 300 infantry arrived at
Gunajay at noon, having come by train
from Pinar del Rio to -Artemisa pre-
pared to proceed to Camp Columbia.
near Havana. This meant passing
through the rebel camps. General Guer-
| "a sent a message TO General Avalos
that this might lead to an encounter
and that he would not be responsible
for the outcome. General Avalos de-
clared his intention to continue the
march, but General Rodriguez, by d.