The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-15

officially announced that Secretar!
Taft will leave washington for Cub;
l next Sunday, accompanied by Rober
/ Bacon, assistant iecretary of state.
Oyster Bay. NJ ", Sept. 14.-Afte
a protraetrd conference with Secretar,
of War Taft, Acting Secretary of Stat,
Bacon and Secretary of the Navy Boz
aparte President Roosevelt tonight
addressed an important communica
ton to Cuba and has arranged to sem
Secretary Taft and Acting Secretary
Bacon TO that island to make a thor
ongh investigation of the conditions
there and to lend their inuence to re
I store peace
The communication Is addressed Ia
Cuban Minister of the United Statee
Quesada. 1t is an impassioned plea
to Cuba to realize her responsibility
as a seif-governing repblic and to re.
store peace on the island Her atten.
tion is called in no uncertain Ian.
guege to the responsibility which the
United States bears to the island and
| the certainty that such responsibility
| will necessarily be exercised should
peace not be preserved
Peace Menaced; Property Destroyed.
The president says he has certain
information that the peace of the is
land is menaced and that American
property has been destroyed. The let
ter follows,
In this crisis In the affairs of the
Republic of Cuba write yea, not
merely because you are the minis
ter OF Cuba accredited to this gov
lemment. but because yon and were
drawn together at the time when the
United States interviewed in the affairs
of Cuba with the result OF making her
an Afdeperatx1t nat,ea Iou know
bow sincere my affection and admir-,
alton and regard for Cuba are. You
know that have never done and shal
never do anything in reference tc
Cuba. save with such sincere regard
for her welfare You also know the
pride | felt because II came to me as
president to withdraw the American
/ troops from the island of Cuba and
officially to proclaim er independence
and to wish her God speed in her ca.
reer as free republic.
Il desire now through you 10 say
word for solemn warning 10 your peoS
pie whose earnest well wisHer am /
For seven years Cuba has been in
condition of profound peace and %
steadily growing prosperity. For four
years this peace and prosperity have
been obtained under her own indepen
dent government.
Find independence in Peace.
Her peace. prosperity and indie |
pendence are now menaced, for of all |
possible evils that can befall Cuba |
the worst is the evil of anarchy into
which civil war and revolutionary dis
turbancc will assuredly throw her
Whoever is responsible for The armed
revolution and outrage, whoever is re
sponsibe in any way for the condition
Of affairs that now obtains. in an en-
emy Of Cuba. and doubly heavy is the
responsibility of the man who. affect |
ing to be the especial champion of
Cuban independence takes any step
which will jeopardizc that independ
cncc.
For there Is just one way in which /
Cuban independence can be secured /
fFnf Sc fgsfs TO
show their ability 10 continue in their
path of peaceful and orderly progress.
This nation asks nothing Of Cuba save /,
that il shall continue to develop as ~ /
has developed during the past seven
years that il fhall know and practice
orderly liberty which will assuredly
bring an ever Increasing measure Of
peace and prosperity 20 the beautiful
island OF the Antilles.
Our Intervention in Cuban affairs
VI lonly come if Cuba herself shows
She has fallen into the rsurrectio1ary
habit. that she lacks the selfre traint
necessary 10 peaceful slfgovernment /
and that her co0tending factions have
llAuEfA tHt tNuuiIf lult dudl iN4s
Cites Right 10 Intervene.
4 soiemnly adiure all Cuban pa
.riots 10 banb together aud 10 use iheu
personal ambitions and 10 remembe- a.
that the cnly way they can preserve t
he independence Of the republic Is
10 prevent the necessity Of outside /,
by rescuiBg it from the i
inarchy # civil war .
Il earnestly hope this word Of ad- \.
uration Of mine. given IN The name Of ~
be American people. the stanchest .
riends and well wishers of Cuba that !,
here are nall the world. gill be lax ],
n as g. is meant. viii be seriously r..
considered and he acted upon. and II \
% acted upon, Cuba's permanent In a
her permanent success a.
republic. are assured nj
Under the treaty with your govern r,
nent. J. as president 81 the Unitel :
tates have duty in this matter