Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-12-08

evident that the existing Cuban gov
was powerless to quell. This
government was repeatedly asked by
the then Cuban government to inter
vene, and finally was notified by the
president of Cuba that he intended
to resign; that his decision was II
revocable: that none Of the other
constitutional officers would consent
to carry on the government, n that
he was powerless to maintain order.
1t was evident that chaos was I'M
pending, and there was every prob
ability that if steps were not imme-
diately taken by this government to
try to restore order, the represen-
tatives of various European nations
in the island would apply to their re-
spective governments for armed in
Prevention in order to protect the
lives and property of their citizens.
Thanks to the preparedness OF our
navy, | was able Immediately to
send enough ships to Cuba to pre-
vent the situation from becoming
hopeless; and | furthermore dis
patched to Cuba the secretary of wal
and the assistant secretary of state,
in order that they might grapple
with the situation on the ground. All
efforts to secure an agreement be-
tween the %contending factions, by
which they should themselves come
to an amicable understanding and
settle upon some modus vivendi-
some provisional government of their
own-failed. Finally the president
Of the republic resigned. The quo
rum of congress assembled failed by
deliberate purpose of its members,
so that there was no power to act on
his resignation, and the government
came to a halt. In accordance with
the so-called Plat amendment, which
was embodied in the constitution OF
Cuba, l thereupon proclaimed a pro-
v%isional government for the island,
the secretary of war acting as pro-
visional governor until he could be
replaced by Mr.. Magoon, the late
minister to Panama and governor of
the canal zone on the isthmus; troops
were sent to support them and to
relieve the navy, the expedition be
ing handled with most satisfactory
speed and efficiency. The insurgent
chiefs Immediately agreed that their
troops should lay down their arms
and disband; and the agreement was
eminent has left the personnel of
the old government and the old laws,
so far as might be, unchanged, and
will thus administer the island for
a few months until tranquility can
be restored, a new election properly
held, and a new government inau-
gurated. Peace has come in the ISL
and; and the harvesting of the sugar
M crop, the great crop of the ISL
and, is about to proceed.
When the election has been held
and the new government inaugur-
ated in peaceful and orderly ashton
the provisional government will come
to an end. | take this opportunity
of expressing upon behalf of the
American people, with all possible
solemnity, our most earnest nope
that the people of Cuba will realize
the imperative need of preserving
justice and keeping order in the ISL
and. The United States wishes moth
ing of Cuba except that it shall pros
per morally and materially, and
wishes nothing of the Cubans save
that they shall be able to preserve
order among themselves and there
fore to preserve their independence.
If the election become a farce, and if
the insurrectionary habit becomes
confirmed in the island, it is abso-
lutely out of the question that the
island should continue Independent;
and the United States, which has as
sumed the sponsorship before the
civilized world for Cuba's career as
a nation, would again have to inter-
vene and to see that the government
was managed in such orderly fash.
ion as to secure the safety Of life
and property. The path to be trod-
den by those who exercise self-gov-
ernment is always hard, and we
should have every charity and pa
thence with the Cubans as they tread
this difficult path. | have the ut
most sympathy with and regard fol
them; but I most earnestly adjure
them solemnly to weigh their re-
sponsibilities and to see that when
thtiI new SONSinlnNit ID otdl lt0 II
shall run smoothly, and with free
dom from fragrant denial of right on
the one hand, and from Instruction
airy disturbances on the other.
The Rio Conference
The second international confer
ence Of American republics, held in
Mexico in the years 1912, provided
for the holding of the third confer
enme within five years, and commit
ted the fixing of the time and place
and the arrangements for the con
ference to the governing board oil
the bureau of American republics,
composed of the representatives OF
all the American nations in Wash
ington. That board discharged the
duty imposed upon it with marked
fidelity and painstaking care, and
upon the courteous invitation of the
United States of Brazil, the confer
ence was held at Rio de Janeiro, con
tinuing from the 23d of July to the
29th of August last. Many subjects
of common interest to all the Amer
lean nations were discussed by the
conference, and the conclusions
reached, embodied in a series of res