Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-23
INSURGENTS WANT INTERVENTION
Leader says Enough Property viii he
Attached Co Provoke IL


NEW ORLEANS, Sept ga dispatch
! from Havana to the Picayune today gives
I n signed statement by the insurgeut leader
4 General Ernsto Asbert, in which he says
! that If peace is not made by the Palma add
| nlinstration the revolutionists propose to
| attack all property" in order to prccipitute
] American Intervention.
! -"And this we will do" Asbert continues,
| because we are absolutely certain that the
present government OF the United States
| does not aspire to annex our youthful re-
| public, since President Roosevelt, who per-
sonally helped to destroy the Spanish
regime has the ambition to be the guardian
Of our liberties, and now as before, will
lend his disinterested efforts to the work Of
justice which we support
More warship. mt Havana.
| HAVANA, Sept. 22.-The United States
cruisers Minneapolis and Newark arrived
here this morning.
The propositions made by General Memo
cal last night have considerably changed
the situation, having paved the way for
suggestions by Messrs. Taft and Bacon
| for further concessions on both sides which
] may yet save the republic intsN.
! Messrs. Taft and Bacon. accompanied by
i Consul General Steinhart and Captain Nc
| Coy, called on President Palma this morn
| ing and got his ideas on what he was will
| ing should be done under the circumstances,
! This afternoon Secretaries Taft and
Bacon will listen to the views of number
of prominent insurgents and liberals. in
Guiding Pine Guerra. Genera, Castillo, Juan
Guslberto Gomez and Jose Miguel Gomez
! statement by TAFT.
Secretary Taft said to the Associated
Press:
1.-The proposals of the moderates while
not broad and far reaching enough TO meet
the necessities of the Use, evidence de-
sire on the part of the moderates TO main
tain the integrity of the republic. even
! though they are compelled to abandon
their control. Consequently the situation
is at least somewhat more hopeful. There
must be some designations showing the
good faith of the government before the
rebels will consent to lay down their arms"
| AS the secretary turned to enter his auto
mobile he added:
AT least we have got the ice broken"
| Secretary Taft received a long cable
gram direct from Oyster Bay today. 1t is
| expected that he therein instructed to
| exhaust every resource in settling the Diff
| fculty without intervention, II possible.
i This was In response to the secretary's
messages of yesterday.
| Three men of the insurgent command OF
General Guas have been shet near San.
tiage de las Vegas for assaulung women.
o. Savy Securing Fuel supply. i,
WASHINGTON, Sept. 92.-Naval officials.
do rot intend to take any chances in the
present emergency in the matter Of coal,
ing supply for ships that may be needed
for Cuban service. Therefore, they are
looking around for barge with a capacity
"a
posed to have moored at some convenient
place near Newport News. Under ordinary
circumstances SUFFICIENT coal can DE OBJ
tained at that place for the vessels of the
navy on reasonable notice but 1t has
! happened in the past that warships have
had to wait while merchant aud other YES
sells were coalins owing to the lack OF a
sufficient number of lighters. and in one
instance a warship which put into New
port News for coal was obliged to pro-
coed to New York to obtain a supply. II
is row the intention to keep the barge
filled to its utmost capacity at all times.
Funston Starts sOnth.
Brigadier General Funston will leave here
today, accompanied by his aide. Lieu
tenant B. J. Mitchell OF the Twelfth in
fantry, for Havana. General Funston will
go direct to/Tampa where he expects to
4 De TOMORROW night. ne Will AT once DOdTu
| the regular steamer for Havana not later
| than Tuesday morning.
General Funston spent the entire morning
at the War department holding final con-
ferences with the chief of stan and other
officers, but he declined to make any state
| ment regarding the steps being taken by
the government, toward intervention.
War department officials today professed
to know nothing of the situation in Cuba
beyond what they have seen in the press
dispatches. but It is known that prepara-
tions for the possible occupation OF Cuba
are rapidly going on. SEE
Quartermaster Busy.
with view to meeting any possible
| emergency that may arise in connection
With Cuba. the quartermaster generals de-
partment is busy making its preparations.
| Proposals are already out calling for bids
for supplying large. numbers Of horses and
mules, and these bids will be opened in
this city next Tuesday requiring almost
Immediate delivery of the animals ON
GERS OF the quartermAsters department. of
course, do not admit that these animals
4 are intended for Cuban service, but there
is no question that this Is one OF the
measures that are being taken with such
an emergency in view. The urgency Of
the case was shown by the fact that in
stead OF advertising for the bids in the
usual course, blank proposals were not is
sued from this city. but instead depot
quartermasters at various points were tele-
Eraphed to call for bids under existing
specifications.
! Opinion Ia London.
I LONDON. Sept. 22.-American interven-
tion in Cuba and the ultimate annexation
OF the island by the United States are
looked upon as certain in Official and diplo-
/ matte circles here. where II is declared that
America is being forced to accept respon-
! slbility for Cuba just as Great Britain has
been compelled TO act the policeman in
other parts OF the world.
The following British official view was
expressed 10 the Associated Press today
America may not like II, but it must
come to II. and from all appearances now
is the time. Capital has been introduced
into Cuba with the understanding that
America win maintain order, and It Is
Americas duty TO intervene to protect
property and stop continuous disorders"
HYMENEAL.