The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26

= issued from Oyster Bay. =
Havana, September 25-The Cuban re-
public stands tonight ON the verge of a
second period of American Intervention
The moderate party which six weeks
ago was in absolute control of every
office in the island-national, provincial
and municipal-is tonight determined to
abdicate everything and compel the
United States to intervene, in fact every
government official from President Palma
down is seriously anxious to force such
Intervention rather than yield to any
one of the terms offered by the liberal
party and those in arms against the gov
ernment.
Call 1t Treason to Republic.
The liberal leaders characterize the
conduct of the government as treason to
the republic, while Secretary of War
Taft regards it as an unwarranted and
dispicable attempt to force the hand of
the United States into intervention. This
1t has been stated. is precisely what the
Roosevelt administration has been most
anxious to avoid. It is still just barely
possible that President Roosevelt through
Secretary Taft and Assistant Secretary
of State Bacon, may yet arrange to es-
tablish the liberals in control of the
Cuban government, but this is regarded
as the remotest sort of possibility.
American Control Is Only Solution.
With either party installed in power
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deplorable dissatisfaction and unrest, and
tonight there appears nothing whatever to
promise save control by the United
States.
Acting Secretary of the Interior Mon
talvo declared this evening that he would
never turn over the army to the liberals
under any circumstances but all gov
ernment officials unite in saying that if
the rebels in the field or any portion of
them resist American control the Cuban
arm ywould cooperate with the United
States in every way possible.
The real feeling at the palace Is one OF
relief in the prospect that the adversaries
of the government will not win, even
though the government loses. combine
with the satisfaction that the United
States will be Obliged to take over Cuba
Indefinitely, and possibly forever.
President Palma has called a special
session of Congress for Friday, when he
will present the designations of himself
and Vice President Mendez Capote.
Unanimously Decide to Quit.
The moderates however, will not at
tend that session of congress- for Ia
their hurriedly called national moderate
assembly this afternoon they decided un-
F,Vfl laxrTtfh
will not even attend the approaching ses-
sion or have anything more to do with
the government of Cuba, alleging that
they have been unjustly treated by Pres
ident Roosevelts commissioners.
This determination is taken by Messrs.
Taft and Bacon, however, as another indi-
cation that the moderate leaders since
they can no longer control the government
themselves are determined at whatever
cost that the liberals shall not now, or
hereafter, obtain control.
AT the conclusion of the moderate as
sembly this afternoon Vice President Men
dez Capote called upon the. American
commissioners and declared thy he had
been instructed by the moderate assembly
to draft a reply to Secretary Taft's letter
to President Palma in which peace terms
were suggested. After this interview Sc
nor Mendez Capote said to the Associated
Press
Vice President Talks.
II have resigned irrevocably my posi-
ton as vice president of the republic.
resigned because the resignation of Presi-
dent Palma was forced upon him by causes
detrimental to the dignity and decorum
OF the office of chief executive The
president will convoke congreNs in extra
ordinary session on Friday to consider his
resignation and my own"
Mendez Capote said further that tine
entire body of moderates in both houses,
as wei las the entire liberal, national or
Nunez party, would refrain from attend
ing the extraordinary session. AS the
moderates and the nationalists comprise
more than two-thirds af each house there
will be no quorum. This will block ac-
tion
Condemns Alleged Partially.
Mendez Capote emphatically condemned
the alleged partality of the American
commissioners and said he expressed the
opinion of many of the members of his
party when he declared that Secretaries
Taft and Bacon had placed themselves
unreservedly on the side of the liberals
and against the existing recognized gov
ernment. He said that even had they ac-
cepted the basis of peace first presented
by the mediators, he did not think the
island would have remained at peace for
thirty days.
Mendez Capote has called another meet
ing of the moderates for Thursday to de-
termine the attitude of the party toward
the approaching extraordinary session of
congress.
While the developments recorded today