Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-09-21
CUBAN CRISIS
IS PERPLEX|NG.
Second Day Of Conferenc.
Brings Few DeveI-
0pmentS.
MR. TAFT URGES SETTLEMENT,
Tells Them They Must Be CO..
Lose Observation-Disclosures g.,
ston in Washington and Army !.
Being Prepared for Seryice

Washington, D. c., Sept. sl-e..
Frederick Funston arrived yesterd.,
from American Lake, Wash ana =.
In consultation with General Rel, ch,..
OF STAFF. and other officers preparator.
to departure last night for Havana !.
'toin Secretary Taft's party.
Havana, Sept. 21.-The rebe, ,eads,
Pine Guerra, has left Artesima :.
Guanajay, twenty miles southwest !.
Havana. He is reported 10 have M.
men with him. He will camp at Ora,
ajay awaiting the result of peace !.
gotiations. i y
Havana, Sept. 21.-A second dav !.
conferences with the leaders ~ -.
factions in the Cuban conflict has -.
enabled Secretary of War Taft ~,
Assistant Secretary of State Bacon II
announce any plan for compromisin.
the difficulty. So strenuous are ~
appeals of both the liberal and moder
ate party leaders that the situation /.
comes increasingly complicated as Il.
negotiations proceed. However g..
reary Taft said last night that he Il.
Heved when they were brought fae.3
to face with the danger of losing n.
dependence forever, all patriotic On.
bans will be willing to make conces
sions. Mr.. Taft added that the JIni,sd
States peace emissaries are occupyin,
a most delicate position and have m,
dertaken to hear all complaints AMI
that until they have made themselves
thoroughly conversant with the polit
ical turmoil of Cuba they cannot 81.
press themselves freely in the confer
ences, fearing that possible misunder
standings. may have a deterrent effect
on the proceedings
The only counsel to the political
leaders given by Mr.. Taft was on the
subject of not engaging in further ag.
tation that might make Intervention
by the United States necessary. This
advice he offers freely to all whom 10
gives audience, regardless of party. y
Mr.. Taft has made it clear that the
United States is not seeking to exer.5
else control over the island or any q
its affairs; but he has quoted Presi.
dent Roosevelt's letter to Minister
QIesada to the effect that the United
States has a duty which it cannot.
shirk. To those whom he has met in
conference, Mr. Taft has said that
now is the time to decide whether
they would have Cuba live as nation.
He has weighed every word carefully!
and Aas neither upheld nor criticised
the principles of either faction.
Whether the men they have met In
Havana represent the sentiment o.
the entire island is a question that Is
troubling the American mediators.
There is some fear that if even the en-.
tanglement is Strengthened out here.
the opposing forces in Santa Clara
and Pinar del Rio provinces and even
in Santiago will not be satisfied.
Mendez Capote, the spokesman for
the moderates or government party,
yesterday fled brief declaring the.
moderate position and advancing Ger.
tain propositions for settling the con.
troversy. BY Mr.. Taft's order this
brief was sealed, and will not BE-
taken up for consideration until it can
be done in connection with the argu'
ment of the opposing side.
Mayor Cardenas and number o.
principal officials of Havana paid :
long visit yesterday to Messrs. Tan
and Bacon and argued that it was the
duty of the United States to support
the recognized government.
Cuban, Spanish, American, and otnef
busin css men are talking of uniting
in a petition to Messrs. Taft ana
Bacon urging some radical form y
Intervention or annexation.
Officials of the government say theh
attitude has not changed, and den!
any of them entertains an intention q
resigning.
No reports of disturbances anywhere
on the island were received yester
day. Cienfuegos is suffering 1rom
water famine on account or the "
struction of the water works at Jlcc
tea by the insurgents.
The commander of the American
gunboat Marietta has placed elgny
men of his crew on the Constanca
estate, short distance up the Damsu
river, and eighty mazines on tnei
Soledad, and 120 on the HormiguelV
estates.
: Pine Guerra's westward march nss
swelled his force until now ne has
near the western boundary OF Havana,
province about 5000 men.