Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15
ROOSEVELT SAYS
WAR MUST CEASE
Continued from, pnee one.

hiiufAACe 10 TeSlOTe peace.
The communication is addressed to
the Cuban minister to the United
States. Senor Quesada. 1t is an i'm
passioned plea to Cuba to realize her
responsibilities as a self-governlng re-
public and to restore peace in the
Island and the certainty that that re-
uncertain language to the responsibility
which the United States bears to the
island and the certainty that that re-
sponsibility will necessarily be exer-
cised should peace not be preserved.
The president says he has certain i'm
formation that the peace of the island
is now menaced and that American
property has been destroyed. Secretary
Taft and Bacon will leave for Cuba
Sunday. They will go by rail to Key
West, Fla, and from there the journey
to Havana will be completed on naval
vessel, probably the Des Mones.
The conference which resulted in the
Cuban decision began at Sycamore Hill
shortly after 3 o'clock this afternoon
and continued until 10 O'Clock tonight.
At its conclusion Secretary Taft, Secre-
tary Bonaparte and Bacon left for New
York and will go to Washington to-
morrow.
Investigation Will Be Thorough
Secretary Taft said as he left oyster
Bay that he had no idea as to the
length of his visit to Cuba He indi-
Gated that there would be no haste in
the investigation, which would be thor
ough.
Aside from this information no dis
cussion will be divulged by those at
tending the conference, the statement
being made that the letter of the presi-
dent was intended to cover the whole
Cuban situation, as far as II was de-
sirable to do so in the public prints.
Senator Beveridge of Indiana, a men,
ber of the senate committee on Cuban
relations, also participated in the con-
ference. Following is President Roose-
velt's letter.
"Oyster Bay, Sept IA, 1906.
My Dear Senator Quesada-In this
crisis in the republic of Cuba 1 write
you, not merely because you are the
of the Cuban republic accred-
tied to this government, but because
you and l were intimately drawn to-
gether at the time when the United
States intervened in the affairs of Cuba
with the result of making her an i'm |
portant nation.
You know how sincere my affection
and admiration and regard for Cuba |
are; you know that I never have done
and never shall do anything in refer
ence to Cuba save with such sincere
regard for her welfare. You also know |
the pride 1 felt because it came to me
as president to withdraw the American |
troops from the island of Cuba and |
to proclaim her independence |
ana to wish her godspeed in her career
as a free republic.
"I desire now through you to say |
word of solemn warning to your people,
whose well wisher 1 am. For seven |
years Cuba has been in a condition of |
profound peace and of steadily growing |
For four years this peace |
and prosperity have obtained under her |
OWN independent government. Her
peace prosperity and independence 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 disturbances will as
suredly throw her.
Responsibility Is Heavy
whoever is responsible for armed |
revolution and outrage, whoever is re-
sponsible in any way for the condition
Of affairs that now obtains, is an enemy
Of Cuba, and doubly heavy is the re-
sponsibility of the man affecting to be
the especial champion of Cuban inde-
pendence who takes any step which |
will jeopardze that independence. For
there is just one way in which Cuban |
can be secured and that |
is for the Cuban people to show their |
ability to continue in their path of |
peaceful and orderly progress.
This nation asks nothing of Cuba |
save that it shall continue to develop |
as it has developed during the past
seven years; that it shall know and
practice the orderly liberty which will
measure of peace and prosperity to the |
beautiful Queen of the Antilles. Our
in Cuban affairs will only |
come If Cuba herself shows that she |
has fallen into the insurrectionary
ha bit; that she lacks the self-restraint
necessary to peaceful sef-government,
ana that her contending factions have
plunged the country into anarchy.
IT soiemnly adjure all Cuban patriots
to band together, to sink all differences
md personal ambitions, and to rercem-
ber that the only way that they can
preserve the independence of their re-
public is 10 prevent the necessity of
outside Intervention by rescuing it from
anarchy and civil war.
at earnestly hope that this word of
adjuration of mine, given in the name
of the American people, the staunchest
friends and well wishers of Cuba that
there are in all the world, will be taken
as it is meant; will be seriously consid-
cred, and will be acted upon in such
a maner that Cuba's permanent inde-
pendence and success as republic are
assured.
Under the treaty with your govern
ment I, as president of the United
States, have a duty in this matter
which cannot shirk,
Warns Cuba of Consequences
1.-The third article of that treaty ap-
proximately confers upon the United
States the right to intervene for the
maintenance in Cuba OF government
adequate for the protection of life,
property and individual liberty. The
treaty conferring this right is the SUI
preme law of the land, and furnishes
me with the right and the means of
fulfilling the obligations that L am un-
der to protect American interests.
1.-The information at hand shows that
social bonds Throughout the islands
have been so relaxed that life, property
and individual liberty are no longer
safe. / have received authentic infor-
rnation Of injury and destruction OF
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