Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-09-27
LOOKS LIKE WAR.
Secretary Tafrs Peaecmaking Mis-
sion Seems to BE Doomed to Fail
ure, aud Il Appears Probable That
President Roosevelt Will BE Com
PEELED to iet After the cubans
With the Big Stick.

1t is probable tiat ncle sam VIII
Iayc 10 IKE i hand IN gsalanteeug
peace ~ In. Cubais. The president
sent SECRETARY 'raff u Havana lc
tions rneeibet l.e latest adyce>
h. sends t. Washtngt N arr. however
that be see, little possibility a >ilc-
ceeIing
In The meantime. Tie ei,li1ed nj
lons Of the earth lpaS q the nfed
stats.> toa,>llme lhe ,ponsiblil e
preventing atucis aud ehfoalc to-
liliiuil Ia Tic island
II seems certain shat Pr sideaJ
Roosevelt has 10 intention II siiifNln4
tiic responsibility paced apaN iaM
Haille>iils ard clui>eis tie Dein-
rushed u Clilsall waters. and alfvaay
several thousand sailors and mar ms
are there. SIofe are being ,en.. and
the mms i Beng put III condition %
aAicN5s resp ra >haia IL service, se
lie,gta
Tie l-ilaen iv~ spafef>. sitlisat
exception c.l 81 ne i.iiee >iates
= mpi j avas @ ne pence III
Cuba, eseli # t tio annexation
>ilal b. found necessary
.e~in- is tl.e l.e,t Washington
dispatch regarding tie ,'Gbla outlook:
Fifteen hundred more American
marine, NJ. START &! i0o'uDa yesterday
b, tile navy department Five nun.
dtod marines f:em the Atlantic fleet
viii sail today On tne battlc,lips II
diana aud kentueky from Province.
town. Mass: eight ct nine bundled
marines viii sail "a Thursday from
Boston. Noriolh and Philadelphia AMI
the remainder viii probab!s leave
New oileail, toi Havana on Tie MOI
gan line steamer scheduled 10 lease
there Saturday.
tliders We're inst issued Tor uvolma-
rInes from various stations along the
Atlantic coast TO proceed! too uDa but.
following dispatches from Secretary
OF an amicablc settlement OF the
troubles i'm Cuba, 800 additional mn
rincs from the North Atlantic llccl
we're Instructed To prepare for l'uhau
there will lie 1000 more blue Jackets
SENT TO Cuba. There are NOW .,uU
marines and over 5000 blue jackets in
Cuba. and when the vessels sailing this
week arrive in Havana the miled
States will be ready to land y force Of
more than 5000 ON Cuban soil. Me
American walslips which wil sail ON
Thursday will be tlceruiscr liloMklym
now al League Island Navy Yatc.
Ihiladelphia: tie battleship Texas.
which Is being repaired hastilyai NoI-
folk navy yard: aud the converted
cruiser Prairie. Which is al Boston
Both the naval ana army oilc.r,
seemed TO lose all lopeof pcaccll.lsel-
cement OF the Cuban difficulties aflel.
receipt q dispatches Yesterday am.
nounciilg that Secretary Taft Is much
discouraged over The situation and be-
lleveS That force must be used To IL.
store peace IN Cuba. Brgadirr Gen
eral g. T. Elliot. rGmmamdam II the.
marine corps. was in conference many
Tunes during, the day with Acting See
fel;trN Ncmbefrv, of The navy depart
incnt and .ldmral Converse. chicl Of
tile bureau If navigation
'lol. VIM. W. Witnc!spoon. Of the
general STAN II The army. and seyel,
other army Officers connected with tile
genera statl. Mere in consultation
with Admiral Converse and other
prominent officers IN The flagy depart
menl.
50 'il!, preparations, ior llna,'e
winch lnaN come about ia (rbe lslsc
been largely carried Oh hy the nayy:
blil Yesterday mDr,, than any prcyifilis
llIne the army shared the acfiNity al
ll'e navy department and lle military
secretary. Major General T. G. .li.s
WORTH and chief Of st;l l,rim. Gen. 4
y. ilSii, were IN conference much ~
the day, and summoned many other.
members OF the general staii u dis
ciisS the Cuban situation.
Although lhe army officers seem
To regard ,he intervention al I'M.
nitesl States in Cuba as inevitab}e
it is now believed that The army wjli
take Immediate part i'm hrinoj,t,.,l,e,,,,
peace. Bids Were opened vestr,g!Ay n,
number oi the Western points .,,r
several Thousand horses and nlillss5 tf
be supplied To the army within fifteer
days. and the luarternlStc4''> depart
ment is Overlooking no detail Mhcl
WOULD assist the lrOnpS III ease the
be called upon for service in tuoi
Unlimited supplies are available AZ
number OF eastern depotS. II can b
asserted on excellent authority lhA
no orders looking 10 the mobilixatio
OF troops have been received al h
war departments. Eycry bureau I
the department is humming With III
wurk OF preparation. Ihc 0ilicla
are in touch with the ,ransporlatio
service. and al Il lew hours motto
could get enough vessel, e. lrinspGl
large force 10 Cuba.
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