The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-24
CAN'T AVOID
INTERVENTION
All Cuban Classes De-
mand It.
PEACE PROSPECTS BETTER
Whether Compact VIII Hold Is
the Question:
Secretary TAFT spends sunday Quietly
AZ villa Of Minister Morgan
Receiving Only Few
Visitors.

Havana, Sept 23--All classes are now
waiting for the conditions under which
] tranquility likely will be restored in
Cuba, and keen disappointment Ii ex-
pressed on every side because of the
Likelihood of peace being brought about
without armed American intervention.
That the differences of the opposing
factions could be reconciled was not
generally believed to be possible until
= today, when 1t WAS announced tnat the
liberals and the insurgents had empow-
cred committee to represent them be-
fore the American mdiators.
1t is evident that the business inter
eats of the island have no vonfidence in
the ability In the Cubans to rule them
selves, and now when 1t appears too
late, they are openly favoring forcibls
Intervention and possibly annexation.
Secretary of War Taft Is cognizant
that peace cannot last unless IT Is en-
forced by an American army. but he
considers 1t Is the duty of the United
States to give the republic another
chance, and believes that 1t would be
bad policy for the United States to
keep a force I'm Cuba longer than was
required to supervise the laying down
of arms He said today that II the
liberals and moderates harmonize their
differences. the United States must re-
gard the compact as made in good
faith.
That peace will come as the result Of
the mediation of the United States Is
now believed by Cubans. regardless OF
party afiliation, but whether 1t will be
on terms which win insure permanent
tranquility is a question.
Secretary Taft and Secretary Bacon
spent Sunday quietly receiving few per-
sons. Representatives of the veterans
and the diplomatic corps made brief
visits. Senator Alfred Zayas later met
the mediators at the American Legal
tion and arranged for their first meet
ing with the Insurgents and liberals
committee at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn.
Ing All conferences hereafter will be
held at the Legation on account of its
accessibility. since most of the visi-
tors to Messrs. Taft and Bacon reside
In Havana.
When the diplomatic representatives
of the foreign powers visited Mr.. Nor
ean's villa at Mariana today, Mr. Taft
signifcantly stated that he could give
them no definite assurances OF peace for
the reason that the terms had not been
nut forward This statement was made
in response to an expression from Gay
tan deAyala the Spanisb Minister, that
the world expected the United States to
settle the turmoil on such generous gut
firm conditions as to maintain the in
tegrity of the republic.
Among the other callers at Mariana
were Generals Menoca1 and Agramonte.
who congratulated Messrs. Taft and
Racon on their success in bringing the
moderate and the liberal leaders to a
realization of the necessity OF each
making some concessions. The veter-
ans evinced sympathy with many OF
the principles for which fhe insurgent"
took arms They suggested that the
first basis OF the negotiation should be
for the revision OF the Cuban consti-
tuition. alleging that 1t confers too much
mower and too little responsibility upon
The members of the cabinet.
"rsubans are too hot FLOODED to be
r;ven unlimited powers" said General
Msnocal. He declared that the present
trouble resulted from the dissatisfac..
tion over the actions of the present
and former secretary of the interior