The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-29
CUBA PASSES INTO
 J. s. HANDS TO-DAY
CoUNTRT LEFT WITHOUT GoT- ERNMENT' INTER VENTIONBF-
 COMES IMPERATIVE.

Hour Last Night When Majority of
 All Three Cuban Political Parties Re-
 fused to Attend Session of Congress
 Called to Act Upon Designations of
 Members of Government--Some Rabid
 DenunciatlOn of the Attitude of the
 United States.
 Havana, Sept. 2S.-American inter- Vention in Cuba will be an accomplish ed fact tomorrow
 President Roosevelt's peace commits sioners, although clothed with the full est authority from him to take such action whenever 1t became obvious that the securing of peace by harmon lzing the warning Cubans was in1possi- Ible, have patiently withheld their hands from thus setting aside Cuban sove- reignty until the last hope had disap- peared.
 Tnls stage of hopelessness was reach ed at a late hour tonight when the great majority of all three of the po- htical parties refused to attend the ses- sion of congress called to act upon the resignations of all the members of the government, and declared definitely that they would have nothing more to do with the government of Cuba.
 As was expected there has been con- siderable rabid denunciation of the course pursued by the American com- missioners who, it has been alleged, have acted unfairly toward the govern ment party, but the great mass of the residents of Cuba, Cubans and Span iards, Americans and all other foreign CTS, welcome intervention as something for which they have longed through out the last six weeks of unrest, disor- der and ill-feeling.
 No sooner was the failure of to- nights adjourned session of congress and the declared intention of the gov ernment officers no longer to serve re- ported to Secretaries Taft and Bacon than the preparations for armed inter vention were put into operation. A telephone wire had been quietly laid from the American legation to the bat llCSIltp IOulpldIldJ ctltQ etS SOOIl dS LIG order was received from Secretary Taft, thirty (correc) marines were at once landed at the captain of the ports wharf and proceeded quickly and quietly to the treasury building, where they went on guard. In the meanwhile Captain Albert R. Couden, commander of the naval force, Captain Seaton Schroeder, of the battleship Virginia, Brigadier-General Funston and Major Ladd were in conference with Messrs. Taft and Bacon complet- ing plans for the guarding of the city tonight and arranging for the occupa- tion tomorrow General Rodriguez, commander of all the Cuban armed forces, Is acting in perfect harmony with the American commissioners, and the rural guard can be depended upon absolutely to assist the provisional government in every respect.
 Although there was no apprehension of trouble tonight, the rural guards men were directed to police Havana, the police being not fully trustworthy. The commissioners through the Amer jean military attaches, have had satis- factory understandings with the reb- els This evening Major Ladd visited Pino Guerra, Loynaz del Castillo and other rebel commanders who tonight are at La Liza hotel, just beyond Ma rianao. These men dominate the rebel forces, and for the present at least there is no anticipation of trouble in that quarter.
 The proclamation will be issued to- morrow. It will be signed by Secreta- ny Taft, by virtue of the authority cested in him by President Roosevelt It will appoint Secretary Taft provi- sional military governor of Cuba. He will immediately assume full control of the government until he deems the country to be sufficiently pacifed for civil government, whereupon he will call Beekman Winthrop, at present governor of Porto Rico, to act as civil governor here.
 Secretary of the Interior Montalvo called at the American legation at a late hour tonight and said farewell to Messrs. Taft and Bacon. It is be- lieved that he leaves tomorrow for the United States.
 Alfredo Zayas, the liberal liberal, is in noticeably low spirits. He also called on the American commissioners and deplored the outcome.
 Two more American battleshlps are due here tomorrow, as are several cruisers, with total of several hun dred marines.
 Havana, Sept. 2S.--Congress met this afternon with a quorum present and received the resignations of President Palma, Vice President Mendez Capote and the cabinet, and after heated de- bate a commission was appointed to re- quest President Palma to withdraw his resignation. It was declared that this was the only course by which the re- public could be saved. A recess was taken until g o'clock. President Palma when called upon by the commission, positively declined to withdraw his res Sgnation,
 Twenty-Five United States marines were landed here tonight to guard the treasury building. There will be no fur ther landings tonight, but Secretary Taft's proclamation, creating himself provisional military governor of Cuba will be issued tomorrow.
 A further force of Americans will be landed tomorrow.
 Tonight the city is policed by rura guard&
 General Rodriguez, commander of th'