The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-22
INTERVENTION BY
UNCLE SAM LIKELY
Small Hope That Mediators of
President Will Bring
Peace TO Cuba.
REVOLUTIONISTS ARE NOW
AT GATES OF HAVANA
Presence of American Battle
ships Without Effect on
the Insurgents.

HAVANA. Sept. 21.-Peace for Cuba,
unless accomplished through American
Intervention, seems TO be further away
tonight than when Secretary of War TAFT
and Assistant Secretary OF State Bacon
began negotiations 10 barmonize the op-
posing factions. The arrival today OF
three United States battleships and two
cruisers in addition TO those already
here. has had little effect on the insur-
gents In the field, and when the leaders
Of the revolution were apprised OF the
big sauadron's presence they greeted the
information with Spanish expressions TO
the effect that they cannot come TO the
brush"
A meeting OF the executive committee
OF the Moderate party was hastily sum
moned this evening, and II was voted
unanimously TO accept whatever disposl-
tion of the controversy Messrs. Taft and
Bacon may decide upon, in the hope that
euch q concession will induce the Lib
erals 10 Weld similarly. The latter, how
ever have as yet signilled no willing
ness 10 accept the decision Of the Amer
lean mediators. ,
dent Palma. the members of his Cabinet
and the Representatives and Senators
elected last December Will resign tomor-
row, thus conceding practically all that
the insurgents have been contendlng ior.
and opening a way for a settlement with
out American Intervention. But Presi-
dent Palma declined to be interviewed,
and other members OF the Government
stoutly denied the rumor
The American peace emlssaries tomoT-
row will hear what the commanders OF
the ipsurgent forces have TO say Some
of these are coming from Santa Clara.
pjnar del Rio and Havana provinces. II
they persist In their demands the con
! ferences will only increase the compli-
| cations.
night Secretary Taft spoke hopefully, Al
though some progress has been made. he
| eoid no definite programme had been
reached He told of the arrangement to
| meet representatives of the insurgents
| and of his previous hesitancy TO take
| ihis step. and said that something may
como of il" The arguments Of the lead
| &C ~ hoth the Moderates and the Lib
| oro1e have been submitted and translated
| Sor future reference by Messrs. Taft and
| Dacon. but tho latter said that nothlnS oi
| , dennIte nature had been suggested by
| a hurried reading of the briefs. Inc
| medlators have siftcd the grievances and
define them as demand by the lnsurrec-
| tIonists for new general elections ana an
| absolute rejection of those demands on
! the part OF the Government.
| Moesrs Taft and Bacon have practical
" abandoned hope Of finding middle
[ Ground and fear that a decision In favor
| of either side would result in no more
tban temporary tranquility for the
island, 1t is their belief that American
occupation is the only way 10 end the
civil warfare and IL is not denied that
intervention must be followed by Amer
| icnn sovereignty. Secretary Tart mas
nahIod to President Roosevelt regarding
the gravity of the situation, and Mr.
Roosevelt is expected TO dictate the fu-
| ture progress.
| A demonstration was made today by
armed revolutIonsts within mile o
tho scene OF the peace conferences, Gen
| hnosto with 400 Insurgents. encamped al
La Lisa. west of Minister Morgan's Wills
81 Mariana. and half mile eastward
a,nre rural guards. militia and mounted
noIIce. At the insurgent camp the Asso'
riated Press was told that the object o.
the insurgents In coming so close was
IN show Secretary Taft how completely
| Jayana is In their grasp. Pima Guerra'E
augmented force Is only short distance
away He was advancing TO encamp Just
| ontside OF Mariana when the fact wai