The Jersey City news., 1906-09-29
TAFT TAKES CONTROL
Island of Cuba For Second Time
Comes Under the Stars
and Stripes.
MARINES LANDED, GUARD CITY

/
President Palma and Cabinet Resigns.
| Secretary Of War to Be, Provisional
| Governor-Funston Taking Measures
to Guard Havana From Attack of
RevoI1tionists.
Havana, Sept. 29-American inter-
ventionin Cuba will be an accomplish
ed fact today.
President Roosevelt's peace commits
sioners, although clothed with the full
est authority from him to take such
action whenever it became obvious
that the securing of peace by harmo
nizing the warning Cubans was impos-
sible, have patiently withheld their
hands from thus setting aside Cuban
sovereignty until the last hope had
disappeared. This stage of hopeless
ness was reached when the great ma
jority of all three of the political par
ties refused to attend an adjourned
session of congress called to act upon
the designations Of all the members of
the government and declared definite
ly 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
ers welcome intervention as some
thing for which they have longed
throughout the last six weeks of un-
rest disorder and Ill feeling.
Palma and Cabinet Out
EX-President Palma sent letter to
Secretary Taft stating that he and the
officials of his government had resign
ed and that congress had not appointed
successors.
No sooner was the failure of con-
gress to come to an agreement and the
declared intention of the government
officers no longer to serve reported to
Secretaries Taft and Bacon than the
preparations for armed Intervention
were put into operation.
A telephone wire had been quietly
laid from the American legation to the
battleship Louisiana, and as soon as
the order was received from Secretary
Taft thirty marines were at once land
ed at the captain Of the ports wharf
and proceeded quickly and quietly to
the treasury building, where they went
on guard
Plans to Guaed Havana.
In the meanwhile Captain Albert R.
Couden, commander of the naval force;
Captain Seaton Schroeder of the bat
tIeship Virginia, Brigadier General Fun
ston and Major Ladd were in confer
ence with Messrs Taft and Bacon com
pleting plans for the guarding of the
city during the night and arranging for
the occupation. The commissioners,
through the American military attach
es, have had satisfactory understand
ings with the rebels. Major Ladd visit
ed Pine Guerra naz del Castillo
and other rebel commanders, who are
at La Lisa hotel, just beyond Maria
mao. 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-
day and will be signed by Secretary
Taft by virtue of the authority vested
in him by President Roosevelt. 1t will
appoint Secretary Taft provisional mil
itary governor of Cuba. He will imme-
diately assume full control of the gov
ernment until he deems the country to
be sufficiently pacified for civil govern
~ment, whereupon he will call Beekman
Winthrop, at present governor of Por-
to Rico, to act as civil governor here
Three hundred mounted rural guards
men have been stationed in the arsenal
adjacent to the house of representa-
tives to be prepared for any trouble
Almost all the marines and sailors
landed today will be ordered to Camp
{ Columbia The barracks is ready for
occupancy.
Rural Guards as Police
All doubts as to the loyalty of the
rural guards to the American govern
ment in case of Intervention have been
sCt at 1SStsSpy LIE ucCldItttlOltS VI Oui-
GERS that they would support a Taft
government with enthusiasm, so that
the city is now policed blythe rural
guards.
General Rodriguez, commander of the
rural guards, is cooperating with Sec
retary Taft.
AT the joint session of the Cuban
congress called to consider the resigna-
tion of President Palma in the house
of representatives here Senator Dolz,
president of the senate, presided.
When he mounted the rostrum prior
to calling congress to order he was sur
rounded by crowd of Liberals and
Moderates, all disputing at once. All
the voices were lost In the effort of
everybody to be heard at the same
time. The senator violently rang the
speakers bell, and finally the assembly
came to order.
President Palma's message present
ing the designations of the cabinet Off
GERS, of. the vice president and finally
his own resignation was read.
President Palma said that it was i'm
possible for him to continue as presi-