Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-09-21
PEACE MOVE BREAKS Up.
PALMA SAID TO BE READY TO RE-
SIGN, BUT MILITARY ACTIVITY
IS INCREASING.
us, WAR VESSELSlN CUBA
Lack of Effort to End Hostilities Marked
by Flopping Over of Faithful
to Veterans.

HAVANA, Sept. 19.-Alfredo Zayas,
president of the liberal party, says that
Col. Avalos, with 200 mounted men, at
tackled a rebel force under Pine Guerra
Yesterday near Los Palacits in Plnar dei
Rio province The rebels had one man
killed and two wounded. The govern
ment forces had eighteen killed and
thirty wounded. A second attack was
about to begin when Guerra's brother.
peacemaker arrived from Havana and
an armistice was speedily arranged
A meeting of fifty Americans held
here today to consider the matter OF
their representations to be made to Sec
rotary of War Taft and Assistant sec
rotary Bacon concerning Cuba, deVel-
oped some differences of opinion as 10
the ACCESSIBILITY of memoralizlng Secre-
tary Taft or simply appointing a COM
mittee.
The Latter Plan Won.
HAVANA. Sept. 1S.-Government
forces 1000 strong, under the command
of Col Betancourt, are concentrating at
Matanzas, and it is reported that they
expect orders to march towards Ia
vana.
Since the return here of the military
trains the rebels are again destroying
property of the Cuban Western rail-
way, a British enterprise.
The cruiser Dixie arrived this morn
ing at Cienfuegos, Cuba, with 300 mar
ines aboard, to assist the Marletta III
protecting American plantations there
Her commander makes no report OF
further disturbances.
A lack of concrete effort to secure
peace is noticeable today. Several peace
committees that intended to leave last
night for various rebel centers did not
start on account of the unsa tstactofy az
titude of the government. Popular opIn-
ion is now supporting the efforts OF the
veterans.
Minneapolis on Way to Cuba.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept. Is
The big triple. screw cruiser MlnneapG!ls
with 375 marines and a large quantity
of ammunition and other supplies on
board sailed from the League Island
navy yard today for Cuba under COM
mand of Capt. Fiske.
The Minneapolis arrived here last
week and was being placed out OF com
mission when rush orders were received
from Washington to Immediately pre-
pare the cruiser for sea.
At the same time marines were OF
dered here from Boston, Brooklyn. An
napolis, Washington and Norfolk and
they went aboard the Minneapolis yes
terday. Capt Fiske decline dto say to
ordered.
Say Palma Is Ready to Quit.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. IS
among contending Cuban factions, re-
ceived at the state department, word has
come from the senior naval officer at
Havana that President Palma has pre-
pared and signed his resignation as chief
executive of the republic of Cuba.
Senior Luis Esteves, vice president,
has announced formally that under no
consideration will he succeed Senior
Palma, but intends himself to retire
from Office.
The designations of these highest Of
fcials will be submitted to the Cuban
congress, which is now in extra session,
and is expected to make peace.
Rebels to Name President
The fight in Cuba, like that in every
other Latin-American country, is of the
"outs' to get into office. Neither the
state nor naval department has any in
formation as to who probably will be the
next President, but unquestionably the
mantle will fall upon the shoulders OF a
man chosen by the insurgent leaders. 1t
has been suggested that Senior Quesada,
the Cuban minister to the United States,
many friends i'll both the government
and insurgent parties, but has been iden-
tilted always with President Palma.
The United States will have nothing
to say officially as to the personality of
the next chief. While Secretary Taft
and Acting Secretary Bacon are in Ha-
vana undoubtedly they will be consulted
and the weight Of their influence will be
directed to securing the candidacy of a
safe conservative man.
The advices demonstrate that Presi-
dent Roosevelt took the right tack to
bring the Cubans to realization of the
dangerous situation of their independent
government. But they also show that
the Cubans are united only in the pres
ence of the threat of American interven-
ton, and that there will be a recurrence
of the conditions which brought about
the existing situation