Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-26
TAFT ASKS
FOR HELP
IN CUBA.
American Intervention Is Sure
ENJOYS Have Abandoned All
Hope TO Bring About Peace.
PALMA is TO RESIGN.
Will Call Together the Cuban
Congress and He and His Cab
met Will Step Out.

WASHlNGION, Sept 2G.-Secretary
Taft has cabled the navy department
asking that re-enforcements in men
and ships be sent at once to Cuba.
Orders were at once issued for the
Brooklyn, Texas, Norfolk and Prairie
to prepare to go to Havana at once
with 6,000 marines.
The order is generally interpreted
here as meaning United States inter
vention.
A special dispatch from Havana says:
AT the close of a meeting of fifty of
the Moderate leaders held last night it
was announced that President Palma,
| Vice President Mendez Capote and the
Moderate senators and representatives
would all resign their Offices and that
possibly President Palma would call
congress today and place the resigna-
tlons in its hands,"
President Palma declined to be inter-
viewed.
All the Moderate palace officials con-
cede that Intervention is at hand. They
appear perfectly satisfied with that
course as against delivering the gov
ernment of the island to their adver-
saries.
President Roosevelt is convinced, II
is said, through Secretary Taft's re-
ports, that American intervention is
the only solution of the Cuban trouble.
President Palma in determining to re-
sign has defied an urgent cable mes
sage he received from President ROose-
welt in which he asked the Cuban pres
ing the Liberals terms. Secretary
Taft's report laid stress on President
Palma's life ambition that Cuba be an
| Independent republic.
| The Palma faction assailS Taft and
Bacon for alleged partiality shown the
insurgents.
Havana dispatches say that Secre-
tary Taft and Assistant Secretary of
State Bacon are thoroughly disgusted
with the petty methods of the govern
ment leaders there, and the American
commissioners admitted that they had
practically abandoned their efforts to
bring peace from the turmoil unless by
the use of force. Mr.. Taft said:
''The government officials instead of
cooperating with us to save the repub-
iic, have resorted to every kind of OBJ
struction with the object of continuing
their control of the administration.
President Palma and his advisers have
rejected terms of peace which were
honorable to them, though in the form
of compromise with their opponents.
"Our reports show that the insurgent
commanders have lost control of their
forces, which are now lawless bands,
which at any moment might loot ana
burn. The situation seems to demand
the use of force"
Senator Dolz when interviewed said
the government might have agreed to
a new election had there been no war,
but to submit to the elections now
would be ridiculous. The senator added:
1--WE want peace, and preferable to
civil war is American Intervention.
1--WE think the demands of the Lib
erals unjust and that the American
commissioners are showing partiality
in accepting them"
Manuel Despaione, the administrator
of customs, said:
''The Liberal terms are impossible.
The only way is to fight it out The
government, with 10000 disciplined
troops, surely will be victorious"
Fifteen hundred more American ma
rines were ordered to Cuba by the ma
w department. Five hundred marines
! from the Atlantic fleet will sail today
on the battleships Indiana and Ken
lucky from Proyincetown, Mass eight
or nine hundred marines will sail to-
morrow from Boston, Norfolk and
Philadelphia, and the remainder will
probably leave New Orleans for Ha-
vana on a Morgan line steamer sched-
uled TO leave there Saturday
In addition to the marines there Will
be nearly 1000 more bluejackets sent
to Cul,a. AS there are now 1900 ma
rines in Cuba and over 5000 bluejack-
ets. when the vessels sailing this week
arrive in Havana the United States
will be ready to land Il force Of more
than 1000 on Cuban soil.
Secretary Taft has ordered the COM
mander of the United States gunboat
Marietta to dispatch thirty men to
Sagua Ia Grande, province of Santa
Clara, to guard the shops of the Cuban
Central railroad, British concern.
WHICH contain $1.000000 worth of sup
plies The manager of the road says
that it already has been damaged to
the extent of 100000.
General Funston at Havanna,;Y,.
HAVANA, Sept. 26.-G General FL
lex Funston arrivef. here today al