Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-27
Moderates Threaten to Appeal to
Foreign Countries--Would
Dynamite Interests
DON'T LIKE COMMISSIONERS
Moderates Accuse Taft and Bacon of
Backing the Rebels and Discrimin-
atina Against Government Party
Taft Issues an ultimatum to Bring
Them to Time.


against the United States and threats
to appeal to the powers to take hand
In the affairs of Cuba, coupled with
shouted dellunciations of Americans
and reference to dynamiting American
property, characterized the meeting of
the moderate party here. Several OF
the more raloid speakers were for fght>
ing the rebels to death and standing
against the army of the United States,
IL necessary to preserve the independ-
ence Of Cuba. Secretaries Taft and
Bacon came In for severe denunciation.
They were declared to have shown par
2tiality in backing the rebels and dis
crimination against the moderate side
OF the controversy.
Eventually, however. the cooler heads
dominated the meeting, and it resulted
in an agreement to appoint commit
tee to negotiate terms of peace withSSa
committee of the rebels and liberals,
leaving all points upon which an agree
ment is not reached to the arbitration
OF the American commissioners. The
moderates also abandoned the condi-
ton that the rebels must first lay
down their arms before negotiations
can continue.
This agreement was not reached,
however, until Messrs. Taft and Bacon
had issued the ultimatum that brought
the moder.ates to agree to these con-
ciliatory methods.
r. Would War on United States.
The meeting of the moderates was
held at the residence of Senior DOLE
president of The senate. More than
sixty persons We're present, including
Vice President Mendez Capote, near
" all the members of the cabinet and
almost all the leading senators and
representatives. Many officers of the
rural guard We're present in uniform
No sooner had the meeting assem-
I bled than the pent-up indignation
against the American peace commits
sioners broke forth. Several men be-
gan in loud voices and at the same
tirrS ~ . condemn Secretary OF War
Taft and Acting Secretary of State
5k1dCOIs AO SpSdhClS SaSuCOA SASAASAAA
Citations against the American gov
ernment and holly insisted that the
moderate party should appeal to the
powers of the world for protection
against the usurpation of the sover-
eighty of Cuba by the United States
It was declared that the government
forces should fight to the death rather
than subrnit to the terms insisted upon
by the rebels and one speaker depict
ed the horrors of negro domination
which would result, he said, from the
threatened liberal ascendency brought
about with the alleged assistance OF
the United States.
Threaten American Property.
& Some OF the most radical present as
serted that the government had plenty
of dynamite in, Havana which would
he used to precipitate those interna-
'tional complications that accrue from
the destruction of foreign property
Some prominent men said that by us
ing dynamite they could bring about
Intervention by Germany, or perhaps
by Great Britain, while others deelar-
ed rashlv that they knew that the for
eign diplomats here would favor such
q course, and it was argued that the
destruction of the German bank and
the damaging OF English railroad prop
erty would soon result in European in
PREVENTION. Certain American proper
ties were specifically mentioned as
convenient for such attacks Several
speakers even said that they would
prefer Germany or Great Britain in
Cuba to the United States. This talk
subsided after an hour and half and
the meeting then settled down to the
question whether 1t was not possible
- reopen the negotiations with the
peace commissioners.