Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-18
LIBERALS DEN0UNCE
PRESIDENT PALMA
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 17.-The revolu-
tionary junta of New York has issued
a proclamation giving the Liberal in
surgents reasons for taking UP arms
against the Palma government. This
proclamation says
"In the first place this movement
must not be COMPOUNDED with the strife
that so often disturbs the peace of the
republics of South and Central America.
In the latter movements the one object
of the leader is to gain control of the
presidency. With us 1t is not so.
I'VE have been careful not to over
draw the seriousness of the political
situation in Cuba and have made no
chages that cannot be fully substan-
tiated by unbiased Investigators.
I'VE charge that President Palma OBJ
tained his office through fraud and in
timidation, and by the denial to the
Liberals of their right of suffrage.
I'VE charge that the government of
President Palma was directly respon-
sible for the killing of Col. Enrique VIII
luendas, member of the house of rep
reseptatives at CienfuegoS, September
%, 1905.
I'VE charge that resident Palma has
uSurped the powers and functions of
the governing bodies of the municipal
tiles and has annulled arbitrarily and
without warrant of law the elections of
Liberal officials. displacing them with
members of his own political party,
the Moderates.
I'VE charge that he has in like man
ner removed from the bench judges
who refused to act i'm their judicial
capacity according to his dictation.
President Palma has already imprisoned
without judicial proceedings members
of the Liberal party because they
voiced their protests against his die
tatorial conduct. The Liberals have
made peaceful appeals that this injus-
tice be righted but to all these the
government turned a deaf ear. Denied
the constitutional rights for which the
Cubans fought, bled and died for nearly
half century, we decided that our
only recourse was again to take up
arms.
Want Election AnnulIed
I'VE now ask only that the illegal
and fraudulent election of last Deem
Der be annulled and new election held,
at which every Cuban citizen will be
given chance to vote"
In conclu ling the proclamation he
says:
THAT Palma is today the dictator of
Cuba instead of Weyler," and declares
that the men who surround him are the
same who supported the Spanish re-
gime which patriotic Cubans were in
the field lighting.
The Times today states that, Accord
ing to story which is being told in
circles here, the real cause of
the action of President Roosevelt in
regard to Cuba was not the appeals of
the American sugar planters near Glen
fuegos. but a complaint made through
out the British embassy at Washington
the damage done to the
of the Western railroad, which
is owned by British capitalists, and the
head office of which is in London.
Nicholas Rivero, head proprietor and
editor of the Diario de Ddeden La
arrived in New York Sunday
from Havana. He said:
Situation Considered Grave
81 left Havana on Thursday The
was considered most grave,
but ] think Mr.. Taft will reach an
agreement with the revolutionists by
some of their claims.
II do not think that the rebels will
accept anything less than a new cleo
ton"
Asked If he believed that President
Palma would resign Senior Rivero re-
piled:
"I do not think that he would resign