The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-09-28

Cuban Republic May Again Be Un-
der American Control.

Havana, Sept 26.-The Cuban re-
public stands on the verge of a Sec
ond period of American intervention.
The Moderate party, which six weeks
ago was in absolute control Of every
Office in the island, national, provincial
and municipal, is determined to abdi-
cate everything and compel the
United States to intervene. In fact
every government official from Presi-
dent Palma down is sincerely anxious
to force such intervention rather than
yield to any one of the terms offered
by the Liberal party and those in
arms against the government
The Liberal leaders characterized
the conduct of the government as
treason to the republic, while Secre-
tary of War Taft regards it as an I'M
warranted and dishonorable attempt
to force the United States into inter-
vention. This, it has been stated, is
precisely what the Roosevelt admin
istration has been most anxious to
avoid. 1t is still just barely possible
that President Roosevelt through
Secretary Taft and Assistant Secre-
tary OF State Bacon may yet arrange
to establish the Liberals in control of
the Cuban government, but this is re-
garded only as the remotest sort OF
possibility. With either party in
stalled in power there would still re-
main a condition of deplorable dis
satisfaction and unrest and there now
appears nothing whatever to promise
relief save full control by the United
States.
Acting Secretary of the Interior
Montalvo declared Tuesday evening
that he never would turn the army
over to the Liberals under any cir
cumstances, but all government Off
Gals unite in saying that if the rebels
in the field or any portion of them re-
sist American control the Cuban army
would cooperate with the United
States in every way possible. The
real feeling at the palace is one of re-
lief in the prospect that the adj
versaries Of the government will not
win, even though the government
loses, combined with the satisfaction
that the United States will be obliged
to take over Cuba indefinitely, and
possibly forever.
Calls Special Session of Congress.
President Palma has called a spe-
cial session of congress for Friday,
when he will present the designations
Of himself and Vice President Capote
The Moderates, however, will not at
tend that session of congress, for in
their hurriedly called national Mode
rate assembly Tuesday afternoon they
decided unanimously simply to quit
forthwith. They will not even attend
the approaching session or have any
thing more to do with the govern
ment of Cuba, alleging that they have
been unjustly treated by President
Roosevelt's commissioners.
This determination is taken by
Messrs. Taft and Bacon, however, as
another indication that the Moderate
leaders, since they can no longer con-
troll the government themselves, are
determined at whatever cost that the
Liberals shall not now or hereafter
obtain control.
At the conclusion of the Moderate
assembly Tuesday afternoon Vice
President Mendez Capote called on
the American commissioners and de-
clared that he had been instructed by
the assembly to draft reply to Sec
Rotary Taft's letter to President Palma
in which peace terms were suggested
After this interview Senior Mendez
Capote said to the Associated Press:
Il have resigned irrevocably my po-
sition as vice president of the repub-
lie. l resigned because the resigna-
tion of President Palma was forced
upon him by causes detrimental to
the dignity and decorum of the Office
of chief executive. The president will
convene congress in extraordinary
session on Friday to consider his
resignation and my own"
Mednez Capote said further that the
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