The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-27
mericans Bitterly Attacked Amid Wild Scenes
In Extra Session of Congress
SUGGEST VIOLENCE TO FORCE
FOREIGN POWERS TO TAKE
HAND.
NEGOTIATIONS RESUMED
And Both Rebels and Moderates Select
Committees to Again Confer With
Taft and to Leave Differences
to Arbitration.

| Havana, Sept 2G.-A meeting of
The Moderate National assembly was
hastily called this afternoon to di5-
cuss the ques lion If whether some
way could not yet be devised to settle
the present difficulty without the
threatened American Intervention
More than sixty persons were pres
ent including Vice President Capote
nearly all Of the cabinet and almost
all the leading senators and represen
tatives Many officer Of the rural
guards were present
No sooner had the meeting as
sembled tnanthe pent-up Indignation
against the American peace commits
soners broke forth Several men be-
gan in loud voices aad at the same
time to condemn Taft and Bacon, who
were declared TO have shown partial
| ity in backing he rebels and dis
eliminating against the Moderates'
side of the controversy.
The speakers shouted denunciaions
against the American government
and hotly insisted that tine Moderate
party should appeal 10 the powers of
the world for protection against The
usurpation Of the sovereignty OF Cuba
by the United States. 1t was de-
clared that the government forces
should fight to the death rather than
submit to The terms insisted upon by
the rebels
Some of the most radical Of those
pre- ent asserted tha; the government
rad pfpHty Of dynamite in Havana
which would be ued to precipitate
those international complications that
accrue from the destruction of foreign +
property
Several prominent men said that by /
using dynamite they could bring
about Intervention by Germany, or
perhaps by Great Britain. Others
rashly declared that they knew that
foreign diplomats here would favor
such a course, and it was argued that
The destruction Of The German bank
and damaging of English railroad
property would soon result in foreign
Certain parts of American proper
ties were peeiically mentioned a
for such attacks Several
speakers even said that they would
2refer Germany or Grea Britain in
Cuba TO the United States.
This talk subsidized after an hour ]
nd "a half and the meeting then
settled down to the question of !
whether II was not possible to reopen
with the peace commits !
ionors.
The point upon which the meeting q
vas unanimous was that the cardinal b
condition of reopening negotiations
houd be that the Modorates insi =
hat the commissioners require tho
ehels to lay down incr arms before a
proceeding t1 negotiate. q
After brief coneiderat in
which no dide-eGcn of opinion WAS
howu. it was agreed that Acting Sc.
etary Of the Interior douialyo should Q
lit tho American commi ioners and
cqua'nt them with the pary's insi-t-
uce ON this condition Nnntaly1 went
.eforp the commissioners and pre- r.,
entcd his statement v,
Meanwhile SenatoNDolz had been y
snt for by Taft Iie appeared and q
lade the following proposition that al
oh sides appoint n committee 10 cl
eat fer peace. but with the present A,
that the rebels lay down bi
lsir arms. Taft approved all except ID
the rebels to lay down Fl
.e'r arms. which he thought unfair in
fore both .ides agreed 10 abide by d.
10 ultimate decision ph
Dolz returned to the assembly and va
ported the result of his mission and uo
ter a brief session tho assembly
.ecipitss ely receded from its con
ntion thai the rebels must lay down
cir arme before negotiation could -,
rcppcncd and re-olved 10 not fv
10 that thoy would meet -imillr
mmftica from The Liberals. leaving
points ON vhi-h no agreement WAS
schcd t1 arbi ration hy The Amrri- a..
% comm iE-i0HerF.
u was argued that AT The c1tralr- ~
aar1 session Of congress Friday TIE -.
signatiCn of President Palma viii
tabled pendir<- these NEGOTIATIONS
ID the hope Of Jbviating The necc -,
= 0f his leaving Office.
L wa beyond question that both -
rites were brought 20 a more tract -.
le frame Of mind bv the verbal ulfi
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