The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-10-03
PALMA DEPARTS
AND IS CuEERED
President Declares He Does Not
Desire Annexation Now-Wil
Give the Cubans Another
Chance - MagOon
VIII Be Gov
eTnOr.

HAVANA. October 2-Ex- President
Palma to-day vacated the palace here.
and Governor TAFT will take UP his resi-
dence there during the week The dis
armament proceedings are going on with
o. a bitch in the vicinity OF Havana.
Elsewhere they have not begun While
there IS some question as 20 whether The.
Disarmament VIII be accomplished in tho
'i@nfEegos region without some friction
no opposition of consequence is antlcl-
pated
The news from Cienfuegos. province of
Santa Clara. is that the the AZ MARINES
from Havana arrived there nons 500 soon.
as the situation was threatening. caused
partly by the dissa satlsfaction ~ the vo.-
unteers over the prospect Of being dis
banded with pay only for the actual time
served and partly by the uneasiness OF the
reVoluuonists surround lng the city.
The disarmament commission sent
from Havana began work to-day In the
vicinity Of Santa Clara City. and II is
expected that thousand of Piuo Gler-
ras men win be entrslned for ther homes
IN Pinar de- Rio Province tomorrow from
a point near Havana.
Major Ladd. ~ the disarmament COM
mission. reports that he IS having no
trouble whatever with the rsurgents ln
Havana Province. many u them actually
laying down .heir arms and others re-
tiring their own rifles.
Palma Departs.
President Paimas departure from tho
palace and from The capital Of Cuba TO-
day was 50 quiet and transformations THAI
81 was scarcely realized that ne had gone
until h!s special train was travelling east
ward
All tho family was pislbly affected over
the circEus anccs surrounding their sud
den departure IN little more than FOUR
months after Palma had been inaugurated
under such apparently happy auspicce
The family. with the servants following
descended the marble staircase for the
last r.ue walking to tho -a-4- ~ -..a -.-
trance % the palace. 10 furher adieus
We're said. The ex-President entered a.
closed carriage. which was driven raptd',
O. the Cahallcria wharf followed by Senor
Ncntalvo in an automobile.
The party boarded the Department Of
Public Works tug Natalie. on which they
were taken 20 Regia. the baggage and
other effects having already preceded
f them. There was not more than score
] ~ persons outside the palace when the
J eX-President left H. and there was very
littie cheering al the wharf where the
7 family embarked. though several tugs.
steamers and launches gave "a parting
salute with their whistles
on arriving an Regia. while passing
from the tug 70 the train. the -Presi-
le1t was greeted with hearty cheers and
cries ~ Long 1--we Tomas Estrada
Palma" Long live the honorable man.
The ex-President acknowledged cordi-
ally this appreciation OF his service but
lie pressed on and quickly boarded the
special train IN waiting and started FOR
Matanzas almost Immediately As the
train pulled out OF the station cheers
for the eX-President were again raised
AT this point NJ Palma made no further
endeavor to conceal his pent-up emotions
dent had LEFT the palace since the be-
ginning Of the disturbance. August 18th.
when he came over to Havana from his
/ summer cottage near Cabaras fortress.