Milford chronicle., 1906-09-28
rs. INTERVENTION
IS NOW CERTAIN
Cuban Officials Force 1t by ResigniRg
Rather Than Yield to Rebels.
READY TO RUSH TROOPS THERE

Moderate party. which six weeks ago
was in absolute control of every office
in the island, national, provincial ana
municipal. is determined to abdicate
everything and compel the United
States to intervene. In fact every
government official, from President
Palma down, is sincerely anxious TO
force such intervention rather than
yield TO any one Of the terms onered
by the Liberal party and those in arms
against the government
It is declared on very high authority
that American intervention in Cuba IS
certain. Furthermore, it is expected
that the proclamation of Intervention
will be issued from oyster Bay
The Liberal leaders characterize the
conduct of the government as treason
to the republic, while Secretary OF
War Taft regards it as an unwarrant-
ed and dishonorable attempt to force
tbe hand of the United States into in
tervention. This. it has been stated,
is precisely what the Roosevelt ad-
ministration has been most anxious TO
avoid. It is still just barely possible
that President Roosevelt, through Sec
retary Taft and Assistant Secretary
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 installed
in power there would still remain
condition of deplorable dissatisfaction
and unrest, and there appears nothing
whatever to promise relief save tull
control by the United States.
The real feeling at the palace is one
of relief in the prospect that the ad'
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 pos
sibly forever.
Palma Calls Extra Session Congress-
President Palma has called a spe-
cial session of congress flor Friday
when he will present the designations
of himself and Vice President Mendez
Capote. The Moderates, however will
not attend that session of congress, for
in their hurriedly called national Mod
crate assembly they decided unani-
mously simply to quit forthwith. They
will not even attend the approaching
session or have anything more to do
with the government Of Cuba, alleg-
ing that they have been unjustly
treated by President Roosevelt's com
missioners.
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 OBJ
tain control.
At the conclusion of the Moderate
assembly Vice President Mendez Ca
pote called on the American commits
eioners and declared that he had been
instructed by the Moderate national
assembly to draft reply to Secretary
Taft's letter to President Palma, in
which peace terms were suggested.
After this interview Senor Mendez
Capote said to the Associated Press:
Vice President capote Resigns.
81 have resigned irrevocably my po-
sition as vice president of the repub-
lie. l resigned because the resignation
of President Palma was forced upon
him by causes detrimental to the dig
nifty 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"
Mendez CapOte said further that the
entire body of Moderates in both
houses, as well as the entire Liberal
National, or Nunez party. would re-
frain from attending the extraordinary
session. AS the Moderates and the Ma
tionalists comprise morel than two
thirds of each hsHse,>there will be no
quorum. This will block action and
prove that the structure of consti-
tutional government no longer exists.
Condemns Peace Commissioners.
Mendez Capote emphatically con
demned the policy of the American
peace commissioners, and said he ex-
pressed the opinion of many of the
members Of his party when he de-
clared that Secretaries Taft and Bacon
had tplaced themselves unreservedly
on the side of the Liberals and against
the existing recognized government.
He said that even had they accepted
the basis of peace first presented by
the mediators he did not think the
island would have remained at peace
for 80 days.
The formal draft of the terms sent
70 the palace was rejected. This
action was not expected by Secretary
TAFT. Notwithstanding the fact that 1t
had been threatened by certain of the
government officials, and it practically
caused him to abandon his efforts
toward a settlement that would CON
tinue the sovereignty of the republic.
Although Intervention appears to be