The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-15
ROOSEVELT WARNS
THE CUBAN PEOPLE.
In Letter Hs Says Order Must Be Promptly Resstabshsd In tho
Republic or He viii Exercise the Right Of Intervention
Conferred Upon Him by the Constitution Will Send Sec.
Tetay Taft and Assistant Secretary Racon TO Havana 10
Assist In Restoring Peace.

oyster Bay. n. Y. Sept 15.-simultan-
last night that Secretary of War Taft
will leave Sunday for Cuba. President
Roosevelt made public a letter OF solemn
warning and advice 10 the Cuban people.
The letter is addressed to Senior Quese-
da, Cuban minister to the United States
AS a state document IL may be considered
almost epochal, for IL declares fatty that
unless order is Immediately restored and
life and property rendered safe, the Unit
ed States will be compelled to take
prompt antd vigorous action.
In addition TO Secretary Taft Robert
Bacon, assistant secretary of state VIII
20 TO Havana. The two will represent the
United States, and their visit Will be Tor
the purpose OF restoring order, diplomat
ically IL possible by force II necessary:
Both Secretary Taft and Mr. Bacon VIII
leave Washington Sunday. They VIII go
direct 10 Key West and leave AT once
for Havana on board a naval vessel
CONFERENCE AT OYSTER BAY.
The conference which resulted In the
Cuban decision began OF Sycamore HlI
shortly after o'clock yesterday atter-
noon and continued until 10 O'Clock Iast
night. At it's conclusion Secretaries tart
and will 20 to Washington today
Secretary Taft said as he left oyster
Bay that he had no idea as TO the length
OF his visit TO Cuba. lie intimated that
there would be no haste in the investiga-
ton which would be made there.
Aside from this information, no discus
sion will be divulged by those attending
the conference, the statement being made
that the letter of the president was In
tended 10 cover the fhole Cuban situation
so far as IL was desirable TO do so In the
public print.
Senator Beveridge OF Indiana. a mem
ber of the senate committee on Cuban re-
lations, also participated In the CONFER
ence
PRESIDENTS LETTER.
President Roosevelt's letter. in full, is
as follows:
.In this crisis in the AFFAIRS in the Re
publlc OF Cuba, / write you, not merely
because you are the minister OF Cuoa
accredited TO this government, but De
cause you and l were intimately drawn
together at the time when the United
States intervened In the affairs OF Cuba
with the result Of making her an lnde-
pendent nation.
You know how sincere my affection
and alteration and regard for Cuba are.
You know that i never have done ana
never shall do anything In refernece 10
Cuba save with such sincere regard Tor
her welfare. You also know the pride |
felt because il came to me as president
10 withdraw the American troops from
the Island OF Cuba and officially 10 pro-
claim her independence and to wish her
Rodspeed In her career as free repub-
lie.
SOLEMN WARNING.
''I eesire now through you TO say
word OF solemn warning 10 your people
whose earnest well-wisher am. FOR
seven years Cuba has been In a condition
OF profound peace and of steadily grow
ing prosperity. For four years this peace
and prosperity have obtained under her
own Independent government Her peace.
prosperity and independence are now
nenaced, for OF all possible evils thot can
befall Cuba the worst is the evil OF an
archy into which civil war and revolu-
tionary disturbances will assuredly throw
her
."Whoever is responsible for armed rev.
oIution and outrage, whoever is respons-
BILE in any way for the condition OF the
affoirs that now obtains, is an enemy or
Cuba, and doubly heavy is the responsi-
bilty OF the man who. affecting TO be the
especial champion OF Cuban independence,
takes any step which will jeopardize that
iudependence For there is just one way
in which Cuban independence can be se-
cured and that is for the Cuban people
20 show their ability to continue I'm their
path of peaceful and orderly progress.
This nation asks nothing Of Cuba save
that IL shall continue to develop as II
has developed during the past seven
years. that II shall know and practice the
orderly liberty which will assuredly bring
an ever-increasing measure OF peace AMI
prosperity TO the beautiful Queen OF the
Antilles Our Intervention In Cuban af-
fairs will come only II Cuba herself shows
that she has fallen into INC fnsurrectIon-
AIRY habit. that she lacks the self-re-
straint necessary to peaceful self-govern-