The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-09-21
CUBA WARNED
BY ROOSEVELT
Islanders are Told Plainly to Cease
HoStilitieS InStanter.
THREATENS INTERVENTION
Trouble at Critical Stage and Secretary
Taft and Acting Secretary Of State
Bacon Sent to Investigate.

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At Oyster Bay, N. Y. Friday after
protracted conference with Secre-
tary Of War Taft, Acting Secretary OF
State Bacon and Secretary of the
Navy Bonaparte, President Roosevelt
addressed an important cDmmunica-
ton to Cuba, and arranged to send
Secretaries Taft and Bacon to the
island to make a thorough investiga-
ton Of things there, and lend their
influence to restore peace.
The communication is addressed to
the Cuban minister to the United
States. Senior Quesada, and is an inn
FASHIONED plea to Cuba to realize her
responsibility as a Self-governing re-
TRblic, and to restore peace in tbs
island. Her 8ttertion is called in no
uncertain language to the responsible
ity which the United States bears
to the island, and the certainty that
such responsibility will necessarily be
exercised should peace not be pre-
served
The president says he has certain
information that the peace OF the
island is now menaced and that Amer
lean property has been destroyed
Secretaries Taft and Bacon will go
by rail to Key West, Fla, and from
there the journey t. Havana will be
completed on a naval vessel, probably
the cruiser Des MoiEes.
The conference which resulted in
the Cuban discussion began at Saga
more Hill shortly after 8 O'Clock Fri
day afternoon, and continued until 10
o'clock at night
Secretary Taft said as he left Oys-
ter Bay that he had no idea as to
the length Of his visit 10 Cuba. He
Indicated that there would be no haste
in the investigation which would be
made there. Aside from this Informal
tlOllg l4b OloNu0DAOl WlAl bG lily tlECA
by those attending the conference, the
statement being made that the letter
Of the president was intended t1 COW
er the whole Cuban situation so far
as it was desirable to do so in the
public print
The most significant paragraphs in
the PRESIDENTS letter to Cuba are as
follows
II 9olem1ly adjure all Cuban pa
triots to band together to sink all dig
ferences and personal ambitions and
to remember that the only way that
they can preserve the independence
Of the republic is to prevent the ne
cessity Of outside interference by res
cuing her from the anarchy Of civil
war. I earnestly hope that this word
Of adiuration of mine, given in the
name of the American people, the
stanchest friends and we'll Wlshers Of
Cuba that there are in ali world. will
be taken rs it is meant; will be
seriously considered, and win be act
ed upon. and if so acted upon, Cuba2s
permanent independence, her porIna.
nent success as a republic, are as.
sured
Under the treaty with your gov
eminent T. as prcsidet Of the United
States. have a duty in this matter
which I cannot shirk. The third arti.
lie in that treaty implicitly confers
upon tn" United States the right To
intervene for me maintenance in Cuba
If government adequate for the pro-
lection Of life, property and individual
liberty
"The treaty comforting this right is
the supreme law of the land. and fur.
nishes me with the right and the
means Of fulfilling the obligation that
am under to protect American in.
terests. The information at hand
shows that the social bonds through
ont the island have been SO relaxed
that life, property and individual lib
erty are no longer safe"