The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-01-20
INTERVENTION in
CUBA IS POSSIBLE
Political Situation IN Island Is
Causing Concern.
Veterans Of War for Cuban Indepene-
ence Exertinu Themselves TO Gain
A~scendency. and Prospect y
Viewed with Alarm.

In a note presented 10 Cuba by
Arthur NJ. Beaupre. American minis
ter at Havana. the United States
threatened a third armed invasion or
that country.
Mr.. Beaupre was actirg on full tele-
graphic Instructions SEM him from the
state department.
The last time the United States sem
troops to Cuba was in October, 1906
II was recalled here tat the belief
was expressed at thar time by both
officials and members ~ CONGRESS that
the next time American soldiers went
to Cuba they would go there TO stay.
Since that date. howe er, confidence
in the ability OF the Cubans 10 man
age their own affairs has greatly i'm
creased and there Is lille expectation
that actual intervention will be neces-
saTy.
The note presented, Il was said. is
intended not so much rs n notice 20
Cuba Of a determination upon the part
OF this government 10 ittcryene again.
but rather as a warmth OF what may
be expected unless ths government
remedies the existing POLITICAL situa-
tion. which Minister Beaipre and Sec
rotary Knox regard as a menace TO
peace In Cuba.
This situation is an .outerowth OF
the agitation begun las fall by the
association OF the veterans Of the war
for Cuban Independence, The veter-
ans began by demandingthe dismissal
from public office or all lnen WHO had
ever been identified withithe old Span.
fish regime in 1S95-9S, and the appoint
ment OF members OF tieir %organiza.
ton TO Office wherever possible.
This campaign now hes so far pro-
crossed that officers OF me army and
rural guard are being Drawn into 4
contrary to existing lay and Presi.
dent Gomez recent decee %forbfddine
their participation in he veterans
movement, The vetertns in return
are demanding that the law prohibit.
ing the participation OF army officers
and the %ruralcs in politts be made a
dead letter. and are defyhg the Gomez
administration on the Issue.
The text OF the note presented by
Mr.. Beaupre Is as follow
THE situation in Cuha MS now re-
ported causes great coicern TO the
government of The United States
THAT the laws intended to SAFE
guard free republican, government
shall be enforced and not deied is
obviously essential 10 tho maintenance
OF the law. order and stability in
dispensable to the status OF the re.
public Of Cuba. In the continued well
being Of which the United States has
always eyinccd and catnot escape a
vital interest
The president OF t%helIInited States
therefore looks to the president and
government OF Cuba 10 prevent a
threatened situation whhh would com
pei the government al the United
States, much against is desires. TO
consider what mcasures II must take
in pursuance Of the obligation Of it's
relations 10 cuba
At Havana. CGta. the long confer
nee ~ The presidents mlace over the
nltinmlum OF the Unit,d States ad.
iourned at 7 q m. 1t WIS announced
that All the elements hal reached an
understanding 10 unite 10 a policy that
would remove any excuse for inter
vcntion.
After the conference General Fuse
bio hernandez said il wa, realized that
the United States had acted in the best
interests OF Cuba and Is the truest
friend Of the republic