New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26
The Nebraska. from New Orleans VIII
join the fleet at Key West.
Strike Truce Ends,

JOIN lile meet III hty NNSN'
Strike Truce Ends.
Adding 10 the seriousness Ct the Cuban
situation is the fact that the truce Oh
fifteen days between the striking steve
dores expires tonight, and the proba-
bilities are that the strikers will renew
their depredatons. The stevedores III
tended to resume their strike at ma
night.
This strike constitutes a most serious
complication, as the steamship coinPd-
MES announce that they will stop carry
ing freight, with the result that the I'm
rortation of food supplies will cease ana
that the customs receipts VIII ran ol
Already there is a strong sentiment ]"
favor Of fiscal Intervention by the Ch''eu
States to put the republic on a sounu
financial basis. and the expected S'rlNe
DEVELOPMENTS may accentuate this
The attitude Of the Cuban government
in welcoming the dispatch of American
marines to Guantanamo on the frdll'e
is accepted as an indication Of its per-
feet willingness TO allow marines ana
bIueiackets to be landed where danger
impends without express permission from
the local Cuban authorities. In any case
the American naval commanders VIII eN-
ercise their discretion where American
life and property seem TO he IN heeu oi
protection beyond the ability OF the
Cuban government TO afford.
Army Ready to Move.
The Secretary of War and Major Gen
eral Leonard Wood, chief of staff, heId
a long conference this afternoon relative
TO the situation in Cuba and the pre-
paredness" of the army to respond 10
any emergency. AS matter of fact the
army has held itself in readiness for
call TO the field after few hours notice.
the Mexican revolution keeping the
forces prepared for rapid action.
At Norfolk the army transports
Meade, Fitzpatrick, Mcclellan and sum
ner are equipped with skeleton crews
and are ready to carry an eXpeditonarF
force of fifteen thousand men to CUBA
without delay.
Should President Taft deem interVen-
ton necessary, every branch of the arm!
is ready to respond instantly, according
10 the War Department officials to-msh''
The general plan of operations in Cuna
so far as the army is concerned has been
fairly worked out.
There will be no effort TO establish
posts and erect blockhOuses and to draw
"trochas" across the island, as the Span
ish did in the long drawn out ten years
warfare preceding the Spanish Ameri-
can war. Instead, the plans call for a
dashing campaign If it becomes neces-
sary to use force against the insurrectos.
In this the American cavalry regiments
will be relied upon almost exclusively.
Half dozen regiments Of this arm, sup
plemented perhaps by strongly rein
forced rural guard, well acquainted with
the trails and kept constantly in motion,
would clean anY enemy out of the bush
within a month. according TO the mill
tary calculations.
United States Can Intervene,
The Senate resolution was introduced
- by Senator Bacon, of Georgia, member
of the Foreign Relations Committee. n,
expressed the hope that there would he
no Intervention. Mr. Bacon declared
that such legislation as he proposed
would replace mere assumed authority
of the President to intervene with a
clear, definite provision of law is TO the
manner Of intervention, and would pre-
vent disorders in Cuba. He said that
disorders there make the question of
final annexation a probable one" and he
never wanted to see Cuba become part
of the United States.
Senator Bacon said there was no ques-
ton about the right of Intervention. but
there was no legal machinery 10 deter
mine when there should be an interven-
ton or what the President should be
justified in doing in case Of interven.
ton.
Under the terms Of the Platt amend
ment THE government of Cuba consents
that the United States may exercise the
right to intervene for the preservation of
Cuban independence, the maintenance Of
a, government adequate to the protection
of life and property and individual lib
erty."
The judge advocate general has held
that the treaty containing this clause
was made under the authority Of the
United States and in the manner pre-
scribed in the Constitution, and is, there
fore, a part Of the supreme law Of the
land He has held also that the duty
Of intervention is primarily an executive
one. Furthermore, it was held, when
Mr. Taft was Secretary of War, that
the President could intervene either upon
admission by the Cuban government
that it is unable to maintain order or
''as a result of his own observation or
of representations made T. him"
Newport r. l., May 25.-'Hhe flagship
Washington and the battleship Delaware
steamed out Of this habor this afternoon
for Tompkinsville. Staten Island, on the
way to Key West, Fla. The hospital ship
Solace also sailed for Southern waters.
At Tompkinsvile Rear Admiral Hugo
Osterhaus will board the Washington and
the voyage south will be continued