The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-06-14

Notified That Continued Failure On
the Part OF His Government
Adequately To Protect Life and
Property win Compel the United
States Government To Intervene.
The Four Transports Are Waiting
At Newport News.
Washington.-The Army is ready to
share with the Navy in the American
demonstration in Cuba. The general
staff gave a preliminary test to the
machine it has constructed when it
issued orders to the Quartermaster
General to put in readiness for Cuban
service the four big army transports
at Newport News and at the same
time notified the proper military Off
GERS at the various army posts where
are located the organizations which
90 to make up the "eXpeditiOnary
force to have the men ready to en-
train at moments notice. Within
six hours word came from Quarter
master General Aleshire that the
transports Fitzpatrick, Mcclellan, Sum-
ner and Meade had been in commits
sion, with full supplies and coal and
augmented crews, and were ready to
sail the moment the troops were
placed aboard. The expedition pro-
posed will consist of 5000 men taken
from Plattsburg Barracks, Forts Port
er, Niagara and Governors Island,
n. Y, and Mcpherson and Oglethorpe,
in Georgia.
On Waiting Orders.
The order for the transports to sail
or for the troops to entrain was not
given, and it was said at the State De.
partment that word would not be
given until the marine forces already
landed and now being distributed
among the threatened plantations in
Eastern Cuba proved insufficient to
afford the necessary protection or
that conditions on the island as a
whole had assumed such a phase as
TO demand political intervention. At
present it cannot be asserted that
President Gomez's hold has so weak
ened as to warrant the United States
IN proceeding to meet It's treaty obj
cations TO intervene.
Intervention, if determined upon,
must follow in a regular way if the
government of the United States de-
cides to follow the injunction laid by
the Judge advocate general OF the
Army. Warnings have to be conveyed
to the titular government OF Cuba,
and every effort must be made to in
duce it to exhaust its own resources
in restoring order and finally procla.
nation must be made OF the conditions
which in the mind of the president OF
the United States demand interven.
ton.
A Final Warning.
Some of these steps already have
been taken, January 16 last Secretary
Knox served notice upon the Cuban
government that the President of the
United States looked to it ito prevent
a threatened situation which would
compel the government Of the United
States, much against its desires, to
consider what measures it must take
in pursuance Of the obligations of its
relations to Cuba" Since then there
have been other and frequent less
formal admonitions until Thursday
the following significant telegram was
sent to the American Legation in
Havana for presentation to the Cuban
Under the exigencies OF the situa,
ton arising out Of the failure of the
Cuban authorities to take effective ac-
ton for the protection of American
life and property, the commandant at
naval station has been
compelled 10 land four companies of
marines. This action has been taken
as a measure Of protection only and
not for the purpose of putting down
the Instruction, which is clearly the
duty of Cuba. Four large war YES.
sells will forthwith be sent from Key
West to Guantanamo to be in readi-
ness in case the situation should I'M
fortunately demand additional forces
for the same purpose.
1T is hoped that these measures
will at once awaken the Cuban gov
eminent to the necessity of promptly
and adequately meeting and discharg-
ing it's duties and responsibilities, and
YOU will vigorously impress upon the
president Of Cuba that a continued
failure on the part Of his government
to protect life and property will
inevitably compel this government to
intervene in Cuba under and in re.
spouse to its treaty rights and obi.
cations"
AVIATOR FATALLY HURT.
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