CUBA.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8249, 2 October 1906, Page 5

CUBA.

THE REASON FOR MR IAFT'S ACTION. POLITICAL PRISONERS RELEASED. Received October 1, 9 a.m. HAVANA, September 30? Mr Taft's proclamation was in oonsequence of the failure of the OubanfOongress to elect a successor to President Palma, who refused to continue in charge of the Executive. Only four Congressmen attended the meeting. Mr Taft has released the prisoners charged with conspiracy, aud appointed a commission to arrange terms with tbe insurgents, wbo have notified their readiness to negotiate. NEW YORK, September 30. The authorities at Washington are preparing a preliminary expedition of five thousand five hundred men. REPORTED BRUSH BEIWEEV THE REBELS AND MARINES. TWENTY-FIVE AMERICANS KILLED. Reoeived Ootober 1, 11.44 p.m. NEW YORK, Ootober 1. An unconfirmed etbergram received at Norfolk states that tbe insurgents killed twenty-live American marines when the latter were attempting to land. SIX THOUSAND AMERICAN TROOPS TO BE SENT. t Reoeived October 1/11.44 p.m. NEW YORK, Ootober 1. President Roosevelt has ordered six thousand troops to be sent to Cuba. A PROTECTORATE DESIRED. Received Ootober 1, 11,4 p.m. HAVANA, Ootober 1. Thejjbetter classes in Cuba desire a protectorate. The lower orders are apathetic. Reoeived Ootober 1, 11.44 p.m. LONDON, Ootober 1. The New York correspondent of the Times says that it is expected that a special session^of the American Congress dealing with Cuba will reflect the growing sentiment in favour of annexation.