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Chargé d’affaires in Cuba Sleeper informs Secretary of State Root that he ordered the soldiers from the USS Denver, who had disembarked in Cuba, to reembark for fear of rioting among the Cuban people. He also reports that President Tomás Estrada Palma was unable to promise the protection of Americans and American property in Cuba.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-15
Consul General Steinhart updates Assistant Secretary of State Bacon on the status of the Cuban government’s response to the outbreak of rebellion. The government has been purchasing arms and ammunition from the United States and Europe and has stationed naval ships in Havana and Cienfuegos. Steinhart hopes these steps will help protect the foreign investors in Cuba.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-11
Nelson P. Webster relays to Secretary to the President Loeb that Consul General Steinhart wired from Cuba that the rebellion there is spreading in the provinces of Havana, Santa Clara, and Pinar del Rio. President Estrada Palma has requested American military intervention, and warns that any delay “may produce a massacre of citizens in Havana.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-12