114 THE POLITICS OF INTERVENTION
merit and the responsibility of the President, who could use all o£ his
powers to suppress rebellion.- Roosevelt to Taft, September 17, 1906, Roosevelt Papers.
- Transcript of interview with Albert G. Robinson, New York Sun,
September 17, 1906, Taft Papers. - "Memorandum of a Conference Between Hon. William Howard
Taft, Secretary of War, Hon. Robert Bacon, Acting Secretary of State,
Captain F. R. McCoy, U.S.A. and Mr. F. S. Cairns, held on the
U.S.S. Des Moines, Tuesday, September 18, 1906," Taft Papers. - William Inglis, "The Disappointed Rebels in Wait about Ha
vana," Harpers Weekly, L (October 13, 1906), 1454. - Taft to Roosevelt, September 20, 1906, Taft-Bacon Report, pp.
502-4. At one point, Taft is supposed to have said that the times called
for self-sacrifice and patriotism, to which Estrada Palma replied, "Mr.
Secretary, I do not intend to take any lessons in patriotism from you."
William Inglis, "The Collapse of the Cuban House of Cards," Harper's
Weekly, L (October 20, 1906), 1490. - "Truce Correspondence," Exhibit 7, Taft-Bacon Report, pp. 502-4.
- Taft to Roosevelt, September 2 0 and 21, 1906, Taft-Bacon Re
port, pp. 469-71. - McCoy to Wood, October 18, 1906, Wood Papers; "List of
Callers on Secretary Taft during his mission to Havana as Special Envoy
from his arrival, September 19," with personal data on callers, File 002,
Confidential Correspondence, Provisional Governor of Cuba, Records of
the Provisional Government of Cuba, 1906-1909, National Archives,
Record Group 199. The Confidential Correspondence is hereafter cited
by file, CC/PGoC, RG 199. - Taft to Roosevelt, September 22, 1906, Taft-Bacon Report, pp.
471-72. ___ - Taft-Bacon Report, p. 460; Taft to Roosevelt, September~23,
1906, Taft-Bacon Report, p. 472; McCoy to Wood, October 18, 1906,
Wood Papers. - Taft to Roosevelt, September 2 1 and 22, 1906, Taft-Bacon Re
port, pp. 470-72; Taft-Bacon Report, pp. 460-62. - Taft to Roosevelt, September 22, 1906, Roosevelt Papers. This
paragraph was edited out of the version published in the Taft-Bacon
Report. - Roosevelt to Taft, September 22, 1906, Taft-Bacon Report, p. 472.
- Roosevelt to Taft, September 21, 1906, Taft-Bacon Report, p. 471.
- Taft-Bacon Report, p. 461. The Liberal position is given in detail
in a statement by Zayas, Exhibit 10, Taft-Bacon Report, pp. 507-8.
Zayas believed that even if Estrada Palma resigned, a provisional pres
ident or committee could be chosen by the congress. - Statement of Dr. Domingo Mendez Capote, Exhibit 9, Taft-Bacon
Report, p. 506. The Nationalists (Nuriezistas) agreed. See Exhibit 11,
Taft-Bacon Report, pp. 508-9. - Taft-Bacon Report, p. 462.