Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-07
UNDER SPANS CONTROL.
Autonomy DEGREES for Cuba and
Porto Rico Give the Home Gov
eminent Great Power.
AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL
He WILL Exercise Supreme Command
-Dtspleasure ut Washington over
the Cuban Document - lnnurEcnts
Say They VIII Ignore It-summary
Of the DEGREES,

3N"oAAu, NOV. 1o.-1 ne Otnclal Ca
7ette publishes the royal DEGREES grant
ing autonomy for Cuba and Porto Rico.
An outline follows:
Article explains the principles of the
future government of the two islands,
Article DEGREES that the government of
each island shall be composed of an insular
parliament, divided into two chambers,
WINE governor-general. representing the
nome government will exercise in it's
name the supreme authority.
Article declares that the faculty of maxi
ing laws on colonial affairs rests with the
1nsular chambers and the governor-gen-
eral.
Article 4 directs that the tnsular renre-
sehtatlon shall be composed of two cor
porations, with equal powers viz: a cham
DER or representatives and council Of adj
| mlnistration.
Article provides that the council Of ad-
mln1stration shall consist Of IS members,
! OF whom Is shall be elected and II be NOM
mated by the home government.
Article provides that the members of
the council of administration must be
| Spaniards, at least IS years Of age who
were born in the island or who have re-
SIDED there continuously for four years.
1t specifies numerous officials such as SEN
! ators. presidents of courts and of cham
| bers OF commerce and other bodies as
! eligible to election to the council.
Aticles to IA inclusive deal with nom
| nations and the conditions Of election TO
councils.
Atce Is empowers the throne, or the
dissolve the chambers. with an obligation
| to reassemble them within three months.
| Articles 16 to IS deal with the procedure
! of the chambers and grant immunity to
! MEMBERS.
! Article 20 empowers the insular parlia-
ment to receive the governors oath and
make effective the responsibility of the
secretaries forming the governors council.
| Secretaries may be impeached by the
! chambers, in which case they are to be
| judged by the council of administration.
Negotiations for treaties of commerce
| are to be made by the home government,
! with the assistance OF the secretaries OF
! the island.
Article 80 confers upon parliament the
! imposing Of customs duties.
Article 30 deals with the commercial rela-
! tions of the islands with the peninsula and
provides that no import or export tax may
| Of either island or the peninsula A list
! will be formed Of articles coming from
| Spain direct, which will be granted favor
| able treatment in regard to similar articles
! coming from abroad. and the same will be
| done for productions of the islands en-
tering Spain, the differential duty in case
! to exceed IS per cent.
The remainder of the decree explains the
! governor-generals powers. He will exer-
else supreme command. be responsible for
| the preservation Of order, have free power
! to nominate officials, and his secretaries
! he will publish and execute the laws and
| DEGREES, International treaties and con-
ventions, ETC., and will have the power OF
! pardoning, suspending constitutional guar
| antees and ordering state Of siege. should
! circumstances require 1t.
Displcasure ut Washington.
Washington, Nov. 29.-Spain's latest
| scheme for autonomy for Cuba is not
| we'll received in Washington. The pub
! LEGATION made in the Official Gazette of
Madrid, containing a summary of the
! royal DEGREES, has produced most un-
favorable impression here. Careful ex-
! animation of the scheme discloses that
| a string is attached to every pretended
concession to Cuba. and leads inevitably
to the conclusion that the Spanish
statesmen are at their old tricks of
| throwing dust into the eyes Of the
| world in general and of the people of
the United States in particular. It is
already apparent that Spain is not able
| to deceive anyone with these DEGREES.
Will Not BE Needed.
New York, Nov. 29.-Tomas Estrada
Palma, the Cuban delegate in this city,
! speaking on the terms of the autonomy
DEGREES, said: ''These propositions were
scorned in advance of their presenta-
ton. They can receive no considera-
! ton now. With Cuba it is as it has
been since the war began and will be
until it neutrality-suspicious. or DEATH"