Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-08-31
||P|AN| TO ABANDON CUBA
It Is Said That President Mckinley
Will Soon Begin the With
drawal Of Troops.
INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENT IN FAVOR.
Local Elections Will Follow the Com
pletion of the CenYus-The Native
Inspectors Are Well Pleased with
the Plan-Good Financial show
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Washington, Aug. 2s.-President Nc
Kinley, it is said, has signed proclama-
ton which is to be promulg gated in Cuba
ina day or two. The proclamation is to
the effect that the census ordered for
Cuba is to be the beginning Of the
movement looking toward the estab-
ishment of an Independent government
for that island.
Troops to BE Withdrawn.
When the census, the proclamation
says, has been completed, arrange
ments will be made by the United States
government for the holding of local
elections in the various provinces
throughout the island, with the view OF
establishing civil governments, thus
giving an opportunity to the Cubans to
demonstrate their ability to conduct
in their own way, the affairs of the is
land.
AS fast as the local authorities per-
feet their scheme of government the
United States troops will be with
drawn. The Iroclamat ton, it is said
will be printed in all the papers in Cuba
Its reported object is to contradict the
stories circulated in the island that the
United States government does not in.
tend to carry out the will of congress
and give independence to the Cubans
IL Inspectors Pleased.
Havana, Aug. 2S.-The Cuban inspect.
ors of#census arrived here from Wash.
ington, via Tampa, and gave out long
interviews to the Havana newspapers
about their treatment in Washington,
and what they learned regarding the
plans of the Americans for the better
ment of Cuba. Their views are most
optimistic, and have delighted the Sin.
dependence" element in Cuban poll
tics. 5EsF T E5a
Treated with Respect.
They declare that in their interviews
with President Mckinley and Secretary
Root they were treated with the utmost
respect, Mr.. Root assuring them that
the census must be as exact as possible
because it would form the basis of Gu.
ban independence. @ ,5
He further authorized them to say
publicly that President Mckinley was
about to issue a proclamation fulfilling
entirely the promises of the United
States as to Cuba's independence. The
inspectors called on Gen. Brooke, tc
whom they said that they expected to
mediately begin their work, so that
1t shall be finished by November 80.
Cuban Finances.
Washington, Aug. 2s.-The war de.
partmenthas given an interesting state.
ment of the financial condition of the
island of Cuba. 1t shows that under
the management of the United States
government the receipts Of heisland
from January !, 1899, to June 80, of the
current year, exceed the expenditures
by the sum of $1,4s0,o21. This state.
ment probably will be surprise tc
many persons, who had thought that
Cuba, under the military occupation OF
the United States, was not self-sustain.
ing. slt
During the period named the receipts
from all sources were $6,9s2, O10; dis.
bursements, $5,5o1,9ss The statement
for July shows that the customs col.
lections in the entire island for July
alone were $1,339, 1874; disbursements
$1,O29,s77.