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VIII Not Take Place So Soon as
Some Anticipate,
MAY NOT BE FOR A YEAR,
Constitutional Convent on nay b. ia
session several Months President
May \ ed Authority,

New York. oct 21-The evacuation
OF cuba by the United States rs not
likely 10 take place quit, So soon as has
been anticipated 30 some quarters, says
a Washington dispatch to the Journal
OF Commerce The Withdrawal of the
American troops viii not take place In
any event until some form of domestic
government has been established aud
is not likely To be- ordered by the oNeeu-
tive department OF the government
without the authority of Congress The
Cuban constitutional convention which
meets Do November. ls likely To- be in
session for several months probably
much longer than after the adjourn
meut " the coming session oi Congress
ON March q 1901. The new Congress,
To- be elected ON November o. next viii
not meet In regular session until DEE
Crmber 1901 and win hardly Do any inn
portant business until the spring Of
1902 By that time representatives OF
the new Cuban republic may be- ready
20 demonstrate 20 the appropriate COM
mittees OF Congress that they have a
government completely organized and
lions with other powers. such a gov
eminent can hardly exercise its func-
lions until authorized boy Congress.
Whether Il shall be- permitted To- eXer-
else them without the supervision Of the
United States viii be for Congress 70
determine The President is not likely
90 assume the responsibility OF putting
the new Cuban government IN opera
ton even under the tutelage Of the
United States, without the direct au-
thority Of Congress. IL would appear,
therefore, Thar the new Cuban repub-
lie could not begin 10 exercise IT'S funC-
lions untn the summer NJ 1902. The
mere machinery Of putting the new gop
eminent in operation therefore. VIII
require considerable time. The United
States assumed several serious re-
spondbilit.es IN cuba by the treaty
with Spain. but these We're more or less
waived by the sixteenth article, which
declared 1T is understood that any OBJ
legations assumed in this treaty boy the
United States with respect 20 cuba are
limited TO the time NJ its occupancy
thereof; but Il viii, upon the termina-
ton OF such occupancy advise any
government established In thp Island to
assume the same obligation"
The bearing 0f this pledge lies In the
Interpretation Of &c. Among the as
suTanCes given by Spain. subject TO this
Limitation was that the rights of prop
crty secured by copyrights and patents
acquired by Suanards In the island Of
cuba and in Puerto Rico, the Philip
pines and other ceded territories. 40 the
time Of the exchange Of the ratItca-
lions OF this treaty shall continue 10 be
respected"
There is also the provision that ths
United states viii assume and dis
charge the obligations that may under
international law result from the fact
of It's occupation for the protection Of
life and property President Mcku-
ley viii undoubtedly prefer o. leave 90
Congress the determination how far the
advice OF the United States, under their
pledges 90 Spain shall Dee made valid .
and Congress may not care 10 decide .
the question by snap Judgment before T.
the character Of the new cuban govern /
ment has been tested by time.