Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-27
MUST WAIT
WILL HAVE TO ESTABLISH 4
STABLE GOVERNMENT.
SERIOUS CONTRACT TO u
United States Has Assumed Respon-
sibilities That Will Have to
Be Protected.

New York, Oct. 27.-The evacuation Of
Cuba 10y the United States is not likely
to take place quite so soon as HAS been
anticipated in some quarters, SayS ~.
Washington dispatch to the Journal Of
Commerce. The withdrawal OF the
American troops viii not take place in
any event until some form of do
government has been established. and
it is not likely to be ordered without the
authority of congress-. -
The Cuban constitutional convention,
which meets in November, is likely to be
in session for several months. probably
much longer than after the adjournment
of the coming session of congress on
March 4, 1901. The new congress-. to be
elected on November 6 next, will not
meet in regular session until December.
1901, and will hardly do any importan,
business until the spring of 1902. BY
that time representatives of the new
Cuban republic may be ready to demon
Strate to the appropriate committees OF
congress- that they have a government
capable Of maintaining treaty obllga-
tions With other powers. Such a govern
ment can hardly exercise its functions
until authorized by congress. Whetner
it shall be permitted to exercise them
without the supervision of the united
States will be for congress to determine.
The president is not likely to assume the
responsibility of putting the new Cuban
government in operation, even under the
tutelage of the United States. without
the direct authority of congress. II
would appear. therefore. that the new
Cuban republic could not begin to ex-
ercise its functions until the summer pr
1902. The mere machinery of putting the
- -, - ~ ny1 ttnr1 h r
will require considerable time. The
United States assumed several serious
| responsibilities in Cuba by the treaty
with Spain, but these were more or less
waived by the sixteenth article, which
| declared: "It is understood that any OBJ
legations assumed in this treaty by the
United States with respect to Cuba are
limited to the time of its o"ccupatloh
| thereof, but it will. upon the termination
Of such advise any govern
ment established in the island to assunle
the same obligation" =
The burden of this pledge lies in the
| Interpretation Of it. Among the as
surances given to Spain, subject to this
Limitation, was that the rights of prop
erty secured by copyrights and patents
acquired by Spaniards in the island OF
Cuba and in Porto Rico. the Philippines
and other coded territory, at the time OF
| the exchange of the Publications of this
treaty shall continue to be respectful
There is also the provision that@the
United States will assume and dis
charge the obligations that may under
international law, result from the fact
| of its occupation for the protection of
life and property President Mckinley
will undoubtedly prefer to leave to con-
gress the determination how far the adj
vice of the United States under their
pledges to Spain, shall be made valid,
and congress may not care to decide the
question by snap judgment before the
character of the new Cuban government
has been tested.