Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-01
CDBA'S ACCEPTANCE Of
TIE PLAT AMENDMENT
NOT DEEMED SUFFICIENT IN FORM
BY THE PRESIDENT AND
HIS CABINET.
ARE ANXIOUS TO WITHDRAW
JUST AS SOON As THE BEST INTER-
ESTS OF CUBA N lnE U. $.
WILL PERMIT.

\ Plat amendment with notifications and
interpretations of their own was not
substantial compliance with our
Eerms within the meaning the amend
ment and Secretary Root will convey
this intelligence to the convention.
The decision was reached at the cab
met meeting to-day. The meeting
lasted over an hour and a half and
had been preceded by an hours confer
ence between the President and Sena-
tors ,Platt, of Conn, and Lodge, Of
Mass. AS the author of the amendment,
the President desired to hear the views
of Senator Platt and also those OF Sen
ator Lodge, who is one Of the influential
members of the committee on foreign
relations.
At the cabinet meeting Secretary
= Root took the position that the inter-
pretations of the Plat amendment OF
Ptained in the constitution adopted by
the convention and the whereases
appended to it, went outside of a fair in
depreciation of its meaning and was un-
2 acceptable.
In this view the cabinet concurred.
, When asked as to what would be the
next step of the government after the
Cuban convention had been notified of
the rejection of it's action, n of the
members of the cabinet said that the
government could do nothing further
until the conventional again acted, that
as long as the conditions of the Plat
amendment were on the statute books,
compliance with them must precede our
REIMBURSEMENT of control over the ISL
and.
The cabinet also discussed the deci-
sions of the Supreme Court in the in
sular cases, especially their bearing up
Oh the forthcoming decision of the
court in the Philippine cases. 1t was
the general opinion that in some phases
the De Lima decision might be applic-
able to the Philippines, but that in 9th
er ways it might be held entirely in
SPpllCdDle. mo ueuHlle CONCLUSION,
however, was reached at to-day's meet
ing.
The cabinet held that the amend
ments and interpretations and the
wealth of whereases placed by the
Cuban convention upon the Cuban
amendment amounted to a practical
modification of the Plat amendment
such as was beyond the power of this
government to accept. The message
OF rejection sent to Gen. Wood advises
the Cubans in unqualified language
that there is no power resting in the
United States government to change
the terms of the Plat amendment and
that this government insists on the
acceptance of the Plat amendment,
without amendment or qualification.
The Cuban convention is still in ses-
sion, and the message of rejection will
be delivered to it Immediately. The
administration is confident that the
Cubans will understand the exact at
titude of this governments make a
satisfactory acceptance within a rea-
sonable period.
WASHINGTON. May 31.-Senators
Platt, of Connecticut; Lodge, of Massa-
chusetts, and Fairbanks. of Indiana,
had an hours consultation with the
President before the cabinet meet ng
to-day. The Cuban situation was I'M
der discussion and the President was
DESTROYS Of obtaining the views OF
those Senators as to whether the action
nf Tho nnctit,t;ora 1o,,o,+;o, u-,.
Substantial acquiescence in the Plat
amendment. Some of the details of the
action of the Cuban convention are
still lacking and before definite con-
illusions can be arrived at these must
be supplied. The Senator'S who talked
with the President do not feel at lib
erty to express their opinions as to
what should or will be done. They
say that the whole matter is o1e for
the executive to decide, as the amend
ment authorizes the President to relin-
quish control of Cuba when a govern
ment has been established which sub
stantially agrees to its terms.
The conferences relating to Cuban
affairs among lealing administration
officials ano leading members of the
United States Senate at present in
Washington, have continued and,
though no definite determination has
been reached, there is quite a decided
sentiment toward accepting the action
of the convention as a Substantial
compliance with the terms of the Platt
amendment. There is a great deal of
addenda in the way of explanation and
Interpretation in the report of the COM
mittee on relations, which has been
adopted at Havana, that is wholly I'M
satisfactory to the President and also
TO those who have been consulting
with him, but there is an earnest de-
sire to reach the best possible results.
One Of the most Objectionable features
ofthe interpretation Il tie addition Of
- 1ords saying that the actIon Of the
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