Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-06-06
SAYS CABINET OF AeReeas,.
or CUBANS.
CN TISt' AMeNOMENr
United States Government Must NJ,
Wait Cubas Further Action
agreement on Paragraphs Rela,i,.|
to coaling Stations, Sanitation -.
Intervention.

aSnlnStOn, June The precide,,
and the cabinet yesterday, at ,he.
meeting, decided that the action Of III,
Cuban constitutional convention va.
not substantial compliance win
the terms of the Platt amendms,,
The secretary of war will convey I'm,
fact to the convention.
The meeting lasted over an han.
and half and had been preceded n
an hours conference between hs
president and Senators Plat of Can
necticut and Lodge of Massachusetts
At the cabinet meeting Secretarrl
Root took the position that the inter
pretations of the Plat amendmer,
contained in the constitution adontsi
by the convention and the whereas,
appended to it. went outside of fa,
Interpretation of its meaning and wa,
unacceptable. In this view the cah.
let concurred.
v hen asked as to what would be IN,
next step of the government after n.
Cuban convention had been notified NJ
the rejection of its action, one Of tbsl
members of the cabinet said that III.
government could do nothing fugthc,|
until the convention again acted.
The cabinet also discussed The dect|
sions of the supreme court in the ipl
sular cases, especially their bearinsI
upon the forthcoming decision Of ths|
court in the Philippine cases. 1t was|
the general opinion that in some
phases the De Lima decision might ID
applicable to the Philippines, but that
in other was it might be held entlrely|
inapplicable No definite conclusion
however, was reached at the meet|
ing
The three main points in which It'd
action OF the Cuban constitutional
convent on is regarded as unsatisfas|
tory relate, it is said. TO coaling stai
tons, sanitation and intervention|
TIE Cuban convention took from lid
coaling stations a paragraph OF thd
Plat amendment as its obligatory
character and merely authorized Cal
ban government in its judgment to al
low the United States to possess coal
ing or naval stations.
The United States will insist on adj
solute agreement to grant these COAL
ing stations. With respect to santa
out the plans already devised, and in
accepting the Plat amenment modify
it's provisions so as to change them
considerably
In the matter of intervention our Of
lection is that the Cubans have \
changed this vitality important part q
the Plat amendment as to make oW|
right to intervene an ambiguous ana
doubtful matter, whereas we insist %
straight, unequivocal acknowledges
of our right to intervene when in our
judgment Intervention is necessary 70
assure Cuban independence or staDle
government.
Havana, June 1.-The decision OF the
United States government not to ac
CGpt lut ouDdu CUISllIutloil dc duNF'
ed by the Havana convention caused
great surprise and keen disappoln'
ment to those members of the CONVEX
ton who voted in favor of the constr
tuition as adopted. Two leading cor
servatives said that they had reason
to suppose that the constitution wonu
be accepted at Washington and thss
otherwise they would not have yole4
for the majority report as submitted
Both expressed regret that mlsunder'
standing had arisen, and laid the!
doubted if the convention would nov
reconsider its action, as the fight hau
been hot and victory had been won uy
only one vote, and those who tried I"
do their duty toward their counu'
had been bitterly assailed as traitors
and perjurers. Senores Capote anu
Tamayo had a long conference WIZ
General Wood last night.