The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-24
GUBES FREEDOM
IS NEAR AT HAND
General Wood Talks of Condi-
tiOns on the IsIa nd.
ARE READY FOR LIBERTY
BUT FEW QUESTIONS YET RE
MAIN TO BE SETTLED.

New York, April 23.--Gcneral Leonard
a. Mood governor general of Cuba, with
Mrs. wood and his private secretary, arr
rived here tonight on the Ward finer
AEorrO Castle General Wood, who ex-
poets to return 70 Havana on Thursday
by way OF Jacksonville, Fla. has made
TIE hurried trip &c this country for the
purpose OF Introducing to President Me-
lSinley. before the latter leaves Washing
ton for the Pacific coast. the hve men,
bers of the special commission on foreign
relations, appointed b. the Cuban consti-
tutional convention.
AS soon as the steamship was made fast
To itss pier, General Wood, his wife and
secretary. were transferred. to the tug
boat President ard carried TO Jersey City
n tune 10 catch the 9-20 D. no. train for
''rle members of the commission said
General WOOD. represent ali the different
ttonaA convention They have come to the
United states for the purpose of con-
ferTiny with President Mckinley on mat
ters which the convention does not thor
0uEbly underst2 nd, aud when they return
aIa mike tnear report am sOnvncea
ing ON all sides % the controversy.
The constitutional Convention has
never voted on or rejected the FIatt
amendment. This / can state positively
Notwithstanding the reports 70 the con-
trary which have been sent to tho United
states trO~1 Havana. Things have sneer
cabled here which had not the slighte
foundation IN fact, described strained re-
United States and those OF the Cuban
people.
Everything is Harmonious.
Everything has been harmonious ,sfnce
] vent 90 Cuba, and the convention now
IN session is a Thoroughly representative
passed by congress the. ClIDaus knew the
desires OF this governments on. the Issues
which the amendment contains. because
they were submitted to them through the
eSeCs1ts-ye. Intervention and the lestsl,-
iishment of u naval station are two things.
and think that when they are fully ey-
planned in Washington the only Indication
OF Differences Of opinion viii have been
There are really but two great ques.
Mons yet TO be settletf One is che re-
dnction Of the duty on sugar. and the
ofher Is the passage o. the constfrution
ono Is econ9nfic, and Lhe other political
yet IN a measure they are akin. After
he constitution has properly beea framed
and adopted the economic question will
disappear. Is there must be a great re-
dqStion IN the duty on sugar Then Cuba
viii be prosperous and it's relations with
the United STATES settlsd on a-soliG basis
That will end the whole difficulty, ana i'm
turned over 10 the representatives. chosen
by the Cuban people.
To-day all the departments OF the island
are prscticstfly in the hands of the
Cubans. VIM have been Instructed as to
the time arrives all we viii have TO do
VIII be 20 take receipt for the rnoney on
hand
Ali Money Accounted for.
AZ the request OF congress we have
accounted for every dollar expended in
the Improvement OF Cuba since the mill.
tary FORCES have been in charge OF the
iststne, and We hold the receipts for these
expenditure There never waS such an
accurate accounting demanded before, and
"a has been complied with.
There was some trouble in the most.
once at nrst- bat the RathbOne- NeelY
cases have been thoroughly worked an
anu the men viii be brought 10 rial IL
May. The bonds OF these men nave been
torteited and VIII nave TO be paid. There
mas been an agent OF the surety company
~ istNafla lately. e4ld after boxing over
the ground he Win report back that the
bonds must be settled
nile 4 have said that everything has
Deeu harmonious since L have sJesre in
cuba, | must, hOweser. explain that ii
Wais impossible for me TO please EVERYONE
down there 4nd especially the anltsftfous
ana disappointed spCcuiatOrs. Also
Ioun9 % necessary 10 csose the maiIs 20
IL DlscusSloI-, on account Of a caricatiire
winch was hkelE 10 create trouble. Only
one copy OF the paper came TO this conn
Try, and the editor OF the paper was ar
reste1, The paper was not seized as
stated in the dismal eilfses