The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-01

washington, May 81.-Ibe admins
tration has decided that The action Of
the Cuban constitutional e invention in
accepting the terms of the Plat
amendment with notifications ana in
sterpretauons of their own is mot sub
stantiaT' compliance with our terms
within the meaning Of the amendAQent
and. Secretary. Root win convey this
intelligence to the convention.
Ille. deciSIOn was reached ait the cab
met NEE tng today. The meeting last
ed over an hour and a half and had
been preceded by an hours conference
between the president and Senator's
PiatE ~of ConnecEcut and Lodge OF
ii assachusetts- AS the author of the
amendment the president desired to
learn the views of Senator Platt and
5 also those. of Senator Lodge. who is
one of the Influential members of the
committee on doreign relations.
AT the cabinet meeting Score tary
( Root took The position that the inter
I pretations Of the Plat amendment
! contained in the constitution adopted
4 BY the convention and the Whereases
j appended TO sit went outside of a fair
] Interpretation of It's meaning and was
/ unacceptable. In this view the cabinet
When asked as to what would be the
next step of the government after the
I Cuban convention had been notified of
u the rejection OF ats action, one OF the
4 members of the cabinet said that the
/ government could do nothing further
as d0ng as the conditions of the Platt
( amendment We're on the statute books
\ compliance with them must preCede
cur REIMBURSEMENT OF control over the
/ island
The cabinet held that the amend
and rnfnr~0T-cf and T1n
( wealth of Whereases placed by the
Cuban convention upon. the Cuban
amendment amounted to a practical
7 nOdfsicatiOn Of the Platt amendment
such as was beyond the power Of this
government to accept The message
Of rejection sent TO General Wood adj
vises the sCubans in unqualified Ian
guage that there is no power VeStlng
in the United states government. tc
change the terms Of the Platt amend
rnent ana thar this government insists
upon the acceptance OF the FIAT
anendment without amendment o.
quail fica 4ona
Convection VIII be Notified.
The Cuban. convention is stiH in ses
sion and the message OF rejection WI
he delivered to them Immediately Tht
administration rs confident that Uht
ClEbans VIII understand the attitude
of this government and make accept
ance IN proper time
The three main points in which th'
action of the Cuba constitutional con
ventfon Is regarded as unsatIsfacUoT7
relate. it is said, to cOaling stations
sanitation and Intervention. The Gu
ban convention took from the coaini
stations paragraph Z OF the Plat
amendment It's obligatory cnareclel
= and merely authorized the Cuban gov
! eminent in its Judgment to allow "a
: United States to possess cooling o
naval stations. The United State
viii insist on an absolute agreeIflen
70 grant US these coaling stations.
With respect To- sanitation IAe Cu
: bans don't agree TO carry ont plan
already devised and in accepting TIA
Flatt amendment modify It's provision
4zso as to change them considera8ly-
81 In the matter of intervention on
, objection is That the Cubans have S
e1aanged-tiis vitality inportant part 9
the Plat amendment as to make on
right To- Intervene an ambiguous an
) doubtful matter, whereas we insist
: q straight, unequiVocaA ackllo ATlede
ment aGs our right to intervene vine
|, in cur Judgment iuterventlon IssIls-es
, sary to secure Cuban IndepenaeIee Z
, a stable government.
philippine Tariff Matter.
; The cabinet was Hnable to -reacaa an
! conclusions as 70 tna 81 IIplhe tel3
: sitITatfon as affected. by tie recent 81
. st1lAr decisions of the supreme eour
; ATTORNEY General Knox WIZ make
; careful examination of the language
, thE eisions at once and ascerlz3l
= their exact bearing on the tariff %
> tween this country and the Bh3Hl
, pines. He then viii state to the r5e
, itent and his cabinet the powers no
= vested in the government in deahn
with these subjects
There was little discussion Of IN
z aA1 Z 4
clear. understanding as to the real e
4 Eject of the decisions. Mr. Knox ma
report his conclusions on, the subJe
at the next.cabinet meeting and pro-
= ably also VIII discuss the IesellS
r his examinations q the decisl OILS Ql =
court indfxiduallW. NIeanYgaile dIsc1
sion of the need Of an extra sesa1l
gtffs deferred las considerati9n OF e
= Esuestion Of an extra session was e
Z ,fsarced as premature &C TINS I'm