Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-06

Washington, June 1.-The president
and the cabinet yesterday, at their
| meeting, decided that the action of the
| Cuban constitutional convention was
not a Substantial compliance with
the terms of the Plat amendment.
The secretary OF war will convey this
| fact to the convention.
The meeting lasted over an hour
and half and had been preceded by
an hours conference between the
president and Senators Plat of Con-
necticut and Lodge of Massachusetts.
At the cabinet meeting Secretary
Root took the position that the inter-
pretations of the Plat amendment
contained in the constitution adopted
! by the convention and the whereases
appended to it. went outside of fair
| Interpretation of it's meaning and was
unacceptable. In this view the cabi-
Let 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 its action, one of the
members of the cabinet said that the
government could do nothing further
until the convention again acted.
The cabinet also discussed the deci-
sions of the supreme court in the in
sular cases, especially their bearing
upon 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
applicable to the Philippines, but that
in other was it might be held entirely
inapplicable. No definite conclusion,
however, was reached at the meet
ing.
The three main points in which the
action of the Cuban constitutional
convention is regarded as unsatisfac-
tory relate, it is said, to coaling sta
tons, sanitation and intervention.
The Cuban convention took from the
coaling stations paragraph of the
Platt amendment as it's obligatory
character and merely authorized Gu
ban government in its judgment to al
low the United States to possess coal
ing or naval stations. Il
The United States will insist on alb
solute agreement to grant these coal
ing stations. With respect to santa
ton, the Cubans do not agree to carry
out the plans already devised, and in
accepting the Platt amenment modify
its provisions so as to change them
considerably. ID
In the matter of Intervention our OBJ
lection is that the Cubans have so
changed this vitality important part of
the Platt amendment as to make our
right to intervene an ambiguous and
doubtful matter, whereas we insist on
straight, unequivocal acknowled gment
of our right to intervene when in our
Judgment intervention is necessary to
assure Cuban independence or stable
government.
Havana, June 1.-The decision of the
United States government not to &C
cept the Cuban constitution as adopt
ed by the Havana convention caused
great surprise and keen disappoint-
ment to those members of the conven-
ton who voted in favor of the consti-
tuition as adopted. Two leading con-
servatives said that they had reason
to suppose that the constitution would
be accepted at Washington and that
otherwise they would not have voted
for the majority report as submitted.
Both expressed regret that misunder-
standing had arisen, and laid they
doubted if the convention would now
reconsider it's action, as the fight had
been hot and victory had been won by
only one vote, and those who tried to
do their duty toward their country
mad been bitterly assailed as traitors
and perjurers. Senores Capote and
Tamayo had long conference with
General Wood last night.