Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-06-07
REJECTS THE TERMS.
Acceptance of Platt Amendment
Must Be Complete.
Cubans Arc Motif e d That Every Clause
Must he Agreed to without Mod
iacntion-Ap Ultimntum
Is Sent.

Washington, June 1.-At very late
hour Friday night secretary Root
cabled Governor General Wood at Ha-
vana, making these statements:
l. That the president and cabinet had de-
clined to accept the Cuban constitution.
2. That the declination applied specifical-
ly to all that part of the instrument that
did not refer to the Platt amendments as
well as to the latter.
8. That the constitutional convention
must reassemble and after reconsidering
the vote by which the constitution was
passed adopt the Plat amendments in the
exact form they were passed by congress.
4. That continued delay in meeting the
terms fixed by congress simply means de-
lay in establishing the Cuban republic and
evacuation of the island by United States
troops.
Washington, June 1.-The admin
istration has decided that the action
of the Cuban constitutional conven-
ton in accepting the terms of the
Platt amendment with notifications
and interpretations of their own was
not substantial" compliance with
our terms within the meaning of the
amendment and Secretary Root will
convey this intelligence to the con-
vention. The decision was reached
at the cabinet meeting Friday.
Senator'S Consulted.
The meeting lasted over an hour
and half and had been preceded by
an hours conference between the
president and Senators Platt, of Con-
necticut, and Lodge, of Massachu-
setts. AS the author of the amend
ment the president desired to learn
the views of Senator Platt and also
those of Senator Lodge, who is one
of the influential members of the
committee on foreign relations.
Roots Position.
At the cabinet meeting Secretary
Root took the position that the in
terpretations of the Platt amend
ment contained in the constitution
adopted by the convention, and the
whereases appended to it, went out
side of a fair Interpretation of its
meaning and was unacceptable. In
this view the cabinet concurred.
The Next Step.
When asked as to what would be the
next step of the government, after
the Cuban convention had been noti-
fed 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 act
ed: thatas long as the conditions of the
Platt amendment were on the stat
ute books compliance with them must
precede our REIMBURSEMENT of control
over the islands.
The cabinet held that the amend
ments and interpretations and the
wealth of whereases placed by the Gu
ban convention upon the Cuban
amendment amounted to practical
modification of the Platt 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 Platt amendment and
that this government insists on the ac-
ceptance of the Platt 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
tude of this government and make
satisfactory acceptance within rea-
sonable period.
The Objections.
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
tions, sanitation and intervention.
The Cuban convention took from the
coaling stations paragraph of the
Platt amendment its obligatory char
acter, and merely authorized the Gu
ban government, in its judgment, to al
low the United States to possess coal
ing or naval stations. The United
States will insist on an absolute agree
ment to grant us these coaling sta
tions. With respect to sanitation, the
Cubans do not agree to carry out plans
already devised, and in accepting the
Platt amendment modify it's provi-
sions so as to change them consider
ably. In the matter of intervention
our objection is that the Cubans have
so changed this vitally important part
of the Platt amendment as TO make
our right to intervene an ambiguous
and doubtful matter, whereas we in
sist on a straight, unequivocal ac-
acknowledgements of our right to inter-
fere when, in our judgment, interven-
tion is necessary to assure Cuban inde-
pendence or a stable government.
Denied Landing,
San Francisco, June Nineteen OF
the rs Fi!ipinos who arrived here
Thursday en- route to the Buffalo ex-
position will not be permitted to land.
The physicians at the Marine hospital
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