Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-29
i1BAN DOUBTS
ARE DIsPELLED.
N Misunderstanding Have Been
;" Cleared Up
COMMISSION ENTHUSIASTIC
r..,,n.eep,lon-vl'''S New YORK
over iho' 49,. marked Attention
''' cen. porluOnda'' Views

vo,k April Given anhe :, :,
New iO'p -. acceptable to Cuba II 1t
ton @' so,r Independence s., sa' nam n
came , u portuondo, one of the men mem :
Rafael ~ allegation from the CUBAN
! .. :! !7 Convention to washinst sas
HatI0na' For hity years she mas
hs' n's o"d fought and bled Tor niue so
l'nseu That once attained sns
p enuID agree to any far de"''
vouI Il,,, ~ states could make .,.
the un nn"s with the outcome OF their
GIal,"' ~. delegation, which has been
DI'''o@ '.,ence with President Meh'hie ss
= ,' secy. Of War Root have ar''S'A
S n New York ora Gen. Portuondo,
IN ihe ps,ancourt DR.. Pedro con,
Gen. ! ior p Dr. Diego Tamapo anu anu
sales Lly wsndez Capote, the president
d. D cMns s % ,ha
Of me e'1''G' smith, president OF the
FL American MAIL o'0'', ana under
Al iad as host to the party anu a W. we
asl' as'n.ronage some idea OF tne p l.a,h
81 BIS VIli,rr,oundings Of the city was eaths
ana Elm ~ ,be visitors. After partakihg OF
Greg c, " -, breakfast at noon with MT;
ss NO Ricardo Narganes, OF NO. lo'
anu "i Tgjghty-sixth street, the parry
We" ,oSon In four electric automoplies
nr A trlp along Fifth avenue, tn so"nea
4 Central Park and up 10 .he Sao "a "a
Heart convent in one huhuieo any
Thlrty.thrd street ..a,,oa a. din.
,or ." a, sberry's last night by Mr. ROD
n ~, c smith. president Of the Amer
;csn Mail Steamship company. me
commlssIoners win pay visit to the
stock and produce exchanges today ana
viii sail for home on Wednesday on the
Ward line steamship Havana
Con. Portuondo was eloquent last
,sht IN his expressions Of satisfaction
with the result Of the mission to WASH
ingtOn, ,,,n ~
There was Misunderstanding" ne
said "and now for US at least. II mas all
been cleared. The trouble was with
the Plat amendment. Many of the
Cubans suspected IT, They did not
know what il meant, They doubted the
motive that lay behind 1t. Not that they
thought It might be unfair to cuba,
only, but to the United States.
"The explanation given to us at
Washington Is plain and dispels our
doubts. None OF us can now question
the honesty or impugn the fair-mind-
edness Of the Senate. To be sure there
are terms about the amendment which
cannot be adopted, but | think a great
deal has been accomplished"
Asked how long Il would take to es-
tablish a Cuban government, Gen.
Il POrtuondO replied "Not less than ten
Il months, There must be conventions
Il and elections before the electoral coun-
Gil, which chooses president. Is Sc
lected' That will all take time, and /
think We shall feel satisfied II our gov
eminent is set In motion by February
q OF next year. That. you know, is our
Fourth Of July, the anniversary of our
rise against Spain.
our electoral body will be made up
equally Of representatives from the
professional men, the wealthy citizens
ana provincial assemblies The presl-
Dent must be native Cuban or one
VINO mas fought ten years for Cuban
independence. A senator must be a ma
1--WE, but a representative may be a
naive or naluralized citizen"