Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-05-31
The Administration Getting
AT the Matter of Cuba'S
Relation.
THE THING TO BE DONE
Is What Is Now Causing Earnest
Conferences On the Part OF the Pres
ident's Closest Advisers.
When the New Cuban Government /.
Organized a Delicate Question
Will Arise.

Washington, May 31.-An important
conference on CUBAN relations tool
place at the White House yesterday
afternoon There were present witt
President Mckinley, Secretary Root
Senator .. III. Piatt, chairman of ths
senate committee on relations with
Cuba, and Senator Spooner of Wiscon
sin Secretary Root has been fully ad
vised by Governor General Wood re-
garding the progress Of events in Cuba
and has been informed of the action
OF the convention in its successive
stages, together with the final action
OF the convention i'll adopting the Platt
amendment and the Interpretation
placed upon 1t by the convention, as
well as the Interpretation of the in
terviews between the Cuban commits
sioners and the president and secreta.
ry of war. He was thus able TO in
form .he president fully of the def
mite results of the convention in adopt
Ing the i'latt amendment as amended
or interpreted by the delegates. This
Information was the basis of the dis
Cussion.
The president and his advisers must
determine whether the Platt amend
ment has been substantially" adopted
by the convention. This is prelim-
mary 10 the withdrawal of the United
States authority and forces from the
Island OF cuba. If il should be found
that the Interpretation of the conven-
ton is not satisfactory to this govern
ment. quite a difficult problem arises,
IL :
Cubans To proceed to form a govern
ment, and that government must be
recognized or rejected by the presi-
dent. as he has full power to deter
mine whether the act of congress has
been complied with by the convention.
Another problem which has been dis
cusSed by those Interested in Cuban
affairs relates as To what would fol
low should the new cuban government
be recognized. The Cuban govern
ment. it is asserted. will be for some
time without the machinery TO execute
its own laws and put in operation its
own edicts. Ii is held by some law
yers that the moment the Cuban gov
ernment is recognized the authority of
the United States ceases. and there is
some question: Us To VINO Wouid tt
responsible for the preservation of law
and order, as the new government
would have no troops and no police
force. and would be practically power
less should there be any opposition to
its dccrees and orders The question
whether the United States forces
would be warranted in upholding the
government i'll executing its orders,
has been raised; also whether the pres
ident of the United States would be
authorized as COMMANDMENTS chief OF
the army To give orders 10 our troops
further than their recall from foreign
territory.
Before the Cuban convention acted
these subjects were under considera-
ton to some extent. but as new gov
ernment is in process of formation,
with the Platt amendment adopted
with certain reservations they become
vitality interesting. That the president
and secretary of war regard the whole
Cuban problem serious one was
shown in the late consultation with
the senators who We're largely respon-
sible for the legislation.