Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-20
70 SUGGEST CHANGES.
The Cuban Committee Report In
Favor of Amending Plat
Amendment.
Majority and Minority Reports
Will Be Submitted to the
Convention.
First Accepts Declaration Of
United States, But Asks
for Additions.

for Additions.
Havana, May 90. A, the meeting of
the constitutional convention two re-
ports will be presented by the commit
tee on relations The first, signed by
Seniors Tamayo Qucsada and Nilluen-
5das, begins with preamble quoting the
first article of the treaty of Paris. and
the paragraph Of the join, resolution of
congress which states that Cuba has thu
right to be free and independent, the
United States rejecting all desire to ex-
ercise sovereignty. etc.
Ii then quotes the Plat amendment
in its entirety, after which it says:
i1nasmuch as Secretary Root being
authorized by President Mckinley, says
that the Plat Law has for its object the
guaranteeing of the Independence of
Cuba and does not mean interference
with its government or the exercise of
a protectorate. or of sovereignty, and
also that Intervention viii only take
place when independence is endangered.
by outside powers or grave interior dis
.turbances, creating anarchy, and, mas
much as Secretary Root has said that
the naval stations will not be used for
vantage points of intervention. but only
10 protect Cuba against foreign powers.
we report as follows:
That. in virtue of the fact that the
Platt law, in its preamble. saws ii is a
fuliillment of the joint resolution and
has been adopted by congress- with the
principal object of estabIishine inda
pendence. we do propose 10 The conyen
iinn 10 accent th. fnllowinp az an an
.pentiix TO the constitution.
The first second fourth and fif,h3
clauses are quoted in their entirety.
The third clause has the following adj
.dition.
III being understood ,ha, the United
states have the right 10 intervene !, mrs.
vent me action of "a foreign power ar dis
.;urbances causing a s,a,e Of anarchy
and that the intervention shall always
be the ACT Of the Tnited States and mo-,
Of isolated agents The Intervention
shall suppose neithsr soyereipnty nor =
protectorate. and shall only las, sufti-
GENTLY long ia establish norma, consj-
lions. said intervention. 4, ia also nm.
derstse.s shall, No, have ,he ,,.bt -. n.
tersere in the government I'M, oniva inc.
right 10 preserve ineiependenee.
An addition ~ ,he st.tb cl.nsa s.ys
:,ha, the omnership Of the 1sl,.s os pines
snail be sett,ed hv a f,,,ur, ,reatv
An addition 10 Tho .sven,h c,ausa
saws:
1T shallab be understood that the naval
stations do NOT give the United states
th.. right TO interfere with the Interior
government. but are established for the h.
sole purpose OF protecting American
waters from foreign invasion directed
against cuba or the United States cuba
NIL s.ll or lease the necessary lands al
points % be agreed upon later.
An addition 10 the eighth CLAUSE says
tina, the government Of cuba suggests
al the same time a treaty of commerce
based upon reciprocity
The second report. signed by Gualber-
TO Gomez and senior silva. says that the
explanations OF Secretary Root show
mat the wording of the Platt amend
ment does not express the wishes or in
0tsntions OF the American government.
which are 10 protect the independence
of Cuba 1t proposes a remodeling of
the amendment. and says
The United States is inconsistent in
asking naval stations when the amend
ment provides that no concessions shall
be given TO foreign powers. Such a de-
mand raises the question whether the
United States does not consider Cuba
part of its POSSESSIONS.
The report of the minority virtually
accepts the first and second clauses. For
the third clause the following is substi-
tuted:
That the government of Cuba sub
scribes TO the Monroe doctrine and VIII
help the United States TO enforce ii
against other nations trying to violate.
IL
j, Fs s,i, the fourth clause the following is
cuba does not recognize acts OF in