The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-02
CUBANS COMING TO
THE UNITED STATES
Would Consult President Re-
garding Platt Amendment.
ASK FOR NOTIFICATIONS
MISSION, HOWEVER, is NOT
LIKELY TO BE SUCCESSFUL.


New York. April IA special 10 the
Tribune from Washington says: 1t is
believed in administration circles that
within a day or two the Cuban consti-
tutonal conN ention viii appoint a spe-
ciai committee to come to Washington
for the purpose of consulting the pres
ident and cabinet about modifying some
of the provisions OF the Plat amend
ment- Though the convention at Ha-
--ana has been discussing the advisable
itN of this move for about a week, il
was not unptI Yesterday that official in
formation on the subject reached
Washington
If the visit is made by the Cubans it
viii have to be done within the next
two weeks The president and cabinet
viii leave washington April % for the
Pacific coast, and viii be away six
weeks. II is thought that the Cuban
visitors would want at least week or
ten days in which to exchange views
with the president and his advisers, SO
II they desire to take UP the subject
before the summer IS well advanced
they VIII have 20 come here by the
middle OF the month.
If The Cubans ask for the elimination
from thu Platt amendment of the pro-
visions for naval stations and the right
of this country 20 intervene for the
preservation of peace and order. they
viii be disappointed, because the ad-
miuistra ton has neither the authority
nor the disposition to modify the act
OF congress defining what ought TO be
the relations between Cuba and the
United States. It is believed. however
that the visit Of the Cubans would be
productive Of much good in an educa-
tional way They could obtain from
President Mckinley and others curnpe-
tent TO speak for the government as
surances of this couptrys beneficent
aims toward cuba ard official guaran-
tee that neither in spirit nor intent does
the Pi9tt amendment contain anything
that should be construed as a yelled
purpose to establish a prOteCtorate over
Cuba in the meaning of that word in
the international code
With these assurances and gIIaran-
tees the CUbans could return home and
calm whatever fear may exist among
their people on this score, even if they
should not be able to put stop to the
political agitation stirred up by
the professional politicians who have
personal ends to serve.
At the same time it is thought to be
possible to suDserVe the same object
through another device, which may
make unnecessary the visit to Wash
ington by a committee of the constitu-
ttonal convention. Considerable litera-
ture for publication in Cuban newspa-
pers has been sent to the island in the
last few days by high officials at
" ashlngt0n- This literature deals
frankly with the subject, and interprets
Scriatim the provisions of the Plat
amendment When this literature has
been disseminated in Spanish among all
classes of Cubans. il is confidently be
heved that it viii have such a quiet
ing effect that the convention at
Havana can with safety to the politi-
cal future of it's mem berss ratify the
Plat amendment.
still no objection is urged i'm Wash
ington against the proposed visit Of the
Cuban committee. and if the conven-
ton decides on this course as now
seems probable, Governor General
Wood may be instructed to place an.
army transport at the service of the
committee selected. and the visitors
will be treated With marked official
COURTESY when they arrive here.