Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-04-04
ROOSEVELT ON CUBA

1OOOCI EAl VN OUD DA
PRESIDENT SENDS SPECIAL MES.
SAGE TO CONGRESS.
Document Is Exhaustive and Suggests
in Detail Final Preparations for the
1slnnd's lndependence-Prov for
Treaty Embodying Agreements.
President Roosevelt Thursday after
noon sent to Congress the following mes
sage recommending provision for diplo-
matte and consular representation in
Cuba:
10 the Congress of the United States:
commend to Congress timely consideration
of measures for maintaining diplomatic and
consular representatives III Guba and for
carrying OUT tne provisions of the act max
Ing appropriations for the support of the
army Tor Tie nscal year ending, June ~,
1SO., approved March =, 1901, and reading
us follows:
Provided, further, That in fulhllment of
the decilration contained in the joint rcsolu
ton approved Aprii ~, ISIS, entitlcd ''For
the recognition of the Independence of tue
people o1 Cuna, demanding mat the Govern
nicnt OF Spain rcilnuuisu its authority and
government i'll the island of Cuba, and to
Withdraw it's land and naval forces from
Cuba and Cuban waters, end directing the
President of the United t,.;ltcs To use the
land and naval forces of the United states
to carry these resolutions into enect, the
President is hereby authorized to leave the
government and control of the Island of
Cuba To its people" so soon II govcrn-
ment shall have been established in said ISL
and under IL Constitution which. citner as
part thereof or III an ordinance appended
the United States with Cuba, substantially
us follows:
Conditions for Cuba.
II. That the Government of Cuba shall
never enter INTO any treaty or otner COM
pact with any foreign power or powers
which will impair or lend to impair the In
dependence o1 Cuba, nor i'll any manner au-
thorlze or permit amy foreign. power or
powers to obtain by colonization OF for
military or laval purposes or otherwise
lodsmcnt in or control over any portion OF
saiu island.
~. That said Government shall not as
s,ime OF contract amy public debit to pay
the interest upon which and To make rca-
sonlbc sinking fund provision for the ulti-
hl;lte discharge of winch the ordinary rev.
euucs of the island, after defrayins the cur
rent expenses OF government, snail he mad
eQuute.
- That the Government of Cuba con-
scnts thMt the United States may exercise
the right to intervene for tae preservation
of Cuban Independence, the maintenance OF
government adequate for the protection OF
lite, property and individual liberty and for
discialging the Obligations with respect to
Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris ON the
United states. now to he assumed and un-
dertaEen by the Government of Cuba.
~. That all acts of Inc United states In
Cuba during its military occupancy thereof
are ratiiicd and validated. aud M all lawful awful
rights acquired hereunder shall be main
tanned and protected
-. That the Government of Cuba VIII
execute, ana as Iar as necessary eNtehd,
the plans already devised or other plans to
be mutuSlly agreed upon for the santa.
tion of the cities of the island, to the END
that Il recurrence OF epidemic and infectious
diseases may be prevented, thereby assuring
projection to tue people ana commerce OF
cuba, as we'll ais TO tne commerce OF the
southern ports of the United States Snd the
people residing therein.
-. That the Isle rf fines s.all he omitted
from the proposed constitutional bounds
res of Cuba, the title thereto being left
to future adjustment by treaty.
~. That To enable the United States 10
maintain the Independence OF Cuba. and to
protect the people thereof, as well as for its
own dcfense the Government of Cuba VIII
sell or lease to the United States lands nee
cssary for couliug naval stations at GER
tain specified points, to be agreed upon
with the President of the United States.
- That by way OF further run, Sa;, aSsmrahces tS
foregoing provisions in 4 permanent treaty
with the United States.
Time for tuifillment.
The people of Cuba having framed Con
stituti0n embracing the foregoing require
menls, and having elected Il President VINO
is soon 10 take office, tine time Is near for
the fultillmcnt of the pledge of the United
States to leave the government anu con-
troll of the Island of Cuba to its people.
am advised by the Secretary of War that 1t
is now expected that the installation OF the
Government of Cuba and the termination OF
the military occupation of that island by
the United States will take place on the
goth of May next.
1t is necessary and appropriate that the
establishment of International relations
with the Government of Cuba should coin
eide with It's Inauguration, as well to pro-
vide channel for. the conduct of diplo-
matte relations with the new. state as to
open the path for the Immediate ncsotia-
tion of conventional agreements to carry
out the provisions of tile act above quoted.
II is also advisable that consular repre-
the principal Cuban ports in order that
commerce with the island may be conducted
with due regard TO the forlnalities pre-
scrlbcd by the revenue and navigation
statutes Of the ls,itcd States, and that
American citizenship Cuba may have the
customary local resorts open to them for
their business needs. and, the case arislng'
for the protection of their rights.
| therefore recommend that provision
.be forthwith made and the salaries appro'
priited, to be Immediately available, Tor:
Envoy extraordinary and minister plent-
potentiary to the Republic of Cuba, $4,000.
Secretary of the legation, S2Cu0.
Second secretary OF tine legation S1,JOO.
Consul general ut Havana. $4,000.
Consuls at Cienfuegos. S3tC0; Santiago dc
Cuba, $4,000.
l do not recommend the present rcstora.
tion of the conSuiates formerly maintained
Mt Baracon Cardenas, Matanzas, Nuevitas,
Saguu In Grandc and San Juan de Los Rene.
dios. The commercial interests ut those
ports heretofore nave not been large. The
consular fees collected there during the
fiscal year 1S9G-91 aggregated S1o2.1O. 1t
Is believed that the actual needs of the siS
Offices named be efficiently subservcd by
agents, under the three principal consular
offices, until events may show the necessity
of erecting Il full consulate ut any point.
The commercial and political conditions In
the Island of Cuba while under the Spanish
crown afford little basis for estimating the
local development of intercourse with this
country under the influence of the new rela-
tions, which have been created by the
achievement of Cuban independence and
which are to be broadened and strengthened
In every proper way by conventional pacts
with tile Cubans and by wise and beneticicnt
legislation aiming to stimulate the COM
merce between the two countries, II the
great task we accepted in 1898 is to be tit
tlngly accomplished.
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