Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-03-31
| MINISTER FOR GUBA
President Roosevelt Sends a Message
to Congress Recommending
8 Z Provision for Cuba.
Legislation Urged Providing for Dip
lomatic and Consular Repre-
sentation in the Island.
Salary Of $4,000 for Envoy Extraor-8
dinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary.

Washington. D. c., March 31.-The
message from the president to cor
gress recommending provision for
diplomatic and consular representation
in Cuba, is as follows:
To the Congress of the United
States: commend to the congress
timely consideration of measures for
maintaining diplomatic and consular
representatives in Cuba, and for carry
ing out the provisions of the act maxi
ing appropriation for the support of
the army for the fiscal yea, ending
June 30, 1902, approved March ?.
1901.
Then is quoted the terms of the res
olution for the recognition of the in
dependence of Cuba
The people of Cuba having framed a
constitution embracing the foregoing
requirements and having elected a
president. who is soon to take office,
the time is near for the fulfllment of
the pledge of the United States to
leave the government and control Ct
the islands of Cuba to its people.
am advised by the secretary Of war
that it is now expected that the in
stallaIion 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 re-
lations with the government of Cuba
should coincide with it's Inauguration,
as well as to provide channel for
the conduct of diplomatic relations
with the new state, so as to open the
path for the immediate negotiation of
conventional agreements to carry out
the provisions of the act above quoted.
1t is also advisable that consular rep
resentation be established without de-
lay at the principal Cuban ports in
order that commerce with the island
may be conducted with due regard to
the formalities prescribed by the rev.
| enue and navigation statutes of the
| United States, and that American citi-
zens in Cuba may have the customary
local resorts open to them for their
business needs, and, the case arising,
for the protection of their rights
l, therefore recommend that provis
ion be forthwith made and the sal
aries appropriated, to be Immediately
available, for (A) envoy extraordin-
airy and minister plenipotentiary to
the republic of Cuba, $4,000; OBJ
| secretary of the legation. $1,000; (C)
second secretary of the legation, 81
500; CD consul general at Havana,
$4,000: (E) consuls at Cenfuegos, So
| coo; Santiago de Cuba, $4,000. y..
l do not recommend the present re-
| storation OF the consulates formerly
| maintained at Baracoa, Cardenas. Ma
| tanzas, Nuevitas, Sagua de Lagrande
and San Juan de Los Remedies.
The commercial interests at those
ports heretofore has not been large.
The consular fees collected there dur
ing the fiscal year 1S97-9S aggregated
So, 100. 1t is believed that the actual
needs of the six officers named can be
efficiently subserved by agents under
| the three principal consular officers un-
til events may show the necessity of
creating a full consulate at any point.
The commercial and political condi-
tions in the island OF Cuba, while un-
der the Spanish crown. afford little
basis for estimating the local develop
ment 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 acts with the Cubans.
and by any wise and beneficial legis-
lation aiming to stimulate the COM
merce between the two countries, if
the great task that was accented in
1898 is 70 be fttingly accomplished.
tsigned 4.
! THEODORE RnDsByrJ n