The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-04-10
TREATY
WITH THE
CUBANS

Mail Special to the Advertiser.l
| WASHINGTON, d. c., March 2S.-
News of the ratification of the Cuban
Reciprocity treaty has already been
borne to Honolulu, but in the wake of
the ratification. the country has been
aroused to the fact that it's enforce
pent is still a long ways off. probably
longer off than the meeting of the next
Congress. The amendments, made by
, the Senate, not only complicate the sit
uaton as to ratification by the Cuban
Congress, which must be accomplished
before the end of the present month,
but make it somewhat improbable that
the agreement will be reached in time
to allow the tariff reductions to be OBJ
served. The Cuban Congress has once
ratified the treaty but 1t was the SEN
ate amendments which raised the dick
ems with the administrations pro-
gram.
Mr.. William Haywood said today that
he had grave doubts whether the tariff
provisions Of the treaty would ever go
into effect. 1T now looks very much"
said he, las though the treaty would
be lost. 1t has been adroitly handled in
the Senate and complications have en-
sued which will make the treaty diff
ticult of enforcement. The fact that
sugar has been sold in London the past
week at 1.S5, for the first time in twen-
ty-tive years, will probably make the
Cubans rather independent of any con-
cesslons from this country
1t is known to your correspondent
that President Roosevelt is little con-
cerned about the developments to-
wards the treaty in Cuba. The fact
that the American Senate has shown
its good faith by ratifying the treaty
and that the President has been able to
make good his determination, expressed
on many occasions of having the treaty
ratified here are entirely satisfactory to
him. This government has acted in
good faith to carry out its promises to
the Cubans and therefore the obligation
is lifted.
TREATY NOT MADE PUBLIC.
There was an interesting incident
that the Senate forgot to make the
treaty, as amended, public. Some of
the wiseacres of the Senate probably
did not overlook the custom i'm such
matters but they did not suggest it to
Senator Cullom. the chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Relations, who
forgot all about 1t, until the Senate had
adjourned sine die. This, however, has
not embarrassed the administration at
all, for the President is kept informed
officially of all the business of the Sem
ate in executive session.
TO GET POSTOFFICE SITE.
The officials of the Treasury Depart
ment are endeavoring to have all the
details completed for lawful possession
of the Bishop site for postoffice at
Honolulu. The legality of the title will
be fully investigated and everything
put in readiness. as the government is
exceedingly careful about the investi-
CATION OF title to property which II ac-
quires for any purpose. The papers
eventually have to pass through the
hands of the Attorney General. by
whom they must be approved.
However, nothing further than the
acquisition of the site can be accom-
plished until the next Congress takes
up public building legislation. II the
government has a site in Honolulu, al
ready when Congress shall meet. the
Honolulu project will have been placed