Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-18
A GIFT TO CUB A
TRANSFER OF ISLE OF PINES TO
ISLAND REPUBLIC A BLOW TO
MANY AMERICANS.
Carl T. Haw, Who Has Just Returned
From Business Visit to Island Re-
public, Refuses to Invest on Isle Of
Pines Under Present Prospects.

Giving the Isle Of Pines to Cuba
as contemplated by the United States
senate, will make unwilling aliens Of
about 500 American citizens" Is the
declaration of Carl r. Haw who has
Just returned from a short business
trip to Havana. Mr.. Haw had intended
to continue his trip to the Isle Of
Pines, but owing to certain unex-
pected delays he was compelled to re-
turn before his trip was completed.
Mr.. Haw has previously visited the
Isle of Pines and is much pleased with
the outlook there. He finds the island
very inviting and states that he started
there on this last trip with the inten-
ton Of making investments. He has
determined to ratify a treaty pending
which will make practical deed Of
gift for the island to the Cuban repub-
lie and he rufuses to invest on these
prospects.
An article which appeared for the
first time in Chicago paper and was
copied in the Isle of Pines Appeal, the
only paper published on the island,
states the situation according to Mr..
Haw's statement, just as he believes 1t
exists. In view of the fact that there
is a great deal of Ottum wa capital in
vested in the island the article will be
of interest to many.
The Article.
The article referred to by Mr.. Haw
Is as follows:
There is on record in Washington
one instance when the constitution did
not follow the flag It is a record full
of vacillating decisions by government
officials, Of which no American can be
proud. This reference is to the Isle
of Pines, an island about the size of
Rhode Island, lying ninety miles south
of Havana and thirty miles from Cuba,
concerning which treaty negotiated
between the United States and Cuba is
now pending.
Successive executive departments
OF the government have washed their
hands of this affair in manner not al
ways to their credit and the burden is
now on the senate. The treaty is in
the nature of deed of gift of the is
land to Cuba in return for two coaling
stations already paid for This act, If
concluded, may result in the loss Of
thousands Of dollars to American cit
liens and the expatriatiQn aginst their
will Of about 600
"The final chapters Of the history
of the island are brief In 1903 pro-
tocol was executed between the United
States and Cuba in which the United
States agreed to pay an annual rental
of $4,000 for coaling stations at Guam
tanamo and Bahia Honda and 1t was
specifically stated in the lease that this
protocol was Ito conclude" the condi-
lions of the lease. Last year a treaty
was negotiated, now pending before
the senate, which still further provides
that lin consideration" of the above
named coaling stations the United
States shall forever relinquish the Isle
Of Pines over which it's flag has waved
for three years.
"By sending, the treaty to the SEN
ate to be ratified the Interpretation
must be that the present administra-
ton is in accord with it's provisions
In letters constantly being received by
government officials from citizens in
terested in the islands the charge is
made that the tobacco trust is also in
favor of the ratification of the treaty
for the reason that it does not care to
compete with the excellent tobacco
which can be raised on the island,
which would come into the United
States duty free If the Isle of Pines
were declared to be American terri
tory"