The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-02
CUBANS WANT TO
 BE |NDEP EVIDENT Should be Allowed to Conclude
 British Treaty ZIG PLAN NTERS FAVOR F Say They Should Not Be Prevented From Making Friends Simply Be-
 cause America Docs
 Not Like 1t.
ZIG PLANTERS FAVOR II

Havana, November 1.-The Agrarian league has voluntarily gwen to the com mittee on foreign relations in the sen- ate and to the newspapers a lengthy statement favoring the ratification of the Anglo-Cuban treaty, disagreeing entirely with the opponents of the treaty and con- cluding with the statement that the United States has not given any proof officially or otherwise of any hostility toward the treaty.
 In view of the latter statement the government will be asked to publish the correspondence between the United States and Cuban governments regarding the treaty
 The report of the league is written by Rafael Fernandez de Castro a highly prominent and influential sugar planter, who recently declined the secretaryship of agriculture.
 The report after pointing out that the treaty being simply one of friendship and navigation, does not threaten Cuba or any nation with whom Cuba maintains cordial relations. says:
 Displeasing to Some Nations.
 
 Ut might be displeasing to some na- tions that Great Britain is giving a spe- cal friendship to this nation, and that our government is thus strengthening the personality of what is virtually an incipient state by treaties of friendship commerce and navigation with the great powers. Just now, when our greatest and best friends declare eloquently that they desire our progress and happiness, it would be ungenerous of them to deny in- dependence of action to this weak repub- lie. which is trying to acquire stability and prosperity. The basis of our pro- gress and the foundation of our future depends upon the number of friendly re- latons we are to establish with other na- tions.'
 Lies in American Market.
 The report admits that Cubas economic future lies In the American markets, but adds that while Cuba is making it's fu- ture it would be inexplieable that she would refuse to make other friends
 The propositions to admit Cuba to the coastwise trading privileges of the United States, the report quotes the insular department of the United States war de- partment as asserting that coastwise
 
 serve for their citizens only
 Senor de Castro says it should be Cuba s ideal to maintain commercial relations with. the United States which parallel the political bonds uniting the two countries and that this could be best done by mu- tual free lists covering certain products If such a state of affairs Is not reached, he says it will not be because the Anglo Cuban tratey is disagreeable to the United States. but possibly because Cuba will be merely nominally independent and ac- tually condemned to be subject to the international policies of the United States without any corresponding advantages Great Britain's friendship, the report goes on to say. should not be treated con- temptuousy. Through her Cuba has re- ceived favorable treatment in the Brus- sells sugar convention, and the repudia- ton of the treaty by the senate will be unfavorably received by the entire diplo- matic world.