The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-11
UNWISE MOVE FOR
CUBAN REPUBLIC
Objectionable Features of Treaty
With Great Britain.
RATIFICATION IMPOSSIBLE
ADVERSE TO INTERESTS OF UN.
Gle SAM.

Havana, Sept. 1e.-Two OF the principal
commercial and economic associations,
responding to confidential request made
| by the foreign relations committee of the
senate for advice as 10 whether the pend
| ing treaty between Cuba and Great Brit
am ought 10 be ratified, declared en-
| phatieaily against ratification. The prin-
opal reason given is that Cuba's CONNER
la interests are too inevitably bound 10
nef great customer, the United States,
| 10 permit or granting for ten years such
privileges 10 British ships and citizens
as those named in the treaty Another
| reason given is that the adoption of the
treaty would allow privileges to British
WAfshlps as well as merchantmen not
Warranted by the relations between Cuba
ana Great Britain, and not permissible
IN view OF the relations between Cuba
| and the United States
me latter reason is considered the most
| potent on account of the suspicion that
! the treaty, while Ostensibiy one of COM
merce, navigation, and amity, would in
reality give to British warships greater
| privileges in Cuban ports than those Civ
en- the United States by the reason OF
two naval stations.
The treaty WAS signed in May last after
the Favored nation clause had been elm
mated IN consequence of representations
made by Mp. Squires the American MN
lster The United States government. ON
rScelpt OF report regarding the alleged
representation against the treaty. A CODY
Oh lhe treaty was then sent to Washing
ton, since which time, according to a
statement made to the Associated Press
ny secretary Of State OFarrill, the
united states government has ceased it's
representations regarding it. 1t is known,
however that in Washington the treaty
is regarded as inimical TO the interests
of the United States. not perhaps In a
commercial sense, because il does not
contain any tariff concessions but in the
broader political significance of allow
ing British warships equal rights in Gu
pan ports with those of Cuban warshsp,
under plea OF stress of weather or acct
dent, thus giving TO Great Britain greater
privileges than those granted to the
United States.
The senate committee to which the
treaty was referred, cOnfided il first TO
the Havana chamber of commerce and
afterWard TO the Central Economic asso-
cistion.
The former reported TO the effect that
the privileges and immunities granted
appeared TO be mutual. they did not con-
fer any real benefits on Cuba, which had
few mercantile ships and no warships,
while the extension of her shipping might
be hampered by granting equal privileges
10 British ships. The chamber emphati-
cally advised that Cuba do not concede
that In cases of stress of weather or of
accident both British merchant and Brit
ish warships shall have the right of lab
astercerse and partreeharse," Spanish
words signltylng respectively 10 supply
with provisions and with war supplies
and ammunition. The chamber consid-
cred this to be inimical to Cuban inter
ests, especially as no reservat ton was
made respecting the laws of international
neutrality.
The chamber also considered that it
was unWise to conclude such a treaty
with an oversee power while no such
treaty existed with the United States,
especially when changes in the reciproe-
ity treaty are advocated, which may in
clude changes for special reciprocal
tariff privileges regarding goods carFfeG
III American and Cuban ships.
The other association has not vet sub
United its formal report but il strongly
holds that the treaty is inimical to the in
terests Of Cuba and the United States.
Secretary OF State OFarrill. on the con-
trary, declares TO the Associated Press
that the treaty contains nothing inimiCal
to the interests of the United States IN
der any circumstances and some other
persons who are close to the government.
assert that suspicion regarding the treaty
is unWarranted