New Britain herald., 1929-08-19
FREEDOM 0F CUBA CALLED A MISTAKE:
Speaker Says U. s. Should Have
 Kept It as Possession

Wllllamstown. Mass, Aug. 19 P
 The Platt amendment. prom;si,y
 independence to Cuba when, in the
 united States opinion, it's economic and political stability warrants. was mistake both from the Cuban ana Alherlcan points of view, Professor Herbert l. Priestley of the Uniyer- sity ot California said today in an address before members of the In- stltute of Politics
 Declaring that the fate of Cuba would have been "immeas surah1v better had the United States an- nexed it outright, Professor Priest ley said
 The suzeprainty maintained by the United States under the Platt amendment is a greater encourage ment to misunderstanding than the territorial or statehood status would create. Political mal-contents and literary denunciators of the United States find in their hands a mythica, apple of discord at which they nil,- ble necessarily.
 Furthermore it is much easier to maintain effective support of the great sugar industry in an Ameri. can possession than in one which has the tenuous relation with us which Cuba has.
 American business interests have found themselves in Cuba on the whole well protected. yet it is un- mlstakably true that greater as- sumption of responsibility by the United States for economic purposes and the control of internal affairs would yield to all classes of Cubans greater measure of prosperity.
 AS the situation now stands the only feasible path to pursue is to continue under the Platt amend 1hent until such time as the Cubans by their evolution of political in- tegrity can succeed in rendering the clause obsolete.
 U. S. Money Aids Canada
 Dr. C. K. Leith, chairman of the department of geology and geogra- phy of the University of Wisconsin, discussing Canadian-America min eral resources, said that United states capital is playing a large part in mineral exploitation in Canada.
 Mineral production of the De- he pointed out, is only 1 hn$ Nf States, due to a lack of iron ore and | Gil and to disadvantageous location ! of the coal deposits In relation to centers of consumption.
 Canadian and provincial govern- | nants are now making a definite ! ,fort to secure mineral indepen- lchce by commercial and political means, he said.
 When Canada is considered as 4 part of the British empire, the problem takes on wider significance. Ill view of the fact that Great Brit. lin and the United States so thor. ,ughly dominate the worlds min- sral situation" he stated. "Tha NV 'Souit hhNly u DC IlltdSliiC 'f joint political control of min. 'rals between the United States and he British empire"
 Discusses Preparations
 Professor Jacob Viner. of the diversity of Chicago. discussing he French attitude toward inter- fly debts and repa rations, said that 'rance's willingness to enter into egot'ations leading to the Young lan had been due to her anxiety , obtain commercialization and z lnbilization of separations.
 France believed commerciaiza f lon was not practicable as long as T eparatjons payments were subject $ the political control and safe < uard provisions of the Dawes plan. tut once in commercial hands, and C specially in French hands, she I