The Future of Cuba.

Golden Bay Argus, Volume VII, Issue 69, 26 September 1901, Page 2

The Future of Cuba.

The Senate's committee on the relations between the. United States and Cuba has agreed to an amendment to the Army Bill authorising the President to hand the government of tire island to the Cubans so soon its a Government has been established there under'a Constitution, and defining the relations of the United States and Cuba substantially as follow'?': (1) Cuba shall never enter into a treaty tending to impair her independence or permitting a foreign Power to obtain lodgment or control in any portion of the island ; (2) she shall not assume or contract a debt of which the resources available are inadequate to pay the interest arrd make reasonable sinking fund provision, while at the same time meeting current expenses ; (3) she shall consent to the right of the United States to intervene for the preservation of independence and the maintenance of a Government adequate for protection of life, property, and individual liberty, and for the discharge of the obligations imposed on the United States by the Treaty of Paris ; (4) she shall validate the acts of the United States during the military occupation ; (5) she shall execute plans for the sanitation of cities and for the prevention of epidemics ; (C) the title to the Isle of Pines shall be adjusted by treaty ; (7) Cuba shall either lease or sell such coaling or naval stations as the President may deem necessary for the protection of the interests of the United States ; (8) the foregoing provision to be embodied in a treaty with the United States.