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Show II. S. RETAINS HOLD ON CUBA i Crowder Will Insist on Obedience to His Reform Re-form Program BY HARRY I,. ROGBRfi WASHINGTON. Oct 21 (By International In-ternational News Ferlce) The I'nlted States Intends to keep A ffUid-lng ffUid-lng hand upon Cuba for some time to come. It was leanred officially to-1 to-1 inght. Major General Enoch Crowder, ' special representative of President ' Harding in Cuba, Is returning to i Havana tonight with instructions to I Insist upon the execution of the remainder re-mainder of the legislative r form pro-Kram pro-Kram outlined by him to the Cuban government at the. Instigation of the state department. Generui Crowder's work In rontif-Hon rontif-Hon with the proposed $50,000,000 loan to Cuba was completed today. This loan has been authorized by the state department and will be floated In this country, prob.ibly with the I same group of bankers which gave Cuba a short term loan of $6,000,000 lat January for her more urgent I needs. Tho Cuban secretary of state. Dr. Carlos Manuel do Ceapedes. who Is now in Washington, called at the state department todHy and discussed with American officials the loan and the purpOMfl for which It Is Intended. The money will bo used for refunding existing Indebtedness, Including tho $6,000,000 loan already negotiated, and also for public Improvements, somo of which arc under way. and ethers of which arc contemplated Tho secretary also discussed commercial com-mercial relations between the United States and Cuba, and the proposal for revision of the reciprocity treaty of( 1D02. under which Die countries enjoy reciprocal advantages In tariffs. Cuba is insistlnc. It i3 under-tooa. Upon rlgher percentage of reduc-' Hon In the American duty on sugar. Under the treaty, Cuba Is allowed 20 per cent advantage over cither countries, coun-tries, but In view of the high tariff which has been placed on sugar la the new tariff bill, tho Cubans believe be-lieve that they should be given a further differential benefit. |