Show t 4 t t 4 MtHM I I t I I MM 4 M I H 4 H 1 1 MM s MM s i- i i I CUBAN RELATIONS RE A i 4 M M H t M M t M 1 M M I M M I G 1 M I 4 I M I 6 M 4 I H 4 I 1 M 4 M H 4 M As s already stated In Associated Press des patches agitation of the reciprocity question is increasing in in- creasing in Cuba and another committee consisting consisting consisting consist consist- ing of f the native Secretary of State State- and the Mayor of Havana Havana is on the way vay to New York to see what further elm can b be done to meet the situation from the insular point of view The delegates referred to it is reported will consult President elect T T. Estrada Palma on the details of the coming Cuban inauguration au and also con concerning the possibility of commercial relief ic- ic lief for their for their countr country in the way of foreign trade ar aI ar- ar rang ments Says the Advisor Commercial of I Havana If the United States States- makes males less than fifty per Cl cent reduction in the tariff on sugar sugar the first thing the th new government should sho do would I be to demand the right to make commercial treaties other t er nations t. t t r In Th existing circumstances ittis probable that Sti h 1 la demand would receive s scant nt nL cou ion do b just ll t now exponents rA V tJ i It w I jI j. j i 1 I I 1 oJ 1 t ft 1 l' l A r 1 gar and tobacco interests would be complacent towards to wards an any proposition the resl result lt of which would he be beto heto heto to shut off oil Cuban competition in those commodities There is no question that the islands could li a large commerce with Europe if permitted to offer olTer the necessary concessions but hut that would lead at zt once to Conditions dei to all exporters of If IfA ifS S A American merican can products SU sugar suar Ul and tobacco excepted a d pet perhaps injurious injurious injurious' to communities s producing g foodstuffs and sugar Whatever hate else else may y be done we do not fancy that cither the commercial or 01 political suzerainty of the United States will be surrel surrendered del ed or 01 modified ed I Whatever conventions Cuba Culm may enter i into to wit with foreign nations will distinctly have to be in accordance accordance accord accord- ance with th A American erica 1 views vies and interests since this I countr country willbe will regarded regarded-by by the Powers as a guarantor gun guar 1 antor of Cuban good faith and performance in mattel'S matters mat mat- mat mat-j tel'S bf If international relations countries inI inthe in jn Cuba Culm is i one of the most fruitful I the world and it is not supposed having fre freit freed it we would reduce it to ruin and desolation At a time when every available corper corner of the globe is isI sought for trade b by the producing nations as a matter of vital necessity it is questionable that weI we I should be allowed to make it a wilderness But advocates ad advocates adv I v ca es of reciprocity y and the Cubans themselves d declare that exactly that will happen appen unless a lib liberal liberal eral reduction from Dingley rates is extended There Ther are signs that t the business interests ts of f I Europe are watching the situation with uneasiness uneasinesS' Delegations from front the British Chambers of Commerce Commerce Com Coin merce recently visited Lord Lansdowne Secretary of State for foreign affairs and urged him to lake hike immediate measures for securing the most favored nation treatment ti for British trade with Cuba Other countries countries will be he found on the alert to take tal-r advantage of any an chance e they can to West Indian commerce and the question at large in I Washington is b by no rio manner of means a jug- jug handled one That it is js an difficult one to I adjust to the safety and rights of home producers of variOus sorts and to the interests of our export trade in general is entirely evident Perhaps Congressional ConS Conj gressional wisdom m may y be equal to a solution Thaw That Tha w will ll a bit later on |