Show CUBANS GET A TIP FROM UNCLE SAM flatt amendment buet be accepted with oat modifying interpretations the administration has decided that the action of the cuban constitutional convention in accepting the terms of the platt amendment with and interpretations of their own is not substantial compliance with our term within the meaning of the amendment and secretary boot will convey this intelligence to the convention the dec sion was reached at the cabi net meeting friday the meeting lasted over an hour and a half and had been preceded by an our s conference between the president and senators platt of connecticut and clodfe of massachusetts secretary root took the position that the interpretations of the platt amend ment contained in the constitution adopted by the convention and the where ases appended to it went outside 1 of a fair interpretation of its meaning and was unacceptable senators lodge and platt of con were called in consultation the message of rejection bent to gen era wood advises the cubans in un qualified langhage lan gnage that there is no power ng in the united states government to change the terms 0 the platt amendment and that this government ins ats upon the acceptance of the platt amendment without amend ment or qualification |