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Show HACOON WILL C0VE CUBA 'His Authority Will be Equal torThat Exercised Formerly Former-ly by General Wood. Cuba Will Have the 8emblance of an Autonomous Government, and Will Be Represented In Washington Washing-ton By a Minister con suls Will Remain. Washington. Governor Charles E-Mngoon E-Mngoon will exorcise in Cuba all tho power which was vested in General Leonard Wood when ho rulod .Cuba under tho title of military governor. Governor Mngoon will bo known as tho provisional governor, but his au-( au-( thorlty will bo plcnnry and ho will bo subject only to tho orders of the president pres-ident nnd secretary of war. Cuba will havo tho scmblanco of an autonomous autono-mous government and tho United States will contlnuo to bo rcprcsontod in Havana by nn American minister and tho consuls will contlnuo at tholr posts. It is officially stated that there has been and will bo no subversion ot tho Cuban constitution. By Incorporating Incorpo-rating tho Piatt amendment into the g; constitution, Cuba provided for Just r such an emergency ns has arisen and for tho United States to Intervene and rcstoro order, consequently, it la said, Cuba Is still to he governed by constitutional means and by machln- n ery such as is provided in any commu- I nlty whero martial law Is necessary. I During tho occupancy ot Cuba it is I not expected that tho Cuban congress will oxcrclso any power. In fact thcro Is no method by which it can bo assembled, unless Governor Magoon I shall deem such action necessary to 1 proparo tho way for another election. Gn Such a meeting is not necessary, for the provisional governor by docreo m may perform all functions looking to a tho ro-establlshmcnt of tho civil gov- U eminent of Cuba. n |