Show THE PRESIDENTS CUBAN POL ICT The president must have a distinct Cuban policy of his own because the country hears so much about it but what it is the country is not informed It appears to be only less mysterious than the force that runs the Keeley motor Many hints of one thing and another are given all evincing great wisdom on the part of the president wisdom so profound that when It is made known the world will be astonished aston-ished at It But still the policy thaIs tha-Is the result of this wisdom remains locked in the bosoms of the president and his cabinet It is not probable that the president I has any definite Cuban policy any more than to see that the rights of all AmerIcan Amer-Ican citizens are respected and to watch the development of events that he may know when a change of pOlicy would be warranted Of course he will take heed of the action of the senate on the question of belligerency and no doubt he would be glad to recognize the independence of Cuba did he fee that the facts in the case and international inter-national law justified such recognition In dealing with another nation the president is as much bound by international inter-national law as he is by the statutes of the United States when dealing with matters pertaining to this government So far as the public is aware Major McKinley is pursuing the same policy towards Cuba that Mr Cleveland did and for the same reasons Whether he i I has a different policy remains to be seen |