Show PEACE COMMISSIONER Senator Davis Will Assist In Negotiating Ne-gotiating the Treaty WHEELER SEES MKINUESr t GIVES nreOHMATTOlf CONCERNING I CONCERN-ING AFFAIRS IN CUBA 1I I 1 1I I All the Friction Between Cubans and Americans Will Soon Pass I Away and Harmony Will Prevail Starving Cubans Were Excusable Excus-able For Taking Food WashIngton Aug 17Senator Gush man K Davis chairman of the senate committee on foreign relations has accepted ac-cepted the tender of an appointment as a member of the SpanishAmerican peace commission General Joseph Wheeler had a three quarters of an hour conference with the president today The president wanted to talk over the conditions in Cuba with General Wheeler and this was the object of a telegraphic summons sum-mons that brought the general here j The president put numerous questions to the hero of the Santiago campaign and received not only an account of his general experience in that campaign but also his views on various issues incident in-cident to the condition of affairs on the island One point that was uppermost was the possibility of a rupture with the Cuban insurgents General Wheelers statements were very reassuring All the friction he said between the Americans and Cubans Cu-bans will soon pass away and there will be harmony and the best of feeling feel-ing between them I He said there was a class of men in i Cuba who had never been friendly to the Cubans but on the contrary had beep favorable to Spain who likely would do all they could to keep up this misunderstanding though he did not apprehend any dangerous results General Wheeler suggested the chargesagainst the insurgents of taking tak-ing articles in the field had extenuating extenuat-ing circumstances and especially in view of the starving condition of many of them General Wheeler believed the Cubans in time would have been freed from oppression and when given a stable and humane government would become law abiding and useful citizens citi-zens The president is solicitous about the health of Montauk Point camp and gave explicit instructions verbally to General Wheeler as to the conduct of the camp He wanted everything possible pos-sible and reasonable done for the interests in-terests of the men at the camp CUBANS SATISFIED Important Conferences Between Junta Leaders at Washington Washington Aug 17 Tomas Estrada Palma and other prominent members of the Cuban revolutionary party in this country have arrived here and with Gonzalo de Quesada the Cuban charge daffaires have held several conferences on the situation of the island is-land The meetings have given rise to a renewal of the report that the island Is-land republic administration is chafing under the present system of control President McKinley and the members j of this administration paid no attention atten-tion to these reports and a member of the cabinet asserts that there is no expectation ex-pectation of any official protest against j the system of administration put in force pending the establishment of a stable government in Cuba No representations from the Cubans on this subject he said have been i made to this government nor Is any thiqg of the sort looked for The Cubans Cu-bans have expressed themselves as being be-ing satisfied with the present method of administration and have confidence so far as I know in the sincerity of this government and will remain satisfied satis-fied until the time is f ripe for the establishment es-tablishment of a stable government The Cubans the administration believes be-lieves will make no trouble on that score tic j I A c J r t n 1 1 |