Show HARD PROBLEMS MUST BE SOLVED I Disposition of Philippines and Government of Cuba PORTO RICO QUESTION EASY TO HANDLE First Step Will Be to Establish a Postal Service Believed That the Cubans WillSoon Favor Annexation Three Plpns Proposed For the Philippines Retention of Subig Bay Manila Bay or the Whole Island of Luzon Measures Will Be Taken to R duce the Army Washington Aug HThe White house the war department and the navy department today resumed their usual Sunday quiet a condition which has not prevailed since the Maine was f lon up in Havana harbor February 15 Secretary Alger was at the department depart-ment a few minutes and also went to the White house but did not remain long General Corbin came into his office of-fice during the day and looked over his dispatches but did not remain constantly con-stantly on duty as he has been doing Thre were a few clerks about the departments de-partments but scarcely a Sunday passer pass-er in peace times that this does not happen The busy warlike attitude has entirely disappeared and Washington Washing-ton has settled down to a peace basis The president believes the most serious ser-ious problem which the commission will be called upon to deal with is the Philippines ippines Before the commission assembles assem-bles it is hoped the affairs of Cuba and Porto Rico will be found in such process of adjustment as to leave little lit-tle for the commission to consider under un-der that head The absolute relin qulshment by Spain of all authority over the islands in the West Indies will allow only the property questions to be settled between the governments as to what Spain shall take away and I as to what shall remain captures of war and the protection of Spanish subjects and their property in the islands is-lands The greater questions growing out of the war as relating to Cuba and Porto Rico will have to be dealt with by the United States alone The fact that the Philippines will present Pre-sent a different roblem in the peace negotiations has caused the admlnla tration tp ive itn great deal of careful care-ful DYf yelal suggestions have been made a to what shall Jfe done one being tie retention of the bay city and the harbor of Manila just what the protocol gives temporarily Another I An-other Is that Subig bay and a sufficient I amount of territory for a naval and i foaling station be secured and the I building up of an American city at that 4 place begun Still another idea which is h Latr considered is the retention of the kind of Luzon the advoCates of that plan believing there would be trouble trou-ble between the governments which occupIed oc-cupied a portion of the island with a line of demarkation such a would exist ex-ist in case Manila and the bay only was retained The Island of Luzon is the largest of the group and contains about 3000000 people who are said to be the better class in ihe Philippines I I Is believed however the administration administra-tion and the commission will be greatly great-ly influenced by the reports which Admiral Ad-miral Dewey and General Merritt will make on the t subject Their reports are expected before the commission meets CUBA AND PORTO RICO j 1 The final detoimlnation as to the gOY j i eminent of Porto Rico and the government gov-ernment of Cuba are problems for settlement set-tlement but the impression prevails that these islands will become qite I rapidly Americanized and every encouragement encour-agement for them to do so will b given giv-en Porto Rico Avill be under military control for the present Cuba will also be similarly governed but i is probable I prob-able American reforms in the matter of government will be such that the people of Cuba will see the JdAimtage of becoming annexed to the Tnited I States I is thought the sanitar Improvement im-provement of Havana and other cities the management the municipalities and liberty offered the countrys people ple will be of siich a character as to convince the people that the changed conditions are for their good Ihere has been Ittle doubt about soon 4 settling the transfer of Porto Rico which will be treated at once a an I American possession The first movement move-ment In this direction Aill be the send ing of a delegation of officers from the postoftlce department to investigate and report upon the mail facilities there now and to make such recommendations recommenda-tions as they determine upon Methods uPtn of transportation and the condition of postoflces generally in the island will be examined Military postoffices will be established at once wherever troops are stationed andat such other points as may be demanded by the interests of Americans and the people of the island I I is-land If the present offices are not avail aoie A similar course wm be taKen in Cuba but this is likely to be delayed a the immediate removal of the Spanish Span-ish and the occupation by the United States Is not expected NO MORE TO MANILA No more troops will be sent to General Gen-eral Merritt unless he asks for them I is believed the 16000 men now there I are sufficient to garrison Manila and I the ground which the United States will I occupy for the present All of the troops that were with General Gen-eral Shafter in the Santiago campaign will be out of Cuba by Friday of this week General Shafer will accompany them to Montauk Point There will remain main at Santiago five regiments of im munes to do garrison duty I is yet possible that a bxttery will be sent to Santio to take the place of the batteries bat-teries ch are to be removed General Miles has about 15000 men in Porto Rico They will be sufficient for the occupation of ± he island and J L perhaps more than are needed after the i J Spanish evacuate The remainder of the troops will remain in the various camps to which they have been assignee as-signee for the present though something some-thing may be dne looking towards diminishing i i di-minishing the number when it becomes > 1 apparent that they are no longer needed need-ed r edThe government will dispose of the fc transports that have been in use as JStst a they can be released and are t no longer required for service I h > l vessels of the navy that can be spared Jfrom service la the West Indies I In-dies ill be ordered to ports in the l s wj the men will be given v of lI l I a t I Ai > A brief holidays The big battleships of the fleet will be put in dry dock a soon as possible and undergo such repairs re-pairs as may be necessary There Is scarcely a vessel of the navy that does notneed repairing I is expected the large dock in the New Yoik yard will be ready to receive the ships in about i I two weeks The auxiliary vessels of the navy which will not be used for the permanent navy will be disposed of as soon as they go out of commission probably being sold at auction |