Show INDEPENDENCE OF CUBAL I j L u ua a War Department Expects That It Will Bean I Be-an Accomplished Fact by Christmas i of This Year I J r 1 Now That Platt Amendment Has Been Adopted by Constitutional Convention the Next Step Is for That Body to Pass an Electoral j i Bill This Has Been Framed Ninety Days Notice Must Be Given of Election After This mericans Wjll Evacuate I I Washington June 13It Is expected at the War department that Cuban Independence In-dependence will be an accomplished Tact by next ChrIstmas TJie next step In order now that the Plan amendment Is adopted by The Constitutional convention Is for that bofy to take up and pass an electoral bill which will provide for the election of all the officers necessary to act up an Independent government Jn Cuba It i is said here that such a bill Is already al-ready framed and is ready for submission sub-mission to the convention at any moment mo-ment There is i good reason for the belief that Secretary Root has seen this bill and has approved of Its provisions If Indeed he has not actually had to do 1 with Its construction It Is thought that the convention can dispose of this j measure In a week or two and that will complete the labors of the body t A period of ninety days It Is said l here must be allowed for publication of the electoral act before the necessary I elections can be had I It may be necessary and probably It 1 A will be to maintain some United States S troops in Cuba after the new officials are Inaugurated and until the Cubans havo had time to set up a Cuban military f mili-tary force or gendarmerie but the length J of this stay probably will depend de-pend 1 on the Cubans themselves i |