Show LUFF DIDNT WORK The Cuban Constitutional convention conven-tion has accepted the Platt amendments amend-ments by a vote of 16 to 1 This goes to show that the Cubans were engaged en-gaged In running a bluff on the people peo-ple of the United States to whom their gratitude was due Members of the convention protested that the Cuban mind was wholly set against the acceptance ac-ceptance of the amendments as drawn by Congress and If additions were not made to thor as proposed the I Cubans would die rather than yield All of this is now shown to have been untrue The Cubans were notified that It was either the Platt amendments amend-ments or the retention of American troops In the I island There were those In the United States who as a matter I of politics were about to exclaim that we had treated this people very badly I and that we should have agreed ado what they desired They will now see that the Cuban convention was merely I feeling this country and vwas ungrateful un-grateful enough to oppose even giving I giv-ing this Nation alocation from whlcji I Is could defend the Island J and ftself I against foreign Invasion or Interference I Inter-ference Thcr arc strong reasons for I believing that our troop 1 lave the Island 1 this summer with a prospect 1 pros-pect of returning by next summer Dallas Tex News c |