Show INTERESTING QUESTION f Secretary Boot Submits Knotty Problem 1 Prob-lem to President I oam Washington Dec 31There is likely 1 to be some delay on the part of the op ni Executive In complying with the terms 10 p IIl ora resolution introduced by Sonatoi 1 Bacon and adopted on the 10th directing direct-ing the Secretary of Var to transmit 50am to tie Senate the report of Abraham L I Lawshe Auditor of Cuba giving In detail jJO p n > de-tail the result of his investigations Q p m made under the direction of the War OO p m 16 a m department into tho receipts and expenditures to u ra penditures of the Cuban Government > It u TT Secretary Root has transmitted it ta 1 j President McKinley with a statement 00 nn that of his opinion its publication at I i5p nii this time would be incompatible with F public interests Several criminal J 0p m prosecutions under way as a result 4 of the discoveries made by Auditor J Lawshe in connection with adminlstra t < OJp m 20am tion 01 Cuban affairs and the Secretary 05pm Secre-tary of War regardsit as inadvisable s t ao P m to publish to the world the data upon which proceedings are basel pending t tcrmInatJon 00 a ro their judlelaKdelerminatlon Ji5p m Out of the situation arises an extremely ex-tremely interesting question which is VICE VICESt left for the decision of the President frith St The Senate in unqualified terms directs tVI di-rects the Secretary of War to transmit time Lawshe report to that body and 7 the Secretary has referred the matter to the President with a statement that l he docs not think the resolution I should lr I be complied with at the present time J von the ground that such action wouli I r I be prejudicial to the public Interests 1 J |