Show PALMA AT WHITE HOUSE PrcsidcntElecfc of Cuba Dines With President Roosevelt Washington larch 21 Tomas Es trada Palma Presidentelect oiCubn met President Roosevelt In his official Il V CpnCt rhefi l lmotl nlng when the former was the ciica of honor at an Informal dinner at the White House The affair was intended as a mark of courtesy to President elect Palma wbocxprosicd his high appreciation of the honor shown him The others present were rrs Roosevelt Roose-velt Secretary and Mrs Root Minister and lrs Bellamy Storer Gen Leonard Wood and Gonzales DcQuesada ant Diego Tamnyo well known Cuban who came over from New York this afternoon I While the affair was largely of asocial a-social character the charcter prospective trans fer of Cuba from the Americans to the new Government provided for by the recent constitutional convention was discussed conventon wa The actual date of the transfer the Government It Is said has not been definitely decided upon The date has been tentatively fixed as May dat and the ofilclals of this Government have believed It could be accomplished b accomplshed by that time More recently however 1 has become apparent that for various va-rious reasons there may have to be a postponement of the transfer to a date a dil later in the month say the 10th or the 20th more likely the later date I was expected that this matter would mater be determined at the gathering tonight to-night but It Is said that the question queston remains unsettled cxcnpt that the transfog certain to take place In May Mr Palma and his companions will remain here for some days their stay depending entirely upon the wishes of the President who will consult the Cuban Presidentelect further before he leaves for his ncW duties Mr I cut 111 Palma will go from here to New York and thence about the middle of April to Cuba proceeding first to Santiago provInce her thoro arc inHno o ri friends whom he desires to visit be I fore the Inauguration |