Show CUBA IS INVITD IN Republic Is Asked to Become a Part of United States I I FIRST AS A TERRITORY I Congressman ITcrwlands Introduces a Joint Resolution to This Effect i tho Souse It Also Authorizes a Reduction of TwentyFive Per Cent on Present Crop of Cuban Sugar tho Reduction of Duties Confined to Period Prior t January 1 1903 He Explains Resolution 1 Washington Feb Representative Nawlands of Nevada of tho Ways and Means committee who was the author of the resolution annexing Hawaii today to-day Introduced a joint resolution inviting invit-ing the republic of Cuba to become apart a-part of the United Stales first a a territory and then as a State of the Union to be called the State of Cuba i and also authorizing r 2 per cent reduction re-duction of duty on the present crop of I Cuban sugar In consideration of Cubas granting preferential rates to the United States The resolution confine the 2 per cent reduction of duties to the period pe-riod prior to January 1 1903 The provision pro-vision as to annexation Is as follows AS TO ANNEXATION That In the meantime the republic of Cuba Is Invited to become a part of the United States of America and her people to become citizens of the United States with the assurance that Cuba will be entitled at first to a territorial constitution form of government under the ton and laws of tho United States with I a delegate In Congress to represent her people and that ultimate Statehood will I be granted when in the Judgment of Congress It Is advisable to admit Cuba Including such other West India Islands belonging to the United States n maybe may-be deemed advisable as a single state In the Union to bo called the State oC Cuba CubaEXPLAINS EXPLAINS RESOLUTION RESOLUTjON Mr Newlands In explanation of his resolution sold l those who havo apppcared to voice Cubas needs and requirements re-quirements have Indicated that An Invitation In-vitation to Cuba of annexation would accepted Annexation by force would not be Justified I must be accomplished If at all by the free act of the Cuban people At present there Is no machinery machin-ery In Cuba by which the popular will can be tested but the Cuban Constitution Consti-tution has been adopted The Cuban I Congress will inccfr inFebruary a Cuban I Cu-ban government will be organized and IIi j the United States will then leave the goveram nt and control of the Islands to Us people Cuba then will be In n I position to express her will and it la J j only necessary to tide over the present I emergency by a temporary measure such fts I hae Introduced reducing1 the I duty on Cuban sugar onefourth for one year and Inviting Cuba to become apart a-part of the United Stales under a territorial ter-ritorial form government under the Constitution her people to be citizens not subjects with the assurance that ultimately Statehood will be granted WHAT WOULD RESULT By coming Into our political union Cuba will secure Immediately the highest I I high-est degree of freedom and with It a large market for varied products Those product will not threaten our sugar industry t in-dustry so seriously as they would under un-der reciprocal trade arrangements for the reason that the restricted labor laws of this country will apply and will raise J the cost o production to such an extent as to prevent overstimulation of her Industries whIle her supplies will b bought In the highprotected markets of this country Instead ot the cheap markets of the world I much prefer tho political union for that Involves best kind of commercial union that can b estbJhet between tho two coun IN LINE WITH POLICY Such annexation Is entirely Jn line with the traditional policy of the country coun-try When the time for Statehood comes Cuba Porto Rico and other West Indian Islands In our possession can be Incorporated Into tho Union r one Stale thus doing away with the anger an-ger of overrepresentation In the Senate Sen-ate |