Show I GENTLE REMINDER MAY BE GIVEN TO LITTLE CUBA N V V V w The Tho attitude of oC Cuba toward the United States Government Is becoming becom becom- lug inS annoying annoying- and Irritating to Pre President President l- l dent Roosevelt and his official advisers The They suspect that President Palma and the men with whom he has surrounded himself are arc suffering from rom an acute at attack attack attack at- at tack of oC enlarged he head d says sas a Washington WashIngton Washington Wash Wash- ington special l to th the Chicago Chronicle Tho The President and anti his advisers did not mince minco words in talking about the existing strained relations nor did the they hesitate t to agree If Cuba does does' no not dismount from high horse which she is riding she will receive a warnIng warning warning warn warn- ing through our State department that tha will give gl her the the severest Jolt she has sustained since she became an Independent Independent Inde Inde- pendent Government The trouble with Cuba as nearly as the President anc and Cabinet have been able to diagnose It ItIs It Is that President Palma and his advisers ad ad- have reached the thc erroneous conclusion con con- elusion that the United States are earne earnestly tI seeking to form torn a reciprocal I alliance with the the Island not through a a. spirit of or sentimental generosity but fo for forthe or orthe the trade advantages which would accrue accrue accrue ac ac- ac- ac crue to this country countr They feel therefore therefore there there- fore tot that all they have to do Is to re receive re- re our approaches with seeming In Indifference Indifference indifference In- In difference and thus force us to offer offe better terms than we have yet offered The attitude of oC President Palma on the question of or reciprocity however i inot Is not nearl nearly so embarrassing to the Administration Administration Ad Ad- ministration as his attitude on a treaty embodying the terms of oC the Platt Plat amendment One of or the provisions o or of that amendment was that if fr It had been incorporated In the Constitution of oC Cuba and thus made a a. part of th the organic law o of the Island It should b lie be ratified by an exchange of oC treaties Unless Unless Unless Un Un- less President Palma Palina changes his tactics tactics tactics tac tac- tics vcr very soon Joon and com consents to the negotiations ne no- of or a a. treaty euch ruch as the law Jaw provides for he will wili receive a curt re reminder reminder reminder re- re minder from this Government that he hc has neglected to perform a very Important Ira- Ira and mandatory mandator duty |