Show AFFAIRS IN SHAPE Tells of Conditions on the ti Island E STEPS L DEPEND NCE j 11 i ill i b oi tM Will ho bo 1 I I r Wa reh Hoot Boot this gave to lu 1 McKinley tho tit r urt ut of hi his lions of ullO during bl his rt re rent trip to the 1 Subsequently the secretary cons to Utile talk for pull pub publication as to lu in the Ui Island and 1 of the veO pIp pie In the of The fhe secretary himself as satisfied od on lie 1110 with what he saw flaW Ilu lIoa of tile Ille ultimate ge t f the island litand came for tor dl discuSsion lon during It sec to visit to OuM but h lie was a not prepared to say eay just the United Slates government nL would be willing that this hould J Incidental to thIs matter which is II uppermost In the ulian minds mind are th lie formative steps that 1111 bring It about aboul rhe first ot of these viz Iz the holding of b I I b J I I t i I I 42 I t Voa C L cI S SI SI I I t I Ij j A I t Ji f I k r I It t e j Ic f l I W I jI J Jt t I 4 1 MAP SHOWING THE RAILROAD ALONG WHICH LORD ROBERTS WILL ADVANCE TOWARD PRETORIA As the British hue haTe entered the Orange State front thA south they 00 now the railroad II as far IS as 1 a fete mil belen which I is about mU north of cC Is he the new of the Orane State to the capital of the Ibe South African the distance by bl rail rAlI Is about SO miles the municIpal elections It at nn an early date was WIlS a subject that hoot tile cussed freely particularly with the United States officials on the island bland These elections said the will be Cubas first toward pop popular ular government as they are to these thelt things the they are arc as the babe unborn and have hav everything to learn The rIte whole for tor municipal suffrage ge has to b be worked out and the People In all the de details tails This involves R a vast amount ut of labor aCid takes time but Ultimately the plan wilt will be bc worked out and nud th the elections held I believe however that the s will be quite ready for tor holding the elections by bythe bythe the It ht ot of May Root noot was not to venture an opinion os as to jut just when he believed tItle this government would grant Irant complete independence to the Cubans The declaration In the joInt resolution of at Congress however granting them full tull would be carried out le Ie pointed out ho how It would be necessary that the tie municipal govern goern ruente ment should be firmly established on ona Q a working basis hals which h attention would be given to Ih selection of a constitutIonal convention for tor the pur purPOse purpose POse of framing a for tor the Island and Its ado b by the tho people Following this and the establishment of ef n a government In the island the secretary felt would be time for tor the formal Connal recognition ot of the Ille independence or of the Island and the withdrawal of the troops and supervision ot of the au act authorIties ot of the States Mr Root Hoot made ronde It u a feature ot of his hili visit to talk tolk with the leaders of That hu has been known as 1111 the revolutionary movement ot the Population anti and those thoe who are to annexation to the United States antI auth b II say they are not impatient over What tat are r regarded as and delays In Inthe inthe the t formation of at II a guy realizing that these are a no ne |