Show I I FOR Gen Wood Carrying Out Presidents Orders to Hasten Basten th Result If to 0 lie cho Will be b by byU U New York Feb 5 A lal to the tho Herald from Washington says sari Though gratified at the excellent con conduct conduct duct ot of the residents of oC Cuba since occupation began the itu are still unable to name the date when American sovereIgnty shall end emS and the tho Inhabitants of the Islands commence the tho administration ot of their own affairs Under er Instructions given ly Jw the and the secretary of oC war wat be before before fore his depArture General Wood Is d dIng do lag Ing everything In his power to educate the people of oC the island In self govern government meat ment not only b by example but by br plc Ing lien In po positions of rU It Is believed that t after the tho Spanish subjects of the Island have registered t d theIr intention of oC continuing their theli ol l to 10 Spain or of oC becoming citizens BC at Cuba the people be rend ready tot fot the election which will commit the mu governments or of the island to tho elected b by the people These Theil elections letlon will 1111 ot of be con conducted conducted ducted under American n The operations of the municipalities will 10 00 carefully watched b by thE ad admInistration mInistration In order to determine If IC the peo people le are ready for 1 a larger re responsibility and If IC It should be shown that sue Is the cut case then a tive convention ivill be called to draft n a anti and to 11 a general of l government In his annual message mellAge the de elated that the United Stats States must see seeto to 10 It that free Cuba be n a reality not n a name a Perfect en entity tit not a hast hasty experiment bearing within Itself the elements elemente of failure The year ear allowed by the treaty trealY of oC Paris for the Sp Spanish population of the to elect whether they will be Cuban or citizens will vill expIre on April 11 next It believed that by thit time the results of the would have been computed and tabu tabulated when this government would then be ready rendy to provide for or municipal elections |