Show CUBA OWNS ISLE OF PINES brov s onal government will not mix with its affa rs havana the provisional goi ern ment will have nothing to do with the question of the sovereignty ot the isle of pines or with the separation of the government of the island from the rest 0 the cuban republic the executive authority of the united states already has declared that the isle of pines be longs to cuba and has embodied that affirmation in a treaty conceding the sovereignty of the island to cuba and this treaty is now pending ratification in the american senate the entire matter being one for the adjudication of the state department the provis lonal government which Is wholly un der the war department will not mix therein the mode of th government of the isle of pines as part of the cuban re public may be altered or amended but the desire of americana isle of pines tor territorial or municipal gov eminent as part of the united states cannot be conceded by any act on the part of the provisional government of cuba or the war department |