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Show CUBA OWN8 ISLE OF PINES. Provisional Government Will Not Mix With Its Affairs. Havann. Tho provisional government govern-ment will havo nothing to do with Uio quostlon of tho sovorolgnty of tho IbIo of Pines or with tho separation of tho government of tho Island from Uio rost of tho Cuban republic. Tho executive-authority executive-authority of tho United States already has declared that the Isle of Pines belongs be-longs to Cuba and han embodied that affirmation in a treaty conceding tho I sovereignty of tho Island to Cuba, and I this treaty Is now pending ratification I In Uio Amorlcan senate The entire matter being one for tho adjudication of tho stato department, tho provisional provis-ional government, which Is wholly undor un-dor tho war dopartmcnt, will not mix therein. Tho modo of tho government of the Islo of Pines ns part of tho Cuban republic re-public may bo altorcd or amended but tho desire of Americans in tho Islo of Pines for territorial or municipal gov ernmcnt as part of tho United Stntcf cannot bo conceded by any act on tho part of tho provisional government ot Cuba or tho war department |