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Show MACOON WILL" " con cia His Authority Will be Equal to That Exercised Formerly Former-ly by General Wood. Cuba Will Have the 8emblance of an - r Autonomous Government, and WHI Bo Represented In Washing, ton By a Minister Con--; , euls Will Remain. Washington, Governor Charles K r Mngoon'wlll cxcrelso In Cuba nil the power which was vested In General Leonard Wood when ho ruled Cuba under tho title of military governor, Governor Magoon will bo known a tho provisional governor, but his nu thorlty will bo plenary and ho will b subject only to tho orders of, tho president pres-ident and soi rotary of war. Cuba will have tho scmblanco of an autonomous autono-mous government and tho United States wfll contlnuo to bo xepresonted In Havana by nn American minister and tho consuls will contlnuo at their posts. It 14 officially stated that there has been and will bo no subversion of tho Cuban constitution. Uy Incorporating Incorpo-rating tho Piatt amendment Into the constitution,. Cuba provided for Just such nn emergency as has r risen and l for tho United States to Intervene ' and icstoro order, consequently, It Is -6ald, Cuba Is still to bo governed by I - constitutional, moans and by machin ery such an Is provldod In any commu I ' nlty where martial law Is noccssary. During the occupancy of Cuba It la not oxpectod that the Cuban congress ' will exercise any power. In fact, ". ' .there Is no method by which it can be anscmblcd, unless Governor Magoon shall deem such notion necessary to prepare tho way for another election Such a meeting Is not necessary, for jtho provisional governor by decree may perform all functions looking to the ro-cstnbllshment of tho civil government gov-ernment of Cuba. |