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Show ' PRESIDERT IsllTER l OF CUBAN SITUATION I The Announcement Made That Seats I ' of Membera'of Conoreaa Elected 1- . In 1905 'Are to Be D- I '" clared Vacant. ' i ' ' . i W Havana. "By a dccreo to bo Issued h " soon under specific authority of, the 4 " president of the United Btatcs,; tho seats of members of tho Cuban con- 4 gross elected In 1S05 will bo deolared vacant." 1 This was tho announcement by Governor Magoon on aunday to twenty-nvo senators and members of the houso of representatives whom ho J had Invited to attend a conference In j ' tho paace. After reviewing all the 1 facts dovelopcd by tho itcace corumls- 1 slon sent to Cuba by President Kooso- 11' volt In rosponso to President Pal ma' , " appeal for Intervention, Governor Ma- ' goon called tho attention of the mem- 1 bers to tho fact that the dotermlna- ' Hon as to the status of tho congress had been reserved by tho peace com - ,1r mission for consideration nt, waahlng- 1 ' ton. Ho then communicated to them tho final determination of President j. Roosevelt that tho seats of all sena- tors and, .representatives elected In " 1005 shall bo considered vacant from " Oct 12, 1906, the- vacancies thereby , created being flllod by an olectlon un- ilor tho provisional government In nc-3 nc-3 CoVdance with the proclamation cf Governor Taft on Sept. 29. |