The American Senate positively refUses, notwithstanding President Roosevelt's request, to
give the Cubans preferential 'terms for the import of their sugar, without which the Tislanders say they must give up the cultivation. The resist- ance is not due entirely to the fears of the growers of beet- *root, but also to the dread entertained by many Senators that 'if the system of Protection is relaxed on any point or for any `consideration, it will all go by the board. The Press is for the most part with the President, as is also a large section of 'the people; and it is believed that the Constitution provides 3him with the means of making another appeal to the Senators' =better sense. He can make a treaty with Cuba admitting her `angars at a low rate, and leave it to the Senate to confirm or reject that treaty. Under ordinakY circlimstances the Senate 'would, of course, reject it, but the people are getting so angry at what they consider the callous cruelty of the capitalists "'drat the' recalcitrant Senators may tremble for 'their seats. ' the inclination of Americans is to stand by the President.
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