The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-05
Foreign Policy Of the United
States Declared to Be Too
Facilitating.
AFFAIRS IN TURKEY TAKEN UP.
Cleveland Requested to Produce All
the Information in His
Possession.

Nebraska, in favor of recognizing the
Cuban insurgents as belligerents and aid
ing them Sin all lawful ways" to secure
the independence of the island and to es-
tablish republic there. No action was
taken on his resolution, offered on Tues
day, to carry out his views; and it went
upon the calendar, where it will remain
unless taken up by vote of the Senate.
Call CD of Fl orida, who was to speak in
support of a somewhat similar resolution
offered by him on Tuesday, postponed his
speech until tomorrow. So did Cullom
(R.) of Illinois.
Petitions for the recognition of the inde-
pendence of Cuba were presented from the
States of Ohio and Florida and were re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tons. Resolutions were offered by Hoar
(R.) of Massachusetts, pledging the support
of the Senate to the President of the United
States sin the most vigorous action he
may deem fit to take for the protection and
security of the American citizens in Tur-
key and to obtain redress for injuries COM
mitted upon them; and calling upon the
President for all infor nation received by
him or the State Department on that SUBJ
ject, and as to whether American Consuls
in Turkey have been interfered with in the
performance of their duties. The first of
these resolutions was referred to the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations; the other
was agreed to.
The question of the disputed senatorship
from Delaware was brought up in the SEN
ate to-day in the shape of formal claim
Tin writing) of Henry A. Dupont to be ad-
mitted as Senator under an election by
the Legislature of Delaware on the 29th of
May, 1895. The paper was presented by
Mitchell (R.) of Oregon, with evidence in
support of the claim, and the matter was
referred to the Committee on Privileges
and Elections-Mr. Dupont being in the
meantime admitted to the privileges OF the
floor.
Chandler (R.) of New Hampshire pre-
sented petitions from various counties in
Alabama alleging the commission of cleo
ton frauds and asking that Congress
should secure to that State republican
form of government; and they were re-
ferred to the Committee on Privileges and
Elections.
A memorial from the Legislature of
Wyoming for the establishment of Ma
tional park in 1.-THE Switzerland of Amer
lea" was presented by Clark (R.) of
Wyoming, and was referred to the Com
mittee on Public Lands.
Sherman (R.) of Ohio presented petit
ton from the citizens of Ohio for recogni-
ton of the independence of Cuba. 1t was
referred to the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations. Like petitions were presented
from Florida by Call d. of Florida.
Squire (R.) of Washington, in introduc-
ing bill to provide Notifications and
other coast defenses, alluded sarcasticaily
to patriotic speeches to be delivered to the
Senate in favor OF Cuban independence
and other such subjects, "As if We were
able to carry a chip on our shoulders
the fact being, he delared, that of the
twenty-eight coast cities of the United
States, only one of them, New York, had
any adequate defense, and even New York
had only one-tenth Of the means of de-
Tense that she ought to have.
Hoar (R.) of Massachusetts offered the
following resolution, which was referred to
the Committee on Foreign Relations:
RESOLVED, That the Senate will support the
President in the most vigorous action he may
deem fit to take for the protection and security
of American citizens in Turkey, and to obtain
redress for injuries committed upon such citi-
zens there.
RESOLVED, That the President be requested to
make known to the Government of Turkey the
strong feeling OF regret and Indignation with
which the people of America have heard of
the injuries inflicted upon persons of the
Christian faith in Turkey, and that the Ameri-
can people cannot be expected to view with in
or hin Nf
such wrongs.
Hoar also offered resolution, which was
agreed to, requesting the President to send
to the Senate all information received by
him or the State Department in reference to
injuries inflicted upon the persons or prop
erty of American citizens in Turkey and
in reference to the conditions existing
there as to oppression or cruelties prac-
ticed on the Armenian subjects of the
Turkish Government; also to inform the
Senate whether all the America Consuls
in the Turkish empire were at their posts
of duty, and if not, to state the circum-
stances that have interfered with the per-
Torrance of their duties.
The resolution offered yesterday by Al
len (Pop.) of Nebraska for the recognition
Ol Iue CuDdn TeVOluClOHlSCS was TAKEN up,
and Allen addressed the Senate in support
OF it. He spoke of the Importance of the
island, both in strategic and commercial
point of view, and declared his belief in
the propriety OF promptly recognizing the
revolutionists of Cuba and assisting them
in all lawful ways to secure their indie
pendence and to establish a republic. He
would not have the United States Govern
ment plunge headlong into needless
quarrel with the Spanish Government,
but he believed it to be the true policy and
doctrine of this Government that wher-
ever people showed themselves DESTROYS
of esta blishing republican form of gov
eminent upon adjacent territory they
should receive American encouragement
and support. He believed that the time
was speedily coming when not only the
people of Cuba would be free, but when
the people of all the adjacent islands
would have established republican form
of government or would have become in
tegral parts of the United States.
Allen did not favor greed for territory