The morning times., 1896-04-04
CUBAN TlLKM the HOUSE
Continued from First Page.


New York Harbor tomorrow with their
lone star flag they would be liable to be
treated as pirates. The Spanish minister
would Immediately claim tnat this should
be done. But with recognized flag they
could enter as the ships from all countries
do; they could buy munitions OF war
openly; they could buy supplies of every
kind; men could go openly, il not in armed
expeditions, 10 join them; they could ne
gotiate loans-negotiate them as openly
as the Spaniards could do. now.
The Spanish governmeut now buys inunl
tionS OF war at Hartford and at Philadcl-
pha, buys supplies, loads ships-in fact, the
United States is today the base OF opera
tions in a furious war TO oFCrtEsl those VINO
are struggling for liberty, ana our gov
ernment mas been busted for a year in obey
ing the intimations OF the Spanish min
lister that they could in, this port or In
that catch some one trying to- carry arms
or aid 10 Cuba.
us this fairness?'' he asked rs this
justice? Is this observing neutrality in
this struggle? Either in Spirit or in fact
are we not efficient oppressors of the Gu
bans? Such has not been the policy OF our
| government in earlier days. In 1915 the
! Spanish minister, De Ouis, when the colo
| MES in South America were struggling just
| as the CuDans are now, demanded that our
| ports should be closed to the revolution
| lStS uUucE iiit nag vi butliOS SiCs, tuf-
thagena and the Mexican Congress, and
| other places which he said had 'revolted
! against the authority or the king, my mas
| ter He denounced them as pirates and
| bandits and demanded that they should be
| so treated President Madison disrcgarded
| his naughty demands ana recognized the
| bt.iligcrrncy OF the struggling colonistS.'
The action taken at that time was not
| done by proclamation announcing the rec
| ogntion of elligerency. That was later
custom Madison and Monroe actually rec
ogniZed them-in fact, recognized the rag
| of every colony and OF every part of every
| colony in insurrection and flags of par
| ticular cities. There were two flags
| from Buenos AyreS at one time when there
| were divergng factions there. Both were
| recognized as soon as success was prob
i able Was not the success OF the Cubans
| now probable? For a year they bad baf-
| fled the armies OF Spain.
| The Spanish ne wspaper organs had been
| constantly claiming that the republic had
! no capital, and that If one were pretended
| they would at oucc capture it. But,
| said Mr.. Hit, 1--WE see publications from
| Cisneros, the president of the Cuban republic,
| at CubitaS, their capital, which they have
| held undisturbcd for nearly year-undis-
| turbed because they defied Spanish power
| While the dispatches in this mornings pa
| pers give accounts of enEa gcmcnts In the en-
virons OF Havana. 1t looks from this dis
| lance as if Gen. Weyler, in Havana, had
| more cause To be uneasy than President
| Cisneros i'll his capital at Cuhitas.'
Mt Hit said in conclusion: 1t Is some
times objected that we ought not TO en-
courage the Cubans to separate govern
ment, as they would simply enter upon
anarchy and successive revolutions. as so
often has happened with other Spanish
American colonies But, i'll fact. Cuba diff
oil he pth 4
that twO-thirdS Of its population are OF
European origin. Chile and Cuba are the
| only two spots in Spanish America where
the Spanish race colDniZed in the fashion
in which the Anglo-SaXons colunlZed by
| tranSplanting their people and building up
their own race.
Chile has been for fifty years conspicu-
Gus in South America for ability ana en-
ergy. Her securities were good in Euro
| pean markets forty years ago. The other
Spanish a American countries We're, i'll fact,
populations largely Indian in blood rnied
by a small proportion OF people OF the
European race. The million white people
of Cuba once organized into an mde,Snd-
cnt government Will soon settle into suit
able conditions and enter upon aGarcer OF
| prosperity.
III IS our duty 10 treat them today with
fairness: to observe u neutrality that is
real Americans who are t'esce ndants OF
those who struggled through d contest
! against tyranny like that today in Cuba
should not be false 10 the memory OF
their fathers, nor to the traditions and
spirit OF their history.
NO OBLIGATION TO SPAIN.
1--WE are under no obligations to favor
| Spain aHd oppression, as against Cuba
and freedom. Remember how Spain in
yadcd and seized upon S;.HtO Domingo
whcn the United States waA engaged IN tir
war of the Rebellion. II was disclosed IT
| the debates III the Spanish congress after
| waTdthatthat occupation ofSanto Domingo
| was entered upon EXPIRE SSly 10 thWart the
influence OF the United states and prevent
! our obtaining Il station a SaInana 1t WAS
III This spirit that Spain 50 carly rcco gnizcf
| the Belli.erenCy of the COniederateS,
| mouth before blood was shed in battle
| 1T was done in cooperation with Louis
Napoleon. who, also pursuing the same
scheme of oppression, took advantage o.
our troubles to overthrow the republic q
| Mexico ana set up an empire there. We
have no debt OF gratitude and should b(
influenced by no sentiments but those o
Justice and that enlightened self-inta1eS Z
| which is the true guide i'll the policy OF ma
tons.
When this vote has been given, as it vii
be, overwhelmingly by this House, concur
e ring with the Senate in expressing he vii
e of the people OF the United States. We can
e not doubt that the Executive will act ant
I obey the voice of the nation, and that w
q Will speedily hear that the President ha
recognized the belligereDcy OF the strug
e Cling Cubans.
e The waning cause OF Spain has beer
: apparent from week to week for two months
past. 1t will not be long until we sha
It have an end of all the bombastic preten
a tiUns and denominations OF Weyler = say
@ age operations. and the Cubans, haVlni
II vindicated their rights with their arms
e will enjoy the liberty they have earned
ATTITUDE OF THEPREsIDENT.
Mr.. Hyde asked Mr.. Hit to state
the President should not take any actio
s upon the resolutions, whether or not the
would be entirely nugatory. except merei
as an Expression of sentiment.
r Mr.. Hit replied that he could not rtc'f
g nize the possibility of such a condition {
l. affairs, and therefore declined to expires
n an opinion.
Mr. Boutelle revie wed the history of III
vt parliamentary progress of the resolution
g and expressed the opinion mat u WAS n'
8 the intention of the movers or the resoiutio
n to commit Congress to any deiinte and d
n Cided policy. Congress, he Said, 'fad III
N power to put the resolutions III SuCh 4 lorl
n as to compel the President To act tpo
N them but that had been careiuiiy tVolde,
No Joint resolution was before the Hous
and none had been.
II was as wcll-knOwn as anything po
sibly could be that the President did M
rr believe that a state of BelliGeiency eXis
lc in the Island OF Cuba.
ly Referring 10 the matter OF public sem
I'd mcnt alleged to tie supporting the fesoi
n tons, Mr.. Boutelle said he did not Clal
o. 10 speak for the entire American pubil