The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-12-25
NOR(.\\'S REPORT.

A report presenting additional views on
the Cuban question was presented to the
Senate Monday by Senator Morgan. of
Alabama in behalf of himself and Senator
Mills. 1t indorScs Senator Cameron )
views and discusses the action of the com
mittec on foreign relations in 1859 on the
bill to facilitate the acquisition of the
island of Cuba The report reviews the
allcdgcd misyoN eminent of Cuba and mes
sage, by former Presidents on the subject
attitude whose message it atfirms Is Ill
confederation of all former testimony on
the subject The President, it continues,
has laid the question before Congress with
out any recommendation, leaving to Con-
gress the duty of making provision for the
security and rights of United States cltl
zcns in Cuba and enforcing the right of
indemnity in behalf of legal successors of
those who have been killed there. 1t says:
He has intimated that delay is the wisest
policy, but he has refrained from saying
that delay is required by our national hon
or or BY the interests of humanity"
The report takes exception to the char
acteriZation of Spain as the Mother coun-
try of Cuba in former Senate report,
but contends that, on the contrary, she is
"only a cruel stepmother, whose introduce
ton into Cuban family has been the inn
mediate cause of robbery of the stepchild-
rem of their Inheritance and their cruel
persecution to keep down REVOLT" He
characterized the political conflict as "a
war of determination" and says no limit
can be anticipated to Spains ''eXcesSlve
and nhuman abuses of power.
Continuing, the Senator argues that the
President recognizes that the present war
is for independence and not for the graft
tcation of personal ambition. He says
that Senior Estrada Palma, the accredited
representative of Cuba to the United
States. appears to have been informally
received for the purpose of presenting
Cuba's claims to our government and on
December :, 1895, he sent an official note
to the State Department explaining his
mission. asserting that the issue was that
of 1.-The independence or the determination
of the CubanS," and giving the reasons
upon which the Cubans based their revo-
luton.
Concluding, Senator Morgan says: THE
message of Nh Cleveland, who has no
aversion to SnanjSh r11e in Cuba confirms
in all important statements the truth of
the charges made by Mr.. Palma. The only
difference in the situation in Cuba as it is
described in the Senate report of 1859 and
as described in the Presidents message in
1896, is that as time progressed the wrongs
of Cuba have been aggravated and the
means of repression employed by Spain
have grown into a war against humanity,
war of anihiation of property and the
determination of the native population.
IF the firm purpose of our predecessors
to put an end to this condition of affairs
in Cuba in the comparatively mild form of
tyranny that existed fifty years ago had
degenerated into doubts and miSgivingS as
to our duty to our own people and the de-
mands of Christian civilization let the re,
spon>ioility for this lapse from the true
spirit of American liberty and our love of
home rule and independence rest where it
justly belongs and not upon the people
through indifference to their will on the
part of their representatives in Con grcss"