The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-22
NO AGITATION OVER
THE CUBAN AFFAIR
Mr.. Cameron's Resolution Arouses Little
Interest Ia the Senate.
VARIOUS SUBSTITUTES ARE OFFERED
The Senate Passes Mr.. Calls ResO.
luton Referring to the lmprisNn.
ment of American Citizens in
Spanish Penal Settlements..synOp.
sis Of the Report OF Senator
CnmprOn

Cameron.
Washington. Dec. 2l.-There was no
special excitement manifested today
by senators or by the general public
in the matter of the joint resolution
acknowledging the independence of the
republic of Cuba. The galleries We're
not occupied to the extent of two
thirds of their capacity, The proceed
ings were of a formal and uninterest-
ing character. They consisted merely
of reporting the joint resolution by Mr..
Cameron. of Pennsylvania, from the
committee on foreign relations and
the Offering of various substitutes for
1t on the part Of senators. Mr.. Vest,
Of Missouri, presented resolution de-
claring that the exclusive power to de-
termine when the independence of
foreign people struggling to establish
government for themselves should be
recognized is vested by the constitu-
ton. not in the president of the United
states, but In congress and he gave
notice that he would address the SEN
ate tomorrow In support of that dec
laratiOn.
Mr.. Hill, of New York. offered sub
stitute for the committee joint reso-
luton, declaring that q state of war
exists in Cuba, according belligerent
rights to the Cubans, and announcing
that the United States Will preserve O
state of neutrality between the bel
ligerents.
Mr.. Bacon. of Georgia, offered a reso-
luton asserting that the question of
recognition of anv people as free
and indeoendent nation Is question
exclusively for the determination of
congress, and does not appertain to
the executive department. And still
another resolution was offered by Mr..
Chiffon, Of Texas, declaring that q con-
dition of public war exists between the
government Of Spain and the govern
ment which has been for some time
maintained by force of arms by the
people Of Cuba. and that the United
States will maintain a strict neutral
ity between the cOntending parties,
according to each, all the rights of bel
ligerents In the ports and territories
of the United States. These various
resolutions and substitutes were either
laid on the table, with the foreign re-
lattons committees report. or were re-
ferred to the copmitte on the judi
ciary. The whole subject, however
will be open to discussion tomorrow,
when Mr.. Vest calls up his resolution.
SENATOR CAMERON's REPORT.
hS icpoit VI SeIldtOT cameron IRON
the committee on foreign relations
which was presented to the senate to-
day to accompany the Cuban resolu-
tions which were adopted by the COM
mittee Friday, Is q document Of great
length and deals, In opening, with mod
ern precedents Of European interven-
tion where independence was the issue
involved. 1t cOntinues:
From this body of precedents, It is
clear that Europe has Invariably as
serted and practiced the right to inter-
fere, both collectively and separately.
alnicably and forcibly. in every in
stance except that of Poland.
The report continues:
America. both north and south has
always aimed to moderate European
intervention and to restrict it's exer-
cise."
After referring to President Monroe's
announcement in his annual message
OF December 1923, that new nations,
which his act alone had recognized as
independent, were by that act placed
outside of the European system and
that the United States would regard
any attempt to extend that system
among them as unfriendy to this gov
ernment. the report says: From that
day to this the American peoples have
always and unanimously supported and
dppItNeu tIle NOUTOe uOctFlne.
Reference is made to the very friend
ly feeling on the part of Great Britain
and Mexico with the Southern Con-
federacy' and to the invitation of
Lord John Russell to the emporer Of
France to cooperate with England in
Joint endeavor' to obtain from each
of the bellgerents" certain concessions
in favor of neutrality. On May the
French minister "cOncurred entirely in
,S Af,sn ,t,-,u
ment," and on May 13 the British gov
ernment issued its formal proclamation
of neutrality between the United
States and certain states styling them
selves the Confederate States of Amer
ica."
more serious STILL" the report goes
on to say. ''as symptom of European
temper, was the Joint action concerted
between England and France. which
soon proved that England, while wait
ing eor the dissolution of the Union.
meant in recognizing the independence
of the Southern Confederacy to revive
her old belligerent claims of 1S12. which
had never been expressly abandoned.
To the fact that Russia was avowedly
friendly and that the two most pow
erful British ministers OF their time
we're outvoted in their own cabinet,
America owed her escape from Euro
pean domination.
PRESIDENT GRANTS ACTION.
Coming down to 1869 when the Cuban
insurgents appealed to the United
States for recognition the report says
President Grant admitted the justice OF
the claim and directed the minister of
the United States at Madrid to interpose
our good offices with the Spanish gov
ernment. The story Of that interven-
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