The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-03
be necessary. The resolutions ought
not to
CAUSE ANY TROUBLE

| committee is one far more effective
than the senate resolution. First, as
! to the belligerency of the Cubans; that
| there is a state of war is fact shown
by many things besides newspaper re-
| ports The official reports of our con-
suls show the growth and extent of
the war 1t is not reproduction OF
the ten years insurrection Of 1858 to
1878. More than one-half a year ago
the consuIs report that armed forces
then in the field contending with des-
perate earnestness and uncomfortable
will were three times greater than the
men engaged in the rebellion OF 1867,
when at the height OF its power, ana
the tide of war has swept on from one
side of the island to the other until
today the Spanish authority is not In
fact exercised over more than one
fundamentally not over more than
one-fourth-of it's territory. The Span
ish minister made a statement on Feb
ruary %, in which he said that 12o,000
troops have been sent to the island by
Spain.
is NOT THAT WAR?
Is that a police force putting down a
street disturbance.
Recently the captain-general Oh
Cuba issued lengthy proclamation
which we have read with. horror,
which contained detailed regulations
and prescription concerning the war,
in the very terms and spirit of the or
ders issued by Napoleon when he
commanded the greatest forces ever
enlisted in modern warfare.
eft will not do to say that this is
guerilla warfare; 100000 of the finest
soldiers that ever marched into Spain
took possession of its cities as the
Spanish troops have taken possession
of the Cuban cities, and assumed 10
subdue a people who could only resist
nv means of guerilla warfare; and
what was the result? Guerilla war
fare destroyed that splendid army
And If was the defeat of Napoleon
forces in that mighty war conducted
nv this harrassing and irregular SyS-
tenn that deprived him Of his resources.
So that after the final blow IN the
retreat from Moscow that greates5
power of modern fme@. crnfn pee eleu ar IA
fell Was that war? Can Spanldro
DENY Il? There is not a Spaniard IN
the world who is not proud to recount
If as the grandest era in Spanish ms
tory. and one of the proudest chaptels
in relation to that race
eve not only seize a ship that tne
snanish minister notifies our Judlclal
officers is about to leave before IL sets
out of the harbor, as was done Will
RRrm11da,
to pursue them
ON THE HIGH SEAS.
eff the Cubans are recognized as
beIligerents they will have the same
rights that we now give fully to Spain
BY recognizing the Cuban belllger-
ency they will have flag ana can
purchase in our markets.
~ will say to gentlemen who are
Of orr
with foreign countries that | do not
think this recognition can excite
ground of complaint, for this war has
existed a year with great bloOdShed.
Spain recognized the southern con-
federacy a month before the battle OF
Bull Run
sThe Spanish pretend that the Gu
bans are in their favor. We do not be-
lieve it. We wish them to have a
government of their own choice. We
believe it will be a free government.
ask in friendly spirit for the in
dependence of a part of monarchy.
1.-The last provision in regard to
intervention is one that has been the
usage of all nations, that has been
practiced by ourselves twenty times.
and whenever American interests are
imperiled we land marines if neces-
sary. And if it is necessary FOR the
protection of a great property in the
midst of disorder we can land a suf-
ficient force for protection The great
arm of this republic ought to be ready
always to follow its people, to protect
their interests. their property and
their lives anywhere in the world"
applause.
McCreary (Dem) of Kentucky, ex-
chairman of the foreign affairs COM
mittee followed Mr.. Hit with
A HEARTY ENDORSEMENT
of the resolutions. THE island, he
said, was confronted with ruin and the
Cuban people with determination. He
was ready, he said to do all in his
power consistent with honor and with
the integrity of our country, to give
independence to Cuba and free the
struggling patriots from a cruel and
relentless despotism. This was no
time for sympathy or for the denun-
citation of the brutal outrages and the
barbarous atrocities that have been
committed in Cuba. The time had
come for the American congress to act.
Mr. Allen (Rep. Pa.) the member of
the foreign affairs committee who
drew the resolutions, made an eIo-
quent appeal in behalf of the strug-
Cling Cubans. The spirit of liberty
which we had invoked in 1776, he said,
was not bounded by the metes of CON
tinents, nor the vast ocean itself He
referred with pride to the fact that
he, while minister to Brazil. had re
ceiVed instructions from Blaine, then
secretary Of state. to open diplomatic
relations with the provisional govern
ment of Brazil when
DOM PEDRO WAS DETHRONED.
Now sir. shall we hesitate when this
other child of freedom calls upon us
to grant it recognition in its struggle
for liberty? Shall the people of the
United States hesitate? [ hope and
pray that the great ruler who guides
the destinies of men and controls the
fate of nations will plant in the hearts
of our rulers today the same spirit that
dwelt in that of James G. Blaine"
cloud aDDlauSe)
Mr. SulZer (Dem) of New York. who
was given three minutes. spoke in ia
vor of the resolution.
Mr.. Turner (Dem.) Ga, made the nrin-
cipal speech in opposition to the adon-
tion Of the resolutions. He expressed at
the outset surprise that the COMMITTEES
had furnished no information on which
70 60 base resolution of SO much gravity.
The correspondence sent to congress- Nv |
the state department he termed 2
dreary record of mutual incendiarism
and assassination. The precedents cited. !
he said. were extremely unfortunate
when recognition was accorded To +be |
of the south had possession of every
port from the mouth of the Potomac tn !
the Rio Grande, and had an army
against which the combined legions of !
would have been utterly unavailing ZAP |
plauSe) i have been amazed that an of !