The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-22
THE RESOLUTIONS.
Text of the Foreign Relations Com
mittcc Report.

mittcc Report.
Washington, December Ex-senator Cam
eron today presented to the senate the re-
Port of the committee on foreign relations
favorable to the adoption of the following |
joint resolutions
Resolved by the senate and house of |
representatives of the United States of |
America in congress assembled That the
independence of the republic of Cuba be |
and the same is hereby acknowledged by |
he United States of America
BE it further resolved That the United
States will use its friendly offices with .Ae
government of spain to bring to close
the war between Spain and the republic ol
| Cuba.
The report is very voluminous. 1t says:
Congress. at its last session. after long and
| patient consideration, adopted with uIqc-
| tieal unanimlty~the view expressed by your
| committee that the time had come iur Ie-
Stunning intervention with Spain for the
recognition of the independence OF Cuba.
| spain having declined to listen to any rep
| RESERVATION founded on an understanding
! between herself and the insurgents, and
! congress having pledged itself to friendly
! Intervention the only question that remains
TO be decided is the nature of the next step
/ TO be taken with proper regard to tho Gus
! toms and usages of nations.
! Before deciding this question your COM
mittee has preferred to examine with
some care all the instances which have oc-
/ Cured during this century OF insurgent
/ Peoples claiming independence by right OF
/ revolt. The inquiry has necessarily led
somewhat far especially because the .lsht
| OF revolt or insurrection if Instruction
can be properly callei right. seems in
| every instance. except one, to have carried
J with IL commemorative I'M I..,,
convenience we have regarded both insur-
/ rcctor and intervention as recognized
| rights, and have attempted to ascertain
the limits within which these rights have
! been exercised and their force admitted by
The general council OF nations.
The modern precedents of European in
surrection and intervention where indie
I pendenCe was the issue involved. began In
/ 1871, when the Greeks rose in instruction
| against the sultan.
In the course of long review of this
event the report says; At Troppoau in
November 1920, the three powers of Rus
STA. Austria and Prussia united in signing
a protocol expressly intended to assert the
right of intervention in all cases where Il
European power "should suffer in Its in
tcrnal regime, an alteration brought about
by revolt and the results of which are me-
hacing for other States"
In the whole discussion of the situation
1928. the right of Intervention was never
disputed except by Turkey.
when George Canning became prime
minister OF England he began by recognize
ing Greek belligerency. To reinonstrance
by Turkey he replied The character of
bcliigerency WAS not so much a principle
as a fact, that a certain degree OF force ana
consistency acquired by any mass Of popu
lation engaged in war entitled that popuia-
ton to be treated as a belligerent. and
even if their title were questionable. rem
dored it the interest, we'll understood of
all civilized nations. SO 10 treat them
Then Franco joined with England and
Russia. and the three powers, on the 9Th
OF July. 1921 united in formal treaty.
signed in London which committed them
TO ARMED Intervention in case the sultan
should still reject their proffored mediation
, within the space of one month This
treaty was enforced, resulting in the battle
OF NAVARRO.
The dictum OF Cannings was quoted by
: Lord John Russell. then her majesty $
, principal secretary Of state for foreign at
, fairs. in the seoeh which he made In the
house of commons, May c, 1861, M his sim
1 gle and sufficient authority TO justify the
stem upon which he and his colleagues in
the government had decided. of recosniz-
in the be!ligerency Of the power OF com
, munity" which he officially called the
t southern Confederacy of America" and
, which at that time had not \ ship at sea.
q mr. an army on land and which had given,
as vet no official evidence OF war TO
d The british government. Simultaneously the
o same action was adopted by the govern
q mont of France which concur ed entirely
a in The views of her majestys government
r and whose concurrence. in the absence OF
Il nrotest or objection by any other power
: made Russelrs view the accepted practice
Of Europe. 49,, p,,o,,r
revolution If 1880. OF which the report
savs. "Within less than a year after re-
heition Ind broken out and without WAT
;ng for evidence of right or the military
torcn If insurrection every effort oil inter
rontion between England and France took
mace Diplomatic and military JOINT ana
separate.
Tho rcnort next deals with the insurrec-
ito, IN Hungary in 1S4s and RuSsias IN
torventiou. The cars manifesto is quoted
as precedent tondIng to establishing Fisa'
q, every government to intervene in tn'
o,,.;rs NJ foreign states whenever theN
s,,,o,ion would tend to endanger Its OWL
safey or the political equilibrium on ~
frontier As far as Is hhowu 49,, o,iesrei
government in the woflu ,ao'. I.o'oacrt
In the establishment OF ms pr ~ E,,ron,
Av n,, cites in Portugal by ENGLAND y
inc repo cnsin and Portugal In 1856 o.
To-, 81 and France, under what was .alie'
h hsiamua treaty: and in Piedmont ah'
,,es nv the holy alliance IN ~,
Napes' creece Montenegro, houihan'a