The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-21
CAME RON S bLUSTER
Report to the Senate Back
ing Up the Cuban
independence
Crime.
HISTORY ABsURDLY MIsAPPLIED
Canning's Famous Speech Dis
torted in Preposterous
Fashion.
European Bulldozing Of the Bar
barous Turk Made a Precedent
for International In
teryenLion.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. 1S96.-Senator
Cameron, of the Committee of Foreign
Relations, In presenting his resolutions
recognizing the independence of Cuba to-
day filed report which would make
about four columns of the News" pur-
porting to defend American Intervention
. on the ground of historical precedent.
About column is devored to the liberia
fion of Greece from Turkish domination
in the early part of this century, and TO
the various coercive measures taken by
European powers to check the barbara
rule of the Porte.
Not only Greece, the report says, but
Montenegro, Roumania, Bulgaria, Rou-
melia, Servia and Egypt are the crea-
body of precedent thus established it is
deduced as clear that Europe has in
variably asserted and practiced the right
to interfere. both collectively and sep
arateiy. amicably and forcibly, in every
instance. except that of Poland, where
European people has resorted to insur-
rection to obtain independence
The right itself has been based on
various grounds sImpedimepts to COM
merce''; ''Burdensome measures of pro-
lection and repression Requests Of one
of blood and "evils of all kinds; "hu-
manity' and the repose OF Europe
Greek Treaty. Of 1s227)
"A warm desire to arrest, with the
shortest possible delay, the disorder and
the effusion of blood (Protocol Of No
vember 4. 1880 In the case. of Belgium).
rum on the frontiers OF his Empire
(Russian Circular of April 27, 1S49, in the
case of Hungary. TO safeguard the
the political influence of the intervening
power (French declarations of 1849-50 in
regard TO the States of the Church).
able, because absolutely unanimous act
of all Europe. simply the Desire to
regulate, Preambie to the Treaty. of
of Servia, Roumania, Montenegro and
Bulgarial. The report then continues
with a description Of the experiences of
/ to the history of European influence in
4 Asia and then the history of the revolt
of the South American Republics against
the parent nation is taken uRs--After a
very long drawn out discussion this por-
ton VI the report winds up as follows
Monroe's act, which extinguished the
last hopes of the Holy Alliance in Amer
lea, produced Inc deepest sensation among
European conservatives and gave to the
United States extraordinary consideration
England used it as weapon at the Con-
gress Of Verona to threaten the other
powers when they decided on interven-
ton in Spain. Slowly Canning came
wholly over to the side of Monroe as
France and Austria forced his hands in
Spain- As early as October, 1923, he sent
consuls to all the chief cities in rebellion
throughout Mexico and Central and South
America Immediately after his speech
in Parliament of June 15 1924, ne author
lied his Consul at Buenos Ayres to nego-
tate commercial treaty with that Gov
ernment.
on the last day of January. ISIS, he
. notified other powers that England had
determined to recognize the independ-
Nsnce of Colombia. Mexico and Buenos
yres. In a speech in Parliament on
aetended his conduct, blaming the Unit
sd NStates by implication. for pursuing
"a reckless and headlong course, and
i cIainling credit for following one more
$dric1ly guarded in point of principle"
me whole question was one OF time and
Not withstanding Cannine,s explanation.
n rorinciple of the intervention on which
" acted was not clear. Nothing in his
Ect OF recognition revealed a rule of any
general value. He considered that "any
fother period or mode than that chosen
would have been liable to some objec-
tion. Yet the period and mode he
chose We're strongly objected to- through
out Europe, and met with energetic pro-
test from Spain. Nearly two years more
passed before he cleared up. the mystery.
Then, when driven to armed intervention
in the affairs of Spain and Portugal, he
made, on the 18th December, 1926. a
speech in Parliament which was perhaps
very end of this speech. he explained the
principle on which he had acted in re-
gard to the independence of the Spanish
colonies. and the time and mode" of
recogniti0n. It was the moment when
French army took possession Of Spain
IF France occupied Spain, was it
guences of that occupation, that we
should blockade Cadez? No | looked
another way. | sought materials of
cornpehsation in another hemisphere Con-
fempfating Spain, such as our ancestors
had pxnown her, resolved that If France
had lSpain it should not be Spain with
: ne frd.es- - called the new world into
existence to redress the balance of the
pld.''
The principle thus avowed by Canning
added little to the European law of in
z tervention: but the principle avewed by
Mongoe created an entire body Of Ameri-
can Jurisprudence. As an isolated act
Nt meant little. but in Monroe's view it
vas not an ISOLATED act; it was part Of
american; and Il was to be justified on
grounds far wider than itself The
European law and practice of interven-
tion- extending, as It did, Its scope and
energy with every new step In European
development, could be met only by Great
ng an American law and practice of in
s. within the range of its vision.
q The case of Texas is next alluded TO
and then the report comes down to the
ate war. which it approaches with refer
part of Great Britain and Mexico with
- Southern Confederacy, during the
RODS of 1876. and to the invitation of
ord John Russell to the Emperor of
mt endeavor'' to obtain from each of
70 belligerentsf certain concessions in
vor of neutrals. On May the French
inister "concurred entirely in the views
Her Majesty's government" and pledged
mself to the joint action. On May 10,
British government issued its formal
defamation of neutrality between the
ed States and certain States styling
selves the Confederate States of
sica."
/ John Russell justified this action
2 ground of "the size and population
5e seced ng Statesn and sthe condi-
of our (British) commerce." He de-
that the British Government had
Thought of giving assistance to the
D.. Nevertheless, the language OF
John Russell showed that he con-
ed the issue as decided In advance,
that his measures were shaped on
assumption HIS speech OF May g.
acterized the insurgents, without
'fication, as the Southern Confed-
of America. !"
'= his official correspondence With his