St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-12
OUR RIGHT Policy.
MONROE DOCTRINE MUST BE pos
ITIyELY AFFIRMED By
CONGRESS-.
RESOLUTION TO BE DRAFTED.
TIoNs GOES INTO THE
QUESTION.
RECOGNITION FOR THE cuBAvs.
sentiment of Most of the Members
Favorable to the BeIIig-
erents.

| WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE senate
committee on foreign relations was in
session for two hours today. discussing
the Cuban, Armenian and Venezuelan
questions, with incidental reference 10
the Monroe doctrine There was a full
attendance of members, and the dis
| cussion took q wide range on all the
| subjects under consideration. The COM
! mittee adjourned at l o'clock to meet
subject to the call Of the chairman. 1t
took positive action on only one of
| the subjects before it. 1t decided on
positive affirmation OF The Monroe doc
tr1ne by congress, and subcommittee
was appointed to draft a resolution de-
claring the sense of congress on this
question. The discussion on this point
was conducted On the basis of Senator
Lodges resolution, which seemed to
meet the approval Of majority of the
| members. Senator Turpie took exceo-
! tlon TO some of the phraseology of this
resolution, but there is little question
thal the measure as reported will ad-
mere closely to the Lodge resolution.
"A subcommittee is expected to report
| TO the next full meeting of the COM
mlttee, or it is possible that the COM
nlttee may be polled without a for
| NAL meeting. The committee was al
most unanimous in advocacy of a
declaration on the Monroe doctrine
| Senator Gray is understood to have
taken position adverse to such =
! declaration.
Inc opinions advanced were almost
/ al TO the effect that the Venezuelan
a1alr had served to emphasize the wis
uoin OF this doctrine and to show thar
/ the Tune was ripe for an official decIar-
atlon of it by the law-making power
OF tne land. Today's dispatches indi .
callhS England's purpose of dealing
! Independently with Venezuela were
! commented upon, and some Of the sen
ators expressed their apprehension
! that the report might be only too well
/ grounded. Comment was made upon
the portion Of the presidents MESA ee
leaving the door open, as COMMITTEES
men expressed it, for this line of at
tack en- England's part, but it ap-
! peafed TO be the sense of the Commit
tee that if England should succeed in
patching up the matter with this South
! american republic, the circumstances
should not be allowed to stand in the
way CT general declaration, which
would serve at least in future emer-
/ gencies.
CUBAN RECOGNITION
Senators Sherman, Lodge and Nor
gan were appointed to consider the
Cuean question and the discussion in
the committee indicated that whatever
| may be DONE if anything is done will
be On the lines of the recognition of
/ the beDigerency of the insurgents. II
was apparent that q very friendly feel
ing towards the insurgents peryaded
the committee, but the inclination ap-
/ peared to. be against Immediate action
The opinion was expressed by the most
pronounced friends of the insurgents
that precipitate action might do them
more harm than good. There are also
many other circumstances to be tax
en- into consideration, and the Dues
ton presents SO many phases that con-
siderable time will be necessary for the
proper investigation Of the question.
No immediate report, therefore, is ex-
pected on this matter
The Armenian question was taken
Up, and also referred to subcomnit-
tee. The opinion was very general
that the administration should be sup
ported IN any effort it might make look
ing to the protection of American sub
Jects in Turkish territory and that the
United States should make its infiu-
ence felt in that quarter How best
to proceed to do this is the problem
which confronted the committee, and
it is to this phase of the matter that
the subcommittee is expected to give
it's special attention.
WILL PUSH, IT ALONG.
Assurances have been given by the
house committee on foreign affairs to
those members who are particularly in
tereSted in the movement to secure rec
ignition for the Cuban revolutionists
that that question will be thoroughly
and carefully investigated and that d
report will be made On it to the house
at the earliest day consistent with such
investigation. The subcommittee des-
ignated by Chairman Hit to take juris-
dictiOn of the matter consists of Mes5rs
Adams (Pa.), chairman, Draper (Mass)
and Hit Qll) Some impotence has
been voiced in the house because a res
olution to recognize the revolution has
not been brought forward and passed
Immediately, and patriotic and senti-
mental reasons have been urged III sup
port Of this feeling. The foreign affairs
committee recognizes fully the exist
ence of this sentiment, but the SUB
committee does not feel justified in act
ing without the usual deliberation
There is commercial phase Of the
question of which the foreign affairs
members are not allowed to remain If
ignorance. There are sugar invest
nents in Cuba held by citizens OF the
{,I f14
Z Oii4tC0 tOtdtS7, ItiI+Ct!Httii ~ SDIiiS pJy--
0G0000 which have suffered enorm 7us
damage at the hands of the rebels ir
their raids. So long as the revolution
has no recognized standing Spain is
responsible for these losses, and tho
owners OF plantations hope to be able
to secure reparation from her at some
future day When this government
formally takes notice OF the fact that {
state Of war exists in Cuba its citizens
viii have no ground on which to bass
their claims. These considerations tenC
to retard recognition. Whether they
viii defeat the movement for recogDi
ton remains to be seen.
COMMISSION MEETS.
Or. Gilman Exhibits "a Map ef the
Disputed Territory.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1.-THE Vene