The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-21

,a.ssrsssa~,s. He spoke o< the hssscfy cor
tee. now La progress. and the actual ccsa-
fsssgar Of xAr existing. The course Of
Sn.ar, has caused revolt after revolt in
evs,sas Tne ssnator traced TIE story OF
ssgsa .s,sssSargs ard the course CT th<
1zesfs-5 states. Reading from naalfssto
sssrsas hv the Cuban authorities. Call ar
r~assvas Srsin for imposing encrnlcSis
saxe< o., e.srha- TIE manifesto as read BY
can reflected severely cn the cff7cial al
r,rss,fssr.atioa of SPAIN "A sea of blood IS
vsavv r41rralrg@ asserted the senator Muir
sa~ and reprssai prevailed. Call declared
tha. me recent order Of Capt. Gen. Ney-
ga~ s-issffg.g Eea.a on these even suspected
of Sympathy with the insurgents. was a
brutal aasa bloody edsct.
esaus-o, fslsowed in support of the
ve.s,ztf.,,te ne had offered. For my own
,,arT !, ~ said II regard the question of
fe1lgev4ncy as r. false issue, mistake
into wsica the friends uf Cuba should not
fau n Suain wishes 10 impede or delay
effective action on our part. she wiii en-
courage rs 70 waste our energy ard cur
Initiative in struggling with the legal dif-
HrHitses that Involve this question of bel
I;eerenev. waich. wistn stripped Of all its
popular notions. Is almost an empty or
perhaps a naiscnieyous legal form. I OBJ
ject 10 r. IN TIE first place. for the same
reasons which vaused Gen. Grant 10 re-
Sgsain and I@is&ive 70 Cuba The contest
il no longer GTx os helligerency. bur one
CT szsiepenaense In the second place. I
object to ii because ii comedies TO Spain
the belIigerenf right cf searching our ships
On the high seas and seizing them when
eyer they rave anythiag on board which
can he considered contraband of war. I
object 10 IL. in fhe third place, because IL
imposes Iselligerrnt duties as well as bel
,fr ~ rolf Gs.afs ss@ am
fartaer responsibility for the destruction
or American property in Cuba, by trans
ferring that responsibility TO the insur-
gents | wish tfre government To act |
want 10 see the car0aic misery of Cuba
ended I know that the course I favor
was the fixed policy of the Republican
party of the United States and of the
American people. The course / prefer is
as / believe. the true expression of public
feeling which sssanaRignous in demanding
aetlen in favor OF freedom. Evidently the
government OF the United States can do
no less than 10 take UP the subject where
President Grant left il and 10 resume the
friendly mediation which he actually be-
gan With all the consequences which
necessarily would follow its rejection"
Cameron SAID, ia conclusion, that IL this
resolution was adopted and Spain paid no
attention to IT, he would move the immedi-
ate recognition OF Cuba
Lodge spoke vigorously as 10 the need
OF action. He would, he said, go further
than the resolution OF the committee. While
other Spanish dependencies had broken
away from Spain. Cuba had remained
faithful. earning the title faithful Cuba
And yet oppression, dishonesty and rob
berry had been visited on the island. The
time had come he declared. when IL was
the duty of the United States to act firmly
and fsliv The past relations between this
tude or blood to check our action. The
senator reviewed the friendship of SPAIN
toward the United States. England was
the first to thrust her hand into our bloody
wound at the outbreak OF the civil war;
France was next and Spain followed
Within three months of the firing on sum
ter. Spain had recognized the Confederacy.
Lodge spoke of the suppression OF a free
press and a free church in Cuba. A free
Cuba would mean the development OF that
splendid island, one of the richest spots
on the face of the earth. But there was :
political rather fiIvn A material interest
On which he hsissfs act cuba lay athwart
the route 10 the Nicaragua canal, She was
the sentinel Of the Gulf. the great bulwark
of the American coast.
THE island is today lost to Spain" said
Lodge "They may continue to deluge the
island with blood, but the island is lost TO
them" The senator anaiyzed the bloody
decrees'' issued by Gen. Weyler. plan OF
s'desolation and determination" He may
prolong the agony until the island is q sol
tude. And yet We, six hours away, stand
idly by"
AS matter of humanity the senator ap-
pealed for action. Our words of sympathy
for Armenia were mere words. Those
fearful atrocities had proceeded while all
Europe had not stirred. The protests of
Lord Salisbury were pit!ful The money
power and the money lender were the real
power Of Europe, and this vast power cared
nothing for the slaughter of Armenians.
"Why was the flying squadron. that mar
velous naval armament, lying idle in the
English channel? The world was now
looking to Russia to protect Armenia. But
proceeded Lodge. the United States has
an Armenia at its very door. The United
States can stop the horrible state OF
things in Cuba. Let it only be known that
the United States intends that the piilage
and slaughter shall stop. and II viii stop.
A firm and emphatic diplomacy can ac-
complish this end. The whole American
people would welcome action by the United
States If that war goes on with the
bloody commander in charge, the respon-
sibility is on our shoulders. We cannot
avoid it,
There was burst of applause from the
galleries as Lodge concluded, which the
presiding officer checked by rapping for
order.
Morgan. who reported the resolutions
followed. He said the possibilities of war
should in no way embarrass the consider
alton Of the subject and the shaping OF a
proper course. The committee In submit
ting this resolution was not moved by re-
taIiation or by any consideration OF past
relations between the countries. II was
based solely on the conditions and require
ments of today Morgan referred to the
conflicting information at hand. Out Of
the mass of details, however. the commit
tee felt that IL stood on firm ground in
presenting this resolution. While Cuba
was surrounded by a navy and controlled
by a censorship, many of the best means
OF informa tion were unattainahle. But
certain definite and positive facts were es-
tahlishea beyond question as premise 10
the action OF the committee.
Morgan then took up the legal questions
involved. explaining the duties and ohiiga-
tons of recognizing belligerency. When
armies are formed and men leave their
place as citizens and become soldiers, then
the civilized world recognizes this transfer
as creating n state of belligerency. Under
existing circumstances. those participating
in the uprising were not recognized hy
Snaln as soldiers. but as feious rising
against their government. 70 be treated
with the ignominy of felons. they and
their children. And vet" said Morgan.
while the war Is public and beyond the
possibility OF question or denial. Spain re-
fuses to recognize the war She fills Moro
castle exiies men 10 penal colonies in
Africa she infiicts penalties unwarranted
even II war did not exist" With war pub
tic and notorious. it became the duty Of
the United States and all other countries
70 demand the recognition OF Cuhsns as
soldiers. not as felons. The United States