The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-24
THAT CUBAN RESOLUTION.
REPORTED TO THE SENATE
FAVORABLY-THE ACCOM-
PANYING REPORT.
NUMEROUS PRECEDENTS ARE CITED
Beginning With Intervention on Behalf
of Greece BY European Powers.
Senator Clay's and President
Jackson's Remarks on Texas
Independence.

Washington, Dec. 21.--In the senate
today Senator Cameron read the report
Of the foreign affairs committee.
1t recommended the passage of the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved, BY the senate and house of
representatives of the United States, in
congress assembled, that the indcpen-
dencc of the republic of Cuba be and
the same is hereby recognized by the
United States of America.
BE it further resolved, That the
United States will use its friendly Of
fees with the government of Spain to
bring TO close the difficulty existing be-
tween Spain and the republic of Cuba"
In the course of long review of this
event the report says:
"At Torpeau, in November 1870, the
| three powers of Russia, Austria and
| Prussia united in signing protocol eX-
pressly intended to assert the right Of
| intervention in all cases where Euro
pean power should suffer in it's internal
regime, an alteration brought about by
revolt and the results Of which ure men
acing to other states a.N
"ln the whole discussion of the situa-
I I. ,n rSS3 ~ r;,ht ~ IN ar,ont;nm
o jan. H. 2;s,, tni n,,. u H., T,r,aa
WIZ 1y ro.i G a,opu.eI nn;nm poo., mo ,rr;,,o
minister of England he began by recog-
nizing Greek belligcrency. TO rcmon-
STRANGE by Turkey he replied: The
character of belligerency was not so
much principle as n fact, that certain
ueslee VI toiee anu yin,i ~
Wy ans rhaSs ". pp',i',;o,. go.
WIZ en', ia,,i anu. pvpd'aon ;s .bo;r t,t,o
uu as o;su,bblh. rnarod IL 20 Tho in.
msos quvs s,, unders ,cn Of an c;v;l;znd
eeiGe., We. u .o. 49,, "'
ha.1ohs 81 W .aent .ne .'.;.,, E,c,,,a and
ineh ian w.. JVi m VIII ,a,s s "nu 't nv
a .hSSr T auu ' Iso7 vn;,d rVG in fnrmal
o.n VI nus, liz, ,,,tiah a,,,,s,;,
.rtdty' sisneu III itpn ;.'.a VIII j.; nas
.eo amtni W n,,u AN in'er init w.. Ia rS
en nu '"m noS;atinn Within tho snaca of
~ ,,,or,h j ,Thn trootv ,uns cnforcsd ra-
o l., ,hn hattie of Navarino ON 10
toher 2o 1907 This dictrm of Canning
nos nnn,od hv Sir John Russell then
aarratarv Of foreign affairs. in the speech
,vbich no modn in tho house of commons
May q 1S6f;. ms his single and sufficient
authority to iustify the step. upon which
he and his colleagues in the government
Ind decided, of recognizing the belliger-
ency of the power of community which
he officially called the southern confed-
eracy of America and which at that time
Ind not q shin mt sea or nm army on
land. and which had given as yet no Of
fetal evidence of war to the British
government. Subsequently the same nc
ton was adopted by the government Of
France, which 'concurred generally IN
the views of her. majestys government
and whose concurrence, III the absence OF
protest or objection by any other power,
made Russ. view this rs the accepted
practice of Europe
The report next taxes up the beigmh
revolution OF 1881, ana then TeIers 70
kussias lnterventioh Ill tne reVoiut'oh vi
1919 Ill hungary. :. ~.
Among numerous revoiutIons III nu-
rope wherein OUTSIDE interVehtloh topk
place the report qu0ies thaI IN spun ny
france III 1919. IN rortuga, ny EhsiaH ~
IN sloZZ, again IN SPAN anu fortusu' III
looo, by Engiahu ana rrahSc, uhuci
what was called the quadruWe treaty,
ana In PIEDMONT ana Naples by tne Hoiy
Alliance IN iozl.
Not only GTeece, montenegro ana hou.
mama, put SerVa, buisaria hhu EsyP'
nave been me creatures OF sucn Inoer-
vention or the oDJects ol its resirain.'
ana also samoa ana Crete owe thelr ~
gal status 10 the same source; FROM
TINS Dody OF precedeht IL ID cleaI tna'
europe had ihvariaDiy asserteu anu Pra'c
tlced the tight 10 InteIiere, p9ln Joinuy
ana separateiy, ahllcaDy anu i1rGlpy'
IN every instance eAcept tlat oi Iolanu;
where european Nope lau resoruu
10 ihsurrection 10 oDtaih ihuepInuen,ee;;
inc American pfeceuen's are hahu'eu
exnTustivey. Inc report suys. .