St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-12
MONROE DOCTRINE MUST BE POS
ITIyELY AFFIRMED By
CONGRESS-.
RESOLUTION TO BE DRAFTED.
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELA-
TIoNS GOES INTO THE
QUESTION.
RECOGNITION FOR THE cuBAss
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 to
/ the Monroe doctrine. There was full
attendance of members, and the dis
| cussion took wide range on all the
subjects under consideration. The COM
mittee adjourned at 1 o'clock to meet
subject to the call Of the chairman. It
| took positive action on only one of
the subjects before it. 1t decided on a
| positive affirmation of The Monroe doc
Urine by congress, and subcommittee
was appointed to draft a resolution de-
caring the sense of congress on this
question. The discussion ON this point
was conducted on the basis of Senator
LGge's resolution, which seemed to
meet the approval of a majority of the
members. Senator Turpie took excep-
tlon TO some of the phraseology of this
resolution, but there is little question,
That the measure as reported will adj
here closely to the Lodge resolution
a subcommittee is expected TO report
| to the next full meeting of the COM
mittee, or it is possible that the COM
mlttee may be polled without a for
mai meeting. The committee was AL
most unanimous in advocacy of a
declaration on the Monroe doctrine
senator Gray is understood to have
taken a position adverse to such a
declaration.
Inc opinions advanced were almost
all to the effect that the yenezueian
s,ilalF mad served to emphasize the wis
uon or this doctrine and to show thar
the tiine was ripe for an official declar
asion OF IL by the law-making power
OF the land. Today's dispatches indi
eating Ensland's purpose of dealing
INDEPENDENTLY with Venezuela were
! commented upon, and some of the SEN
| atofS expressed their apprehension
that the report might be only too We'll
grounded. Comment was made upon
the portion of the presidents message
leaving the door open, as committee
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 IT England should succeed in
/ patching up the. matter with this South
american republic, the circumstance
! shculd not be allowed to stand in the
WY, OF general declaration, which
would serve at least in future emer-
/ gencieS.
CUBAN RECOGNITION.
Senators Sherman, Lodge and Nor
! gan were appointed to consider the
Cuban question, and the discussion in
the committee indicated that, whatever
may De done, If anything is done will
/ be on the lines of the recognition of
X the .beliigerency Of the insurgents. It
was apparent that very friendly feel
/ lns toWards the insurgents pervaded
a .sftkla ff<.<l
peafed 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 talk
en- into consideration, and the aues-
tion 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 a subcomrnit
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 it's 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
I the subcommittee is expected to give
| its special attention.
WILL PUSH IT ALONG.
Assurances have been given by the
house committee on foreign affairs to
I those members who are particularly in
tereSted in the movement to secure rec
1 oSnition for the Cuban revoiutioaists
that that question will be thoroughly
and carefully investiga ted and that a
report will be made ca it to the house
at the earliest day consistent with such
| inVeSGg2 tcn. The subcommittee des-
! fgnated by Chairman Hit to take iuris-
| oiction of the matter consists of Messrs.
! Adams tPa), chairman, Draper Mass
I and Hit CID. Some impotence has
1 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-
I mental reasons have been urged in sun
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 deiiberation.
There is a commercial phase of the
4 question of which the foreign affairs
nem bers are not allowed to remain in
] ignorance. There are sugar invest
ments in Cuba held by citizens OF the
United States, amounting to. some S3G,-
Go0,0G0, which have suffered enorn rus
| damage at the hands of the rebels in
their raids. So long as the. revolution
! has no recognized standing, Spain is
Irresponsible for these losses, and the
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 a
| state eff war exists in Cuba it's citizens
| will have no ground on which to base
their claims. These considerations tend
to retard recognition. Whether they
will defeat the movement for recogni-
ton remains to be seen.
COMMISSION sIEETs.
DR.. Gilman Exhibits Map of The
Disputed Territory.
| WASHINGTON. Jan. 1.-The vene-
zuelan commission resumed its ses-
sions at the diplomatic room of the