St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-12
MONROE DOCTRINE MUST BE pos
ITIvELY AFFIRMED BIZ
CONGRESS.
RESOLUTION TO BE DRAFTED.
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELA-
TIONs GOES INTO THE
QUESTION.
RECOGNITION FOR THE cuBASs.
Sentiment of Most of the Members
Favorable to the BelIig-
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 a 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. 1t
took positive action on only one of
the subjects before it. 1t decided ON
positive affirmation of The Monroe doc
trlne by congress- and a 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 a majority of the
members. Senator Turpie took excep-
ton to some of the phraseology of this
resolution, but there is little question
that the measure as reported will ad
here closely to the Lodge resolution
subcommittee is expected to renort
10 the next full meeting of the com
Hittee, or 1T is possible that the COM
mittee may be polled without a for
NAL meeting. The committee was AL
most unanimous in advocacy of
declaration on the Monroe doctrine
senator Gray is understood to have
taken position adverse to such a
declaration.
Inc opinions advanced were almost
al. 10 the effect that the VenezueIan
Sllaif mad served to emphasize the wis
uom or this doctrine and to show that
the time was ripe for an official den,ar
alton of it by the law-making poyyer
OF one land. Today's dispatches indi
eating 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 90
leaving the door open. as committee
men expressed it. for this line of at
tack en- England's part, but it an.
peared to be the sense of the commit
tee that if England should succeed in
patching up the. matter with this South
american republic, the circumstance
should not be allowed to stand in the
way CT general declaration. which
l. T.
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 be done, if anything is done. Will
pc On the lines of the recognition of
the beDigerency of the insurgents 1t
was apparent that very friendly feel
ing towards the insurgents pervaded
TIE committee, but the inclination aJ-
peareG to. be against immediate action
Inc opinion was expressed by the most
pronounced friends Of the insurgents
mat precipltate action might do them
more harm than good. There are also
many other circumstances to be TAX
en- into consideration, and the aues-
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
me Armenian question was taken
Up, and also referred to a subcomnit-
I 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 SUBJ
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
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
no Cs1lTa
that that question will be thoroughly
and carefully investigated and that a
report will be made on it to the house
at the earliest day consistent with such
investigation. The subcommittee des-
fgnated by Chairman Hit to take juris-
dlction of the matter consists of Messrs
Adams Ga.), chairman, Draper Mass
and Hit QH). Some inipatience 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 in 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 a commercial phase of the
question of which the foreign affairs
members are not allowed to remain in
I ignorance. There are sugar invest
ments in Cuba held by citizens OF the
/ United States, amounting to some 800
| 100000, which have suffered enorm rus
| damage at the hands of the rebels, in
| their raids. So leng as the revolution
| has no recognized standing, Spain is
responsible for these losses, and the
| owners of plantations hope to be able
to secure PREPARATION from her at some
| future day. When this government
| formally takes notice OF the fact that a
state Of 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
viii defeat the movement for recogni-
! ton remains to be seen.
CONFESSION MEETS.