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 CUBAN.
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 full
attendance of members, and the dis
! cussion took 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. It
| TOOK positive action on only one of
! the subjects before it. 1t decided on a
positive aff1rma ton Of The Monroe doc
| trine by congress, and a sub-c committee
| 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
LNige's 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.
a subcommittee is expected to report
| TO the next full meeting Of the COM
! nlttee, or 1t is possible that the COM
mlttee 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 a position adverse to such a
! declaration.
The opinions advanced were almost
al to the effect that the Venezuelan
aIIa1f mad served to emphasize the wis
oofn or this doctrine and to show that
| the time was ripe for an Official declar
atlon OF it by the law-makfng power
or the land. Today's DISPATCHES indi
! eating Englands 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 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 if England should succeed in
4 patching up the. matter with this South
American republic, the circumstance
shcuId not be allowed to stand in the
| way OF general declaration, which
| would serve at least in future emer-
4 gencies.
Senator's 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
be On the lines of the recognition of
the ,beliigerency Of the insurgents. It
was apparent that very friendly feel
ing towards the insurgents pervaded
the committee, but the inclination ap-
peafed to be against immediate action.
Inc opinion waS expressed by the most
pronounced friends Of the insurgents
that prectpltate action might 90 them
more harm than good. There are also
many other circumstances to be talk
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 a 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 it's infu-
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
its special attention.
WILL PUSH 1T ALONG.
Assurances have been given by the
house committee on foreign affairs to
those members who are particularly in
teTested in the movement to secure rec
ignition for the Cuban revoIutionists;
that that question will be thoroughly
and carefully investiga ted and that a
report viii be made On it to the house
at the earliest day consistent with such
investigation. The subcommittee des-
fgnated by Chairman Hit to take iuris-
CictiOn of the matter consists of MeSsrs.
Adams (Pa), chairman, Draper (Mass.),
and Hit CID. Some impatience 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 deiberatiOn
There is a commercial phase of the
question of which the foreign affairs
nGem 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 $780,
coo 0G0, which have suffered enornl us
damage at the hands Of the rebels in
their raids. So long as the revolution
has no recognized standing, Spain Is
responsible 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 d
state &C war exists in Cuba its citizens
viii 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.
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