The evening times., 1897-07-01
AMERICA NEVER AIDED CUBA
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dispatch Mr.. Clay stated that the United
States Government thought that England
was at the bottom of the scheme deliberate
Cuba. and that, if Cuba were once inde-
pendent from Spain, she would finally be-
come an Eugish colony or state under
French protection.
1T seems to me clear that the real rea-
sons for Mr. Clay's official communica-
ton against the independence Of Cuba in
1925 and 1926, Were not SO much those
stated in his dispatches as tire fear that II
Cuba were once indepen dent or annexed to
Mexico OF Colombia slavery would be aboi-
ished in that island, step which would
have been Ia conflict with the policy of
the United States, then governed by slave
power, which naturally supported say-
cry.
1.-The question OF slavery was then at the
bottom OF every important move of the
United States. foreign and domestic, and
it ooIored or disc0lorcd all her important
transactions. Perhaps the idea of acquir-
inS the Island OF Cuba was another reason
which dictated Mr.. Ciay's action.
''Thequestion OF the independence of Cuba
was considered in the American Congress
which met at Panama in 1926, and the
idea or sending an armed expedition to
liberate that island was abandoned on
account Of the opposition of the govern
nent OF the United states, as appeared
from a communication from Mr.. Poinsett
United states minister to Mexico, to Mr..
Clay, Secretary OF State, of September
IS, 1895
when Simon bolivar proposed the assem-.
OF Bp.y, as n s,.ft A,,a
ican nations to agree upon some contt
mental policy, President John Quincy a dams
laid before Congress. in his annual messa ge
OF s2S. the question of the represeD tation
OF the United states at tl.at Congress
The coalition against the Adams admins
tIation. which ultima teIy became the
fight on this measure.
1t calico forth long debates and aroused
great excitement in the House OF Repre-
senrativcS, because IL was not an ordinary
mission. anc seemed TO have far greater
Importance than any question Of foreign
relations that lad previously come under
discussion II was believed 10 be an at
tempt To make a confederation or league
OF all the American countries. and thus to
a cert ain e> tent extin guish the individ-
uality of tie United States
This discussion lasted from February
to April p, 1926, when the Committee
on Foreign Affairs reported q Ieselut On
declaring tiiatit was expedient to appro-
priate tie necessary funds to send repro
Sentatives tc the Panama Congress This
resolution was approved by vote OF
43 to 54, and passed the Senate by
vot.. of "a 60 10
The United States delegates to the Pau
ana congress were instructed to atten d the
congress in merely diplomatic charac-
ter, without discussing OF accepting any
proposition of alliance binding the United
States
'These restrictions had been embodied
in an amendment presented both In the
House and Senate, which had passed the
House, but was finally rejected because Il
was considered an infringement upon the
prerogatiyes of the Executive. AS it ex-
pressed the views of Congress-, however, its
PROVISIONS were embodied In the instru-
nent to the commissioners
Il understand that one of the objects OF
that Congress was to accomplish the IN
dependence of the 7 sland OF Cuba but the
idea did not meet the approval of the
United States, and that fact prevented the
Panama Congress from arriving at any
practical result
Senior Romero concludes "It is clear
that the United States did not In any prac-
ticai manner assist the American colonies
OF Spain to achieve their Independence
hope that this statement of facts will
serve to show that the Spanish colonies in
America achieved their independence by
their own efforts, and without the aid of
any foreign nation, and that some of
them expected such and they never got 1T
trust also that it viii dspei some errors
prevailing on that subject.
''M. ROMERO"