Evening star., 1897-06-02
A VIGOROUS DEMAND
Significant Speeches Made at the Cuban In
dignation Meeting.
Dr. Byron Sunderland Crent-. Much
The Lawn Fefe Mt Belmont.

anu Is peing waged by Spanish soldiers ON
oeiehscless women and helpless children
'e island OF Cuba was the theme for
nam pronunciation by the speakers
- essed the mass meeting held YES
terday afternoon at the Columbia .rb..,or
which had been rendered for .ha ,,u..
os 'ie management to the Womar's Ma
tlonal Cuban League. III. rece,, ,,ro,,o,,s
murder Of an American profcssi, nal r,,rso
WHO mad volunteered her services IN Tho
insurgents. and who was killed in n raid
Haoe oy Spanish soldiers on the hospital
Mhere she was engaged, was the event lead
ing up 10 the meeting. There was a good at
.snoahce. Mr.. Simon Wolf presided. and
ele proceedings were commenced with a
IerVeht prayer for the deliverauce of ,-uba
oHered by Rev. Henry N Couden char
iaih IAN OF the House of Representa- tiy.s who
lmplored that America would take m. ant
NJ We nand cuba held TO her for aid
MT Nolf made a brief address, and later
IN the meeting, when there had been criti-
cism OF the spirit shown by the present
auliI,iilslration I.. IN considering the Cuban
question, he said there was no brtt,r or
truer man that President Mc!<Inlev. ana
mat ne would do his duty and act when
the time came to act.
DIR. SunderIand's Speech.
me first speaker was Rev. Dr. Byron
sunderland. He made a spirited and Yp-
gressive address, that aroused General .n-
thusiasm- He declared that thu. I-,itad
States government was recreant TO lis duty
IN the Cuban emergency, and then pro-
inaction. i'
The House of Representatives called IN
take action upon questions OF vital moment
TO the people, is adjourning from day TO
cay, with the key to legislation i'm The
pocket Of one man. Meanwhile some of tbe
members are In cahoot with peers of the
bilusE parliament. regaling themselves
with mimic game of chess. Can ANYTHING
be more sardonic? What a spectacle, And
the CubanS have been subjected to agonies
ana miseries untold. Tell it in the streets
of Askalon.
Let the people of the world know that
we nave spent paltry S5o,uoo with the
distlnct understanding that we are not 10
NEEDLE with Spain-Spain, most oil de-
crepld, outworn of all nations. with only
strength enough to make a last struggle
against her weakened colonies Spain. of
all nations the most like the unspeakable
Turk Was it not proverb with Spanish
and fortune?'
Now. who shall say to her. Release
your grip? One ship of war sent to Ha-
vana would do the work. Are we afraid?
III Congress would not do that, then there
is one more final appeal, and that is to
the American people themselves
All treaties he declared, We're abrcgated
by the common law of humanity and no
great power had a right to stand by and
see people struck down by intolerance.
DIR. Sunderland's address was punctuated
with applause and when he closed the ap-
proval was loud and long continued.
President Mckinley VIII Act.
Representative w. III. King of Utah,
Mrs. Clara Bell Brown and Rev. DIR. Alex
ander Ken made brief remarks. and Mrs.
Charles NJ. Pepper, wife of the Cuban cor
respondent of The Evening Star, implored
her sisters tc keep cool and have faith in
the Presid. mt, who. she said, would do all
in his power to help Cuba. but who has
been awaiting 20 hear from the lips of a
spectator the actual situation in the island
before acting. She announced that Special
Commissioner Calhoun had started for
home and that information of great import
ance would be Impaired when he arrived
here
Mrs Clara Colby read a series of resolu-
tions reciting the horrible outrages per-
petrated by the Spanish soldiers on women
and children in Cuba describing how Spain
had ignored all obligations human and di-
vine, appealing to the women of America
to spell k with united voice that such out
RACES should cease. and to the civilized ma
uons 10 compel Spain to regard the rules
OF war. The resolutions closed as follows:
That We demand that the House of Rep
resentatives act in accord with the SenaIe
in recognizing the belligerency of Cuba,
and implore the President to put into
action that which shall secure the freedom
of the island. the sympathy which our
whole naticn feels for the struggling pa
They wer, adopted unanimously by ris-
ing vote.
Another Meeting Called.
The officers OF the National Cuban
League have called a meeting to be held
next Friday evening. at the New National
Theater, when memorial services will be
held in honor of the American citizens who
have been slaughtered by the Spaniards in
Cuba. The gathering. which will be ioubt-
a ma will h. 4 II
speakers of national prominence.
The Fete for the Cuban Hospital Fund.
The lawn fete to be given at Belmont
this afternoon and evening, under the aus
pices of the Woman's National Cuban
League, will have many novel and inter-
esting features, as well as the customary
yet Eever-failing attractions of such enter
tainments in Washington, in the shape of
handsome women and bewiideringly pretty
girls. There will be no admission charged
to the grounds. Refreshments will be
served at moderate prices, and there will
De many pretty articles exposed on the
various stands and booths. The entire pro-
ceeds will be devoted to the Cuban hos pital