The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-05-22

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teasopaRlA e 1uPposA that she would
snoM enfsstel4 DfoDeeatdons to sndicate
he didsoonsider Duoh 6 changs possible +
year and four months altar the frst s4.
Discussing the Morgan resolution on its
merits. Senator Foraker. said that direct
Intervention was better, shorter and moro
: Christianlike way than the adoption Of
the resolution. He would say, to Spain:
Tin the name Of civilization and human.
tty. % well az In the interest Of our COM
merce: you must come to z stop. and you
brought out burst Of applause from the
galleries. which was promptly checked BY
the chair.
The resolution under consideration did
not go 80 far % this It was mistake to
suppose that it's adoption meant war be-
tween the United States and Spain. Cuba
has no right to ask the United States for
this Intervention, nor Spain to object to
It. It was time, Senator Foraker said,
In conclusion. that the United States ceased
policing her shore in the interest Of Spain.
It. was time to end this. quasi copartner-.
ship In q brutal and hellish war and, for
his part. no vote or act would continue
this unholys alliance. -
HoaF Replies.
There were evidences Of demon!
stration- in. the galleries as Senator
Foraker closed, but these were quickly
checked by the presiding officer. Sen
ntor Hoar replied, contending that the
senate should have authoritative fact
set forth like judicial finding of a
court in an official report. He COM
planned that Senator Foraker wanted
the senate to act on information which
he was not at liberty to disclose. The
practical thing was to propose media
tion, and il that was rejected to have
the facts presented to the senate and
take the action the facts warranted.
What Spain had declined was what any
self-respecting nation would decline
that while she retained Cuba she
should make laws for that part Of her
kingdom under the .dictation of the
United States. That was not declina-
ton of mediation.
49,. Created q Stir.
Washington, May 20.-The secret ar
ehives of the state department which
have held the consular reports on the
Cuban war from the public were par
TALLY disclosed Wednesday by Senator
Foraker, of Ohio. During the past week
the debate In the senate has been preg-
nant with limitations and innuendoes
of reports from United States officials
in Cuba held at the state department.
which, If published, would disclose a
condition on Cuban soil which would
influence public opinion in a decided
manner. The facts, therefore, which
Senator Foraker announced, without
stating from whom they came, created
q decided stir. Especially startling was
the letter from Secretary Olney, In
which this country offered mediation
to Spain, and the refusal Of that conn
try to accept the prohered aid. While
one of the consular reports was read,
without the name Of the author being
disclosed, it is stated to be a commune
cation from Consul General Lee, which
fully sets forth his idea of the condi-
ton that exists In Cuba. The extract
was quoted as follows, no date being
given: -. ...:
Lee ON the Condition Of Affairs.
IT cannot understand the truth Of the
claim that all the provinces Of the island
are pacified except that OF: Santiago dc
under arms at this time than at the period
I first reached the islands, some ten months
ago, and do not think 1t a fair inference
to draw from existing conditions that the
war is hing o. termination, because,
IN pursuance of; an established policy, the
Insurgents avoid as Tar as possible all
serious engagements.
.: '"The impossfbility Of expelling the Span
ish troops from this island by force Of
arms Is well known to them, and they
do, not propose to risk the lives Of their
men and the success Of their cause upon
one or more pitched battles. I conclude,
therefore, that the war will drag its weary
length along 50 long as the insurgents
can dig sustenance from tho ground, on
the one side, or money be obtained by the
other. with the continued result Of I'M
told human suffering, loss Of human life,
the murder Of innocent men, women and
children by both sides and the frightful
havoc which disease makes in the ranks
Of soldiers, particularly among the I'M
acclimated spaniards. The poverty and
distress Of the people are increasing, and
the loss Of property Of all sorts daily be-
coming more enormous. No one can fully
appreciate the situation without being here
in person. The number Of poor, distressed,
starving women. children and old men Of
all races has greatly Increased In this
city within the past few weeks, while in
other points on the island the suffering has
been proportionately great"