The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-20

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come when Cuba and the monarchy OF
spain must Be separated
IL could not be said on the hcoy Of the
senate that the American consuls in Cuba
could not AFFORD 10 have IL known that
they reported the truth.
There was much interest manifested
when Foraker rose TO speak
II want 10 say az the outset" he an
nounced. that win vote for this resolu
ton or something like IL. In adopting the
resolution thu senate should act In ac-
eordance with International dsw. There
can be no question Of recognizing the in
dependence OF Cuba because no enc
claims IT."
Intervention was also out Of the Ques-
ton he declared. for reasons which no
proceeded 70 explain. The explanation.
being an announcement OF fact hitherto
unknown, created a sensation. He said:
IN spite OF the limitations which are
imposed upon me. feel ar liberty 10 state
that mediation has been rendered BY the
government and has been rejected BY
Spain. Foraker then gave the facts re-
garaing the olnsy letter 70 De Lone He
read a sentence from SPANS reply 10 the
proposition. as follows:
There IL no effectuai way 70 pacify
Cuba unless II begins with the setusl sub
mission of armed rebels 10 thu mother
country"
That said Foraker. was the end OF
this, coantrsss effort at mediation.
The record shows. he continued, that
the purpose of our governments attempt
at Intervention WIS TO secure peace bs
means consistent with the honor. dignity
and the continued sovereignty Of the span
ish government.
Having rejected this proposition" he
said, is Il reasonable 10 suppose that she
rrn9 cf1fS I'm
cater
This question was addressed especially TO
Hoar. who said that he did not consider
such change possible year and four
months after the first offer.
Discussing the Morgan resolution on its
merits. Foraker said that direct tnteryen-
ton was better. shorter and more Chris
tian-iike way than the adoption of the res
oiution. He would say TO Spain, In the
name of civilization and humanity, IS well
as in the interest of our commerce, you
must recognize Cuba
Cuba had no right TO ask the United
States for this intervention. nor Spain to
object 10 Ii.
Foraker then read at length from the
Olney letter as well as the consular report
which is credited TO Gen. Lee. He referred
to tie condition of COO or 500 Americans in
Cuba.
Elkins interrupted: 'How do you know
it,"
II know 1t from the state department"
answered Foraker
But how does the senate know OF IL Of
fciaIiyy' persisted Elkins. I'VE are asked
TO vote away our judgments on the private
information of senators who slip away TO
the state department and go into executive
session
Foraker answered tocularly that the
West Virginia senator should not become
al
lege of slipping away to the state depart
ment.
Foraker admitted that II Cuba was
country with which the United States had
no transactions there would be cause Tor
the United States to take no notice or the
war. The whole country. he asserted, was
united as to the point of the expediency
OF recognition. He admitted that recogni-
ton would give Spain the right TO stop
the ships of the United States and relieve
Spain of liability for damages for the de-
struction of American property. OF the
after result he said:
II would not regard Ii as a serious loss
have found in the state department claims
piled up there amounting 10 many NH
lions for the destruction OF American
property in this rebellion, and IN each and
every instance the presentation TO the
Spanish government OF such a claim mas
been followed by a long diplomatic cor
without a single exception, with nat, d.
rect refusal TO recognize such claim;
and it is a notorious fact that SPAIN
did recognize them she would be unable 10
pay them. In ali S, .'ousneSss had rather
hold the obligations OF the insurgents than
of SPAIN
II was time, Foraker said in conclusion,
that the United States should be policing
her shores. Ii was time to end this CO.
partnership in brutal and Relish war.
Hoar replied TO Foraker. contending
that the senate should have authoritative
facts before IL. He complained that
Foraker wanted the senate to act on In
formation which he was not at liberty TO
disclose. What Spain had declined was
what any self-respecting nation would de-
cline and while she retained Cuba she
should make laws for that part of her
kingdom without the aid of the United
States. Twenty years ago Spain had
said there might be conditions under
which she would accept mediation. and II
the facts claimed by Foraker were true.
it must seem to him that the golden hour
had arrived Hear called attention to a
statement in Secretary Olneys letter
which Foraker had not read, that the
war was conducted by the insurgents, not
by pitched battles, but by applying the
torch to plantations and striving to starve
out the Spanish soldiers by destroying
the plantations and business. He said.
IF II was true that insurgents were thus
DESTROYING the property of American cfti-
gems, was IL a violation OF the rules OF war
that they were banished or punished by
death? l would like report from the
committee on foreign relations on that
point"
He did not know whether IL a Cuban or
an American citizen were caught red
handed IN such business, he should not be
put 10 death. Federal soldiers had been
executed In the American rebellion after
trial by a drum-head court-martial for
burning a military bridge. Even though