The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-10

Turner of Spokane Succeeds Squire
airy Arbitration Opposed.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-In the Sen
ate today Turpie CD of Indiana resumed
and brought to a conclusion the speech
begun by him on Monday in favor of the
recognition of Cuban independence. He
ana not, as was expected, try to pillory
Secretary Olney for the attempt to deny
Congress the right of recognizing the
belliSerency of Cuba, but said that Spain
had failed and would fan to suppress the
revolution and that it was the duty of
Congress TO recognize the independence
Of Cuba.
In resuming, Senator Turpie said he
would a great deal rather depend upon
the credit OF the Cuban Republic than
upon the resources of Spain, stripped as
she was of one great source of revenue,
the Island of Cuba
He quoted from a message of President
Monroe in 1917 on the subject of war be-
tween Spain and her revolted South
american colonies to show that belliger-
ency was then, in the second year of the
war, recognized by the United States
He also quoted from President Monroe's
message of 1919 and 1920 on the SAME sub
ject, in which the hope was expressed
that Spain would terminate the exhaust
ing controversy on the basis of indie
pendence, not on the basis of AUTONOMY
as now suggested by the administr ration
If the recognition of Cuban belligeren-
cY would be cause of war with Spain
then the United States should have de-
ciared war against Spain the day after
the surrender OF Lee at AppomattOx. No
war enSued from the recognition of bell
ligerency, even from the recogni-
ton of independence though President
Monroe had recognized the independence
of seven South American republics in
succession. Unbroken amity and peace
prevailed between Spain and America.
There had never been q war with Spain
and he hoped and trusted that there new
er would be. The recognition of bellig-
erency was a right, not a cause of war.
Mr.. Turpie also quoted from the mes
sage of 1924 (Which he called 1.-The great
message, declaring the Monroe doc
trine, and compared with it the position
he said, rather an anxiety that the rev
olution should fail and that the Spanish
Government should be resorted. He went
ON TO compare the strength of the Span
:sh and the revolutionary armies. The
Cubans, he said, had 900 men, trained |
disciplined, armed with the very best
material and with all the munitions of |
war, and with $1,000 other men, trained |
or weapons. Spain, he said, had 100, 900 |
'egular troops-40,000 in stations along
he trochas, 10000 in garrisons in the sea-
)orts, and 10000 in hospitals, suffering
rom wounds and disease. Spain had al
20 $1,000 militia in order to allow the
egulars more leisure, more freedom in
conducting the principal campaign |
nat principal campaign, he asked. had
hey conducted; what effective cam
'aign? Cuban independence, he de-
Jared, was already an accomplished
act but that did not necessarily imply
hat the Spanish forces would cease
ghting.
In conclusion, Mr. Turpie said:
IF the Cuban patriots succeed we may
hen claim that we were friends of the
'epublic, friends in need, friends in the
our and day of danger If failure be-
all them-which may God acert-our ac-
ion will still lose nothing of grace or
randeur, and we shall then keep faith
18th the quenchless spirit of freedom