The times., 1898-04-08

ou u nave TO excuse me, was MS oIiiy
comment.
Senator Jones of Nevada also was non
committal. but added significantly:
II shall give my views in a few days"
Senator Foraker OF Ohio did not think
that the joint note made any change in
tho situation.
Senator Burrows of Michigan: The
notes that passed yesterday between. the
representatives of the powers and the
President was but a polite exchange that
was right and proper The note of the
powers was sUcn a d1CaLIent as would
naturally be inducted by the rdticns Of
the earth who Gesire 10 place themselves
between two great nations, and il was
presented to this government in the hope
that peace wonld result. TIE President
accepted 1t in the proper spirit, and re-
piled to it cour: olIsly but without yield
ing any of the ground upon which he
stands. II the powers can show any way
through which peace can be assured con
sonant with the honor and dignity If tn,s
government. and IN accor,llace with he
duties it owes 10 the p@gpie ofthr West
ern Hemisphere, thac way-..siu PC E'edly
followed by the United S@,tks: If thev
cannot, then Jhe reD.S % Ule PresiGent 5
notice TO SPAN and to the word tt.it we
will settle this question in our own way.
Affairs are rapidly cn;minq,ing
Senator Allen of Nebraska: have not
y,
care to discuss them until have. IL Mr.
Mckinley intends TO follow the American
idea he will have the support of the whole
people
Senator Gear of Iowa: The note of the
President means, in plain English. that
Europe has been notified to take care
of her own affairs and We will take care
of ours.
Senator Frye of Maine: 1t is shrewd
1iy,tr -. ~,
dent. lie admits nothing in his reply, but
in diplomatic language thinly veiled.
warns the powers that he has stood as
much as this Government can stand and
that unless Spain agrees TO the absolute
concessions that have been demanded and
leaves the island and permits to drive
her from Cuba and set up a republic
fail TO see how We are to avoid con-
| fict with Spain.
| Senator CockreI of Missouri: If the
note of the President means anything it
means that the President intends to set
tie this affair without European inter
| ference.
Senator Roach of North Dakota: The
| note means nothing. 1t neither adds TO
| nor takes away from the situation. Di-
plomacy is the use of language to con-
ceal ideas and that is what is accom-
| plished in these notes. An Indictment
| against Spain ought TO be drawn in fif-
! teen minutes at least and it ought to be
| framed so that the world would under
| stand the reasons why we are about to
| interfere.
Senator Smith of New Jersey: The
| note of the President in reply to the rep
| resentation of the powers means. accord
| ing to my view of the case that the Pres
| ident will settle this affair after his own
| notion unmoved by anything that Eu-
rope may do. 1t looks like war.
Senator Faulkner of West Virginia.;
The note is important as indicating what
| may be the last step prior to the publica-
| ton of the Presidents message 1t is
non-commitaI throughout save in the
last paragraph. That paragraph. if it
means anything at ALL means that the
| President has warned Europe that the
| United States will attend to Cuban affairs
and viii settle it after its own way un-
less Spain meanwhile agrees TO all that
has been demanded
Senator Cuilom of Illinois: The notes
| sound very nice and will make good read
! ing as diplomatic representations, but un-
derneath their verbiage is the notice TO
Europe that this Government proposes to
| do business with Spain in its way unless
Spain listens to reason. Things are com
ing to head promptly and l should not
be surprised to see the storm break at
| any moment.
Representative Pearson of North Caro-
| lima: 1T is an important thing. 1t would
| seem to imply that Spanish control of the
| island be continued. 1t would be exceed
| ingly difficult to persuade the American
| Congress that this course would be hu-
| man or even possible. 1t doesn't touch
| the thing our hearts are most deeply in
| teerested in-the destruction OF our Maine
| by an act of unspeakable atrocity."
| Representative Belknap of Illinois,;
| What about the Maine incident? That
! seems to be the question Of greatest i'm
| portance. 1 think that Spain should be
| taught to think, once for all. that she
| cannot practice inhumanity within sight
| of the shores of free America and that
| she cannot murder our brave seamen
| with impunity.
| Representative Newlins, of the House
| Committee on Foreign Affairs: 'SThe pro-
| posed intervention of the powers, as
| printed In The Times, IS a surprise to me
l hardly see how such unsolicited action
| will change the situation. The only So
luton is the absolute withdrawal of
| Spanish forces from the island and the
expulsion of the Spanish flag from Ameri-
can soil forever. 1 am not familiar
! enough with this new phase of the ques-
tion to render a direct opinion upon the
| merits of the scheme but it will hardly
satisfy public sentiment
| Speaker Reed was asked: What do
you tiillh % tne lIlSIfehlioA Oh the
| powers?'
What 1 think is not for publication
''Wil it render a solution of the ques-
| ton less difficult?
II don't know, and you ought to know
that 1 wouldn't say anything if l did
| know
Representative Bailey of Texas: THE
| news of European Intervention is sur
prise 10 me and l am candid to say that
| l do not see how such a course would
| greatly assist in solving the existing
| complications. Peace, of course, is pre-
| ferable to war, but not when il must be
| purchased with dishonor."
Representative Sulzer. New York: 81
! have no official knowledge of the presen-
| tation of such a note. / think il an inn
| pudent Interference with American af-
| fairs. II should not be tolerated for a
moment. We must assert the sovereignty
of the Monroe doctrine and say TO every
| continental power, Hands of"