Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-04-15

| country and the congress should commend
the president in his efforts making for
! peace. SO long as peace could be had with
/ honor. Then. passing away from that
| proposition. after paying 4 tribute 10 the
| president. the senator said that the men
who suffered by modern wars We're not the
men who provoked them and that the
men who reaped the benefits from wars
We're a few officers and the stock jobbers.
| He said that war meant the addition OF
| untold millions to the public debt OF the
country. the piling up of pensions mountain
| high. and that ii would bring woe and
| desolation TO thousands OF homes.
| II like and thank the president OF the
| United States for his sublime sef-restraint
in this emergency. and for holding back
| so far as he could the step toward war
Mr. Hoar said that the name of Mckin-
ley would be linked with other actions of
notable self-restraint which had character
lied the American people in other mo-
mentous hours. Have We forgotten" said
he. that the same kind of adjudication
and contumely was hurled at the head Of
| Washington. when he held back the peo-
pie from another war with England?"
Other Popular Tempests.
IT am old enough" said Mr.. Hoar, "to
remember some OF these tempests of popu-
lar excitement. in congress and out of 1t.
Some of the senator's here remember the
cry of On to Richmond. On to Richmond
and the charges of impotence and coward
ice which were heaped on Abraham Lin
rnI,, .f l.; .;l,
! Der wish that We might forget Bull Run
He then rapidly reviewed a great many
international cases. with citations fom in
ternational law to show that the recogni-
ton Of the present government Of Cuba
| would be inimical to the best interests of
the United States and would not have the
nizing the laws of nations
ITO recognize the insurgents" said the
senator, would be to ignore our whole his
tory. and We cannot recognize that inde-
pendence without flying in the face of the
whole history of the world.
We need the sympathy of the civilized
| world in the struggle which seems so near
to us. and We can only keep it by recog-
ntzing the laws of nations"
He said he did not belong to the school
of lawyers who believed that. if the United
States took Spain by the neck and heels
and threw her out of the island of Cuba,
it would make the United States responsible
for any bonds which Spain might have
agreed to pay from revenues derived from
the island.
-. Mr. Hoar Is for Free Cuba.
Mr.. Hoar said the Cuban insurgents had
great title to the sympathies of this coun-
try. They were struggling for freedom; they
were brave and resolute. The aspiration of
Gomez seemed to be toward the establish
ment of black republic in the West In
dies. And" said Mr.. Hoar. Il honor him
and bless him for that aspiration" The
insurgents, however. he did not think, were
without fault. Long before Spain had put
into effect the reconcertrado order they had
applied the torch TO or otherwise destroyed
| everything that stood in their way from
! crops to towns.
Mr.. Hoar held, however. that the fact
that both parties to the war in Cuba were
responsible for the existing horrors did not
in any way detract from our own RESPONSE
bility. He thought it the right and duty
of the American people to deal with the
difficulties. I'VE should not he said, be
gin in quarreling among ourselves and
slapping in the face the president of the
! United States; nor should we endeavor in
the discussion of this matter to make party
capital"
Intervention Fully Justified.
He pronounced the report of the foreign
relations committee a mastery document,
and paid its author CMr. Davis a high
compliment for the ability exhibited in its
preparation. He agreed with the conclu-
sions of the report, that the United States
was warranted entirely by international
law in putting an end to the horrors that
existed at our very doors. He agreed. fur
ther. he said. with the president of the
United States who had declared that It
was impossible for Spain TO maintain a
proper and stable government upon the
island. The continuance of the Spanish fla
over Cuba could not longer be tolerated.
He held. therefore, that We must directly.
and as soon as possible. expel Spain from
the island. Peace could not be secured
there except through such expulsion. Spain
cannot prevent the disturbances of the
| peace and prosperity of the island. We
can. and We must. He liked. however, a
resolution which had been drawn by Mr..
Teller. Of Colorado and maintained that
in that resolution the United States was
authorized to go as far as it ought.
Mr.. Hoar declared his belief that the de-
struction of the ship Maine was a med
itated act for which Spanish officials were
probably responsible. with that view.
said Mr.. Hoar, the Spanish government
is responsible for that loss and it ought to
be held responsible by the United states.''
Intervention Means War.
The resolution TO be passed. he said
would lead to war. and war such the
world has not seen for many years: a
war of no foreign conquest: for no national
gain or personal aggrandizement. but a wal
for humanity.
Speaking of the destruction of the Maine
he said that it was wretched act on the
part of Spain, which demanded full repura-
ton.
In closing. Mr.. Hoar. and it was clos
ing which was listened to with the closest
. attention on the part of crowded SEN
ate. said:
IF there have been any hasty or unwise
utterances of impatience in such cause
as that. and think there have been. they