The San Francisco call., 1898-04-14

come a clash between the House and the Senate as to the form in which the resolutions shall finally be passed. An effort will be made to have the House accept the Senate resolution, and thus avoid the necessity for a conference committee. This may or may not sue ceed.
 The influence of the administra- tion will be strongly urged against the Senate resolution. The President would much prefer the House resolu- tion, as that is in line with his mes sage more nearly.
 Its adoption by both houses would still leave chance for avoiding war.
 Representative Mcguire of California, one of the strongest lawyers of the Democratic side, takes the view that the resolution passed will largely remove the possibility of war. He said: "The resolution IS meaningless so far as 1t forces action It practically leaves action in the discretion of the Presi- dent. It authorizes and empowers him to use the land and naval forces of the United States to stop the war in Cuba and to aid the Cubans to establish all independent government. It directs him to do nothing. The effect of this lodgment of power in the President will immediately invite the intervention of the European powers.
 EfTo th;e tba of ,,ar1, rious and embarrassing complications. By this we are led into an error which we have steered clear of for a hundred years. It will be next to impossible for the President to resist the demand which the powers will make.
 "If he does resist 1t he will show a strength of character which has not been suggested by anything that he has yet done. In this case what will the powers do? It is my firm conviction that unless the resolution is amended in the Senate there will be no war, but there will be instead superabundance of diplomatic complications"
 The scathing arraignment of Spain in the report of the Senate committee is one of the sensational features of the day. The report was written by Senator Davis, chairman of the Senate commit tee, and is without doubt one of the strongest documents of its kind ever submitted to the Senate. It would tend more than anything else that has hap pened thus far to aggravate an already complicated situation Its very remark able extension of the Monroe doctrine is likely to stir up a great international row.
 From an international point of view the report will attract attention in every capital of the civilized world and will undoubtedly be quoted as a precedent in American history for all time to come.
 In its consideration of the Monroe doctrine the report contains the fol- lowing striking paragraphs:
 "We cannot consent, upon any con- ditions, that the depopulated portions of Cuba shall be co1onized by Spain any more than she should be allowed to found a new colony in any other part of this hemisphere or island thereof. Either act is regarded by the United States as dangerous to peace and safety.
 E'The Monroe doctrine has kept the powers of Europe out of the Ameri- can continent ever since it was pro- mulgated. It was a distinct an- nouncement that the United States would intervene under certain cir cumstances in the affairs of every Central American and South Ameri- can State."
 The Presidents message contained no reference to the action of the Euro pean powers. These sentences from the report are the answer of the Senate. They show very plainly that European interference in the affairs of the West ern Hemisphere is not to be tolerated by the United States