New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-14
THE DEMOCRATIC RESOLUTION.
MINORITY or THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMIT 70
TEE URGE RECOGNITION OF
rNDEPENDEHCE.

INDEPENDENCE
Washington. April l3--The following Is the text
OF the report OF tho minority Of the House rolee.
Affairs committee in support OF their resolution TOT
Intervention and recognition OF the CUBAN "'Su
gents.
We N. undersigned members Of the Committee
on Foreign Anairs OF the House. having consiIered
the M IS Sonprest on Monday April H. 1895 and
on said day referred 20 said committee sunni. sne
We roconmcnd me following resolution as a SUD
stitute for the resolution suDmi,sI .! '''
pa.o,yod Tim, the United States Government
hereby recognizes the independence OF the Hepuo"c
OF cuba.
Second-That moved thcrto by many cohsoe'a-
tons Of humanity. OF interest AMI oil pro'oca''on'
among which are the deliherat" mo0rlnS OF our
b,itlo-shlp the Maine. over submarine mine ana
,s destruction I'm the harhor Of Havana the Presi-
don't % the United States De and he is hereby
directed to employ ,mmediately the land and nava!
forces Of the United States in aiding the Republic
OF cuba to maintain the Independence hereoy
recognized
TbIrd-That tn. President OF the United States
,s hereby authorized and directed 70 extend Inn
mediate relief TO the starving people OF cuba
In support OF the nrst resolution, guided ny by.
motives ~ humanity and Of interest lniuencSd ~
divers provocatiors, among when are me uei.o-
crate mooring Of our batte-Shir, tnc Malne over
submarine miro. ts ruhesS dG ~, we we
submit the facts to the House to our 'ounUFi"e"
| ard 10 the world. 18th .,or,
| interval, a revolution has been IN progress IN
, ~ n'r cifzons and Unprecedented mortality
| among the cOufendiug factions. for more tHail
freedom with courage. for,nde a an, se5aSn rgSa
ton uncxcelled 80 he annals OF me human aey cor
nccted win US by business and friendship. In
their aipra,9"o dpr so' and have modelled their
yars Tho Epanarls have butchcred these people
] h,ff hundreds
| and have wasted the island by are and SWORD, IN
acts Of barbarous cruelty have Allied the American
people with sorrow and they are prictcaliy unsnl-
eminent established by that brave and heroic ,
people by the expenditure OF so nuVn & a."
50 much blood and our people WI" be satisfied VII"
! nothing less. $780,. 49,, ..,
| ushcd has al the form Of "A republic ana - re-
! nyIlI, I'm fact based manhood suffrage with
ION ana with a judicial department 20 FAR perfect
as the cSigcncy Of the situation permits, Ih[y
monGy I%n"uy ne ncd have defended thcmseves
Of t Is, men aeanst ss 800 spaniards iSGc6 Of whom
,,rd,snr,e3 coutro Of thrcc-fourt OF the Island
Zoo, Of Cuban soil Within her picket lines three
| fourhs OF the population are insurgents az heart.
| Government soon as the Spanards evacuatc the
With those facts staring Ms IN the face We must
| realize that spain con never conIu'r 'uba, ana
| dcncc Of the cuban Republic. THIS icing the case.
me reby putting an end to the sacrifice Of human
| lives and the destruction OF property
WHY RECOGNITION Is URGED.
| We urge the uncquivocal recognition Of the indie
pendencc Of the Cuban republic because the Gu
Ian patrots merit such recognition by their valor
| and .rowcss In arms. be arse recognition is the
| nlaln honest Courageous Tanly course. and will
| rcn,oy, from the minds of al any such
| picion that We are preparing 10 wage war oi
| conquest and to annex the island from sordd
/ ,ho h.r mi of "A a N h
aggrandze ment: urge the recognition Of tho cN-
/ istiug republic because 10y international Law only
nm Nla tns government can be recognized. and h"-
cause hy recognizing The present republic We III
from the minds 81 tie cuban patriots the rear that
| we will force upon them government which they
/ do want, urge II because without such
recognition. IN the event Of war between spain and
the American Republic. II would be war against
Cuba also for until The recognition OF her indie
! pendence she Is in the contemplation Of interha-
tionrl law stu part of spain Recognizing IN
Independence ~ their republic VIII give tubans
credit anon, the nations of the earth. thereby en-
most and Will influence men of other countries 70
reinforce the cubans with the assurance that they
will bo treated soldiers and VIII rot De hanged
as traitors. hbusters or pirates In the event ~
I we urge tho passage OF the second resolution.
providing for armed Intervention. as A necessary
and logical sequence TO the recognition or the
Independence OF the Cuban republic. Facts
must be- considered as they actually exist:
not as we would have them. and one OF
the most potent or patent Facts or the STU
alton Is that Spain refuses 10 realize. what all the
rest OF the world knows to De true. that Cuba has
passed from her control forever. This being the
case she Will hold on with the strength Of despair
TO fragments - the island as long as possible.
thereby perpstuat!rg the process or starvation.
arson and ex,c:minatio wherever sh" can. ana by