The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-14

April II, $685. and on said day referred to
| said committee, submit the following report
| to the house Of representatives:
We recommend the following resolutions
| as substitute for the resolutions submitted
by the majority Of the committee on foreign
Resolved. That the United States govern
ment hereby recognizes the Independence
Of the republic of Cuba.
Second That moved thereto by many con-
siderations of humanity. Of interest and
Of provocation. among which are the de-
liberate mooring Of our battleship. the
| Maine over a submarine mine and its de-
structiop in the harbor Of Havana, the
president of the United States be, and he
is hereby, directed to employ Immediately
States IN adnx the peoub o. Of to
maintain the independence hereby recog-
nized.
States is hereby authorized and directed to
extend immediate relief to the starving peo-
pie Of Cuba.
In support Of the first resolution, guided
BY motives Of humanity and of interest, in
fuenced by divers provocations. among which
are the deliberate mooring Of our battle
ship. the Maine over a submarine mine. its
ruthless destruction in the harbor OF Ha-
vana and the death of two hundred and
sixty-six (260 seamen, we submit the facts
to the house, to our countrymen and to the
| world.
Revolution Reviewed.
For more than a quarter of century, with
short intervals. revolution has been in pro-
gress in Cuba, destroying our commerce and
causing great financial loss to our citizens
and unprecedented mortality among the con-
| tending factions.
For more than three years, the Cuban pat
riots have struggled for freedom with
courage, fortitude and self-abnegation unex-
people are our near neighbors, closely con
nected with us by business and friend
ship. They aspire for liberty. they have have
modelled their form of government upon
ours.
During these three years, the spaniards
thousands and have wasted the island by
of civilized warfare. These acts of barbarous
| cruelty have filled the American people with
horror and they are practically unanimous
the government established by that brave peo-
| pie by the expenditure Of SO much treasure
and 50 much much blood. and I'd our people will bs
The government which the Cubans have
established has, all the forms Of republic
hood suffrage with legislative and executive
| departments in full operation and with a
| judicial department SO far perfect as the
exigencies of the situation permit,
They levy and collect taxes, disburse large
sums of money. conduct postal system,
maintain an army Of 10000 men in the field,
| 225, 900 Spanish soldiers, 10000 OF whom are
| in hospitals or in their graves, and are now
in undisputed possession Of three, fourths OF
| the island. Outside her picket lines Spain
possesses not one foot Of Cuban soil. Within
| her picket lines three-fOurths Of the popula-
ton are insurgents at heart who will cord al.
| as soon as the Spaniards evacuate the isl
| and.
Recognition Urged.
| With these facts staring us in the face we
| must realize. that Spain can never conquer
| Cuba and that ultimately we must recognize
| the independence of the Cuban republic. This
| being the case, the sooner we act the better
for all concerned. thereby putting an end to
| the sacrifice of human life and the destruc-
| ton Of property.
We urge the unequivocal recognition of the
| independence Of the Cuban republic, because
| the Cuban patriots merit such recognition by
| their vaior and prowess in arms, because
recognition is the plain, honest, courteous,
| manly course and will remove from the minds
| Of all men any suspicion that we are pre-
| pairing to. wage war of conquest and to
| annex the island from motives of sordid
| greed or as the beginning Of policy of i'm
perial ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
| Recognizing the independence of their re-
public will give the Cubans credit among
the nations Of the world, thereby enabling
| them to use all their resources to the utmost
and will influence men Of other countries to
reinforce the Cubans with the assurance
| that they will be treated soldiers and will
| not De nangeQ as TRAITORS, ullDuSterS or pl-
| rates in the event of capture.
| We urge the passage of the second resolu-
| ton. providing for an armed Intervention as
a necessary and logical sequence to the rec
| ognitfon Of the independence of the Cuban
republic. .v---.
| Facts must be considered as they actually
exist, not as we would have them, and one
| of the most potent or patent facts of the
| situation is that Spain refuses to realize
| what all the rest of the world knows to be
| true, that Cuba has passed from her control
| oh uyiI1 hpTd
on with the strength of desperation to frag-
| ments Of the island as long possible, there
| by perpetuating the process of starvation, ar
son and determination wherever she can, and
| by occasional ravaging the country adjacent
to her garrison and stockades. We have no
doubt that our simple recognition Of the re-
themselves to ultimately expel the Spaniards
from every part of the island.
Armed intervention on our part would end
the agony, of this brave people, save thou
| sands of them from death and speedily close
| the most disgraceful chapter in the history
| Of the Western hemisphere. We owe this
! hans.
| We recommend the adoption Of the third
resolution. to feed the famished Cubans as an
act of mercy and humanity.
Senate Minority Report.
The report presented by the senate
committee minority with it's accom-
paning resolution Is very brief and rec
ognizes in so many words the indepen-
dence Of the republic of Cuba.
| 1t Is signed by Senator Foraker, Re.
publican, and by Senators Morgan,
Turpie, Mills and Daniel, Democrats.
The other six members Of the commit
| tee support the majority report and
the proposition to eliminate the recog-
milton of the present government.
|