The Portland daily press., 1898-03-30

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come on the general Cuban question.
Mr.. Foraker said he hoped at later date
to address the Senate at length upon his
resolution.
Mr.. Frye of Maine said he had not in
tended to offer resolution at this time,
but in view of others proposed he would
present the one he had prepared.
Senator Frye's resolution is as follows:
Whereas, the war which has been waged
in the Island of Cuba for the past three
years has been conducted by the Spanish
government in violation of the rules on
civilized warfare, said government has
driven the unarmed and peaceful in
habitants from their homes and forced
them within the armed camps, where 1t
has permitted hundreds of thousands of
men, women and children to die of star
walton; and as a result of this system of
inhuman warfare tens of thousands of
helpless people are now dying for want of
food and
Whereas, the war has paralyzed and al
most destroyed the large commercial rela-
tions which have heretofore existed be-
tween the United States and Cuba, and
has rendered useless and brought to
ruin the many millions of dollars of
property of American citizens invested
IN Une 1Sldnu, anu
Whereas, the existence and prolonga-
ton of the hostilities have imposed heavy
financial expenditures and burdensome
official labors upon the government of
the United States in the enforcement of
it's naturally laws; and
Whereas, the consuls of the United
States and other impartial and compe-
tent observers have reported that the
Spanish government has lost control OF
much of the greater portion of the ISL
and, that it is powerlcss to restore it's
authority and bring about peace; and
that continuance of the contest will
have no other effect than to increase the
horrors, misery and starvation which
now exists, to utterly extinguish the
commerce with AND destroy the proper.
ty of American citizens and add to the
expense and burdens of the government
of tho United States, therefore
Resolved, by the Senate and the House
of REPRESENTATIVES of the United States
of American in Congress assembled, that
the President OF the United States be and
he is hereby directed and empowered to
take such effective steps as in his discre-
ton may be necessary to secure speedy
termination of the hostilities between the
government of Spain and the people of
Cuta, the withdrawal of the military and
naval forces of Spain from said island,
and the complete independence of said
people.
The resolutions were all, except Mr.. AL
lens. referred to the committee on for
eign relations.
At the conclusion of the presentation of
resolutions, MIR. Mason Of Illinois, was
recognized for speech on the President 8
message of yesterday.
Mr.. Mason said he believed it was due
to the country to know the general ex.
preston and intention of tho members of
no r,ofa To-
gize for discussing the Cuban question
at this time, he did not intend, by so
doing, any disrespect either to the ad-
ministration or the committee on for
eign relations, when he. said that he was
tired of the dilatory tactics that has been
employed for three years to prevent any
assistance from the United States to the
starving Cubans.
He continued: More than two years
ago, the plan of the Spanish government
to starve the women and children and
non combatants was begun. Every in
uelligent, man. woman and child was In
formed of it through the newspapers and
by the statements of disinterested wit
nesses, day after day, month after month,
and year after year, and received practl-
cally no attention from this government,
until some of tine mem bers of this body
visited the scene of death and distress
and brought back to US their words of
honor that no picture had been drawn
by the press that fully stated the horrors
of the situation. Then the gentlemen
and newspapers who had pretended at
least to discredit these statements in this
body began to talk about it as though
it was q new discovery, while within
400 miles of our shores, for two years they
had continued to murder women and
children
When, nearly year ago, called atten-
tion. to the situation as given at that time
and since corroborated by four of our
colleagues upon this floor, from personal
observation, the statement was received
with sneers by many of my colleagues.
and / had the pleasure of being insulted
over the wire by stock brokers and seal
pers in the markets. For two years the
process of Imprisonment of the reconcen-
trados and their starvation has proceeded;
yet any one who dared to call attention
to the. fact had to withstand the assaults
of those controlling the press. who denied
in their editorial columns the news they
printed in their news columns. Thou.
sands had been starved, millions of dol
lars of our legitimate commerce has been
swept from the high seas and the man
who worships the eagle on the dollar and
does not see the one ON his flag, says:
''Be silent, think Of the horrors of war
and the dangers to business"
When the order of concentration came
they cooped at least 800 American oiti
zens, with the reconcentrados, and re-
fused to let them 60 out and earn lAgt-
innate and honest living. 1t amounted
to imprisonment. We claimed so at the
time, and yet many professed not to be-
Vermont described the dead line and the