The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-14

submitted by the majority of the commit
tee on foreign affairs:
:" Resolved, That the United States gov
eminent hereby recognizes the independ-
ence of the Republic of Cuba
"'Second, That moved thereto my many
considerations of humanity. of interest
and of provocation, among which are the
deliberate mooring of our battleship Maine
over a submarine mine and its destruc-
ton in the inarbor of Havana, the presi-
dent of the United States be ana he is
hereby directed to employ Immediately the
land and naval forces of the United States
in aiding the Republic of Cuba to main
tain the independence hereby recognized -
- Third, That the president Of the Unit
ed States Is hereby authorized and direct
ed to extend immediate relief to the starv-
ing Cubans.'
I'm support Of the first resolution. guild
ed by motives of humanity and interest,
influenced by divers provocations, among
which are the deliberate mooring of our
battleship. the Maine. over a submarine
mine, its ruthless destruction in the har-
Dor Of Havana and the death of 266 sea-
men, we submit the facts to the house, to
our countrymen, and to the world. For
more than a quarter of a century with
short intervals, revolution has been in
progress, in Cuba, destroying our COM
merce and causing great financial loss to
our citizens and unprecedented mortality
among the contendinf factions. For more
than three years the Cuban patriots have
struggled for freedom, with courage, for
i
the annals of the human race. These peo-
pie are our near neighbors, closely con-
nected with us by ties of business and of
friendship. In their aspirations for Hber-
ty, they have been animated by our ex-
ample and have modelled their form of
government upon ours.
During these years the spaniards have
butchered these people, starved hapless
women, children and old men by humid
reds OF thousands and have wasted the
island by fire and sword, in violation OF
all the rules OF civilized warfare. These
facts Of barbarous cruelty have filled the
American people with horror and they are
practically unanimously in favor of rec
ognizing the government established by
that brave and heroic people by the ex-
penditure Of SO much treasure and so
much blood. and our people will be salts
fed with nothing less.
1.-The government which the Cubans
have established has all the forms of a
republic and is republic in fact, based
on manhood suffrage, with legislative and
executive departments in full operation
and with judicial department; so far
perfect as the exigencies of the situation
permit.
''They levy and collect taxes, disburse
large sums of money, conduct a postal
system, maintain an army of 10000 men in
the field, have defended themselves sue
,essfully against 225. 600 Spanish soldiers,
I35, 600 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
lot one foot of Cuban soil. Within her
1icket lines three-fourths of the popul-
ion are insurgents at heart, who will
cordially participate in the republican
government as soon as the Spaniards
,xacuate the island. With these facts !
staring US in the face we must realize that
spain can never conquer Cuba and that |
Ultimately we must recognize the indie !
of the Cuban republic. This be- |
ng the case, the sooner we act, the bet
er for all concerned, thereby putting an
nd to the sacrifice of human life and the |
destruction of property. We urge the /
lnequivocal recognition of the independ- |
nee of the Cuban republic, because the |
,uban patriots earn such recognition by |
heir valor and prowess in arms; because /
is the plain, honest, courte- i
JUS, manly course, and will remove from |
he minds of all men any suspicion that |
We are preparing to wage war of con- |
uest and to annex the island from mo- |
ives Of sordid greed, or as the beginning |
f a policy of imperial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. ]
We urge the recognition of the existing /
epublic, because, under the International |
aw, only an existing government can be |
ecognized and because by recognizing |
he present republic we lift from the /
minds of the Cuban patriots the fear that /
We will force upon them a government |
which they do notwant; we urge it be- /
ause without such recognition, it would .
"a war against Cuba also, for until the /
of her independence she is,
n the contemplation of International law,
till a part of Spain.
Recognizing the independence Of the .
epublic will give the Cubans credit f.
mong the nations Of the world, thereby
mailing them TO use all their resources
o the utmost, and will influence men 20
enforce the Cubans with the assurance
hat they will be treated as soldiers and .
will not be hanged as traitors, filibusJer-
rs or pirates in the event OF capture.
1--WE urge the passage Of the second .
esolution providing for armed interven-
lon as a necessary and logical sequence /
o the recognition of the independence Of /
he Cuban republic.
Facts must be considered as they &C.
ually exist, not as we would nave them.
nd one Of the most patent facts Of the
itua:ion IS that Spain refuses to realize
THAT all the rest of the world knows 10
e true, that Cuba has passed from her
ontrol forever. This being the case. she
vii hold on with the strength Of despair
o fragments Of the island as long as pos
lble. thereby perpetuating the process Of
tarvation, arson and determination
,herever she can, and by occasional
orays ravaging tho country adjacent 10
er garrisons and stockades. We have
o doubt that our simple recognition Of
he republic OF Cuba would enable the
'ubans themselves to ultimately expel the
paiards from every por:ion of the is
and. Armed Intervention on our part
fould end the agony Of the brave peo-
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