Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-07
INDEPENDENCE Of CUBA
A Resolution to That Effect to 3,
Reported by the Senate For
eign Relations Committee.
ARMED INTERVENTION TO SECURE 1T
Committee States That Neither tn
Committee Nor the House Can Be Re
strained from Taking Action Beyont
Tuesday-Frye for Vigorous Action.

strained from Taking Action BeyOnC
Tuesday-Frye for Vigorous Action.
WASHINGTON, April 3.-The full sem
ate committee on foreign relations
has practically agreed to accept the
recommendation of the sub-commit tee
for resolution recognizing the indie
pendence of Cuba and recommending
armed Intervention if necessary to Sc
cure it. This conclusion was reached
after a session to-day that did not
continue for more than an hour, and
SO far can be learned there was nc
division of opinion expressed in the
committee as to the propriety of this
course. Senators Gray, Daniel and
Turpie were absent. but the opin-
ion is expressed that none of them will
make opposition to the reporting of the
resolution. The general lines of the
Foraker resolution will be followed in
the resolution reported by the COM
mittee, but there is reason to believe
from what can be learned that there
is disposition to make direct refer
ence in the resolution to the Maine
disaster as cause for our resen tment.
Whatever the phraseology of the reso-
luton itself. the report accompanying
1T will dwell largely upon the Incl.
dent. Some of the members of the
committee are disposed to regard as
positive the proof of Spanish duplicity
in the Maine affair and to resent it as
an act of war, and there is good
reason for believing that there
has been more or less discus
sion in the committee on the
advisabi1ity of a declaration of war on
account of the explosion, rather than
recognition of Cuban independence
merely, at any rate the Maine incident
will be thoroughly exploited and made
the basis of much that may be said.
The committe feel this the safe course
In view of SPANS recent action con-
corning the reconcent rados.
Senator Frye saw the president on
behalf of the committee before the
meeting to-day and gave the mem bers
the benefit of the views of the chief
executive. After the committee had
been sitting for a brief time, Mr..
Davis called a carriage and made a
hurried trip to the white house for the
purpose of comparing views with the
president on some of the points to be
made.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee.
WASHINGTON, April 3.-Representa-
tive Adams, of Pennsylvania. who is
acting as chairman of the house COM
mittee on foreign affairs, saw the
president and state department Off
Gals to-day and afterwards consulted
with memb ers of the senate committee
on foreign relations. Mr.. Adams re-
fused to talk on the inject of his con-
versation with the president, but it is
understood he told the executive it
would be impossible to prevent the
foreign affairs commi ttee or the house
from taking Immediate action and
that a delay beyond Tuesday was i'm
possible.
Senator Frye for Vigorous Action.
WASHINGTON, April 3.-Secretary
Gage was one of the first callers at the
white house to-day. Senator Frye, of
the senate committee on foreign rela-
tions, Immediately followed. 1t is be-
lieved that Senator Frye called to as
certain when the message of the presi-
dent might be expected so as to guide
the senate committee on foreign rela-
tions in it's work. 1t is known that
Senator Frye is for vigorous action
and would like to see the coming mes
sage take strong grounds which will
unite congress and the administration
in a firm policy to secure the independ-
ence of Cuba by interventio at once
to that end.