Evening star., 1898-04-09
S ENATORS WON OVER
Foreign Relations COMMITTEES to Report for
Intervention Only.
The Movement to Secure Compliance
With the Presidents Wishes
Gains Rapidly.

HSic was uo HtSliIS VI Tie otfidt- Cofi-
mittee on foreign relations today. the COM
mittee having adjourned after its last meet
ing until Monday next.
Several Of the members Of the committee
were at the Capitol, however. and they cas-
ually dropped into the committee room.
where the Cuban situation was the upper
most topic. There no longer appears to be
doubt that the committee will change its
verdict on the method of recognizing Cuban
Independence, so as not to include the pres
ent government Of the insurgents and to
practically make the declaration one for in
tervention orly. il the President represents
the necessity for thus limiting the official
action of the country.
The movement to secure general compli
snce with the Presidents wishes in this
respect has gained rapidly, until it includes
apparently most of the older senators, and
it is claimed that the committee on foreign
relations will yield to the representations
of these senator's Members of the commit
tee who are now expected to support the
President are Messrs Frye, Cullom, Lodge,
Clarke, Gray and Daniel, and some claim
that Chairman Davis will take this posi-
ton.
Mr. Davis declined today to say what
might be the action of the committee, or to
in any way discuss the probabilities of its
action. He expressed the opinion that the
Senate would not consider the subject in
executive session.
Comforting With Representatives.
The steering committee of the House re-
publicans had long conference with Sen
ator Davis of Minnesota, chairman of the
ICreign relations committee of the Senate,
today relative to the legal phases involved
In the question of Intervention and recog-
milton. AT the conclusion of the conference
the members declined to state what had
occurred beyond the fact that the whole
situation was discussed.
The members of the steering committee
say that the more they consider differences
between intervention alone and interyen-
ton with recognition the more they are
convinced that it is a technical rather than
substantial difference. They find, how
ever, said one OF them today, that the
question of Cuba's liability for the Spanish
bonds lawfully made lien on the Cuban
re\enues seems an open question. and that
the situation presents undoulted and vex-
Ing complications and possibilities.
DIR. Baiiey's Position.
Mr. Bailey, the democratic leader of the
House. takes the position that neither
the United States nor Cuba could possihly
be held liable for the Spanish bonds for
which Cuba's revenues We're pledged as
security.
THE Sc ;Grity disappears" said he, "but
the obligation OF Spain remains A people
cannot be mortgaged."
Hall, in his work on International law.
maintains as 4 fundamental proposition
that the local obligations of a portion of
a stale acquired by cession or conquest
are assumed by the country to which the
territory passes. But i'm this instance il
is contended that these bonds are not local
obligations in the sense that bonds issued
by city for local improvements would
be, but are purely Spanish obligations for
which certain security as collateral was
pledged.
1t is evident that if the republicans should
finally decide upon simple intervention
resolution the democrats would antagonize
1t with an independence resolution.
THE shortest and most logical way out
of the situation said Mr.. Fleming OF
Georgia today, would be to acknowledge
the independence of Cuba and declare war
on Spain for blowing up the Name