The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09
ALL CHRISTENDOM IS
 SHOCKED BY BARBARlTIES
Senator Mason's Thrilling Plea for the Release of Cuba From
 Spain's Clutches.

WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-Three prop ositions, differing materially as to methods, were presented to the Senate to-day for the relief of Cuban insur- gents. Allen of Nebraska offered as an amendment to the diplomatic and con- sular appropriation bill resolution re- cognizing the belligerency of the in surgents and said that he hoped thus to afford the Senate an opportunity to vote on that proposition. Cannon of Utah offered a resolution urging the President to notify the kingdom of Spain that If 1t did not recognize the independence of the Cuban republic before March 4, 1898, the United States would recognize the belligerency of the Cubans and within ninety days there after would assert the independence of of the Cuban republic. Mason of Illi- nois followed with resolution request ing the President to notify Spain that the Cuban war must cease at once and declare the intention of the United States to restore and maintain peace on the island of Cuba.
 Both Cannon and Mason gave notice of their intention to speak upon their resolutions tomorrow.
 Mason's resolution was preceded by the following preamble:
 Whereas The war between Spain and the insurgents of Cuba has continued until all Christendom is shocked by it's bar barities, pretended autonomy has been offered by Spain and refused by the Gu bans in arms; and
 Whereas, the Spaniards, as a war meas ure, burned the homes and drove the women and children (snce known as con- centrados) into fortified towns, where some of them have been starved, others have been murdered and women and chill dren have been debauched and treated beyond the power of language to describe; and
 Whereas, Daughters of insurgent sol diers have been sold into houses of in- fanny and boys of tender years have been shot as spies, under the form of civilized war: and,
 Whereas, American citizens have been driven into the towns and refused an op portunity to work and left to starve as a part of the Spanish war measure, until we were compelled to take, by appro- priating funds of the people of thesUnited States, large sums of money to feed and clothe our citizens and to return them to our country; and.
 w neredS, NOW naS the spanish war measure of concentration continued so far that the concentrates are unfed and starving, naked and filthy, insomuch that disease and death are among them, and has spread into our own country; and,
 Whereas, Hundreds of thousands have perished in this way and by this means, while the unholy work of extermination goes on, the slaughter of innocents and noncombatants goes on, the flag of truce has been abandoned and extermination or independence of the insurgents must be the final outcome: and,
 Whereas, The people of the United States are sending money and food and clothing to Cuba to aid the dying, which ought to be furnished by Spain, for the reason that the concentradoes are the legitimate wards of Spain, having been put in their present condition as a Span- ish war measure, and their care would devolve upon Spain and would be so re- garded by every civilized nation in the world and
 Whereas. Under the present charity seeking of the administrations charitably cannot contribute money, medicine, food or clothing to the insurgents in the field or hospitals, and should any attempt be made to do so it would be captured and prevented by order of the Government of the United States: and
 Whereas. All parties declared before the last election in favor of the independence of Cuba, and the Republican party en- phasized its opinion as follows: From the hour of achieving their own inde-