The times., 1898-02-10
SKIN AND BL0OD

would bring peace. and we believe, un-
der the providence Of God, 1t would
bring independence to Cuba
Mr.. Mason said the history OF the IN
uuisition had been put to shame, that
the thumb-screws had been applied to
break the bones and torture the victims
as they died.
THE pincers that tear the flesh from
the living bones have contributed their
share to the destruction of three nun
dred thousand human beings, made in
the image of God, and three hundred
thousand more are starving, he said.
1--WE are charged with seeking war,
when our only cry is peace. In the
mercy of God, peace"
Mr.. Mason then read statistics, which
he stated had been gathered in an Off
cial way. which showed that over 100000
people have died in that island during
the last year.
Mr.. Hale objected to any statistics
from Cuba, on the ground that they
We're inaccurate,
Mr. Mason insisted. however. that
they were accurate and borne out by
the Span;Sl officials themselves.
Time to Stop the Massacre
Continuing. Mr.. Mason said there
were but two results that could accrue
from the situation in Cuba, one is the
absolute defeat of Cuba. or else they
must have the independence they are
fighting for 1T is war of eXtermi-
nation" he said, and it is TO be eXter-
mination of independence, and the time
has come when we, as a friendly ma
ton, should stop this massacre"
Mr.. Mason said he proposed to put
his resolution on legal basis, and that
according TO international law. when
Spain invoked the American Govern
ment to be neutral she admits that
there is a state of war. The record has
been made for three years. and 1t shows
that this is not only a war but that
ii is an uncivilizd war, This uncivilized
conduct shall stop. 4,
When We sought to have a resolution
of belligerency passed on the ground
that there was war in Cuba he con
tinued. the friends of Spain in this
chamber said there was no war because
the insurgents had no capital. But
later on, when a little town was cap
tured by the Spaniards. ii was heralded
as the fall of the insurgents capital
Mr. Mason then spoke of the murder
Gus methods of Gen. Weyler, and then
came down To the present methods of
Gen. Blanco.
There is another style of warfare
that BlancO has inaugurated," said he,
The man who has been heralded as the
soldier and statesman, and who is to
pacify the island. takes the treasury of
his country and instead of feeding the
starving women and children. he rides
through the country attempting to
bribe the soldiers of the other side
And that is war"
Mr.. Mason then read the answer of
Gen. Gomez to Gen. Blanco, when the
latter attempted to bribe him, in which
Gen. Gomez states that when he receiv-
ed the strange intimation that Bianco
was ready to place a steamer at his dis
posai. and transport him TO anv port
outside of Cuba. at the same time Civ
ing him all the monetary resources
necessary for the support of himself
and his family in the future. he felt SO
astonished and ashamed for Gen.
Blanco that for the first moments he
was dumb. not being able to realize
a reality or not.
Mr.. Mason referred to the civil war
and said that as much as the gray and
the blue hated each other. no man ever
the other of being so low as !
this.
Tribute to Gomez.
This is the warfare which am COM
planning cf as being uncivilized," he |
went on. Think of this old soldier |
Gomez, brave man that he is, fighting |
for his country in sunshine and in
rain: his own son, soul to his soul as
he says, sacrificed upon the altar: this /
grand old man, | say. fearing neither /
death nor the Spaniard, approached by
the bribing cur Blanco.
You. my colleagues, who wore the
blue and who wore the gray: you, who
have felt the honest pride of a soldiers
cause, could you not almost weep for
Gomez when he is approached by
prostitute and asked TO traffic
in the dust of his sacred dead? But this
is Spanish war.
I'VE are told that it may involve us
f we demand peace in Cuba. That is
the answer that coward policeman
always gives when he permits bully
20 destroy a crippled child. What. my
friend says. is Uncle Sam policeman?
Yes. Monroe put the policeman's star
ipon his breast, and gave him charge
this continent: and every
line Uncle Sam has said to the people
who have attempted to interfere in Ha-
yaii, Mexico, Venezuela or Cuba, Stop
he people have stood behind him with
he army and navy and the treasury
If this Government
Mr.. Mason then reviewed the Ven
,zuela trouble with England;
This difficulty today" he continued,
does not concern territory, It concerns
he lives of dying women and children
murdered and starved under the guise
# war. The appeal OF my resolution is
hat this Government, 100000 strong.
,hollld arise and saw to this DpopIa
10Th to insurgents and to Spaniards
like, Peace. be still And when that