New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-14
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be inla0e ulenCe and inferVent!On.
and declaration Of war. and would be standing
here arguing for such declaration II | were
not OF the opinion that armed intervention VIII siye
Gstr l Of M Maine and PCS OF our ofcers and
told, Mr. President, that the Board of inquiry APP
! pointed by our Government by Its report mas
estopped us from such declaration. ! DISPUTE H.
1t Is true the Board OF Inquiry found they could not
tel what person or persons were responsible FOR tha
nscton they had reference only 10 the question
what person or persons pressed ne button that
that Mr. President is mnaterlal in the light OF the
other facts unequivocaly found by that Board Of
| Inquiry.
PREPARATION FOR THE MAINE DISASTER.
Mr.. Foraker then went into the facts relating to
| the Maine, and declared that If gun had been
fred the Maine. it would have been an act Of
war. He then added:
| She finds in that report that the Maine do
s;royed not by external agency. bat by an acc-
dent by the explosion OF one OF her magazines. Mr.
President, that report Is a lie 20 the living ana
~oncI,eiIcy r. fe Tbers IS one cjrcmsta4c
will forever keep il branded such. as it now is.
ship after the explosion were fourd thirty four feet
| above whore they should have been found as the
ship the bottom OF that harbor If there mad
been explosion and the bottom plates OF The ship
are bent upward like an inverted Y. Spain recoS
| call IL an accident: she so reported This fact
absolutely wrecks and DESTROYED her whole de-
! fence as completely as the Maine destroyed by
ni, 81 !, - hat Span stands today Convicted by
her own effort at defence. convicted in the presence
OF the nations of the earth, of that hideous and
WHAT is our duty in view OF It? Mr.. President.
owe it to the brave men dead to yindicaic their
of their own negligence We owe it to the splendid
record of the American Navy to preserve IT from
the tarnish that is sought to be put, upon IT, We
! the nations Of the earth that the perpetrators OF
c N No naos can aT f% to " BY such
aron rs that in silence This is not Ease for Inc
the other cheek. but i Is case. Mr.. President
| for the application OF that other Scrptural in
! junction. AN eye for an eye and a tooth for a
'''' WORSE THINGS THAN WAR.
It is not morality It Is not Christianity. II is not
| religion 1t is common decency. it is not COM
mon sense. but only maudlin sentimentality. TO
! telk in the presence OF such circumstances and
| facts about the horrors of war. War is horrible,
! always 10 be deplored and ever to be avoided. II
1t be avoided consistently with the dignity and
| the honor and the good name OF the Nation But
| Mr.. PRESIDENT nuch NJ war Is TO oe depored, u
| ike this than 20 be written down before al the
| nations OF the carth-pusillanimous- wanting
! Yes Mr. President. because interests may be
nterfered with loss Of life may occur. all appr"-
hendfd Gy ay of erc comanGms duty
must 20 forward The tiIne. repeat for dip
| Let the doubling the hesitat ng. the opposing go
| the rear while the virie. strong mlnde.l va T.
| pie coming from all sections and ali pursuits ana
svocations Of life rally one man around our gal
! ian. Army and Navy, and. tskiag the fas OF our
Country, carry it on 10 triumphant victory AP-
plause in the galleries. yic'ory NJ Presde ,5
right and capacity of MAJ to govern hinsrf a
| freedom and liberty and independence victory
worldly the descendants of heroic men VINO
| achieved our own independence. and worthy OF the
| followers of those heroic men who have since
| preserved and perpetuated our prlceess "e'
| applause In the galleries.
| When Mr. Foraker concluded no was Warmly
| congratulated by many Senators.
| Mr. Hale offered a substitute for the pending
| resolution. authorizing the President TO intervene
at once and TO use the Army and Navy TO THIS END
| The Halo substitute also went over Il Is as iol-
lows
| poNered 10 intervene at once 10 restore peace in
tine island Of cuba and secure to the peop.e 49,
own. ana Is authorized to use the Army and Navei
| forces Of the United States to secure th's emu
SENATOR LODGES SPEECH.
Mr. Lodge followed with a speech in support OF
| the committees resolution. He said:
believe when we are face TO face with foreign
higher than politics and higher than everything
else and that Is that the Congress sna me pea
stand absolutely together. And row. MI. res
when the cog' 10 fSree ' cour
try and asks TO give him power to intervene. i
u am against declaration Of war. but prefer
| giving the President the power 10 intervene ! am
| against recognizing the government OF the lhsl' ,
| gent republic because the President OF the niic1
rrcss strongly against II. The President has nom
| ing TO do but to ask MIR Palma to the W n.s@
iI0usc - nd the Cuban Republic stands up erect ana
| recognized we may safely trust that power TO the
tervene and use the Army aud Navy Of the United
| States We create state OF war Let us nor 'e -,
| words are OF but little moment IN crisis lke
| this. The great central fact concerns the people
The President has asked to use him TO set ~
q government, there which shall be Il stable GOV
! int nrnationa obligations What kind Of govern
| rncnt can alone observe internatonal oblifauon-
we do q there TO take Gomez by the ,nr ,,
and make him stop fighting we go mere '. 10 pu,
| wo create government capable OF nbserVlhg ~
verse ~ war than | no one can deprecate more
than ] any act which VIII plunge me c0un,ry i
| nIzed their Independence, they would have esiab-
| lshed their independence themselves both mo- :,
propositions passed by the Senate were sno,heTo1
| elsewhere a wisdom which shall not question:
have also for many years advocated a powerful
| Gated them because I believed that In them wa
the guarantee Of peace If we nad ,o,day ms W.
torpedo boats. there never would have been n ~
ban qusonh avc Gd ari br" E onFn here BY choice
| and by clamorous politicians or by yellow Jour
mails We are face to face with spain to,dny IN tno
| through the centuries. out OF the war which
It have come starvation and the destruction OF '"'
| Maine
| SPAIN ON HER DEATHBED.
| Spain Is on her deathbed. buried In debt. bleed
| ing at every vein from the revolutions IN
her colonies, and her officers and officials
rob her dying she Is in tho eyes OF the
world We asked General Lee. when he was
before US II the 10000 said to have been APP
propated by Spain for tho relief OF the reconcep-
trados would reach them would be spent on the
Spanish solders-for they are starving. too and
HIS reply was: 1T VIII never reach either Of them
the officials will take IL all on the way Tint "
what IL going In Spain. Just as 1t was when gu
| rcbelled.
| The sentiment Of the American people. IN my
| Judgment "a fer pcace We essentially a
peacc-lovng. peace-chcrishng people. but there Is
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