Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-09
A CUBAN DAY.
Three Resolutions in the Senate
Favoriug Insurgents.
One by Mr.. Mason Requires the Presl-
dent to Notify Spain That War
Must Be Ended at Once.

tons, differing materially as to meth
DDS, were presented to the senate today
for the relief of the Cuban insurgents
Mr. Allen CIeb,), offered, as an amend
ment to the diplomatic and Consular .ap-
preparation bill, a resolution recognizing
the belligerency of the insurgents, and
said that he hoped thus to afford the
house an opportunity to vote on that
proposition.
Mr. Cannon Utah) offered a resolu-
/ ton urging the president to notify the
! kingdom of Spain that if it did not rec
ognize the independence of the Cuban
! republic before March 4, 1898, the Unit
ed States would recognize the belliger-
ency of the Cubans, and within 80 days
thereafter would assert the independ-
ence of the Cuban republic.
Mr.. Mason Qll) followed with a reso-
luton requiring the president to notify
Spain that the Cuban war must cease at
once and to declare it to be the inten-
ton of the United States to restore and
maintain peace on the island.
| Both Mr.. Cannon and Mr.. Mason gave
notice of their intention to~speak upon
| their resolutions tomorrow.
| The right of Hon. Henry w. Corbett
to a seat in the senate from Oregon &C.
| cupied the senate's attention two hours,
Senator Chandler speaking in favor Of
seating the claimant. The remainder OF
| the afternoon was spent in executive
| session.
| Mr.. Mason's resolution is as follows:
| Resolved, that the president of the
| United States be and is hereby request
| ed to notify Spain and the insurgents OF
| Cuba that the war (so-called) must at
once cease and be discontinued, and
/ that the United States of America here
/ by declare and will maintain peace on
the island Of Cuba The 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 its
| barbarities; pretended autonomy has
| been offered by Spain and refused by
the Cubans In arms; the Spaniards, as
| a war measure burned the homes and
| drove the women and children (since
| known as concentradoes) into fortified
/ towns Where some of them have been
! starved others have been murdered
and women and children have been de-
| bauched and treated beyond the power
I of language to describe; daughters OF
/ insurgent soldiers have been sold into
/ houses of infamy and boys of tender
! years have been shot as spies under
1 the form Of civilized war; Amer
| lean citizens have been driven into
| the towns, and refused an oppOrtun-
| ity to cork, and left to starye as E
part Of the Spanish war measure unit
we were compelled to take, by appro
! priating funds of the people of the
| United States, large sums of money t
| feed and clothe our citizens, and Il
| return them to our country; and now
| has the Spanish war measure of con
centration continued so far that the
! concentrates are unfed and starving
| and so filthy that disease and death is
| among them and has spread into oul
own country. Hundreds of thousands
means. The unholy work of extermi
nation goes on, the slaughter of limo
| cents and non-combatants goes on
! the flag of truce has been abandoned
| and determination or independence o.
4 the insurgents must be the final out
! come
The people of the United States arr
| sending money, food and clothing X
| Cuba to aid the dying Cubans, which
reason that the concentrates are tht
! legitimate wards of Spain, having beer
| put in their present starving condition
| as a Spanish war measure, and theil
| care should devolve upon Spain anC
would be so regarded by every civilized
nation in 1he world. Under the present
| charity seeking of the administration
charitably disposed people Of the United
! States cannot contribute money, medi'
cine, food or clothing to the insurgents
in the field or hospital, and should any
attempt be made to do so it would be
captured and prevented by order of the
| United States.
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 indie
pendence, the people Of the United
| States have regarded with sympathy
1 the struggles of other American peoples
1 to free themselves from European do
| mination. We watch with deep and
| abiding interest the heroic battles Of the
4 Cuban patriots against cruelty and OPP
| preston. And our best hopes go out foI
the full success Of their determined con-
test for liberty The government OF
Spain having lost control of Cuba and
being unable to protect the property OF
lives of resident American citizens. or te
comply with it's treaty obligations, we
! believe that the government of the
| United States should actively use its
influences and good offices to restore
peace and give Independence to the isl
| and" Cuban plank in the republican
platform adopted by the republican ma
! tional convention at ST. Louis, June 16
1850
The people of the United States dc
| not seek to acquire title to Cuba, moi
| do they seek to gain advantage in any
| way, directly or indirectly, of any nation
| by reason Of this barbarism called war
! They do not complain of our loss OF
! trade with Cuba, and have patiently
! borne the assault on the health of the
| people by the filth Of Spanish rule in
! Cuba They seek no redress for loss
! of business or health or money. They
have patiently waited, not wishing
! (even Indirectly to interfere with the
affairs of other nations, until the stencil
| on our very borders has passed endur-
ance and the barbarous situation III
| Cuba has become a stain upon our con.
| tinent and a blot upon our Christian
| civilization. The people of the United
! States, demanding no personal profit
| having no fear and seeking no favor
| clear and conscious as to the justice OF
! our position, do In the presence of the
! civilized nations of the world, and in
! the name of justice and liberty, demand
4 that the so-called war in Cuba must
| cease.
Senator Allen of Nebraska offered as
an amendment to the diplomatic and
| consular appropriation bill, the Morgan
| resolution for the recognition of the
| belligerency of Cuba. He said he hoped
| it would be speedily acted upon by the
| committee on foreign relations so that
| it would not be defeated in the senate
! by a point of order
Mr.. Allen said that he desired to have
! the amendment made part of the
| diplomatic bill so that the house OF
representatives might have an opportu-
nifty to vote upon the proposition and
not be stifled by the committee on for
eign affairs of that body, or by other
! influence.
IN THE HOUSE.