The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-02
A BOARD OF INQUIRY.
Essolution Creating ons Introduced By
Senator Allens

Senator Allens
In the United States Senate We'd
nesday Senator Allen introduced the
following resolution:
Whereas, it is the esta ablished doc
trine of the United States that the
western hemisphere shall be dedicated
to republican forms of government
recognizing the political equality Of
human beings, and
Whereas, the principles of the
Monroe doctrine or the doctrine OF na-
tional self preservation, is as appGca-
bic in wrestling any portion of this
continent from the grasp of foreign
countries as in preventing t','m OBJ
tanning additional territory; ana
Whereas, the island Of Cuba, by
reason of its location and close prox.
imty to tbs United States, should by
right, be dedicated to republican form
OF government; and
Whereas, a republican form of
government is, and has been for
uearly three years maintained in said
island by forcs OF arms, and
"Whereas. it is alleged that I've
hundred thousand persons on said
island have died of starvation by rea.
SON OF being concentrated by the
Spanish government at various points;
without being fed or afforded an op.
portunity to provide food for them
selves, and hundreds are daily dying,
and
Whereas, the dictates of humanity
require the Intervention of the United
States in such case, therefore.
Resolved, That select committee
OF i've Senators shall bs appointed
whose duty it shall be to make a
thorough investigation and impure in.
to aud report on the following sub.
jects:
Il. To what extent the work Of con-
centrating the inhao oitants of Cuba has
been carried on by the Spanish gov
ernment and how many persons on
said island have in the last three years
died as result Of starvation, or for
lack of sufficient food, and diseases in.
cident thereto, and to what extentcon-
centration is being practiced there by
Spanish authorities and the conditions
Of tbs people concentrated.
''2. Whether the concentrated Gu
bans have been adequately sheltered.
clothed and fed by the Spanish gov
ernment, or by others, or have been
permitted to obtain food ard clothing
for themselves.
''3. What lawful steps, il any, are
necessary and can be taken by the
United States to bring the warin Cubs
TO speedy termination, on grounds
honorable alike to Spain and Cuba,
and which will result in the kingdom
OF Spain relinquishing its hold on the
island and in the establishment OF q
republican form OF government there.
II. To what extent Spanish bar.
oarity and cruelty have during the
war now in progress on the island of
Cuba, been practiced toward the in.
nabitanta OF Cuba and what has been
lawfully done by the United States il
anything, to ameliorate the condition
Of the CuEans.
s'And to these ends and for these
purposes said committee may sit at
such times and places as they may see
proper during the sessions Of congress
and in vacation and shall have the
right to visit and take testimony IN
Cuba, if deemed proper to do so. All
testimony taken shall be preserved,
and the finding of said select commit.
tee, together with all testimony shall
be reduced to writing and reported to
the senate at as early date as pracsF
cable"