Bismarck weekly tribune., 1898-02-11
Two Resolutions and an Amend
ment Embodying q Third in
the Senate.
Senator Mason Graphically Sets
Forth the Horrors. of
the Conflict,
And Quotes the Republican Plat
form Promises of Active
Intervention.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Senator AL.
EN- of Nebraska offered as an amend.
ment to the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill, the Morgan resolu-
ton for the recognition of the belliger.
ency Of Cuba. He said he hoped it
would be speedily acted upon by the
committee OH foreign relations, SO that
it would not be defeated in the senate
by point of order. Mr.. Hale said it
would still be subject to such point,
and Mr.. Allen gave notice that he
would appeal from any decision ad.
verse to the amendment and test the
sense Of the senate on the subject.
Senator Cannon also offered o reso.
luton for the recognition of Cuban in.
dependence. The strongest resolution,
however, was offered by Senator Mason
of Illinois. It is as follows:
Resolved, That the president Of the
United States be. and he is hereby, re.
quested to notify Spain and the insur.
gents of Cuba, that the war (so.called)
must at once cease, and be discontin.
ued and that the United States of
America hereby declare and will main.
tain peace on the island of Cuba.
Preceded by scorching Preamble.
The resolution was preceded by the
following preamble:
Whereas, the war between Spain and
the insurgents of Cuba has continued
until all Christandom is shocked by it's
barbarities. Pretended autonomy has
been offered by Spain, and refused by
the Cubans in arms. The Spaniard, as
war measure, burned the homes and
drove the women and children (since
known as concentrados) into fortified
towns. where some of them have
been starved, others have been
murdered and women and children
have been debauched and treated be.
yond the power of language to describe.
Daughters of insurgents have been sold
into houses OF infamy and boys of ten
der years have been shot as spies under
the form of civilized war. American
citizens have been driven into the
towns and refused opportunity to work,
and lett to starve, us part of the Span
ish war measure, until we were com.
PEELED to take, by appropriating funds
of the people of the United States,
large sums OF money to feed and clothe
our citizens, and return them to our
country, and now has the Spanish war
measure OF concentration continued so
far that concentrates are starving.
naked and filthy, insomuch that death
and disease is among them and has
spread into our own country. Hun
dreds Of thousands have perished in
this way and by this means. The un.
holy war goes on. The slaughter of
innocents and non-combatants goes on.
The flag of truce has been abandoned
and determination or independence
Of the insurgents must be the final out.
come. The people Of the United States
are sending money, food and clothing
to Cuba to aid the dying Cubans which
ought to be furnished by Spain,
for the reason that the concentrados
are the legitimate wards of Spain, hav.
ing been put in their present starving
condition as Spanish war measure,
and their care would devolve upon
Spain, and would so be regarded by
every civilized nation in the world.
Under the present charity.seekinR of
the administration, charitably disposed
citizens of the United States cannot
contribute money, medicine, 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 government
of the United States All parties de.
clared before the last election in favor
OF the Independence Of Cuba, and the
Republican party emphasized its opln.
ion as follows:
from the hour Of achieving their
own independence, the people Of the
United States have regarded with
sympathy the struggles Of other Amer.
ican peoples to free themselves from
European domination. We watch with
deep and abiding, interest the heroic
battlaa Of the Cuban patriots against
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