The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-02-12
SPAIN MUST HEED.
TWO Resolutions Looking to the
Ending of the War in
Cuba.

Washington. d. c.. Feb S.-Senator
Mason of Illinois has presented the fol
lowing resolutions:
Resolved, that the President of the Unit
ed States be and he is hereby requested u
notify Spain and the Insurgents of CUBA
ina .nat tn the wal, war lso-caiiedl must at once cesse
ana De discontinued, and that the United
states OF America hereby declare and Will
maintain peace on the island Of Cuba.
The resolution was preceded by the fol
lowing preamble:
whereas, the war between Spain and the
insurgents OF Cuba has continued until all
ohristeHdom is shocked by its barbariticS
PRETENDED autonomy has been offered by
Spain and refused by the CubauS in arms
Inc Spaniard, as war measure. burned
the homes and drove the women and chill
dren tSIncc known as concentradoeSl into
1Ortlncd towns, where some of them have
becn starved others have been murdered
ahr women and children have been de
bauched and treated beyond the power of
language to describe. Daughters Of insur-
gents nave been sold into houses of in
fanny, and boys of tender years have been
shot as spies, under the form of civilized
war. American citizens have been driven
into the towns aud refused an opportunity
To work and left to Starve, part OF
the Spanish war measure. until we were
compelled TO take, by appropriating funds
of the people of the United States, large
sums Of money TO feed and clothe our cti-
ZenS, and to return them TO our country,
and now has the Spanish war measure of
concentration continued so 1ar tnat me CON
centradoeS are uHfed and starving, naked
aud hlthy, inSOmuch that disease and
death is among them and has spread into
our own country.
Perishing by Thousands.
Hundreds of thousands have perished in
this way and by this means. The unholy
work Of determination goes on; the sIaugh-
ter of innocents and non-combatants goes
on the nag of truce has been abandoned
and determination or independence of the
Insurgents must be the final outcome. The
people of the United States are sending
money. food and clothing to Cuba TO aid
the dying CubanS, which ought to be fur
nlshcd by Spain, for the reason that the
concentradoes are the legitimate wards of
Spain. having been put in their present
starvation condition as "A Spanish war
measure. and their care would dcvolve upon
Spain, and would so be regarded by every
ivllized nation in the world.
Under the present charty-seeking of the
administration, charitably disposed citizens
of the United States cannot contribute
money, medicine, food and clothing to the
insurgents in the field or hospital, and
should any attempt be made to do ii
would be captured and prevented by order
of the the government of the United States.
All parties declared before the last election
in favor Of the independence of Cuba, and
the Republican party emphasized Its opin-
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 American peoples to
free themselves from European domination
We watch with deep and abiding interest
the heroic battles Of the Cuban patriots
against cruelty and oppression. And our
best hopes go out for the full success of
their determined contest for liberty. The
government of Spain. having control of
Cuba and being unable to protect the prop
erty or lives Of resident American citizens,
or comply with its treaty obligations,
United States should actively use its in
fuenceS and good offices to restore peace
aud give independence to the island. =
Cuban platfOrm in the Republican platform
adopted by the Republican National con
vention in 81. Louis, June 16. 1896.
The people of the United States do not
seek TO acquire title TO Cuba, nor 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 com,
have patiently born the assault on the health
Of the people by the filth cf Spanish rule in
Cuba. They seek no redress for loss of bust
ness or health or money. They have pat
iently waited not wishing to interfere with
the affairs of other nations, until the stencil
on our very borders has passed endurance
and the barbarouS situation in Cuba has be-
come Il stain upon our continent and blot
upon our Christian civilization.
The people of the United States demand
ing no personal profit, having fear and
seeking no favor, clear and conscious as to
the justice Of our position, do in the pres
cnce Of the civilized nations of the world
and in the name of justice and liberty de-
mand that the so-called war in Cuba must
cease.
Senator Cannon's Resolution.
Senator Cannon today offered the fol-
lowing resolution for the recognition of
Cuban independence:
Whereas. the people Of the republic of
Cuba are and of riSht ought to be free and
independent; and
Whereas. the continuance of the barbarous
warfare of Spain in her attempt to sub
jugate the patriots Of that republic is in
violation of the law of humanity, is men
to the freedom and progress of the peo-
pies of the Western Hemisphere and is full
justification for demand by the govern
ment Of the United States that Spain shall
withdraw her land and naval forces from
Cuba and Cuban waters and shall leave the
republic and her people to the enjoyment OF
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,
therefore. !" ii
Resolved. by the Senate, that the President
of the United States is urged TO notify the
kingdom of Spain that if Spain shall fail
u recognize the independence of the rcpub-
lie of Cuba on or before the 4th day of
March, lN9S. the government of the United
States VIII on that date recognize the belic-
erency OF the Cuban patriots and will within
ninety days thereafter assert the independ-
ence Of the republic II Cuba.