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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1898. 'PRESIDENT _ WILL FREE THE CUBANS Grosvenor of plains the Message Warm Debate, During the Course of Which the Purpose of McKinley Is Declared. army of ga port nou 4444444440444 4 444 In the brief debate to-day the open- | ing guns of the contest that begins to- | 10T were fired. Broadsides were exchanged and then the House ad- d H Cuba, had dem It whetl w re t Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, April 12 General Grosvenor of Ohio, now generally regarded as the spok of the present ad- n tion in the House, late s afternoon, in reply to an at- request for authority to use the States to establish on the island c pendent ded as to the the policy of the Pres- rpreted the recommen- n in the message to mean a and navy of the United uba & Government inde- of Spain. It was re- an exceedingly im- and significant an- ement. ouse was In committee of the the District of Columbia bill before the adjournment, ade a vigorous as- ed the “vacillat- dent, reading apers to show that atedly changed ented especially f an all nator Elkins and , after the former £ Ohic vhat he ¢ th the ise the President for hich tt anded. ains to be seen,” He taunted the Re- had Republican platform up and whipped in."” , he declared, should act, and etter than the executiv, his policy at midnight be- the aid of plu- nistration th: sension of hosti avy in its punish the Cu ¢ that any people of the earth. I it 1s a stench in decent American. r the majority side > whipped into such a that Hepburn (R.) of Towa jumped to as Mr. Lentz sat down, and 1an, sometimes misstate- it reaches the di falsehood so gro: city, and mendac- omes scoundrelism. nt has never said of the army, and ress in order emacy on_the r heart and with an se read this message of the | 8 lusion of | s whole | tion that brought to this wches that this is nis purpose, and yet gentlemen say, in view of all the Janguage he has used, in view rgument he has made in reciting 1 infamous duct that he ha and despotic con- called to our attention, that it is the intention of the President to become the ally of the Spaniards. I eay that there is no word in that whole mes that justifies any honorable man 80t end an produced ¥y > to the chal said: I am going to refer now to only sion. gentlema to assail Hept i 8 a declaration of that kind We are going there to are going there to estab- permanent government, floor. not stable, not perma- in’ the villainy of its out- acter of outrage and vil- as_ become insufferable, red no longer, the Presi- creating such an emergency as to violate the otherwise ons that we ought to have ) the extreme of war in bringing to tl Terable acts of Spain. to advocates the 2 v, the placing of v power of the country : President, in order t0 perpetuate that 41 (o continue that s is now unendurable. He 1 permanent republican that mean Spanish n the right to make And Does he say republican gov- yurn—No, he does not say, tnat, pposed that you knew some- t the history of this country. on Republican side.) do. And we know something sistory of this administration. irn—He supposed that you thing about the aspirations of that been reiterated by Government with ter of .overnment 1 be formed on the hemisphere. on Republican side.) Grosvenor of Ohio took the floor and | declined to make any statement, say- one zentleman from Ohio (Mr. 1id on this particular occa- o not do it for the purpose ting a sp h upon this occa- > time oming when the n will have full opportunity the President of the United »ged midnight | White House with | the independence of | sald he, | the majority of the House can | of the most he-! » 1s no man who | istand during | : years of out- | conditions | stand here | Ohio Ex-= House. WILL CONFER WITH GEN. LEE He Will Give the Army and Navy Valuable Information. Knows All About the Defenses and the Weak Points of Havana. More Than That His Military Experi- ence Will Be of Value at This Time. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, April 12.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: Valu- able information is expected to be giv- en by General Lee to the naval and mil- | States, to send their bitterness and their | opposition across the waters to our ene- mies. The gentleman shall have a full opportunity to abuse his own constitu- ents at home for any conservative ex- pressions which they may have made | through the telegraph or the mail, and he | shall have that opportunity, unaffected by answers of mine. 1 wish here simply to say that the President has asked of | Congress the power to use the army and | the navy for the purpose of establishing | in the island of Cuba an independent | | government. | Lentz—Why did he not say so? | _Grosvenor—Will my friend from Ohlo | try for a minute to keep his mouth shut? Cannon—Oh, that is impossible. (Ap- plause and liughter on the Republican stde.) | " Hanley (D) of Delaware—I would like | to know what you understand the Presi- dent to mean by this sentence in his mes- sage: "It involves, however, hostile con- | Straint upon both the parties to the con- test as well as to enforce a truce to guide the eventual settlement.” Grosvenor—You had better go and ask | the President. (Laughter and applause o | “Gatnes—Don't /ou think you had better | g0 and see Hanna? (Derisive jeers on the itary authorities which will have an 11mponanx bearing upon the plan of campaign against Cuba In the event of war with Spain. I learn to-night that General Lee has | been invited to appear before the Naval Strategic Board at 11 o'clock to-morrow morning to discuss with it the defenses of Havana and other Cuban seaports, the probable location of mines and the best points at which attacks should be made. All the members of the board have been notified to be in attendance, so that the information expected to be | secured may be utilized at once in changing the plan of naval which has already been adopted. This board has been in session for the past month, and it is understood to have prepared elaborate plans of of- fense and defense against Spain. But these plans are liable to change if Con- sul-General Lee should give any infor- mation showing that different points of attack from those selected by the board are preferable on account of weak forti- flcations or the configuration of the land. In some quarters there is a belief that attack Republican side.) one of the reasons why General Lee Grosvenor—There comes in another ex- | was brought to the Uuited States was hibition. (Laughter.) Now, let me re- | i 0 a2 ot he might be able to give state my proposition. I state that the | 8 GUEF TIat 02 CUBS D8 80 F 1O B President of the United States has asked for the use of the army and navy to es- tablish on the island of Cuba an inde- pendent government and has said so in the plainest kind of English language. (Cries of '‘Where?” on the Democratic side.) After a great deal of tribulation I am going to give the gentlemen on the other side a demonstration of every state- | ment which 1 make. You will find this language used by the President, and I will leave it to the most acute analytical mind on the other side to say if that is not a proposition to establish on the isl- and of Cuba a government independent | of Spain. In view of these facts and of these considerations, I ask Congress to author- ize and empower the President to take measures to secure a full and final ter- mination between the Government of Spain and_ the people of Cuba and to secure in the island the establishment of | a stable government, capable of main- | taining order an. observing its national | obligations. | Now, I ask any gentleman on the other » to0 tell me how a government on an and of any country controlled by a | gn country, as Cuba is now, can have | a government capable of discharging its | international obligations? What are inter- | national obligations? Do colonies have nternational obligations? Did the President understand that | there can be a colonial condition in Cuba which there would be internatfonal obligations from that Government? W ational act does Canada do? international act has any of the Islands ever done? What rep- ative of this Government goes to Porto Rico or ar ex- independent? The very lan- guage of the President, as understood by every intelligent American and man of | thought is that the object and purpose of using force is to establish a government with international obligations. So the whole appeal of the gentleman from Ohio | is like the picture of a painted ship on a pnélnl]ed ocean. [Laughter on Republican side. | The time is coming very rapldly—it will be here, I trust, to-morrow—when, under | the guldance of the Committee on For-| eign affairs, this House will take action, | and 1 will Suggest to the gentlemen on| | the other side that there will be a degree of patriotism, a degree of unanimity of | | purpose, a degree of oneness of action | that wii surp looks over tl here to-morrow. | publican side.) | Mr. Bailey, the Democratic leader, | replied to General Grosvenor in a brief | speech, which_aroused intense enthu- siasm on the Democratic side. It was somewhat remarkable, he said, that| the President, in sending to Congress one of the most important messages | upon one of the most exciting ques- | tions which had been before the coun- | try in years, had concluded with a rec- | ommendation so ambiguous that it | could be the occasion of controversy. | | Other portions of the message showed | | that the President was a master of| clear and lucid English, yet in pre- | senting his recommendation he ad | done so in words that taxed the inge- | nuity of the gentleman from Ohio to | make clear what he meant. If the| President meant the freedom and in-! dependence of Cuba, why had he not| said so? Mr. Bailey continued: | | Ldo not believe that the President de-| | liberately veiled his meaning, and in say- ing that'T do him more credit thar others | on this floor. I believe If the President had designed the establishment of a free and independent republic on the island of | Cuba he would have sald so. Why did | he say a stable government? A stable | | government and an independent govern- ment are vastly different. No one doubts | | that Canada possesses a stable govern- | | ment, but every intelligent man knows | |1t 1s ‘not an independent government. 1| do not doubt that Spain could establish | | a stable government. It could make a | | desert and call it peace. No one could deny that the Prestdent | had asked for authority to send the army | and navy to Cuba to restore peace, When our forces arrived the Spaniards would s We are at peace; our arms are | stacked; it is the insurgents who are | at war.” Then the agents of the Presi- | dent would be compelled, under the au-! thority he asks, to sav to the Insurgents: “Stack your arms; retire to the fields where you have for three years struggled | wilth”flre and sword to attain your lib- | erty. | Mark my words, no President that | sends the army and navy of the United | States to force the patriotic soldiers of | Cuba to lay down their arms will live, or | will his children live, to survive the odium | | which the American people will fix upon | him. (Great applause on Democratic side | and in galleries.) A few minutes later the House ad- | Jjourned. GROVER CLEVELAND WILL NOT TALK. In His Opinion No Outsider Should | Discuss the Policy of the Mec- Kinley Administration. NEW YORK, April 12.—At Princeton | to-day Grover Cleveland, former Pres- | ident of the United States, was seen | and asked his opinion of President Me- | | Kinley’s message on Cuban affairs. He | | | rise the gentleman when e votes that will be ta (Great applause on Re- | |ing he thought the administration | knew what it was about, and that out- | siders should keep dut of the discus- | sion. ———— To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug- gists refund the money if it fails to cure, The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet. he | ... kef” kilometers. navy the benefit of his experience and observation. By reason of his military training and experience during the war General Lee has kept a sharp watch on the im- | provements of the fortifications and has kept the State Department advised | from time to time of what has been go- ing on. The reports made by him have been submitted to the strategic board, but it is appreciated that he may have later information, and in any event the naval authorities say that his advice will be valuable, and the board will in all probability defer in many important instances to his judgment. |BLANCO FIXES TERMS OF TRUCE. | It Remains to Be Seen Now Whether the Insurgents Will Accept tha Offer of Spain. Copyrighted, 1595, by James Gordon Bennett. HAVA A, April 12.—Captain-Gen- 1 eral Blanco to-day issued instructions to the chiefs of various corps of the army relative to the e'ict _uspending hostili- ties and dicecting them to cause the same to be cor-municated to the enemy. Troops will suspend hostilities, main- taining their present positions without any offensive movement, but will still | continue to guard convoys. In case the enemy assumes the offensive they will | attack them vigorously. If the rebels send in flags of truce they will be re- ceived. Commanders of troops will en- ter into negotiations with the chief of the enemy to fix conditions which will provisionally decide the terms of the suspension of hostilities. The neutral zone to be agreed uoon shall be of two Everything is to be re- ferred to the general of the division. | Captain-General Blanco will rescrve his definite approbation to the terms granted. FLED TO EVADE A MOB AT MATANZAS. Consul Brice and His Staff and “wheir | Families Arrive at New York. NEW YORK, April 12.—The Norwe- glan steamer Herman Wedel Jarlsber arrived this afternoon from Matanzas, bringing thirteen passengers, who fled from that port to evade the Spanish mob. The passengers were United States Consul Brice and his staff and their families. Consul Brice sald that for three days before leaving Matanzas the people threatened his life and at all times his property was in danger. His secretary was obliged to flee for his life, as the mob threatened to drag him through the streets. During these three days the Consul stuck manfully to his post, distributing supplies to the starving reconcentrados and relieving their ne- cessities. At 7 p. m. of the 8th inst. he got notice from Havana to withdraw from his post. The Jarlsberg was the only steamer in port, and Captain Kjesland agreed to take the Consul and his party to New York. At 10 >clock the party embarked and the steamer immediately sailed. The Consul left all his baggage, and none of the party was able to bring away any perscnal effects. The Consul sul says that the condition of the peo- ple is terrible, and that the authorities are making no efforts to supply their wants. o e SAGASTA THREATENED BY THE PRETENDER. Don Carlos Will Hold Aloof Only ‘While the Honor of Spain Is Upheld. LONDON, April 12.—According to a special dispatch from Venice, Don Car- los, the pretender to the Spanish throne, has declared his intention to “hold aloof from hostile manifestations so long as the Spanish Government up- holds the honor of the nation; other- wise he will take the steps he deems necessary to support the dignity of the country.” Monadnock to Sail. VALLEJO, April 12.—Orders from the Secretar; of the Navy were re- celved to-day directing the monitor Monadnock to proceed to Port Angels, ‘Washington. Preparations are being made to sail on Saturday. The moni- tor will not go into drydock before sail- ing, nor will the repairs for which she came to the navy yard be finished. Senators Made | WASHINGTON, April 12.—For nearly | | three hours to-day the Senate had the | | Cuban question in its several phases | under discussion. Three resolutions | | bearing upon the question were intro- | | duced, the first by Lindsay of Ken- | | tucky, directing that the contemplated ;operatlons against the Spanish army in | | Cuba be in conjunction with General Gomez, the supreme command to be | vested In the United States forces, to | the end that the independence of the | Cubans be restored; the second by Wil- | son of Washington, directing the Presi- dent to at once take such steps as will | restore to the Cuban people an inde- | pendent republican form of govern- ment, and the third by Allen of Ne- | braska, declaring the existence of war | In Cuba, and directing the President to take steps to stop it and secure to the people of the island stable and inde- pendent government. \ Following the introduction of the res- | olutions speeches were delivered by | Pettus of Alabama, Mason of Illinois | | and Butler of North Carolina. Judge Pet- | | tus presented an argument that the| | Congresscould not delegate to the Pres- | | 1dent the power to make war, either in | | a general or in a special sense, and de- clared that the making of any war without an express declaration by Con- | gress would be a disgrace to the na- tion. Mason said, in substance: | | _As before announced to you in language | which could not be misunderstood, I am | | for war, and have been since the hour our | flag was lowered in Havana harbor and | the lives of our citizens taken by the | Government of Spain. But I am and have been for this declaration of war only as | a means of securing an honorable peace. | 1 have no desire to destroy the Spanish | nation, but her flag must be dishonored | by surrendering her sovereignty over | Cuban territory as an atonement for the | lowering of our flag, the sinking of our | ship and the murder of our men. While 1 am for war, I realize that I have but one poor vote in the war-making power of | this Government, and I stand ready in | this hour to uphold the hands of the ex- | ecutive and take the best I can get. I have been indulging in a hope, that | seemed almost a certainty, that the ex- ecutive would recommend _intervention | and Independence to the Cuban republic. Intervention by force of arms as recom- | mended by the President is war. To de- clare for intervention without declaring | directly, openly for war seems to_lack | frankness and savors too much of Span- ish diplomacy. "If we can have armed in- tervention without recognizing the in- dependence of Cuba and can have nothing ¢lso, I must accept the will of the ma- Jority, reserving to myself the right to | respectfully protest, and also reserving the right to fight for the independence of | the brave men, women and ehildren in | the island of Cuba. | Mason then went into the history of what had been done by this country in the past regarding recognition, and | continued: Mr. President, it seems almost like in- sulting the intelligence of my colleagues to call attention to the civil government existing in Cuba and controlled by the in- surgents when It {s known that through that government they have collected | hundreds of thousands of dollars and | maintained a standing army that has kept at bay nearly 200,000 armed and equipped Spanish soldiers and has given evidence of as great bravery and endur- ance as any army in all the recorded past. The brilllant orator from Iowa said the other day, in the other House, that ‘hov- ering above the dark waters of that mys- terious harbor of Havana the black- winged vultures watch for the dead, while over It .and over all there is the eagle's {ual;(l‘irlg eye, sternly watching for the ruth. Mr. President, is it to continue to be an eagle, or will the avarice and greed of the nation causé It to descend and par- take of the vulture's food? _Perez, writing to Aranguren, said, “The Yankees are hogs, and if you conquered your own xndpommxenccdl‘gu_v will absorb you.” Mr. President, h "filh? e tell the r. President, are we going out errand of merey loaded down “.,m‘”(',;.’f books and journals? Are we to forget our citizens who went down in the har- bor of Havana, in our greed for gold and territory? Are we to leave the door open to compel additional terms from the in- surgents who sacrificed their wives, their children and their homes? Do we wish special treaties of commerce and leave the door open for that? Do we wish to relieve some American Investors who have bought Spanish bonds and who wish to trade them for the bonds of the re- public? Do we, worse still, wish to leave the door opgn to compel those brave men and women to accept some terms of au- tonomy or to pay blood money to «the Spaniards or the Shylocks of our own land? May I be forgiven if I ex; that the heart of the executive may be touched in their behalf? May we not | hope that their last lingering look of life | be not with suspicion and hatred upon our flag; that it may not rest upon that color of tue yellow flag of Spain, but that in their rapt and parting moments they may be soothed and sustained by the sight of their own flag, the flag with a single star—the flag of the republic of Cuba? Mr. Butler of North Carolina fol- lowed Mr. Mason. He said that he be- longed to what was popularly termed the opposition an the floor of the Sen- ate, but he maintained that this oppo- sition had thus far upheld the hands of the administration as loyally as had the best friends of the President, and were ready to do so as long as they can preserve their self-respect. Mr. Butler expressed the hope that the Foreign Relations Committee would be able to bring in a resolution that the Senate might adopt unanimously, as it voted for the $50,000,000 emergency ap- propriation. In the present circum- stances we would be justified in driv- ing every Spanish vessel from the seas and in laying waste ever~ city and town of Spain. This because of the destruction of the Maine—one of the foulest crimes in history. He main- tained that the United States had even more exalted reasons for the establish- .ment of Cuban independence—the rea- sons of humanity and liberty, and said: I am for avenging the Maine, and would be if Cuba did not enter into the matter. 1 would secure atonement from Spain for the destruction of the Maine and so many of her gallant crew, not by conquest, not by indemnity, for we cannot make mer- chandise out of the bones of our dead; but let us say to Spain that we will es- tablish a Cuban republic as a monument ! to our dead of the Maine. If Spain will press the hope MASON’S VOICE IS FOR WAR Show tience at the Policy of the President. Impa- Willing to Support the Execu- tive, but the Cubans Must Be Free. not accede to this let us make good the proposition with our army and navy. Mr. Butler regretted that the Presi- dent did not tell Congress what he meant—just what he wanted. He dis- agreed with the President concerning the. recognition of the Cuban republic, maintaining that to stop the war on the {sland without granting the inde- | pendence of the Cuban republic sim- ply meant the crushing of the Cuban patriots, and he asked: ‘Why did General Lee hurry to Wash- ington? We were Informed that he would have to get out of Havana before the President’s message was read. Yet here comes a message that causes the Span- lards to build bonfires and rejoice, and starts the stock tickers to clicking mer- rily and causes smiles to spread over the countenances of Wall street gamblers. Within a few hours, I hope, we will be called upon to vote upon a definite prop- osition. The last one I voted for with pleasure. I voted for the $50,000,000 emer- gency appropriation. I am ready to vote for $50,000,000 or for $200,000,000 to avenge the Maine and to free Cuba, but I'll not vote to expend a dollar for any doubtful policy, and I'll not vote for any scheme to protect Cuban bondholders as against humanity and freedom and independence. At 3:55 the Senate went into execu- tive session, and at 4:456 adjourned. | ELECTION RIOTS IN PORTO RICO TOWNS. Press Censor Prevents Correspond- ents From Sending News to This Country. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. ST. THOMAS, April 12. — Advices from Porto Rico are to the effect that the populace is still excited over the elections, which resulted in a Liberal majority of twenty-five. On Tuesday the Governor issued a proclamation against disorder. Four newspapers charge fraud in the elections. One hun- dred and fifty persons throughout the island have been arrested. Three per- sons were killed and twenty-six wound- ed In riots In Cayey and elsewhere. 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