Show HED HOT resolutions Et solutions by bt cannoa and basou up M Alli mils calnon s x lecog and D mauds oalan caban masons masona demands cessation of hostilities and aed rast restoration oration of 0 peace and expresses sympathy for oppressed cubans washington feb S Sena senator cannon today offered the following of cuban independence whereas tha people of the re public of cubi are ani and of right ought a to bs be free and independent a and nd whereas the continuance of the barbarous warfare of spain in her attempt to subjugate the patriots of that republic is in violation of f the law of humanity is a menace to the freedom and progress of the peoples of the western hemie ph re and is fall justification for a de roand mand by the tha government of the united states that spun spain shall withdraw her land and naval forces from cuba cab and cuban waters and shall leave the and her to the of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness therefore be it resolved Ke solved by the senate that the president of the united states is burgod to notify the kingdom of thel it 11 te public tc of cuba oo on or before the fourth day of march 1893 the abo government of the united states will on that late date reco recognize guize the belligerency lige rency of the cuban patriots and will within ninety day daiya s thereafter assert the independence of the r republic 0 of cuba NOTICE THAT WAS WAR CEASE senator mason of illinois his has presented the following resolution resolved that the president of the united states is authorized and is hereby requested to notify spain and the insurgents of cuba that the war go called callad must at once cease and be discontinued and that the united states of america hereby declare and will maintain peace ou on the island of cuba the resolution was preceded by the following preamble whereas the war between smaill and the ille insurgents of cubs cuba has bag continued until all christendom is shocked by its barbarities pretended autonomy has been officered ered 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 ag rados into fortified towns town where borne of them have been starved others have bave been murdered and women and children have been debauched and treated beyond the power 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 the form of civilized war american citizens cili have been driven into the towns and refu refused sed an opportunity to work and left to i tarve as a part of oatha the spanish war measure until we were compelled to take t appropriating funds funda of the people the united states large sums bums of money to feed and clothe our citizens and to return them to our country and now has the spanish war measure of concentration continued so far that the cent centra rados doa are unfed and starving naked awl filthy in so BO much that dis dia case and death is 19 among them and has spread into our own country hundreds of thousands have perished in this way and by ibis buea ea a the unholy work or of extermination goes on the slaughter of innocenta innocents and non goes on a the flag of truce has been and extermination or of iba insurgents grniet be the final out cams the people of the united stales are I 1 sending money and fiyod arod and clothing to cuba to aid the thedy dying ins which outfit ought to be furnished farnish fd by spain for the reason that the concen trado are tio the legitimate wards of spain having been put in their present condition as a h war meas I 1 ure and their care would devolve upon spain and would be so regarded I 1 by every civilized nation in in the bodd under the present charity seeking of the administration charitably charit ably disposed citizens of the united states cannot contribute money medicine food or cloth gitig to the insurgents in tho the field or hospitals and should any attempt t be made to do so it would be captured and prevented by order of the government of the tha united states stales all parties declared before the lat election in favor of the in independence of cubi cuba and the rie publican du lican party emphasized its opinion as follows hem is inserted the cuban plank adank in the republican platform plat foroi adopted by the republican publican He nati national on convention at st louis loui 8 june 16 1896 from the hour of achieving their own independence the people of the united state k have re regarded gardt d with sympathy the struggles of f other american peoples to freo free jbell themselves elve from european Kur domia in ll 11 1 altae a ablaing i ing in interest gisl ers uee the heroia berol b battles 1 of the cuban patriots against cruelty and oppression ana and our best beet hopes go out for tho the full success no s of their determined contest 10 for liberty the government of spain having lost control of cuba a and 11 d being unable to protect the property or lives of recia resident ent american america citizens or to comply with its treaty obligations we believe that th government ent of the united states state should actively use its influence and good offices to restore peace and give independence to the island 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 complain of our loss 1083 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 r re drets dres for loss los of business or health at 01 money they have patiently waited not wishing even indirectly to interfere with the affairs of other tiler nations until the stench on our very borders has passed endurance and ud the barbarous in cuba has become a stain upon our continent 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 tha presence of civilized nations of the world and in the name of justice and alad liberty demand that the eo called ar in cuba must cease |