Show V CUBA Senator Turpie in his speech on J Wednesday in support of the jpt V V > V V V f IJ i = > resolution for sending United States fleet to Cuban Voters to protect Americans and jirevent V Spanish barbarities bar-barities touched the fact squarely as to the existence of a state of war in Cuba when he said V Twothirds of the island was within the embrace of the revolution the other third was debatable de-batable ground where skirmishes and fighting was going on This he said had not even been touched upon by MrV Sherman although a vital consideration con-sideration Further on he said Cuba will be lost to SpaInI retract the will be Cuba is lost to Spain and will never be regained We believe that is a r fact A country which so short a time ago passed through a war of ten years duration for freedom and then so soon could again take to the tented field in I the cause of liberty is scarcely apt to submit to an authority which is to it the sign of greed and oppression I Spain is teaching CUbanay has I taught Cuba that a claim of liberty against Spain is tantamount to high treason and submission to such a government is equivelent to slavery and where such conditions exist and the people love freedom it is nonsense to talk of such a government being permanent and peaceful and if government gov-ernment cannot be sable and peaceful peace-ful then the sooner it is overthrown and the form of government recast on lines that will be satisfactory to the people to be governed the better Nor is it difficult to conceive the idea that bhe time can come where revolt is continuous and war the chronic condition con-dition of the stateit is not difficult we repeat to conceive the justice of powerful nations insisting upon a cessation ces-sation of hostilities and also such adjustment ad-justment of affairs as shall result instable in-stable government and reasonably permanent per-manent tranquility Spain should know by this time the truth announced long ago by Edmund Burke that the use of force alone is but temporary It may subdue for a moment but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again and a nation is not governed which is perpetually per-petually to be conquered |