Show FOR THE CUBANS I HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS WILL REPORT Commercial as Well as Sentimental Sentimen-tal Reasons Insurgents Are Now Camped Within Twelve Miles of Havana Great Stores Have Been Plundered and Burned By Them Three Clerks Burned und tie Mayor Killed Some Wild Stories WASHINGTON Jan 12Assurances have been given by the house committee on foreign affairs to those members who are interested in the movement to secure recognition for the Cuban revolutionists that a report will be made to the house at the earliest day consistent with a proper investigation A subcommittee of the foreign affairs committee has been designated by Chairman Hit and has taken jurisdiction of the Cuban matter with these members Adams Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania chairman Draper Massachusetts Massachu-setts Hit Illinois Some impatience has been voiced in the house because the resolution to recognize the revolution has not been brought forward and passed Immediately and patriotic and sentimental sentimen-tal reasons have been urged in support of this feeling The foreign affairs committee recognize recog-nize fully the existence of this senti ment but the subcommitttee does not feel justified in acting without the Usual deliberation nor is it at all certain that they will deem it expedient for this government gov-ernment tc recognize Cuba at once Apart from the sentimental reasons there is a commercial phase of the question ques-tion of which the foreign affairs members mem-bers are not allowed to remain in Ignorance Ignor-ance There are sugar investments in Cuba held by citizens of the United States amounting to some 30000000 r I which have suffered enormous damage at the hands of the rebels in their raids So long as the revolution has no recognized recog-nized standing Spain is responsible for these losses and the owners of plantations planta-tions hone to be able to secure reparation repara-tion from her at some future day When this government formally takes notice of the fact that a state of war exists in Cuba its citizens will have no ground UDon which to base their claims These considerations tend to retard recognition Whether they will defeat the movement for recognition remains to be seen I |