Show SITUATION the tha cabinet considers the cuban matter might meart mean war wahington feb 20 29 it is understood ue der s tood stood that the probable action it t congress in respect to the cuban rt solutions pending in both houses ab absorbed orbed th the e attention of yesterdays day s cabinet meeting in view ol of f he I 1 taken hereto heretofore for e by th ahn and secretary Sec Y of state and which there is ia no reason tr buli pose they have abandoned ivard the proposition to recognize i 1 IW in belligerency of the insurgents the lie decision of the senate commit ive ire on foreign relations lations de to express he fie sen sentiments arid and v ashes of congi gies es e s in the form of ft a current resolution instead of shaping it as a resolution har ha given much gratification to the administration it the president were to be confronted with a joint resolution at t aln chiq tinie time recognizing the belligerency of the insurgents and even i he independence of the rebels he would would be placed in a very disagree al po twilton tw ilion if he be approved the re alution it would be H a confession i that hat the course pursued by our government towards cuba and add spain up tip to this time had been wrong fm fir it is insisted that there has been no change in the relations of the partis parties to the warfare in cuba th tart t would warrant any chada change e in our attitude it would almost amount to a reversal of the position taken by our state department in defiance of pome borno of the great european p powers during the brazilian insurrection v nhen hen we insisted that as a precedent to recognition the insurgents must ha haaf P a seat eat of government must issue money and must have a navy for at least two of these requisites are lacking iia ia the cases of present insurrection on the other hand if he vetoed a joint resolution of this character the president would be obliged probably v to face a storm of popular disapproval and to make an issue with congress that might be fraught with the arax e t conse queues for it is realized that the resolution in viat thit case would be massed over hie bits veao veto but by nailing making the resolution a simple concurrent one the president will be e relieved relic ved of the necessity of announcing noun cing a decision it at this time ile ie regards the resolution as a simple expression of the sentiment of congress arid and as not binding upon the executive branch as would be the case with a joint resolution which has bag all the forces of an act it would be in effect but a repetition of the history of the armenian resolution in that case cage the senate passed a concurrent resolution suggesting that our government ern ment through the executive branch take action in europe which action in the opinion 0 P of the president was totally inconsistent with the sound american policy of interference noninterference non in the affairs of that continent As it was a concurrent resolution the president was not required either to approve or disapprove it and his as it had cot ro t the force of law he was not obliged to set act in accordance with the suggestion go stion of congress As a matter of fact he be did not so act and the resolution reao lution remains in the de part meat of state absolutely in effective the of the cuban resolution eo has caused caus ed some members of the administration to take a leng lane look ahead as far ahead indeed astvat 08 that point where e there may be proposition froni from congress to declare war which senator morgan has said must follow the enactment of the pending resolutions and they are arc now discussing the question its aa to the relative power of Cong congress reps and the president in that matter it appears that much may turn on the construction to be placed by the senate Sudi judiciary ciary committee on the question now before it as to the proper scope of joint concurrent resolutions one express provision of the constitution says that congress shall have the power to declare war this would seem to carry the idea that this may be done by a concurrent resolution as it is ij a power entirely reserved to congress but bu i on the 0 ther other hand another parag paragraph aph of the constitution beems to require the presidents approval to any joint action of congress save ad adjournment the apparent constitute constitutional onal conflict on this point is engaging the ario ii o earnest attention of administration people peoli |