...On the 20th of April, 1898, a joint resolution of Congress was approved by the President, declaring that the people of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. On the same day the minister of Spain at Washington demanded his passport, and...

...of the Foreign Relations Committee. As a compromise measure, the committee had adopted the language that the people of Cuba "are, and of right ought to be, free and independent," a clause that was an indirect recognition of Cuban independence. When Senator...

...Spain. That same day, April 20, 1898, the president approved the congressional resolution and insisted that "the people of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent." He then issued an ultimatum giving Spain three days to withdraw from the island....

...Spain. That same day, April 20, 1898, the president approved the congressional resolution and insisted that "the people of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent." He then issued an ultimatum giving Spain three days to withdraw from the island....

...and Arizona. What next? Not Cuba. Congress amended its 1898 declaration of war against Spain to note that the people of Cuba "are, and of right ought to be, free and independent." Cuban independence was recognized as soon as the war was over. Like Cubans,...

...recognition of the present Cuban government and those opposed to it, congress adopted resolutions declaring that the people of Cuba are and of right ought to be free and independent, that a demand should be made on Spain to withdraw from Cuba, that the president...

...April 20, 1898, the President approved a joint resolution of Congress, by which it was declared (1) that " the people of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent;" (2) that it was the duty of the United States to demand, and that the United...