...6472-647^. t See pp. 6473-6474. } See p. ft-u- * See pp. 6291-6291. Fourth. That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over sa1d island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished,...

...right ought to be, free and independent" and ended with a solemn pledge: "The United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise...government and control of the island to its people." The Senate approved it unanimously. That promise, which came to be known as the Teller Amendment, calmed...

...and (April 21, 1898) war began. 1 At the same time it was resolved, "That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise...said island, except for the pacification thereof, antl asserts its determination, •when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of...

...intention to exercise jurisdiction or control over said island except for pacification thereof and a determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to the people thereof.""" 1 What Teller accomplished with this motion to amend the resolution was to allow...

...intention to exercise jurisdiction or control over said island except for pacification thereof and a determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to the people thereof."""1 What Teller accomplished with this motion to amend the resolution was to allow...

...supported the Senate war resolution because of the Teller Amendment, which denied "any disposition of intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for pacification," and the Turpie-Foraker Amendment, which signaled recognition of the Cubans as "the true...

...jurisdiction, or control" over Cuba, once its residents gained independence, and in expressing US determination "to leave the government and control of the Island to its people," rebuffed the advocates of outright American annexation of Cuba. The congressional war hawks finally...

...to Congress's joint resolution authorizing intervention reading in part: "The United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise...government and control of the Island to its people." Congress passed the Teller Amendment, establishing that the United States went to war with Spain in...

...Resolution, known as the Teller Amendment, which reads as follows: ". . . the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise...government and control of the Island to its people." 178 What 'sa Cuba libre ? Cuba libre means literally "free Cuba" and is a phrase taken from the nineteenth-century...

...the United States ... to carry these resolutions into effect. Fourth. That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise...over said island except for the pacification thereof . . . These resolutions were signed by the president at n.24 AM on April 20, and, eleven minutes later...