The defenders of imperialism, however, are not…

The defenders of imperialism, however, are not unchallenged.

In the United States Congress, Senator Henry M. Teller wins approval for the Teller Resolution, which pledges the United States to support an independent Cuba.

Roman Catholic and labor leaders criticize the United States and call for the granting of complete independence to Cuba.

Similarly, Cuban leaders complain that Cuba is not a part of the Treaty of Paris (1898), which ends the Spanish-American War, that their soldiers have been excluded from the cities by the United States Army, and that despite innumerable sacrifices independence still looms more as a hope than a reality.

Although Spain relinquishes Cuba under the Treaty of Paris, Manuel Sanguily, a staunch defender of Cuba's sovereignty, denounces the fact that the most reactionary Spanish elements have been permitted to remain on the island and retain their possessions.