Recognizing Cuban belligerency would have jeopardized settlement and arbitration with Great Britain. The recognition of Cuban belligerency would have jeopardized negotiations between Britain and the United States. Political infighting over recognizing Cuban belligerency took place in Grant's Cabinet. It had not depended on America's status, whether of belligerency, nonbelligerency, or neutrality. The "New York Times" criticised both Rajoy and Puigdemont for their belligerency. In 1631, he joined the Austrian belligerency in the Thirty Years' War.