The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 12, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1898. 8 THE MESSAGE THAT MEANS WAR - TGTON I am of the opinion that other nations will SHINGTON, April 11.—The Presi- | be compelled to assume the responsibility .dent to-day t the following message | which devolves upon them, and to seri- ously consider the only remaining meas- and the House of Repre- ures possible, mediation and intervention. | 5 | ® e p : Owing, perhaps, to i Ppesiden cKinley Asks Congress for o« i SRR ing the island from the Congress in- & Exist, Yet Spain the peninsula, the te of the Union and e, vertics cons tion such e t es m ' now to no depository of ,‘\ cdic - L -‘ i - & bo Ihe‘ u O y O n common confidence to suggest wisdom 0 in the re- | when passion and excitement have their es to Spain by | | sway, and thus assume the part of peace- ‘that_for more than | maker. 1In this view, in the earlier days 1in the neighboring | of the contest, the good offices of the : } United States as mediator were tendered b intimate con- | ® in good faith, without any selfish purpose t 1 tion with the ! in the interest of humanity and in sincere v L 1 @ the grave rela- {l;‘i(‘n?‘shlp dfnr“bom parties, but were :t o sineum: | milttary control about the cities and for- borders, is justifiable on national = deciined. by Spain Sowith &the Lo 1;“‘,,,(-, Lo !liml} camps, ;.m\«li !llus‘nl;i asa&:regggé grounds. fl‘me t%i-‘fnvv:'al\;l‘(leg.?;‘;ifix:' ;}r‘\;‘:l\al;d ;l:)“::: S . | for the suffering. 1he unfortunates, 5 5 timation has been receive : G fccorl WIth the | for the amostinart: women andienldren. It involves, however, hostile constraint has been received that in the opinion of Spain that time has been \ o s P el feebled by egey o upon both the parties to the contest, as | 'U/% iine i 2 i fmniin iOS s The Question of Peace or HOoStilities |Hhw s i d iy sur e e 50 e ions t sen < ¢ = R 1 N A shelter, eventual settlement. 5 ™ e ution is but the sue- }f\‘re tf\(«—‘ilr (‘\‘\i“l‘x“slvll:'\):(‘);(‘si;r:'i‘; the supply of The grounds for such intervention may |4 to the United and of other e nations. 2 quite capable insurrections | the cities. Reconcentration, —adopted e e other s el St et n rarEos “uba against the | 2vowedly as a war measure in order to First—In the cause of humanity |the other, as well as to all the relations ing over a pe- cut off the resources of the insurgents, S O“] n s : jes, | &nd interests dependent on the existence ¥ much of | worked its predestined result. n to put an e.d to the barbarities, | ¢ eice'in the tsland: but they seem loo Ulnsclud As T said in my message of last bloodshed, starvation and horrible |capable of reaching any adjustment and and ex- S5 o : : both have thus far failed of achieving laws, | December it was not civilized war- R t t f th miseries now existing there, and | it Rl R o e i eng fare; it was extermination. The only epl’esen a lves o c which the parties to the conflict are theistand to°the ex possess and control the island to the ex- either unable or unwilling to stop or | ¢1uslon of the other. Under the circum- car disturbance peace it could beget was that of the OF | stances the agency of others, elther by by the | ilderness and the grave. peo le mitigate. It is no answer to say this mediation or by intervention, seems to te, ‘shocked | Meanwhile, the military situation in the . is all in another country, belonging | ¢ the ony alternative which must, s 8 jergone a noticeable change. or t T led the humane | Island had undergone Stivity that charace to another nation, and is therefore |mination of the strife.” S onibeeeniin femzen the Socond vear of the war, when none of our business. Itis exprossly | I the last annual message ot ;xgm&::i try has seen the the insurgents invaded even the hitherto our duty, for it is right at our door. | struggle, it w 1d: iresho red | unharmed fields of Pinar del Rio and car- 5 i r - | struggle, as sald: : AR ,‘.'.“[f@”‘fi ried havoc and destitution up to the | Gubans who have so much to lose by 0000000000000 0O0OQO| These are the words of the resolute and Second—We owe it to our citizens | s"(‘},‘g’;;}‘m,“},“'w"‘fi ({:LFilflfl,rzf_:'l: ,‘,’;‘d‘fi:{ e history of the|walls of the city of Havana itsell, had) g 1 i £ the st: le, to | O P eqkson. They are evidence that | jn Cuba to afford them that protec- | come manifest, and it 18 demonsirateq %% tn the relapsed into a dogged struggle in the | the prolongation o e struggle, to | |the United States, in addition to the test = | that her soverelgnty in Cuba 1o extinct 1 the bic- | contral and enstern provinces. "The Span. | seek to bring about an immediate | O SUMMARY OF ‘{)Tl;(;lsodmlzggn?lic Jangesihe condition tion and indemnity for life and | i,"41 purposes of its rightful existence, e contest by an: ST, ish army re o sure | | e d on of independence by a i and when 4 ss S role for i > < Where & dependent Mol | {h Finar del Rlo and parts of Havana, | termination of the war. (2 THE MESSAGE, Q| neutral state (to wit: that the revoited | PFOPerty which no government there | and when a hopeless struggle for its res ple, s gt o free, have been op- | but under the existing uolvllli(ggfl of ;he To this end T submitted, on the 27th ulti- | © | State shall ‘“‘constitute in fact a body |can or will afford, and to that enu | sirife which means nothing more tha L the power of the sovereign rural country without immediate im-|p;" ;57 tesult of much representation | @ —_— | politic, having a government in substance | terminate the cond:tions that de- sacrifice of human life an thelr productive situation. state. brovement as well as in name possessed of the ele- et roduct v |and correspondence through the United | r G e estruction of the very subject Ouripecpls iRava tbehaln en thus partially Testricted, the revo- | Sttes Minister at Madrid, propositions to | @ WASHINGTON, April 1. | ments of stability” and forming de facto | PTive them of legal protection. matter of the conflict, a situation will ba S el PRI R OO uionius ueid S Dy Spain as the es | the Spanish Government, looking to an © The message asks Congress to (2 left to itself a Btae among the na- Third—The right to intervene may | Presented in which our obligations to th prosperous community reduced to :1.}(1:.1 'nrnd solar baalssor peace, seemed | Armistice until October 1, for the negotia- | authorize the President to take ons, reasonably capable of discharging sovereignty of Spain will be supersede o DEra e i 4 i z < e tion of peace with the good offices of the | % The duties of a State”), has imposed for [ be justified by che very serious in- | by her” obligations which we can cOIDRTAVe Iwant s commeros viralaniax: distany =w o thaiOut ST IR i el e o 8 |© measures to secure the termin- its own goverance in dealing with cases | jury to the commerce, trade and |Dardly hesitate to recognize and dise tually paralyzed, its exceptional pro- I this state of affaits, my acministra- | " In addition, I asked the immediate revo- | @ fion' of hostilities in/Giiba and like these the further condition that rec- » charge. ductiveness diminished, its flelds latd | @ DF [ound: dtse Erave problem of its | cation of the order of reconcentration, so ation ot hos ognition of independent statehood is not | business of our people and by the annual message to Congress, futy. "My message |45 to permit the people to return to their | @ to secure the establishment of x d . : | due to a revolt and dependency until the waste, its mills in ruins and its peo- | Sagasta, and His §f'"™jaqr * December | farms and the needy to be relieved with | @ a stable government there, and t, speaking to this question, | danger of its being again subjugated by The near future will demons wanton destruction of property and - s : o g Inited the “parent State has entitelys passoy | devastation of the island. strate whether the indispensable condi. ple perishing by tens of thousands reviewed the situa- | provisions and: supplies from’ the United | i = o 2 : o S T oW Al g DG Attempt at & More tfon""ana' aciaiied | Sates ‘Co-operating with the Spanish au- | O to use the military and naval O away’ 'This extreme test"was'in fact 2p- | Fourth and which is of the utmost | {08 0h & FERteous peace, ust alike ta ThTadeany 5 ; Tibarall Palio the steps taken | o oly ‘of ‘the Spanish Cabinet was|e forces of the United States as o whom President Jackson referreq the | importance — The present condi- ble fo our interests. 'so_ intimately in- S Usscpistatnediin & Y- feving s acute- | received on the night of the 3ist ultimo. may be necessary for those pur- question as ‘one probably leading to |tion of affairs in n: [ e eltare o) 2, 18 oy to neutrality ners B and ™ opening | It offers, as the means to bring about > war,” and therefore a proper subject for Cuba is a constant | pe attained. If not, the exigéncy of furs ness our 1AWS the way to some form of honorable set-|peace in Cuba, to confide the prepara- 1 which | {lement. The assassination of the Prime | tion thereof to the insular department, Minister, Canovas, led to a change of |inasmuch as the concurrence of that body poses. The President says the i a “‘previous understanding with that body | Tienace to our peace, and entails upon | ther and other action Dby the United only hope of relief from a con- States will remain to be taken. When by whom war alone can be declared, and | this Government an enorm £ oth g = by whom all the provisions for sustaining lOUS eX- | that time comes that action will be de- nations = cor nds, 10 PO- | Government in Spain. The former ad- | would be necessary to reach a final result, dition which can no longer be its perils must be furnished,” left the | Pense. With such a conflict waged [crmined in the ling of indisputable right Thorn i Jlce our own Wa- ministration, which pledged subjugation |it being, however, understood that the endured is the enforced pacifi- matter of recognition of Texas to the dis- | for years in an island so near us and | giving or hesitancy in the light of the ters and watchour | without concession, gave place to that | powers reserved cation of the island. cretion of the executive, providing mere- own seaports in prevention of any | obligation this Government owes to {ite ly for Ahe sending of a diplomatic agent | With which our peopls have such J0E4CIOR HIS, HOVTIRMERL OWEs, (o, i of a more liberal pa; when the President should be satisfled | trade and business relations—when | it the protection of their interests anX in advance to a polic; committed long Spain’s Answer to by the constitu-/ of reform involv- tion to the cen- The issue is now with Con- unlawful ald ofthe | 1ng {ha ariden Driadlois of Lot VOIS 2 tral government i i that the republic of Texas had become + | honor, and to humanity. ' ered: the cap- | Cuhs and Puecto Bite. . The overtires This Country are_not lessened gress, and he awaits action, “an independent State.” It was so recog- | the 1ives and liberty of our citizens | %G1 0% the Tight, Reeping free from zens in Cuba has | of this Government made through its or diminished. As standing prepared to carry out nized by President Van Buren, who com- | are in constant danger and their |all offense ourselves, actuated by up- missioned a Charge d’Affaires March 7, 18%7, after Mexico had abandoned an at. | Property destroyed and themselves | the temper and | new envoy, General Woodford, and look- | Not Satisfactory. the Cuban parlia- | | tempt to conquer the Texan territory and | ruined—where our trading vessels i Government will continue its watchful | | right and patriotic considerations, moved ave been SO | ing to an immediate effective amellora- ment does not | every obligation imposed on by neither by passion nor selfishness, the rilous unrest | tion of the condition of the island, al- meet until the 4th | him by the constitution. which inevitably | though not accepted to the extent of ad- |of May next, the Spanish Government | Spain’s decree for a suspen- when there was at the time no bona fide care over the rights and property of time to time in mitted mediation in any shape, were met | would not object, for its part, to accept S0 that issues by assurances that home rule in an ad- |at once a suspension of hostilities, i1 own body politic | vanced phase would be forthwith offered | asked for by the insurgents from the 1d in the way | to Cuba, without waiting for the war to | general-in-chief, to whom it would per- contest going on between the insurgent | 8¢ liable to scizure and are seized | American citizens and will abate none of province and its former sovereign. at our very door by warships of a | its efforts to bring about by peaceful i { B 8 4 vhich shall be honora- I said in my message of December last: A agencies a peace w it Ta 0 bh veriousie ronsidered whetnes | foreign nation, the expeditions of | ble and enduring. 1If it shall hereafter sion of hostilities is submitted to Congress for just and care- new Government of Spain continued and | Spanish Government, were both in the manity and to in- is in- completed the policy already begun by its | form of brief memoranda, the texts of 1 to domestic m!; ‘.lnd'li;nkl:i lha{( g\ore humane methods |tain in such case, to determine the dura- ful attention. the Cuban insurrection possesses beyond | filibustering that we are powerless to ‘ xgmfl(:w’;to !boe anx}l\‘x'(y imposed by our obli= - & DrImAl AL haa | OF BOSthIHer | b o L Lol conducy tonand foondItignae Hithare s cenR The Maine incident figures dispute the attributes of statehood, which | prevent altogether, and the irritating | Seives, to eiviliza- Spain Ts Helplegs 1 foreign entangle- Incidentally with these declarations the | eral Woodford, and the reply of the prominently in the message. i,ger(‘.m.y IS Tavor Tm’f same require- | questions and entanglements thus| tion and to hu- pless, A The President argues that the ment must certainly be no less seriously | arising, all these tervene with force, America [ | 5 | it shall be with- recognizing independence is in_question, | 80d others that I Spain’s Fault That | {™'iuie on' our B, pihe | predecessor, of testifying friendiy rogard | which are before me—and are substan wreck of the Maine in Havana O ¢onsidered “when the graver issue of ot Moot well during for this nation by releasing American |tially in the language above given. ¢ 5 e les sitive tesi a 7 be us 0w Iniervene. citizens held under one charge or an~ | function of the Cuban parliament in the harbor shows that Spain is not for no Joas TOBItvo Teat cAn be applied fo meed not mention, the Maine | ee and oy b Ax other connected with the insurrection, so [ matter of ‘“preparing” peace and the able to guarantee security to i e s 3 with the result- that, by the end of Novemt gle person entitled in any not a er of doing so are not expressed in to our |the Spanish memorandum; but from foreign vessels. command the support and approval of | sity for such action will be so clear as to e : : i = | | Siguences ‘of ‘tha Nothing Yet in Cuban | i strained rela- - yag Destroyed. | 000000000000 000000000000000000 0000000C000000000000000000C0000000C00000000000 e A Airds 5 5 S ; the civilized world.” pational protection remained in'a Span- | Seneral iWoontord s explan ory reports Spain has offered to submit Struggle upon the tions, are a con- "“The long trial has proved that the While these negotiations were in Prog- | finai contorence it s undersiood thet the to arbitration all the differ- | |tnl(lr:na1rgz.?ll|';);z"?é Government stant menace to our peace and | object for which Spain has waged the € ress, the increasing destitution of the | Spanish Government stands ready to give | enees which may arise from [ St R tor 8 compel us to keep on a semi-war war cannot be attained. The fire of s Unfortunate rhaoncentrados and - the | the insular Congress full (powers to bei- e | important factors 10 Bo Recogmized. | pooting with that nation with which | | i "'(-;}”h‘“fl“[’:‘;;H“f]‘k‘,}_fig"”;f lh"‘l"h“‘hfr"'} | tle the u-rm's nfbnoni\;o with (h[e !lnsur- aat altair. | when the recogni- 2 insurrection may flame or may E stattention. ccess *h had | gents; whether by direct negotiation or | e _| we are at peace. | 1d. ith i but ttended diineasire of rellar. exs yaot ol | tion of belligerency is concerned, are sec: smolder w! varying seasons, bu sitended)ihe limiied measure/of Yeller ex: Indirectly by means of leglslation does 900000000000 00000 gndary it not xightly eliminated factors. | These elements of danger and dis- | it has not been and it is plain that s among tk the sious ex- | gl : . 2 z e real question is whethes - % e : SRRy the 4-&.15(’:‘1‘;’.‘;‘xu:«mfles With this last overture in the di-| whom we have been, by force of evidence, | nypity claiming recognition is or is not | Order already pointed out have been it cannot be extinguished by present ! of the money PRropEated cxpressly for | rection of immediate peace and its o e e made known to the | independent beyond peradventure. strikingly illustrated by a tragic methods. The only hope of relief and joint resolution ap- | their succor by Y . prompted the humane | disappointing reception by Spain :\K?:l?)fl’:;“‘; l",‘;;“‘éfilfg:;lef"l'; l'oflzl‘"%‘om 4 Nor from the standpoint of expe- | event which has deeply and justly repose from a condition which can- lar scheme : to that|the executive was brought to the interference in disputes which merely re- | rience do I think it would be wise |Moved the American people. I have not longer be endured is the enforced w el PAEEhation s | end of his effort. late to the Internal government of O'ten | or prudent for this Government to | 2lready transmitted to Congress the pacification of Cuba. In the name of increased n'a“:;::'-rv:m of Disctniber Tust, T cansod | jors. T sonnual anessage Pt Dscomier “urm“r ‘t’r (herPn.l:u“u"l‘frpi:l;ge::;ism:)‘)fi recogm ze atitie present tmeithe ingl ;;p‘t)l?a ?ifes?r:cl:iavu ;Ot‘;art ‘:tt:;lq“l?y ‘ humanity.hh;ftl;e n;mme OteddAmiz:i- rcreased, o st, I cz | 1ast, T said: | reference to our partic sts @ % an | oIt {0% the, battle-ahi) S both lovies to be fssued an appeal to the American | G the untried measures there remain | views o to the merits of the original | dependence of the so-called Cub: e e e = P | tion, in behalf of endanger e b to the horrors people, inviting contributions in money or | _recognition of the Insurgents as bellig: But in this, as in every | republic. ne in the harbor of Havana dur- | can interests which give us the right n kind for the succor of the for | Ving | erents: re iti f the indepen sion, safety is to be found in ing the night of the 15th of Febru- sufferers in Cuba. Following this, on the | Caba. and_ ntervention to ena the wer | & rigid adherence to principle. g 8: TU- | and the duty to speak and to act, the new and inhuman phase, §th of January, came a similar public an- | by imposing a rational compromise be | “In the contest between Spain and the| Such reconition ls mot necessary In|ary. The destruction of that noble war in Cuba must stop. precedented Hn' itheltmod .| &0 ATSRCHE OF §x’x‘fm’|‘::nrm“\?1':i:flu e | s e e ey ;ea‘}?)(l(infiné."“r)x‘l‘;usun‘:fi Fho’aniilty or Hhe | vene and pacity the island. To “Ommlt}vesssl has filled the national heart| 1In view of these facts and tness : R O elief cc ee, W headquar- | § ? » vaite only 3 e k ¥ tory of civilized Christian peo- | ters in New York City, composed o} the s’;\pfi‘fifim";r orcible [.A:nf)g:te-;nparrtffi 'mu{ A LT e A A ;’,‘1‘; p“afi-‘:?&l\mr";:\'e;gn};‘:t ;’?Pfl';f'fi,‘“.gflfi | with inexpressible horror. Two hun- | considerations I ask the Congress to the policy of devastation and ’(’,‘2‘.,";'{“’;i»fi"‘?ififé‘é‘“n".fi S 1’.‘172333 :.‘,'d Seg el ’IB‘F"‘}‘;""‘&"?" gode A {,’2‘.?,2";;‘3},; L‘Xfijfi?x‘;te«‘. ad entirely | subject us to embarrassing conditions of | dred and fifty-eight brave sailors | authorize and empower the President oncentration, inaugurated by the business elements of the community, The | sion g BEBETEY- | | issed away. Then, and not until then, g:fie{zlmfinfi) orl;l({(s’;lt‘llt;r;d‘ov;':rg”;hgf ¢r-| and marines and rwo officers of our to take measures to secure a full ter- ptain-general’s order of October 21, efforts of that committee have been untir- snj‘?flf‘fn'.‘,-orfi “.?"1'»‘5:‘;:‘5‘ these alternatives | el _.,‘}'.{"méficrflg"’ézfiiéxscn"fmse‘}ifs OUr | Fervention our conduct will be subject to |navy, reposing in the fancied se- mination of hostilities between the in the province of Pinar del piished muchsood T[4 [ Not War, but a | Ured words uttered in i, when, after | “It IS true that with regard to Texas | the approval or disapproval of such gov- | curity of a friendly harbor, have Government of Spain and the peopls rangements fo s By ANt ragwaic > etruatice | the civil authority of Mexico had been | erni . We w - | 4 , was thence extended to embrace ‘f.\!‘:'e.lfi\)y:];|),ntl'rnllfml1 seve 2rlmd'r)s:“;)x;”l?la‘igmn( ey «é;urre:(&:ég | expelled, its invading army defeated, the | mit to its direction and to assume to it been hurled to death; grief and want of Cuba, and to secure in the island sland to which the power | to Cuba have Struggle the conclusion that the recognition of | H! et of the rt‘(v"‘é‘(;fmhollmffiy ,:;,“vf?,“‘f'g“ {{'—'f m(x){eshl:flmxlgxr;ou?rhexz-lea(rtrelx?n&lgt tfi‘f{x’"e brought in their homes, and sorrow | the establishment of a stable govern- : . alded o enc . = Of | and all power to 3 hen E > : | Spanish arms was able to Ereatly aided the the independence of Cuba was impracti- ganized E’;m_cmmnm of Texas annihilat- | js within the island a government capa- | t© the nation. ment capable of maintairing order : A aritable work, : cable and indefensible, a = x | 2 . by occupation or by military presiaent of 10 Extermination. | C50 fENT QP EENG AP G ARt the Te | ea within its confines. But. on the other | plo of performing the duties and dis-| The Naval Court of Inquiry which, it |and observing its international obli- the American Red ranted by the facts, according to ' the hand, there is, in appearance at least, an | charging the functions of a separate na- | fs needless to say, commands the tn- | gations insuring peace and tranquils Cross and representatives of other con- | fests of public law. 1 commented ex | immeénse disparity of physical force on | tion, and having, as a matter of fact, the | qualified confidence’ of the. Government, | & ; : 2 T g all dwelling | tributory organizations havegenerally vis- | pecially upon the latter aspect of the | LN Side of Texas. e & naaette | proper forms and attributes of national- | was unanimous In its conclusion that the | lity and the security of its citizens al interior, were | {ted Cub or into | ( : 5 ‘ing its forces under a | HLoPer ! ol ey i and co-operated with S - | question, pointing out the inconvi ey (| LIOF ISTHOW allying 1 : o | ity, such government can be promptly | destruction of the Maine was caused b W, o S o osil e i p et ot o nyenlencesll v Tea ey and menacing a fresh Inva-| and readily recognized and the relations | an exterior explosion, that of a submarine | 25 Well as our own, and to use the the: troops. ‘The neral and the local authorities to make | belligerency which, while adding to the | to re(‘lo\ olr its lg;tt;‘gna‘km“m in- | #nd interests of the United States with | mine. It did not assume to place the re- | military and naval forces of the .’pn.\'i;wnr of all | effective aistribution of the relief col allroluld)‘ onerous jluujda-;\s‘ of neutrality | vasione "fif{(‘,‘;e“dem, of Texas may | Such nation adjusted. sponsibility. That remains to be fixed. | Upited States as may be necessary » fields wera Jected. Thi gh th orts he centra within our own jurisdiction, could t | be ¢ P S ve oofed and fired, (-',,:,,‘nm,Q,n:,‘.‘in; ‘&3?_.;.&".;’,‘,‘..:,.&;";2?.} in any way extend our influence or efe | :"'l’c:‘j’"':,':‘h“":d pjilfi;’:l!’j:"fr‘l{; sn'&glm‘x‘“ e There remain the alternative In any event the destruction of | for these purposes. vervthing | su vplms{ has alrez‘,rl)' reached the suffer- {l"ég“'e offices in the territory of hostlli- | {}jc United States and Texas, our ac-|forms of interventjon to end the war, | the Maine, by whatever exterior | And in the interest of humanity and to render it | ers, a Corp Beoiaing Thhe it s : . e | e - 2 SUDROTL | piics are admitted Guts £res i raaspor- | | Nothing has since occurred to changs | SIOVIcUEMENt of I3, inderndcnce ot either as an impartial neutral by im- | cause, is a patent and impressive A4 In preserving (he lies of the starve tion to the interior has been arranged, Z‘SY‘;’”Q;" n‘gw‘h;: {')“lpz‘”d!h‘;’;‘d”{e";"f"g“‘" as consistent with that x'udenfi reserve | posing a rational compromise be- | proof of a state of things in Cuba | that the diszrlbuflonhnf food and supplies s0 that the rellef, at first necessarily con- ssuance | with which we have hitherto held our- = b be continued and that an appropriation The Awful Horrors of | 5,28, Tatana ‘ana the Trger cities, s | 9 & Proclamation of neutrality by which | Soires” baund to ‘treat 411 similar quée. | tween the contestants or as the act- | that is intolerable be made out of the public treasury to r of nding ; now extended through most, If not all, of | Process the so-called recognition. of bel- | {iay 5 ally of the one party or the| That condition is thus shown to be | supplement the charity of our oitizens. the Policy the tovas hoco Ru‘%fflrtng it TG aas figcrenc) is published, could, of itself, | ' P = : Py such that the Spanish Government cannot | > PP 5 ands of lives have already been saved, and unattended by other action, accom- | to consider the | Other. assure safety and security to a vessel of | The issue is now with Congress. . | 7 vis 2 lish nothing toward the one d fo) k the American navy in the harbor of Ha- 213 of Concentration. The necessity for a change in the con- [P A e T z : ris] that there the first, it is not to be forgotten | o of t1a- | It is a solemn responsibility. I dition of the reconcentrados is recognized | Np oy ¥ labor, the Instant pacification | The Amerian Policy might be imputed | yins Suning the 1ast fow monihs (he rer | Yana on a mission of peace and rightfully | L* e Ly tyu h:;‘ g b by the Spanish Government. Within a | fiat seflicts the joeagcn of the misery 2 L0 resthS o United | lation of the United States has virtually |there. == ... =~ & | exhausted every effort to relieve the 20 Jeconcentration — | few days past the orders of General Wey- [ “Rining”to the question of recognt Is a Policy States motives of | peen one of friendly intervention in many | Further, deferring in this connection to | intolerable condition of affairs which made effective over | ler have been revoked, the reconcentrados | o¢'this time the Indegoug ognizing selfish iInterest in | ways, each not of itself conclusive, but ail | recent diplomatic correspondence, a_dis- d P, it wrt of the four central and | are, it is sald, to be permitted to return | ant insurgent gov- pendence of the pres- of Non-Interference. YieWw of the for- | tending to the exertion of a potential in- | Patch from our Minister to Spain, of the |is at our doors. Prepared to execute vince: nta Clara, Matan-| to their homes and aided to resume the | epament in Caba 5 mer claim on our | fluence toward an ultimate pacific re- | 2§th ultimo, contained the statement that | every obligation imposed upon me by ar del Rio. The | self-supporting pursuits of peace; public | we find safe pre- Mgmtmn Could Only part to the terri- | gyit, just and_honorable to all interests | the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs the tituti d the 1 I population, to the estimated | works having been started to give them | cedents fn our nis- tory of Texas and of the avowed purpose | concerned. The spirit of all our acts |has assured him positively that Spain e constitution an: e law I await 30.00 or more, was herded | employment, and a sum of $600,00 has | tory from an ear Do H of the Texans in seeking recognition of | hitherto has been an earnest, unselfish | Will do all that the highest honor and | your action. nd their immediate been appropriated for their relief. Iy day. They are arm independence as an incident to the in- | desire for peace and prosperity in Cuba, |justice requires in the matter of the | the means of sup-| The war in Cuba is of such a nature | well summed ap in g corporation of Texas in the Union, con- | untarnished by differences beétween the | Maine. The reply above referred to, of | Yesterday and since the preparation of ite of shelter, left that, short of subjugation or extermina- | President J a ¢ k- to All Parties. cluding thus: United States and Spain and unstained | the 3lst ultimo, also contained an expres- | the foregoing message, official informa- to the most un- | tion, a final military victory for either | son's message to “Prudence, therefore, seems to dictate | by the blood of American citizens. sion of the readiness of Spain to submit | tion was received by me that the latest side’ seems impracticable. The alterna- | Congress December 21, 1836, on the subject | that we should stand aloof and maintain The forcible | (0, roitration all the differences which | decree of the Queen Regent of Spain food Increased with | tive lies in the physical exhaustion of the | of the recognition of the independence of | OUT present attitude, if not until Mexico . orcibe | can arise fn this matter which is sub-| directs General Blanco, in order to pre- depopulated arcas one or the other party, or perhaps of both | Texas. He said: “In all the contests | itself or one of the great foreign powers | Forcible Interventionintervention of | sequently Exlnlfl'ne P lhe note of the | pare and facilitate peace, to proclaim a on and want be- a condition which in effect ended the |that have arisen out of the revolutions | Shall recognize the independence of the the United States | Spanish Mini '“erlf‘l e Ington of the | suspension of hostilities, the duration and ion. Month t ten years' war by the truce of Sanjon. | of France, out of the disputes relating to | new government, at least until the lapse Justified b : ;105}1 |nstanttfi as ofl?ws. P details of which have not yet been com- nereased a The prospect of such a protraction and | the crowns of Portugal and Spain, out of | of time or the course of events shall have as a neutral to Al e S R e _which | municated to me. March, 1807, according to | conclusion of the present strife is a con- | the separation of the American posses-| proved beyond cavil or dispute the | 5 stop the war ac- springs from he \:N f v (’V;S be- | This fact, with every other pertinent rates from official Span- tingency hardly to be contemplated with | sions of both from the European govern- | ability of the people of that country to | Common Humamty. tween rpgong n' er r:ser c:\; amh S;;_:m- consideration, will, I am sure, have your he mortality among the re- | equanimity by the civilized world, an< | ments, and out of the numerous and con- | maintain_their separate sovereignty and cording to the | ish boards, Py P °,P *‘"n fi the fact just and careful attention in the solemn from starvation and the least of all by the United States, affected | stantly occurring struggles for dominion | to uphold the government constituted by dictates of aumanity, and |DS25ccTiained by an lmpartial investiga- | deliberations upon which you are about to incident, exceeded 30 per and injured as we are, deeply and inti- | in Spanish Amr‘rl;‘u. ;0 w;lfi?l_v consistent | them. Neither of the rcu‘x;l_emnng parties | large cf "; et a ty’ 5 «Lleanlsb{“e;((?:j;'nsée‘),w ecision Spain ac- | ‘"s’;‘?.fif';es‘u’.3”%?,5’,‘%‘?;‘;;"“ alua‘l:ls a suc- ¢ ot ' ) ately, by very ce. vith just inciples ha 2 etic C: justly c ain o his co . y ywin, recedents w. C o . 2 aspirations as a rt 4 ;?} 1:.- No pr mately, by its very existence. with j Pl as been the action can justly complain urse. By | follo g historical p: ere "o this I have made no reply. | Christian, péace-loving Dl:)Oph‘ wll,li b sl S of our Government that we have, under | pursuing it we are but carrying out the % i = b n ed towns, alr Realizing this it appeared to be | ho most critical circumstances, avoideq | long-established policy of our Govern. | neighboring States have interfered | Ppresident Grant, in 1575, in discussing | realized. If it faild, it will be oniy an oDy t as it then ap- | other Jjustification for our contemplated 5 il i iri s e i W he phases of the cont & could give my duty, in a spirit of true friendli- |all censure and encountered no other evii | ment, a policy which has secured to us |to check the hopeless sacrifice of life |t n e A, 0 n e reas o 2 | 3 than that produced by a tran: S- | re: e abroad 3 .| peared, and its hopeless and apparent in- | action. WILLIAM McKINLEY. e o iCitivation, | ness, no less to Spain than to the | i ment ‘of good will in those saioe PG BT and insplred | 1y jntercine conflicts beyond their | definite prolongation, said: “In such event | Executive Mansion, April 11 suffe hin the immediate area of | e i T T e the duty of the United States lles not | Cuba, now denounced with such phari- onE pru(‘n Th; 1110“-1 blo. nmtead iote e THE COMME F T RESS the less in the path now marked out | saical accounts of superiority. T omment as follows | / "o & flabby and nerveless. On the 3 for her by the President. There is every reason for believing :sident’s message to- | guestion of the Maine the President is The Daily Mail and the Dalily Tele-|that neither Prince Bismarck nor any n ir | as disappointing as on that of Cuba.” graph admit that the message leaves | one else of the slightest importance in- The tone of the message is | Times: “We hope this plain revela- lN APPROVAL OF THE MESSAGE the question of immediate war undeter- |spires these tirades, but that they but the conclusions are peace- | tion of the executive intention to look mined, but declares the eventuality of |should appear in a journal so widely things considered, the Presi- |upon no Cuban Government as estab- war certain, “as it is impossible for read as the Hamburger Nachrichten = il ] s lished that is not independent will sat- Spain to accept ti ns | i v taken a far step toward peace, pai Pt the only conditions ought to mollify the wrath of the or- : those members and Senators who which will avert war.” gans of the German Gove; s with the drawn sword. 1t ffgm(-unea to insist on recognition of | Government. These are the treacher- | lines less calculated to cause superflu- | cknose between war and the abandon-| The Berlin correspondent of the |they complain of the am::s:'f;“m:l;;: Spain to say whether the blow |sovereignty as a condition precedent to | ous destruction of the Maine and free- | ous offense. It is a Dpity, however, | ment of Cuba to suc}l a future as May | Mimes, with reference to the German | more obscure foreign prints which 0o~ fall There will be disappoint- |intervention.” | dom for Cuba.” looking to the attitude of Spain, that | seem good to the United Stal'e,&—-tel!s Government’s protestations of absolute | casionally fall foul of Germany. ver the President’s stand in re- Press: ‘“While Congress may relieve| LONDON, April 12.—TheDaily News, | President McKinley could not have |the world surprisingiy mué. ll‘hfire Is | peutrality, says: Scrupulous neutral- | lation to Cuban indeper Yellow | its feelings and content its constitu- | COmn'lenflng editorially upon the Pres- tu'rther postponed th“e message.” not a word to suggest tlhat( txt)la nvfi‘stég ity on the part of the Government does DELAYED BY DIVORCE LAWS journalists, dema. | €018 by a little harmless declamation | ident’'s message to Congress, says: The Times says: “The message i{s|any way sinned agains e T A not, however, prevent the Hamburger . Jr e ";m' as to the present political condition of ‘;The messaIgJe dls gt \('iilgo\;?us and able | not couched in harslt; Iang‘\‘x‘age. though | States tl>r intxflxngedx up'%nogll“t’]';’(:aéeol’e‘? Nachrichten = from comparing the —_ ogues, may heir | the people of Cuba, we feel certain |document. ndoubtedly it means war, | it leads up to a policy which involves | law. The crisis arises fr - -1 S an in vho, | tecth and utier vain things. The Pres- | that 1t will follow closely on the broad, | unless Spain agrees o make final | harsh judgment, Althoush one justified | mination of the American Government SReTLoiaes o ) ol ry. who, | Sonoma Couple ‘Wed After a,Wait fdent can wait. He has done what is | safe, carefully selected lines of the|terms with the insurgents and to recall | by the sentiment of the civilized world | to depart from Washington's precepts, demonstrate his innocence by second- of Weary Months. best.” President's message. The promptly | her troops from Cuba. It must con-|on the treatment of Cuba.” and to meddle in affairs of a foreign ing the efforts of the fire brigade. SANTA ROSA, April 11.—Michael Mc- Tribune: “The message is one tem. | Successful termination of a war in|vince Europe that the cause for Amer- | After expressing a fear that Spain's | country.” . «President | The organ of Prince Bismarck, the | Donough, aged 70. of Cloverdale, and rateand i A Ao ; which, beyond the intervention of a|ican intervention is a very strong one. | offer of armistice comes too late, the | The Daily Chronicle says: resident | | O of German-Americans, speaks of Mrs. Susie Baker, aged 53, of Healdsburg, RES Rl NN Do eerlovine but | pyiracle or' surrender by Spain, we are | President McKinley’s refusal to recog- [ Times comments on the “grave respon- | McKinley has made many efforts for | [}€ republic of evil repute which poses | Were married in this city to-day by Jus- not war-fearing. It is not € ty now practically engaged, is the only | nize the independence of Cuba, on the |sibility which President McKinley | peace; but this is greater and bolder tice of the Peace John Brown. g 3 4 i ) " f morals of a European| A few months aco McDonough lied 12 whole matter to Congre thought that can now clalm the con- | ground that it would nullify America’s | throws upon Congress.” It thinks that | than any of them. His message calls |88 & censor o - e 3 gh applie * contrary, an explicit pro- | sideration of President and people.” claim of the right to interfere, is sound | if debate was suspended for a week, |a halt by throwing upon Congress the fl?,’::{cga hud ,?fm:] E‘:.‘gc,z',}"i,‘; i?r;heagfl::[ybubt‘e{gaiogfiliclllacle‘}igutsldwig ive pol- World: “The Presidents message is|sense and a staggerer for the jingoes, | there might be a chance of peace, and | entire solemn responsipility of making Y poc e y : of t bosal of a positive and aggress comply with his request on the ground Sl I ikl strong in its rhetoric, but lamentably | but Spain must lovally co-operate With | it expresses recret that President Me- | war. We Delieve, however, that the |led and where venality of officials D e Blate Toms o e ground Vs 1 an ung equest for au- [ TENE T2 conclusions. We do not | him if war 18 to be averted.” Kinley ‘“surrendered his initiative,” | situation is not materially changed.|fraudulent appropriation of public | o con marrying a second time within a to exccute It. ~The President | question the purity of his intentions,| The Standard says: ‘“The undis- adding, “he was fully entitled to keep | War is still i evitable, unless Spain|money and rowdyism and lynch laws vear after the granting of the divorce. has done his utmost within the consti- | hut it is hard to solve the mystery of | guised disappointment of the jingoes |the question in his own hands and | makes concescions she has ‘hltherto are the order of the day. Mheanln‘e Cnr\]x:lt‘se'dctlerlh took r(th“;n stand tutional limits of his office. =~ Beyond | his actions. With singular obtuseness, | at the subdued and cautious tone of |thus to have gained time, an indispen- |shown no disposition to make.” The Indian campaigns of the United oDl ThAt OMSICE b ,;&"‘h:nofing‘g those limits he cannot go until Congress | or perversity, the President fails to|the message cannot fail to cheer the |sable condition of peace.” The Dalily Graphic says it thinks the | States are described as furnishing in- | SoME Ta8t OGS 10, [8sue MeDonoug opens the door.” thrust to the front of the controversy | friends of peace. Assuming an obliga- The Morning Post says: “The studi- | President’s message would lead to war. | stances of guilt, knavery, cruelty and plication and the couple had to wait the Journal: “The President has pro- | two things that stir the hearts of the | tion to send the message at all, one |ous vagueness of the message, except |It says: Spain will of course resist in- | bloodshed as numerous as can be | gjlotted time. The yvear being up a few fourdly disappointed the American peo- | people and justify intervention by our | could hardly have been drafted on|in that it plainly notifies Spain to |tervention and war will ensue. But |chronicled in the conduct of the war in | days ago, they were married to-day.