a————— a It is specially our duty, for it is right at our door. 00000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000000006008 fF ERA AAA Arr 2 rr 2 RA as 11 soi gi ug dss Spi Aon dn sine Se Sols dine THE CUBAN MESSAGE President McKinley Declaresin Fa= vor of Armed Intervention, BUT IS OPPOSED TO RECOGNITION He Asks, However, That the Pres!- dent Be Given Absolute Power—Hoe Discusses the Horrors of Weyler's Concentration Order and Refers Briefly to the Maine Horror, Washington, April 12.—President Me- Kinley's message to congress on the Cuban question, which was transmitted yesterday, reviews at length the revo- lution which has waged on that island | for more than three years past, which is “but a successor of similar Insurrec- | tions which have occurred in Cuba dur- ing nearly half a century” and de- clares the latest outbreak “a struggle | unequaled in the history of the is! and,” which has *‘subjected the Uni- ted States to great effort and ex- pense in enforcing its neutrality | laws, caused enormous losses tol American trade and commerce, caused irritation, annoyance and disturbance | among our citizens, and by the exer cise of cruel, barbarous and uncivilized | practices of warfare, shocked the sen- | sibilities and offended the humane sym- | pathies of our people.” The message then proceeds in sub- stance as follows: “A once prosperous community has been reduced to comparative want and its people have perished by tens of thousands from hunger and destitu- | tion. Our trade has suffered; the cap ital invested by our citizens in Cuba ' has been largely lost, and the temper and forbearance of our people have been so sorely tried as to beget a peril- ous unrest among our own citizens, which has Inevitably found Its expres- gion from time to tirme in the national legislature.” After referring to the futlle efforts of his predecessor < bring peace in Cuba he dwells at ie th on the order yf concentration of « eral We vier, of ng FT present adminis- tration took office ma wear ago the agri- ral populations, to the estimated r of 300,000 or nore, was herded within the towns and their immediate vicinage, depriv the means of sup- port, rendered destitute of shelter, left poorly clad ang u rosed to the most { As the scarcity f food increased the devastation of the depopulated areas of production | 1 tutic and want became misery and starvation. Month by month the! death rate increase< in an alarming ratio. By March, 97. according to estimates from Spanish official sources, the mortality among the | reconcentrados, frorm starvation and | the diseases thereto incident, exceeded 50 per cent of the total number. No practical relief was accorded to the destitute, The overburdened towns, al- ready suffering fromm general dearth, could give no ald. «1 conservative Illusory “Zones of Cuaittivation,” “The so called ‘zones of cultivation,” | gtablished within the of effective miliary control about the | cities and fortified camps, proved il- | lusory as a remedy for the suffering. | The unfortunates, being for the most | part women and chiidren, with aged | and helpless men, enfeebled by dis case rr, ye2icd not have tilled immediate area ! the vithout tools, seed or a or for the supply cities. Reconeentration, adopted edly as a war asure in order ut off the resotrs of the insur- | gents, worked its pres stined result I said in my m age of it was not civilized warfare; it extermination. The only peace it beget wag that of the wilderness the grave” Referring to the assassination of Pre- mier Canovas and the accession to | power In Spain of a mnore llberal party, | the message deals with the pledges of | autonomy of the Sag asta cabinet and | then discusses the work of the char- | itable people in this country in reliev- | ing the distressed reconcentrados, | which has resulted inn saving thousands | of lives, The president declares fur- | ther that “the war im Cuba is of such | a nature that, short of subjugation or | military extermination, a final military victory for either side seems Imprac- ticable” appeared to be my duty in a spirit of | true friendliness, no less to Spain than | to the Cubans who have 80 much to | lose by the prolongation of the struggle, to seek to bring about an immediate | termination of the war. To this end I submitted on the ZT7¢h ult, as a result | of much representation and correspond- ence through the TUmnited States min- | armistice until Oct. 1 for the negotia- tion of peace with the good offices of | the president.” The reply of the Soanish government would accept at once a suspension of hostilities If applied for by the insur- gents. Then the efforts of (General Woodford in the Interest of peace are recounted, and then the president, after arguing at length sgainst either the recognition of Cubans belligerency or independence, and citing numerous pre- cedents in support of his position, con- tinues: “There remain the alternative forms of intervention to end the war either as an impartial neutral by imposing a rational compromise Detween the con- testants, or as the active ally of the one party or the cther. Reasons For Intervention, “The forcible intervention of the Uni- ted States as a neutral, to stop the war, according to the large dictates of hu- manity and following many historical precedents where mneighboring states have interfered to check the hopeless sacrifices of life by Internecine con- flicts beyond their borders, is justifiable on rational grounds. The grounds for such intervention may be briefly sum. marized as follows: “PFirst—In the cause of humanity and to put an end to the barbarities, blood- shed, starvation and horrible miseries now existing there, mma which the par ties to the conflict are either unable or unwilling to stop or mitigate. It is no answer to say this is all In another eountry, belonging to another nation, sind Is therefore none of our business “ “Becond—We owe It to our citizens In Cuba to afford them that protection and indemnity for life and property which no government there can or will afford, and to that end to terminate the conditions that deprive thém of legal protection, “Third—The right to intervene may be Justified by theverysgeriousinjury to the commerce, trade and business of our people and by the wanton destruction of property and devastation of the isl- and. “Fourth—Ald, which is of the utmost importance. The present condition of affairs in Cuba Is a constant menace to our peace, and entails upon this gov- ernment an enormous expense, With such a conflict waged for years in an island =o near us and with which our people have such trade and business relations—when the lives and liberty of our citizens are In constant danger and their property destroyed and them- selves ruined—where our trading ves- sels are fable to selzure and are seized at our very door, by warships of a for- bustering that we are powerless al- ed relations, are a constant menace to which we are at peace, naval court of inquiry on the destruc » that noblk yy has filled th na tional heart with Inexpressible horror our navy, reposing in the fancied se- tion.” The Destruction of the Malne, is needless to say commands the un- the degtruction of the Mains caused by an exterior explosion of a submarine mine. It sume to place the responsibility remains to be fixed “In any event the destruct Maine, by whatever exterior cau impressive proo things in Cuba that That condition is thus such that the Spanish gover: ment cannot assure safety and se in the harbor of Havana on a mission of peace, and rightfully there “Further to recen i i Orres dispatch from our minists £3051 ' to Spain o r the 26th ult, contained th to of the Jlst expression of the readiness of Spain to submit to an arbitration all the d4if ferences which can arise In this mat ter, which by the not Washington of th Wy » Americar Spain prog rtained by an impar experts, whose d Spain accepts In adv 0 this 1 made no reply.” He then quote from the messages of Presidents Grant 1d Cleveland from his own message of December last OBEN ig recognition of the Cuban in- sarge: , declaring they have not yet stable government, and proceeds Spain Cannot Subdue the Cubans. “The long trial has proved that the cannot be attained. The fire of insur- rection may flame or may smoulder with varying seasons, but it has not been and it Is plain that it eannot be extinguished by present methods. The only hope of relief and repose from a condition which can no longer be en- dured is the enforged pacification of name of civilization, In behalf of en- dangered American interests which give us the right and the duty to speak “In view of these facts and of thes» considerations I ask the congress to au- thorize and empower the president to take measures fo secure a full and ple of Cuba, and to secure in the isi- and the establishment of a stable gov- ernment, capable of maintaining order and observing its international obliga- and the security of its citizens as well as our own, and to use the military and naval forces of the United Btates as may be necessary for these purposes, “And in the interest of humanity and to aid in preserving the lives of the starving people of the island, I rec- ommend that the distribution of food and supplies be continued, and that an appropriation be made out of the pub- lic treasury to supplement the charity of our citizens, “The issue is now with the congress. It is a solemn responsibility. I have exhausted every effort to relieve the intolerable condition of affairs which is at our doors. Prepared to execute gvery obligation imposed upon me by the con- stitution and the law, I await your action. “Yesterday, and since the preparation of the foregoing message, official infor- mation was received by me that the jateat decree of the queen regent of Spain directs General Blanco, in order to prepare and facilitate peace, to pro- claim a suspension of hostilities, the duration and details of which have not yet been communicated to me. This fact, with every other pertinent con- sideration, will, I am sure, have your Just and careful attention in the solemn deliberations upon which you are about to enter. If thiy measure attains a successful result, then our aspirations as a Christian, peace loving people will be realized. If it falls it will be only another justification for our contems« plated action” - C. P. 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