Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-06-21
MUST NOT AID CUBA
President Cleveland Issues an
Emphatic Proclamation.
WARNING TO FILIDUSHE RS.
BY This Action the President Taxes
an Important Sep In Absolvlng
the limited. States From Any
Claim for Damages.

Secretary Olney Is determined that 'no
uaited S,ates government shall do al In It's
power and all that in ernational law requires
to prevent the violation OF the United States
territory by persons who undertake 10 maAo
il a base of hostile operations aga nst opa'n'
with which powor 1t Is at peace Complaints
have reached the Department OF. Ht'o
thr. ugh the SpaDish minister, that m IL are
recruiting on Amer can soil, and tnat a1m'"
expeditions are leaving our shores f'r inc
purpose OF attacking tho Spanish torceS ia
Cuba. Wheaever the necessity evidence
can be produced the iufrac;ions OF Inc III"
of the u tied States are to be severely pun
ished for the Secretary OF Ssa.e W IL have no
Just grounds for complaint that the Unl'ed
States has failed In its obliga i3ns to otner
nations. Mean hile, however, 1t has peen
deemed proper to give formal warning 10
misguided people OF what they may expect,
80 the follow ng proclama ion, signed by the
President. was is:uel by the State Depart
ment:
By the President ofthg Unlted States.
PROCLAMATION
WhereaS the land Of Cuta Is now escal
OF serious civil dsturbances, accompanied ny
armed resistance to the authority OF the e.
tablished government OF Spain, power VIII
vhich the United States are and desires to
remain on terms Of peace aud amitity; and
Whereas the laws of he Unit ID States pro-
nibit their citizen as we'll as all DINERS
bling within and SUI ject to their iuri'dict'oI
from taking part In such disturbances a l.
versely to such established government py
accepting or exerc sing commissions for war
like tervlce against it, by eniis ment or pro
curing others to enlist for such Sc. vice, b.
fitting out armed or procuring to be lifted
out and armed ships Of war for such service
by augmenting the force Of any ship OF wa
engaged In such service and arriving in
portiof the United States, and by settling o.
foot or providing or preparing the mans 70
military enterprises to bo carried on from tn
United States against the territory oil sucl
government
Now. therefore, In recognition OF the law
aforesaid, aud in dlscharg, Of the obligation
of the United States toward q friendly powe
and as a mea -ure OF precaution and to ia
end that cltiz ms OF the United S'ate' an al
others within Its jurisdiction may be deteri
cd from subjectlns themselves to legal ior
FIXTURES and penalties.
L Grover Cleveland, President OF tn
limited States Of America, do hereby admon
jsh all such citizens aud other persons to All
stain from :every violation of tho laws here
inbefore referred 10, and do hereby war
that all violations OF such laws will be rigo
ously prosecuted; and do hereby erjol
unon all officers of the Ulitel States charge
with the execution OF said laws the u;mo
diligence 10 preven ing violations the'e'
aud In bringing to trial and punishment an
ffsnders against the anne.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
By the President:
RICHARD OLNEY, Secretary OF State.
The Issuance OF the Presidents proclam
ton against extending aid to the Cuban Il
surgents gave rise to considerable dscussic
: as TO where It did not practically amount to
T recognition OF the rebels as belig erent
Such an Interpretation OF the proclamauo
, however, Is not correct, according to Il
] opinions Of several well-known public me