St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-06-13
NO WAR ON cUBA.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND ISSUES
A PROCLAMATION CONTAIN
ING A CAUTION.
NO HOSTILE OPERATIONS
OFFENDERS AGAINST THE LAW
WILL BE VIGOROUSLY
PUNISHED.
OFFICIALS ON THE ALERT.
COnspirators on American Soil to
Be Promptly Brought to
Justice.

WASHINGTON, June 12.-Secre-
tary Olney is thoroughly determined
that the United States government
shall do all in its power, and all tnat
international law requires, to pre-
vent the violation of United States
territory by persons who undertake
to make it base of hostile opera
tions against Spain, with which
power it is at peace. Complaints
have reached the department OF
state through the Spanish minister
that men are being recruited on
American soil and that armed expe-
ditions are leaving our shores for
the purpose of attacking the Span
ish forces in Cuba. Whenever the
necessary evidence can be procured
these infractions of the law of the
United States are to be severely
punished, for the secretary of state
will leave no just ground for COM
plant that the United States has
failed in it's obligations to other
nations. Meanwhile, however, it has
been deemed proper to give formal
warning to misguided people of what
they may expect, so this afternoon
the following proclamation was is
sued from the state department.:
"By the President of the United
States:
A PROCLAMATION.
"Whereas, the island of Cuba Is now
the seat of serious civil disturbances,
accompanied by armed resistance to
the authority of the established gov
ernment of Spain, a power with which
the United States are, and desire to
remain, on terms of peace and amity;
and
Whereas, the laws of the United
States prohibit their citizens, as well
as all others being within and subject
to their jurisdiction, from taking part
in such disturbances adversely to such
established government, by accepting
or executing commissions for warlike
service against it; by enlistment or
procuring others to enlist for such
service; by fitting out or arming or
procuring to be fitted out any armed
ships of war for such service; by aug
menting the force of any ship Of war
engaged in such service and arriving
in a port of the United States, and
by setting on foot, or providing or pre-
pairing the means for military enter
prises to be carried on from the United
States against the territory of such
government;
Now, therefore, in recognition of
the laws aforesaid, and in discharge
of the obligations of the United States
toward a friendly power, and as a
measure of precaution, and to the end
that citizens of the United States and
all others within it's Jurisdiction may
be deferred from subjecting themselves
to legal forfeitures and penalties, 1,
Grover Cleveland, president of the
United States of America, do hereby
admonish all such citizens and other
persons to abstain from every viola
ton of the laws hereinbefore referred
to, and do hereby warn them that all
violations of such laws will be rigor-
ously prosecuted; and I do hereby en-
Join upon all officers of the United
States charged with the execution of
said laws the utmost diligence in pre-
venting violations thereof and in bring
ing to trial and punishment any Offend
er against the same.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
'By t. President.
"RICHARD OLNEY,
Secretary of State"