The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-13

Washington, June 12.-Secretary Oh
ney is thoroughly determined the
United States government shall do al
In it's power and all that internationa
law requires to prevent the violation
of the United States treaties by per
sons who undertake to make this
country a base of hostile operations
against Spain, with which power il
is at peace. Complaints have reached
the department of state, through the
Spanish minister, that men are being
recruited on American soil and thai
armed expeditions are leaving oul
shores for the purpose of attacking
h Spanish forces in Cuba. When
ever the necessary evidence can be
produced, these attractions of the law
are to be severely punished, for the
secretary of state will leave no Just
ground for complaint hat the United
States has failed in its obligations to
other nations.
Fair Warming.
Meanwhile, however, it has been
deemed proper to give formal warn
ing to misguided people of what they
may expect, so this afternoon the fol-
lowing proclamation was issued from
the state department.:
BY the President of the United
States.
"A Proclamation: Whereas. the
island of Cuba is now the seat of seri-
Gus civil disturbances, ACCOMPANIED by
armed resistance to the authority of
the established government of Spain.
a power with which the United States
are and desire to remain on terms of
peace and amity; and
"WhAraaS tho laws IF tho TrpIta5
States prohibit their citizens, as well
as all others being within and subject
10 their jurisdiction, from taking part
In such disturbances adversely to such
established government, by accepting
or exercising commissions for warlike
service against it, by enlistment or
procuring others to enlist for such
services, 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 n 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 its jurisdiction may
be deferred from subtecting them
selves to legal forfeitures and penal
ties,
L. Grover Cleveland, president of
the United States of America, do here
by admonish all such citizens and
other persons to abstain from every
violation of law h~ereinbefore 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 Of
tenders against the same.
"1n testimony whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington,
this 18th day of June, in the year of
u Lord n thousand eight hundred
and n~inety-five, and OF the %independ-
ence of the United States of America
the one hundred and nineteenth.
GROVER CLEVELAND,
by the President,
"RICHARD OLNEY.
Secretary of State"