Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-12-11

less sacrifice Of human life and the utter
destruction Of the very subject matter of
the conflict, a situation will be presented
In which our obligations to the sovereign
BY Of Spain will be superseded by higher
obligations, which we can hardly hesitate
to recognize and discharge.
"Deferring the choice Of ways and meth
ods until the time for action arrives we
should make them depend upon the pre-
else conditions then existing, and they
should not be determined upon without
giving careful heed TO every consideration
involving our honor and interest or the
international duty we owe to Spain.
Until we face the contingencies sug-
gested or the situation is by other Incl
dents imperatively changed, we should
continue in the line Of conduct heretofore
pursued, thus in all circumstances exhib-
iting our obedience to the requirements of
public law and our regard for the duty
enioiued upon us by the position we occu-
py in the family Of nations.
A contemplation Of emergencies that
may arise should plainly lead us to avoid
their creation either through a careless
disregard of present duty or even an un-
due stimulation and i'll timed expression
Of feeling.
Time May Come For Intervention.
"But have deemed It not amiss to re-
mind the congress that time may arrive
when n correct policy and care for our in
terests as well as a regard for the interests
of other nations and their citizens, Joined
by considerations of humanity and de-
sire to see a rich and fertile country inti-
mately related to us saved from complete
devastation, will constrain our govern
ment to such action as will subserve the
interests thus involved and at the same
time promise to Cuba and its inhabitants
an opportunity to enjoy the blessings Of
peace.
The message deals with the atrocities in
Turkey in no delicate way. The president
expresses his own Indignation and that Of
the people at the wholesale massaores of
Armenian Christians, but points out that
no American citizen has been harmed and
states that claims have been made TO the
Turkish government for damage to mis-
sionary property. Nothing will be omitted,
he says, to bring about the settlement of
these claims
The Venezuelan boundary dispute is dis
missed briefly as matter now practically
settled, while 1t is stated that negotiations
between this country and Great Britain
AoA % NtNttNg VI HoAtIdl PROMISE
to be successful.
Financial conditions are reviewed at
some length, though the recent campaign
is referred to in the opening of the mes
sage briefly as "a political contest involv-
ing momentous consequences and creating
aggressiveness so intense as to approach
bitterness and passion" There is a note
of congratulation for the peaceful solution
of the contest.
Tariff matters are dealt with in a review
Of the workings of the present law, which
the president pronounces good as far as it
goes He points out that the present law,
If given an opportunity, will yield fair
revenue and thinks that the payment of
deficiencies of revenue from the surplus
treasury fund is perfectly legitimate.
The president is convinced that 1--WE can
have no assured financial peace and safety
until the government currency obligations
upon which gold may be demanded from
the treasury are withdrawn from circula-
tion and Cancelled. National banks
should redeem their own notes, he says,
and the government should abandon the
banking business and conflne It's financial
operations to revenue and expenditures.