The San Francisco call., 1896-07-31
WARNS ALL
F|L|BUSTERS
President Cleveland Is Out
With a Rather Pointed
Proclamation.
SAYS NEUTRALITY LAWS
ARE VIOLATED.
Strict Enforcement Threatened
in Order to Check the SYM
pathy for Cuba.
SPAIN HAS A TRUSTED FRIEND
IN THE PRESIDENT.
Executive Officers Called Upon to
Exert Vigilance in Furnishing
Offenders.
SPAIN HAS A TRUSTED FRIEND
IN THE PRESIDENT.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 9O-The
following proclamation was issued from
the State Department. this afternoon:
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
! AMERICA-A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, b. proclamation dated the 18th
of June, A. D. 1895, attention was called to the
serious civil disturbances accompanied by
armed -esls tance to the established Govern
ment of Spain then prevailing in the island of
Cuba, and citizens of the United States and all
other persons were admonished to abstain
from taking art in such disturbance in con-
| travention of the neutrality laws of :he United
States; and whereas, said civil disturbances
and armed resistance to the authority of
Spain, with which the United States is on
| terms of peace and amity, continue TO prevail
in said island OF Cuba; and whereas, since the
date of said proclamation said neutrality laws
of the United States have been the subject of
authorized exposition by the judicial tribunal
OF last resort, and it has thus been declared
that any combination of persons organized in
the United States for the purpose of proceed
ing 70 its making upon foreign country
with which the United States is at peace, and
provided with arms to be used for such pur-
pose, constitutes military expedition or en-
| terprise." within the meaning Of said neutral
ity laws. and that the providing preparing
OF the means for such military expedition or
enterprise" which is expressly prohibited by
said laws, includes furnishing or aiding in
transportation for such military expedition
| or enterprise and whereas, by express enact
ment If two more persons conspire to com.
nit an ofense against the United States, any
act of one conspirator to effect the necessary
object of such conspiracy renders all
the conspirators liable to fine and
imprisonment; and whereas, there is
reason to believe that citizens of
the United States and others within its
jurisdiction fail 10 apprehend the meaning
and operation of the neutrality laws of the
United States as authoritatiyely Interpreted as
| aforesaid, and may be misled into participR-
ton under the transactions which viola
tions of said laws, and will render them liable
to the severe penalties provided for such viola
| tions.
| Now, therefore, that the laws above referred
| to as judicially construed may, be duly
executed; that the obligations of the
| United States may be fully satisfied, and that
their citizens and all others within their iuriss
| diction, being seasonably apprised of their
| legal duty in the premises, may abstain from
disobeoience to the laws OF the United States,
and thereby escape the forfeitures and penal
| ties legally consequent thereon, 1, Grover
| Cleveland, President of the United States do
| hereby solemnly warn all citizens of the
| United States and all others within their
Jurisdiction against violations of sal laws in
| terpreted as hereinbefore explained, and give
| notice that all such violations will be vigor-
| ously prosecuted. And 1 do hereby invoke
| the co-opers ton OF all good citizens in the
| enforcement of said laws and in the detention
and apprehension of any offenders against the
same, and do hereby enjon upon all the ex-
| ecutiye officers to exert the utmost vigilance
in preventing. prosecuting and Furnishing any
| infractions thereof.
In testimony whereof 1 have hereunto set
| nv hand and caused the seal of the United
| States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this 9th
day of July, in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and ninety-six, and of the
| independence of the United States the one
hundred and twenty-frst
GROVER CLEVELAND.
| By the President: RICHARD oLNEy,
Secretary Of State.
The Presidents warning proclamation
as TO Cuban filbusters is understood to
be one of the results of Secretary Olney's
recent visit to Gray Gables and is thought
to be in some measure at least, the answer
of the administration to the petitions and
complaints against Spain's treatment of
| Americans in Cuba, which continually
pour in on the State Department Many
of these have contained pleas of Ignorance
of the laws under which the suspects were
arrested and imprisoned, and it has ap-
parently been deemed advisable to leave
! American citizens no longer IN doubtas
to the protection they may expect if they
20 so far in their sympathies as to violate
United States statutes.