Arizona weekly citizen., 1896-12-12
MESSAGE.
Cleveland Gives His Last Instructions to the Short
 Session.
A GENERAL SYNOPSIS.
He Touches on the Cuban Cues tiou and Other Subjects
 of I'm portanee..

| To THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
 As represep tative of the people in
 the legislative branch of their govern ment you have assembled at time " hen
 the strength and excellence of our free
 constitution and the titness of our citi-
 zens to enjoy popular rule have been
 again made manifest. A political COZ test, in evolving momentous consequences, ! fraught with feyerish apprehen sion and l increasing aggressiveness, so intense as to approach bitterness and passion, has been wsged throughout our land and de- termined by the decrees of free and in- dependent suffrage without the distur- | bspce of our tranquility or the least sign of weakness in our nstionsl struc- ture.
 When we consider these incidents and contemplate the peaceful obedience and manly submission which have succeed
 ed heated clash of political opinions, | we discover abundant evidence of 8 de- termip stion on the part of our country | men to abide by every verdict of the pop ulsr will and to be controlled at all times by an abiding faith in the agencies es- tablished for the direction of the affairs of their government Thus oar people exhibit patriotic disposition which en- titles them to demand of those who un- derteke to make and execute their laws such faithful atd unselfish service in their behalf as can only be prompted by a serious appreciation of the trust and confidence which the acceptance of . public duty invites, With this analysis of the recent election President Clevs-
 land begans his annual message to COB.
 gress. The document comprlses more
 than 10000 words. It contains besides
 B wealth of departmental information
 and statistics, @ succinct review of ths
 Cuban revolution without committing
 he Uaited States government to an
 val of hostilIties either against the
 sovereignty of Spain or the Cuban m sureents. President Cleveland begins
 
 foreign affairs by referring congress to
 ths report of the secretary for all details ID connection with minor matters. He
 then declares that the disturbed copdi-
 tion in Asiatic- Turkey has assumed 8 less hideous and bloody aspect during the past year owing to the decisive &C., tion on the part of the great nations snd the consequent awakening of the Turk ,ok. %- hD 1 ..e
 msu civilization. So far as the Uuited States government IS concerned it has left undone nothing for the protection of American Ill missionaries and citIZeos in the Ottoman emrire. Continuing the pr, sidsut says: "I do not belisye the present som bre prospect in Turkey will be loLg permitted to offend the sight of ;hristsudom. It so mars ioe bumape .nd enlightened civilization that telocgs O the close of the nineteenth century that it seems hardly possible that the earnest demand ct the good people | throughout the christian world for its l corrective treatment will remain unan- swered.
 President Cleveland in dealing with | the Cuban situation unalterably oppos- | ss the recognition of the insurgents ss oellizerents He believes the situation to | De too deiicsie for any intervention oE | the part of the United States at ths | present tune, although his message | strongly hints that the ultimate out | come may require an aggressive stand | on ;he p8st Of this government. With | the greatest dellcacy be devotes a large l portion of his message to 6 review of the situation Gnd pointe as solution Of the 3roblem, the offer 10 Cu5a CD the part of Spain Of gen tune autonomy. The ip- surrectiop, he declares, stIll continues with all its perplexltie-. No decision mas been reached in the trial at arms "lf Spain has not yet re- esta Slished her authority neither have the insurgents :et made goud heir title to be regarded as an iDdepend dent stais. The pretex: that civil gove eXists on the is- iaud except so far es Spain Is able tn maintain 1t, hes been practically Gban- toned. But that exception being made the entire couEtrs IS either gwen over to anarchy or IS subject iU military CO., upstioD of one or the C ter party. Ii is repo ted, indeed, On reliable authori- ty, that the demand of the commander ID chief of the insnrgent arrny that the putative Cuban government has TOW given up all attempts toexsrciseitef fune- tions leaving that government confessed y. But there is the best reason for sup posing 1t always to have been. in fact, govern nent merely or paper. Presi- lent Cleveland IS disposed to acknow- ledge the superiority of the Spanish arms aud of the Gu ubsn tactics. Hesays. however, unlees a speedy contest in the ipeD IS had, the policy of the SpanIsl [ goverment not to interfere with the des 'ruction of property will ruin the fertilI ". prod uotiveDess, snG con,squent com nercial value of the islaDd.
 The message points cut the many e. tangled interests ot the Uniied States iE Cuba. Almost S50, ,0000C0 ot American capital is invested there; and the trade before the revolution reached SlO0, 0,OOO,- l: j00 annually. Our concerns ID Cuba is therefore neither continental nor wholly -hIisntbropic 0ut sre in many ways both gexatiously and to much cost involved n the present contest. H. points ouI ,he difficulties which we are subjected Q by reason of the many Cuban sssi ( ients who are petioualized AmericaLs. 4nd who, while aiding the iusurrecticu through public meetings, the press, Wal unds, and other means, require 'he con- . .ant vigilance of the authorities s' W Wsshipg ton. Besides this the pstu's |, sympathy of the people of this country with those who struggle for better and reer government combined to the ad- genturous and restless clements in Eu- { ,ope makes the position of the United States in its declared neutrality most [ itiicult to maintain. These inevitable and the consideration of and humanity in general [ nave led to vehement demand in var ( ous quarters for some sort of positive in- [ ,ervention on the part of the United States.
 The preside nt deoltres against accord ng belligerent rig and does not think Spain desires to sell, ard deprecates 8 var with Span as 6 settlement of the