The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-12-09
Buban Situation Is Discussed at Very
Great Length.
SOME 7oNG INVITATIONS
Time Not Ripe For Armed Inter-
vention b" United States.
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Fair Chance Under Favorable
circumstances 1t Would Pro-
duCO sumcIent Revenue.

Washington: Dec. 7,-rresIdent cleye'
lands annual message, delivered to con
gross Monday, Is as follows:
To the Congress of tile United states:
As representatives OF the people In the
legislative branclof their government you
strength and excellence of our free insti-
tutlonS and the fitness of our citizens to
enjoy popular rule have been nEnIn maze
manifest. a political contest Involving
uolncutous consequences, fraught with fc-
verish apprehension aud creating nEErcs-
sIveness 50 intense as TO approach bitter
ness ana passion, has been wngcd through
out our land and determined by tile decree
of free and independent suffrage without
disturbance OF our tranquility or the least
Sign OF weakness In our national struc-
turc.
In obedience to constitutional require
ment, ! herein submit to the congress Ger
tain Information conccrniHE national ar
fairs with the suggestion of such lcSlSln-
ton as III .imy Judgment Is necessary ana
expcdient. TO secure brcNity and avoid
tiresomc narration. I shall omit many dc.
tails concerning matters within federal
control which. though by no means unIm-
pOrtnnt, are more probably discussed In
departmental reports ] shall also further
curtnII this communication by emitting q
minute recital OF many minor incidents
connected with our foreign relations
which have heretofore found n plnc" In
executive messages, but arc now contain
ed in n report OF the secretary OF state,
which Is herewith submitted.
HIdeou+ and bloody.
At the outset of IL reference TO the more
important matters affecting our relations
with foreign powers. II would nnOrd me
satisfaction IL could assure the congress
that the disturbed condition In Asintic
Turkey had. during the past year, as
Sumed less hldcous ana bloody aspect
and that either MS consequence or the
awakening of the Turkish government TO
the demands OF humane civilization, or as
the result of decisive action on the part or
Al. 1,uf
treaty to Interfere for the protection OF
those exposed to the rage of mad bigotry
aud cruel fauaticIsm. the shocking fca-
lures OF the situation had been mitiEnteu.
Instead, however, OF welcoming soft
encd disposition or protective interYeh-
ton, we Envc been afflicted by continued
and not unfrcQuent reports of the whnton
destruction OF homes and the bloody butch
cry OF men, women and children, made
martyrs to their profession OF Christian
faith. While none OF orr citizens In Tur-
kew have thus far been killed or wounded,
though often In the midst of drcadfni
scenes OF danger, their safety In the fu'
tuTe is by no means assured. Onr govern
ment at home aud our minister atConstan
tInoplc have left nothing undonc to pro
tect our missionaries In Ottoman terrific
ry, who constitute nearly all the ihulNiu'
unls residing there who. have right
claim our protection on the score of Amer
lean citizenship.
our efforts In this direction will not be
relaxed; but the best. feeling and sympn-
thy TINT have been aroused among our
people ought not to so far blind their rcn'
son and Judgment as to lead them TO uc-
mnnd impossible things. The outbreaks OF
blind fury which lead to murder and pill
LACE In Turkey occur suddenly and Wit
out notice. and an attempt on our part
force such hostile presence there
might be effective for prevention or pr
lection would not only be resisted by the
Ottoman government, but would DC re-
gnrdcd as an interruption of their plans
by the great nations who assert their OK
elusive right to Intervene In their own
time ana method for the security of life
and property In Turkey.
PiIInEO and Destruction.
Several naval vessels are stationed In
the Mediterranean as n measure of eau.
ton and to furnish all possible relief ana
refuge In case OF emergency. We have
made claims against the Turkish govern
mcnt for the pillngc anh destruction OF
missionary property at llarpoOt ana Ma
rash during uprlsinGs at those places.
Thus far the validity OF these demands
has not been admitted, though our minis
ter, prior to such outrnGes ana IN antici'
patton OF danger, demanded protection for
the persons and property OF our mission
AIRY citizens In the localities mentioned,
md Notwithstanding that strong evidence
exists OF actual completely OF Turkish sol
dIers In the work of destruction ana rob
berry, tic facts, Ms they now appear, do
not permit us to doubt the Justice OF these
claims, and nothing Will be omitted to
bring about their prompt settlement,
A number of Armenian refugees having
arrived at our ports, an order has lntcly
been obtained from the Turkish govern
ment permitting the wives aud children
of such refugees to join them here. II Is
hoped that hereafter no obstacle will be
Interposed TO prevent the escape Of all
those who seek. to avoid tho perilS which
threaten them III Turkish domlnlons
Our recently appointed consul to Ere
rum Is Mt his post dISchargng the du-
ties of his office. though for some unac-
eountnble reason his formal exeauntur
from the sultan has not been Issued.
I do not believe that the present sombcr
prospect in Turkey VIII be long permitted
10 offend the sight of Christendom. 1t so
mars the humane and enlightened cIvlliLh-
tIou that belongs to the close of the nine.
teenth century that II seems hardly posi-
BILE that tho earnest demand OF good poo
pie throughout the Christian world for Its
corrective treatment Will remain unnn.
Bwcreh
Tho Cuban InSurreotIon.
The Instruction In Cuba stlll continues
with all It's pcrplcxitIcs. 1t is difficult 10
porccIvc thai amy progress has thus Tar
been Innde toward the pacihcntlou OF tile
Island. or that the situation of affairs as
depicted In my last annual message Inns In
the least improved. II Spain stil holds
Havana and the scanOrts and all the con
siderable towns, the insurgents stlll roam
at will over at least two.ihirds of the In
land country.
II the determination OF Spain to put
down the instruction NE"ms but to
strengthen with tho lapse of time, as
evInced by her unhesitntlnE devotion OF
forces to the task, there Is much reason
TO believe that the Insurgents have gained
In point of numbers, and character, and
resources, nnd arc none the less inneXlble
in their resolve not to Succunb without
practically securing the great objects for
which they took up arms.
II Spain has not yet rc.estnblished her
authority, neither have the insurgents yet
hadc good their title to be regarded ns nn
independent state AZ tho contest goes
on the pretensc that civil government eN'
lists on the island. except so far as Spain
is about to maintain 1t, has been prncti'
caIIy abandoned. Spain does keep on foot
such n government, more or less impcr'
fectIy, III the large towns and their imine
diatc suburbs. hut, that exception being
made, tho entire country is either given
over to anarchy is subject to the mill
tary occupation OF one or the other party.
1t is reported indeed, on reliable nu'
thorIty that. at the demand OF the com
mandcr.In chief of the insurgcnt army,
the putatIve Cuban government has now
given up all attempt to exercise Its func'
lions. Ienving that government confcsscd
iy (what there is the best reason for sup
DOSING II always to have been In facO q
government merely on pnpcr
No pitched Battles.