The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-12-09

no recommendation looking to imme
| date action in behalf of the insur
| gents and to that extent it is likely
that the presentations of the case will
disappoint the radical friends of the
Independence party in the island, who
may have hoped for a suggestion OF
force from the executive. The Presi-
dent reviews the conditions that have
controlled Cuba for many years past
and points out the deplorabIe state OF
affairs that calls for q remedy. He
denounces the policy of Recommendation
as cruel and asserts that it failed
utterly as war measure" Indeed,
the President warmly insists that ut
was not a war measure; it w&s cItar-
mination."
He proceeds 10 outline the instruc-
tions given to Woodford, look
ing to the information OF Spain that
the United States felt that the time
had come for something definite to be
done in Cuba. The tone of these in
structions was such that there could
have been no doubt as to the policy
IF +I,is oo-,or,,,o,+ 10 ,,ross S,,oi, ~
acts ve+ Tho ,ra+tor o ,,,,oo,o 70 bovo
been couched in the most diplomatic
language. SPANS answer was both
concilia+or,,and i,ri+a+ino u violdod
o,,aoof,,l,, 70 +bo s,,,.oos+io,, ~ III.
oou,,+r,,,s i,toroe4 :, +l,o ,,.oIfa,,o 90
tho ;.land hut +,,o o.oro.o-,,o,+ -
1rodrid want Too c.,n - o,,,,,.oa4,,1
that the T-ni4ad S+a+as had not livod
mn 40 bar intor,o 4i~nol OBLIGATIONS IN
tho ,,o++or If e,liL,,s+,,i,,o. mo
pro.idou+ ,ronor1,, s+or,,,o This os
s,,,r,+ior 90 ,nfo,'odod on5 aoo1oros
with onnbesis That tho T-,i+ad e+a+os
bos dona. al that oo,,1d ,o o,,,,oo4,,,
of ito ,,ro,.o,.+ ,.;,,ot;o,,s ~ No -
+iono1 hoodo +l,o+ ~ ,,rosoo+ +io
o,,rbards from a,dipo +o Cnbo
The prosidon{ oI7tlipae fo,,r ,,ossihlo
ro,ondioy fo, tho Situation, GO roIlo,rs.
y ooo,,,,i+i,,,, 49,, ,,,I1i
,.aro,,+s. rocoa,,il:,,, Of +ho ir5ano,d
o,,.o oe C,,,s. . ,,a,,+,.,I in,.,,.4ia,, 70
an1 +ho wo, ~, i,nrosir,. ,,+iono1
oo,,,,,ro,,iso, o+,-oo., +o.+o,,+
ir+nrvon+io, in f,vor of oroor +bo
otbar marty Haitian ooa. on RI dis
cuss al considerable iancth fba nro-
,,,.i,+,. o,d ,,i.lo,, Of . r2ooo,,i+io,, 90
+bo holli,,oror.,- of +bo i,,.,raon+s
,,,o+fn.,. D,.osido,,+ ,.,,,+ 10 i,dioo+o
+bo l,.iso liIit, a. +,is TINA Of oy-
+o,,,li,,,. .l,,+ ,.ool,,,,f4io,, uof,,,,Ar,o,.
o,+li,os +I,o ,.,e,,a 5,,+io, +lo+ would
r,o i,,,,oeo1 ,,,,o,, +I,i, w.. oval,
or ,o+ roo,i,;n,. = r., o,,eom,., 10 +bo
1o4+o,. oil +},o ,,,.i,,.i,1as that oo,4,oI .
no,,+roI ,4a+o and bo oo,olrdos +bo+
rb;s oo+ cro,,13 ro3o,,nd ~ +bo i,+or
ests go l,o, of S,,,i,, +bao If tho ins,,r-
e,np+s In raian,i,o +bis nro,osol bo
in+ir,otos Lis s+rono +on6aro,, +o,ro,d
q ,oaasnre IF mora ,roc+iool hanof+ n
+bo C,,hops
.o,bo D,osido,+,e oo,o1,,,;o., i that
;r,.s,,,,.l o., +ho coo.oo+, ,i,,;,+,,. Loc
o+ Ios+ c.ivo, o,,idonooofo dosiro 10 -
s+i+,+o oon,,i,,, noforn. !, +ho i,Iond
= i.4I,, ,,.,,., ,,e ,7;,,-,.4;l,,, +l,, -,
or,,,ron+ +ou,,i+ roo.orol,1o Tina 20
." OK 9 '''''','''',-. 'i''V :"
permit the program 90 JustlIy ltSeif If
possible. 1t is TO be noted that
throUrhOut his MESSAGE the President
;,,ti,,a4o, s,,o+ ,o,.,,t, .n,,,4 Iva ,ui+I
~ - me 'o' '-A''' ga - -u'''7' '0 "i'''
out long delay, and 0here are several
references to The re erVat 0 Il
10 acV III III VefVe II i 0 II whenever
the best interests of humanity de
mand. It is also noteworthy that the
prosi5e,,f strorq,l,. da,rocio+oc +bo
- - NO. ''>
loea OF a lorclnIe ANNEXATION OF Cuna
to this country, insisting that it would
be "act of criminal aggression" In
oonol,sioD 4boro onnoor g., no+o ot
rrmneSS ana Il purpose TO Keep SPAN
at all times fully aware Of the keen
interest of This rovern7nnnt in Cnha's