The Red Cloud chief., 1898-04-15

Being Road.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE Pres.
idcnt to-day sent the following mes
sage to the Congress of the United
States:
Obcdient o that prcccpt OF the constitu-
ton which the President to
give from II me t. time the CbnercsI infor-
nation of the state OF the union and to rec
OmnIcnd to their consideration such meas
urcs a. he shall judge necessary and cNpc-
diCnt, II becomes my duty now to address,
your body with regard u the grave crisis
that has arts II in the relations OF the
United states 10 Spain by reason OF the war
fare that for more than three years has
ragged in the ncighborilg island of Cuba
a Duty to tho Country's Traditions.
lido so because of the intimate conncc-
'irn of the CubaC question with the state of
our own union ana the grave relation tn.
course which Is now ben upon the
nation to adop. must needs bear to the tra-
dttional policy of our government. ii II Is
% accord with the prcccp t' laid down by
the found 'rs Of the republic ana rcli giously
observed by succeeding generation, to the
present day.
Fifty Years of Insurrcction.
The present revolution |, but tn. success.
sor of other similar in>urrcctions which
have occurred In Cuba against tn, domin-
ion OF Spain, extending over A period of
nearly half a century. each OF which. dur.
ing It's progress has ,ubicCtcd the United
states To great effort and expense In en-
forcing its neutrality laws, caused cnOr-
nous losses to the Amcrict IN trade aud
caused irritation. annoyance
md n Ia nHA a a. Anv l.a a. -. nnl
by the exercise of cruel. barbiripuS and
uncivalized praCt ces of warfare. shocked
the s'nsib li,ies and offended tho human
symplthies of our pcopl..
Devastation Mt Our Threshold.
8 nee the present revolution began In
February, 1893, this Coun ~ his seen he
fertile donna n at our I rcsho Il ravaycl bv
fire and sword In the course of "A struggle
uncqualcd In the history of tn. island and
rarci' paralleled as To the nuuib:r OF the
comoatants and the bi tcrnc>s ct the con-
test by any revolution # molcrn times
where a dependent people, striving to he
free, have been opposed by the power of the
sovereign state.
our people have bcheld a once prosperous
community reduced TO comparative want,
its commerce virtually paralyzcd. its cx-
ccptional proiuCtiycncSS diminished. It's
fields laid waste, It's mills In ruins ana its
people pcrishing by the tens Of thousands
from hunger and restitution
The Cost to America.
We have found ourselves constrained. Il,
the Observance of that strict neutrality
which our law cnJoin and which the law
OF nations NINA DIS, to police our owa
waters and watch our own scaport, in pre-
ventton OF any unllwful act in aid OF the
CublnS
Cur trade has suffered: the clpltll In.
ves.ci by our citizens In Cuba has been
Target; los. and the temper and forbcar-
anct OF our people have been so sorcly tried
a'to bcgcta rcrilous unrest among our
own Citi2cnS, which has inevitably found
It's cNprcS'io ion from tim to tim, In the ma
tional legislature, Sothat issues wholly ,x-
ternal to our own body polite cngroSs at
tent ON AM stand Ia the way of that close
ucVotioi 10 dome tic dlvl zee mcrt that be-
comes 4 -Contcuted Commo1w,llth
whose primal maxim has been the avoid
ancc OF all foreign eat lnglcmcnts
All THIS must needs awaken and has I'm.
deed, arolsed the utmost concern ON rho
part OF this government, Il, we'll during my
predecessor : aS my own.
spain Refused Mr. C%Ieveiand', On.r.
In April, 1896, the evil from which our
country suffered through the Cuban war no
came 50 oncrous tina, my predecessor made
an effort To brlng about a peace thrnurh
thc mediation of this government in any
way that Nigh. tend to an honorable ad-
luSlmcnt OF the coatcSt between Splll and
her rcNolted colony, on the basis OF SOM
cilective scheme of self yoycrlmcnt fr
cuba under the tag ana Sovereignty nj,
Spain. "
spain's War Unrea,onabi.
II fail d, through the refusal of the Span.
ish government hen in power TO consider
any form of med alton or indeed ANY nj IN
of 'ettlement that all not be- In with the
.|tuai SUBMISSION OF inc insurgents to the
Mother cou TRY, and that oaiy on such
terms rs Spain herself might see IN IA
grant. The war continu d undated The
resistance OF the in,urScnt, wa, i'm novisc
diminished
Weyier's Campaign of Horror.
The efforts of Spai were increased hath
by the d spatCh OF FIRE, n lcvlc, 10 Gus, an
by he addition To the HI ror> of the strtfr
OF a new and inhuman phase happily un-
preccdcntcd II the modcrn hist ~ OF civ
i.lIcd chr.stlan people The policy Of
d'Ndslallon aud conc n ration, inauguratcd
by the captain general, bando OF October
~, lS3O, IN the province of Pilar del RIO
was tnencc eXt'ldcd to embrace all of the
island TO VIII Oh the power OF The Spanl |
armies was able To reach by occupation ol
10y military operation.
a Country Laid Waste.
The peaSantry including all dwelling IN
the open agricultural intcri +, were driven
into the garrisons towns or isolated place
by troops. The raising and movement OF
PROVISIONS OF All kinls were intcrdiCtcd
The Fields were laid waste, dwellings un.
rooted and fired, mills destroyed and il
short everything that could desola,e In,
land and render 1t unit Tor human habita.
ton or support was commanded by one OF
ths other OF the coatending parties, an,
executed by all The powers at heir disposal
Made 100000 Deuitute
by the time the present administration
TOOK ONCE a year ago. so
cailed-had been made effe tive over tn,
oelter part OF the four eltral and ives err
provin es, Sa II Cara, Matanz,, Uavan,
anu 1inar del Rio, The agricultural pop !.
taton. to the estimated number of 10000
g more. MAS herded within the to.ns AMI
shsIr immediate vicinage, deprived OF III,