Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-04-19
Full Text Ct His Message on the
Subject of the Situation in
Unhappy Cuba.
He Is Opposed to Recognition of
the Government Estab:ised
by the Insurgents.
Explosion of the Mains Cited as Evil
dence Of Spain's Inability to Pro-
tect Vessels in Her Waters.
After an Exhaustive Review of Facts.
He Commits the Question of
Our Action to Congress

Washington. April lz.-The president
Monday sent the following message to
the congress of the United States:
Obedient to that precept Of the constitu-
ton which commands the president to give
from time to time to congress informatioh
of the state of the union, and to recon-
mend to their consideration such measures
as he shall judge necessary and eNped l',
body with regard to the grave crisis that
has arisen in the relations OF the United
States to Spain by reason 81 the %art has
ragged in the neighborng island of Cuba.
] do SO because Of the intimate eonneest ION
own union and the grave relation the
course which 1t is now incumnent upon
the the sGa ae pey ~
AZ 1t Is to accord with the precepts LAID
down by. the founders OF the republic e, a =.
religiously observed by succeeding aumin-
zstrations to the present day.
Uncivili1ed Warfare.
The present revolution is but the suy-
cessor Of other similar insurrections which
have occurred in Cuba against the 90,
81 Nearly y h shf century, each Of which
during its progress has subjected the Unit
e en- a its Is neutrality laws. caused enor.
nous losses to the American trade and
commerce, caused irritation, ANNOYANCE
and disturbance among our citizens. and
by the exercise of cruel, barbarous and
nnciyilized practices Of warfaf re shocked
sympathies of our people.
Rnyaged by Fire and Sword.
Since the present revolution began in
FEBRUARY, 1895, this country has seen the
Fertile domain at our threshold ravaged
by Are and IN the 6s4oSs o q
Islands, and rarely paralleled as to the
number Of the ombatants and the bitterness
ern times, Where dependent people. striy-
ing to be free, have been opposed by the
power of the. sovereign state. Our peo-
pie have beheld once prosperous commu-
nifty reduced to comparative want it's com,
tmerce virtually paralYzed, Its exceptio,n N a
waste, its mills In ruins. and its people
By s Of e ba1a fD bur
join, and which the law Of nations COM
own seaports in prevention Of any unla W ful
act In aid of the Cubans. Our trade has
suffered; the capital invested by, our clt;;
tzens In Cuba has been largely lost, and
the temper and forbearance Of our peo-
pie has been 80 sorely tried as to beget a
hEs sa timsss nf Il lie national
snr body poe Mhoy
and stand In the way Of that close devo-
lion nmed to domestic mes enlargement that be-
anee Of ali foreign entangemeh men ne All If thls
erpmept as well during NY pred soe es sHs
administration as my own.
Efforts for Peace.
III, In A.. April 1896, the evils from which our
R ssan 80 e qnerons that my predecessor
any way that might tend Is su an honoa.
SPAIN anu er reHo tse e sossyt basn
Va 10 ar
soverslgnty Of Spain Il failed all a tfroa aRa
nn power to consider any form Of m ed Ia ton
Dct INDEED s@; any plan Of settlement which AID
Gne insurgents to the mother country a nd
might see fl to grant. The. war contlnus ai
WAS In no wise diminished.
New Horrors Added.
y he Of fresh eyies te cba 1 aad
by the addition to the horrors Of the strife
ssesdsRsd II tie TAl Rs afaSPy CIV w.
atad b1 On and
o. was thence extended to embrae ea ali p 81
Ash arms was able to reach BY occups ton or
Tx ,d military Sperls1tions The peasantry
rai Interior. were driven Into op tSe s a.iS@
towns or isolated places held BY the troops.
lnds Me sad f re
paid waste, dwellings unrooSed and fred.
6at cos aed IN s shSSr Ina
nhfit for human habltatlon or support was
Romam1and q Ry one ar the Other q ths, COP
asss 4 sAfS s d aas SHOUTED BY al tie
Conditions a Year Ago.
by the time the present administration
( 60Ok 0fQce B year ago. reQOnoentra
Esiisd-had Bssn made efeetlYe oYsf TIE
ana la PInar del RIO TIE asriaasI,uMraa
RRSp NSs)stlon. e the estimated Number q
toWns and their Immediate wcinage, DE- De.
bfiyed OF the means Of support, rendered.
d o shs ost left essSys ad
{. As the boarcity of food iacreaSed with
Sas sySaen d Gs ihs sSa
bame, misery, and starvation. Month by
Month the death rate increased In al
a opass Sasti ~ sstlmasss lif om aoo Sas
gan,ssH ssoufoss, the the mortality among TIE
sso fI aads s5ss ssessaeaa n
sai sslst Nss sesoraea e tSe de fee Rras.
E9.eaIied homes s 2f cultivation. .estabifshs
Ary Control abSut ths citiss and fortiiis sa
happs proved illusory as remedy Tor the
aft aa esiafesns nts for ia
hupgsr, eould not have filled the soii, with nia
ppSH r ier Tie sspeiy y t ass'f el ssn
souroes 81 the Insurgents. worked liz
3 predestfped result. AS said In my mes.
Sage OF last December, It was not civilized
warfare: It was determination. The only
peace II. GOULD beget was that OF the wilder
ness and the grave.
Noticeable Change.
Meanwhile the military situation in the
island had undergone noticeable change.
Nhe extraordinary activity that character
EYed the second year of the war, when
Ehe insurgsntg INVADED even the hitherto
9nharmed fields OF Pinar del Rio and OAR
P3eq az aa s ana destituton Up to the wails
t s3arn d9ggsdd struggss n the central and
E es1h nsasure Il control II Pipaf Al
sssIIsstinF ,SSadisioas e sks rural eeSntTy ~.
productive situation Even thus par.
Etally restricted the revolutiohists held
Eheir own, and their submission, put
FORWARD by Spain as the essential and cole
P4sis OF peace. seemed al Tar distant 10
Ut the outset.
t. Steps Taken for Relief.
I u this state Of affairs my administration
Hound Itself confronted with the grave
problem Of Its duty. Ny hnessage Of last
Rseembsf reviewed the situation and de-