Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-04-16
Fesldent Mckinley Sends gis
Promised Cuban Message
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Into Congress.
IS FOR POWER TO END HosTIlI1IEs,

tho Name OF Humanity. In ,ho ~.
" Civilization, In Behalf n, r,s. /.
ercd American Interests Which civ
Is the Right and the Duty to sne,,
md to Act, the War in Cuba Mn.
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AsAlNdToN, April 1.-The pres;.
sent the following message to tbe
press OF the United States.
The Message.
fdient to that precept of the constitution
coihhlands the president to give fran
III iinig the CONGRESS Information OF tho
" the unl0n amt to recommend Ia tha;.,
leration such measures as No shan ii,"'ir iinelr
sary ana espedient, 1t becomes NV 'du9u Gu1' :,
nqdfcSs your body with regurd To thse
vfisiS mat mas arisen in the relations ~,
United States to Spain by reot W
III the warfare that for moro
pre- years has ragged in the neigbharin,'c, rT,c
ol CUBA do so because Of tbe MS rs
fohnectiono OF he Cuban question with tho
our,own Union, and the grave reintions
uree Wnleh Is now incun bent upon thn
10 ADOPT must neeGs bear to the trodie
pJGii,S 'G VI our government. il II is to ne.
ha w. sno PrGccptS la!u down by the found
Ill., ieIuo'Ic ahd feugiously observed bv
'"c c'.iil'ninuatiohs 10 the present day,
NC successor of similar Revolutions,
p.usent revolution is bit the succeSssp
ia ',iliim 1,,ii' msurrecti0ns which have oe- |
H., ,, ukuihSt ,he dominion of Spain |
fdch OF which, during It's nro~,ne. In IN
cV the United States TO great eifort an1
III enforcing neutrality laws. r',,.nd
Pus i"sseN 10 American trade ANA CON-,
'uustu irritation, annoyance and dis.
"'pHohs our cltizenS, and by the eyer.
[eruel' bafbarouS and unciviilznd nraa.
4 WarIare' shocked the sensibilities and
II .hs humane sympathies of our pnonia
FERTILE Domain Ravaged.
1d vnc present revolution began, in Feb
Po'o' lhlS country has seen Tho te,tiI,
AZ oar threshold rovaged by fire. nnI MY
lhe coarse of u struggle une1unlnd in
|o'S VI the Island, and rarely paralleled
"vnipVr oI thc combutants and tha {
ti,na ul tne contest by AIRY revolution oI
'Idos sno Mhtrc dependent people. striv. t
iuJ' nave oeeh opposed by the power I
bros,'o.', b.,utan s'a'e, Our people have behcld i
prosperous community reduced In cn,no =
want, its commerce yirtunilv nm /
r. eAeeptlonaI productiyeness dimtn. /
HcldS lald waste, its mills In r,,ins
P,olis peflShlnB hy tens of thousnnJo
p'Eer and destltution. '''''i's
Pos Duties Entailed by NeutaI,,v ~
We found ourselves constrained Il, ~, y,
Pee OF that strict neutrality wbinh IA @ e,o n,
|!oh ana which the law of na,,o,,l b,
NN to ponce our own waters and wntah II
n oHi3ftS m prevention Of anv unjnwrni r,
|, W ~ NV, uoahs. Our trade has suffered, &,
\ ihNtSIcu by cur citizens in Cuhn III
"itciS Iost, and the temper and 70
Ivy OF our people have bnpn VIZ Wv ",
ii'u Us 10 beSet peri .ous inrest n
pNh cltizenS, which hn, in. in
4, U"ru t'o ils expression from tim, In W.
'uv ,i,. nalIoiai legislature so that issues du
',,,, I,i'"t " our own body polite enlrroSs
ii IN ''''' ',I'i', -, tic way ot thut closeoes Iol
,t"ni' 't'o au 'dnceHont that becomes we
,o'soi comm Jnwealth whose nr,mni te,
l"a oteh the avoidance of nh f,r s,', tjn
,,yue9, All this Il ust needs nw,l,99n fun
=, ,,"Ieu Wy aroused the utmost concern an ter
I, ~ tnia government as well durIng nv dol
''' - 90 my own administration me
VI ,he Previous administrator. pla
: , 'oyo' 1he evils from which our eo,,,. pre-
through the Cuban war beam" no tha
" ""' NY predecessor mauc AN effnr, "a CIV
-, .,' peace through the intcryention the
',n -, Intent III any way that mirh, ,end or
,aoie adjustment OF the confess hn' mei
q ',n ana hcr revolted colony on ,ha 1
S1,ic sna VnectlVe scheme of selfspnv- "a
e, Nupa under the flag and INN
! otVi Vi SPAN. II failed, tirou"h lion
nn.iinn iia" spanish goyernmcnt then IN the
MN -, onS form, OF mediation or In
be- nm, ", Hostic M hehs which did no. be- said
- ma, ,nnt', submission OF the insur. Rec
70 Hotler country. AMI then 49,
- - ,s "s SPAN herself might sec nj In tn nen,
= war continued unabated ,rha ~ w IN,
e'"'S III hoWise ulmin- tcsti
, FutiIo othe
u,he and Inhuman Efforts. ton
~ ~ VI SPAN were increased. botb Ia, our
- ~ W iteSh ievies TO Cuba and nv tbs sion.
,he horrors of the STRIFE of n nn" ,u IN
~ ~ iphuSe' happily Unprecedented in the |
"'Iie,ory OF civilized Christian neo. uttci
rlWr.S l,ra,S VI devastation and conrentro. gum
NJ i1,eu i.' Dy Capt -Gen. Bando on ~. Cuba
, ~ ~ tne province OF Pinar tlel Rio nitio
,Sieu rSSitehueu to embrace an of thc pract
u,aa tne power OF Span reVoe
or ~" uolc to reach by py u
nr,paE ~ military operations. Tbe law.
io,uuii'g ull dwelling in the omen lattel
VVitor, were driven into tho ,,,, ing
VI Isolated places held hy ,ha dangt
i, italsihg and movement Of 1royi. while
linus were lnterdicted The fjeido neutr
,,o1 v dwellings unroofed and fired not in
y. anu short, eyerythirp thn, Offices
.U W, tnc i iutl anu render il uniit for
+, r,un AK VI support was commnn1ei Mo-,
Ith5r Oh the contcnding part;es v;ou
" ali the powers at their Dis Dis nnw o,uw -,
o.C,II,, OF nel
',"hed Recommendation, recugr
. ,nc present administration tool, OF ltse
4 "eO, ~ lecOncentratlon- -so-callod". plish |
a ,.,,t oncV.iVe over the better pnrt Of labor
80 w.. ",ii western provinces. Santa cessat
,HaN, llaVana and pinar dol pio Turr
M '"i ,n reputation, to the estjinnted this Ii
nj w Or more, was herGed within surgen
.bo ,ncIr n immediate vicinage, de- cedent
hel,ano MEANS ,l OF support. rendered are w
nsani,aui' ,ui' poorly clad and exposed mesSal
''Sahltlry conditions. subject
ion' Misery and staryation Texas
ih,oy oi food increased with the do. .
in tu uepopulated areas of prodnc. IN
ION and want becn,ne nj nj pnuuuc, Of the
lrn w niohtn the death rate in PusIs
H 'seryns ,rnS ratio. by March, 1877. ac- spain Spain,
rcS NV thn estimates, from oiilcal pv,sus' ,,',,,
Sr, ,r ene mortality among the re- llcilts
rom starvation and the disoases i. ses constan
h' exceeded so per centum @ Of iheis minion
"a No practical relief was ne. sohslstt
y destitute. The oyerburdenea nus Dee
" suffering from mo ot have, u
give ho' aid. So-callaI aenerai avoided
."oilSied y, ,'ited within the imme.liate evll tni
n n..f'ury control about the cit s.raneel
" ", eaiilps proved illusionarv ne n Wnoh "
y ol. sunering. The unfortunates peiIeu u
bnpnioo b1o part women and children ~ ia
,r ,p,oSs an',, men, enfeebled by dis, Galiofn
g, .eoI eValu not have titled the soil, n,ales !
II. ~ VT sheltcr. for their own WHY. mni.h
tra,ino inn supply OF the cit nnnis llauus VI
,ra'iqn' ,ra ATOP ed avowedly as ognlze
~ 'H, IN order TO cut on tho Wllhout
. Insurgents, worked its predes- anu view
~ Vs. sillu In my message of Iast ToVersy
tlon, The only nenco Il no ~ TO princi
'Ho wilderness and the grave
logged Struggle. VI In tn
W. W, military situation in tbA VOTED GO
/, ,g3ne y, noticeable change. The only untl
ihutivity that characterized The tect thcn
~ no h;,, W.T., when the insurgents in "a. anhR'
NJ, ni.nerto unharmed fields OF en.ire,y
The walls Of tba ai,., i,s'i'u regard TO
i nad relapsed into ~ Is u
, ~ u tho central md au,nority
ros' ro me Spanish arms re- vaulng ar
az av Vi control In Pinar del Rio ninnseil q
~ "'a,a, UNA put under tho existing sroi .nc a
,r,ai rural country, without ime uunlniiat, % +,
'nent nv ~, oi their productive sltua- o.ntr l
paIually restricted, the revo- ~ ieasI,
, hulf w. own. and their submis- ioree on !
co W spain as the essential and pubic. un
w. seemed Us far distant as at forces un
|
with N Upon t
NJ nr. "raVe problem. the indepc
rontaa. my administration aS suSpen,
WIN the grave problem In the stu
,ai,Jjssase OF last December re- as. our acl
".ioa w and detailed the stems such a cris
" relieving its acuteness sistent wit
wy WY W some form OF honorn- we have hi
. "1 ~, aa',ssasslnation Of the prime oil similar
=, ,,,t ,eu 10 o change OF govern pres,,e,t
agation withomt mtsslntion' nnn.' Thereup,
that OF m vo"oeSslon, consider th
long Ia ndyancc ~ nDeIal to the Unit
wing the princin,e poiIcy est In view
q. Pu rto Rico 'l'ho o,,. VI nome the territol
" mado thrnuoh ~ ~ ~oa.ures pose OF the
nd, ind lookin1 ~ 81, .Hw en- inicpenlcn
,a,h,eiloratlon Of the coudi- WI ..pud, -, ,un
NJ ,lI',ao9yn not accepted to the "a, ruu51' .na''ii
N neuiatlon In any shane. ~, m sn.tiu ,si,.,
,n,s ,"uyes That home rule. In m CIV ne.i'u
,,v,ulu 90 forthwith ofrersd n " one
, ,.aig Tor the war to end, mni shnll recogl
!, hetn0ds should thenseforth government
uuct Of hostjlitles o''h course Of ev
Nv s.oy.u..'.- or dispute