Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-04-14
OF peace with the good offices of the

OF peace with the good offices of the
president.
III addition. | asked the immediate reyo-
cation OF the order of Recommendation so
as TO permit the people to return to their
i"rms and the needy to be relieved with
rp.oNiSiohs and supplies by the United
suites, cooperating with the Suanish
authorities SO as to afford fun relief.
me reply of the Spanish cabinet was re-
cCNtd on the night of the 3lst ultimo. 1t
pllcfS as the means to bring about peace
III Cup'i To contide the preparation there
vi To the insular department. inasmuch
as the concurrence of that body would
ne necessary to establish "A final result
II pelhS however understood that the
powers reserved by the constitution to the
central government are not lesscnrd or di-
l"'lhSheu. AS the Cuban parliament does
not meet until the ith of May next. the
spanish government would not object. for
us part, to accept ut once IL SUSPENSION
VI hoStlntlcs II asked for by the insur-
gents through the general-in-chief. to
Whom 1t would pertain in such cases to
determine the duration and conditions of
the armistice
me propositions submitted by General
N"ouiord and the reply of the Spanish
government We're both in the form of
pt1et memoranda. the texts of which are
nelore mentioned and substantially in the
"HSuaSe above given. The function of
the tuhan parliament in the matter of
preparing peace and the manner of do
ing so are not explained in the Spanish
memorandum, but from General Wood
ioru : explanatory reports of preliminary
discussion preceding the final conference
II Is understood that the Spanish govern
h"ht stands ready to give the insular
congress fun power to settle the terms of
peace with the insurgents, whether by di-
rect hcgotiation or indirectly by means of
ioFlSlaiion does not appear. With this
/ last overture in the direction of immedi-
ate peace and its disappointing reception
ny SPAIN the executive was brought to
the end of his efforts.
Recognition Not Warranted
In my annual message of December la st
l said:
or the untried measures there remain
Recognition of the Insurgents as bcllig-
erentS, recognition of the INDEPENDENCE of
Nupa ana intervention to end the war by
imposing rational compromise between
the contestants or Intervention in favor of
one or the other party. | speak not of
forcible annexation, for that cannot be
thought of. That, by our code of NOR
atty. would be criminal aggression"
Thereupon | reviewed these alternatives
in the light of President Grant 5 message
several years of sanguinary, destructive
and cruel barbaritiss in Cuba. he reached
the conclusion that the recognition of the
independence of Cuba was mpractiCabl bic
and indefcnsible. and that the recognition
OF belliSerence was not warranted by the
facts according to the texts of public law.
| commented especially upon that phase
OF the question. pointing out the incon-
Venienccs and positive dangers of recogni-
ton of belligerencc, which, while adding
to the already onerous burdens of neu-
trality without our own jurisdiction. could
not in any way extend our influence or
effective offices in the territory of HOSTILE
ties.
Nothing has since occurred to change
my view in this regard. and | recognize
as fully now as then that the issuance of
Il proclamation of neutrality, by which
process the so-callod recognition of bellig-
erency is published. could, of itself and
unattended by other action, accomplish
nothing toward the one end for which we
labor. the instant qualification of Cuba and
the cessation of the misery that aiiicts
the island.
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