The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-23
FIRST WAR PROCLAMATION.
President Announces Blockade of
Cuban Ports.

Washington, April 22.-The following
proclamation, announcing blockade OF
Cuban ports, was issued today:
By the President of the United States:
A Proclamation:
Whereas, BY joint resolution passed
ny the congress, and approved April ~,
1898, and communicated TO the govern
nsent of Spain, it was demanded that
SAID government at once reiinqulSh It's
authority and government in the island
OF Cuba, and withdraw its naval forces
rom Cuba and Cuban waters, and the
president of the United States was d.
fccted and empowered to use the entire
land and naval forces of the United
States, and to call into the actual ser
vice of the United States the militia
Of the several states to such extent as
might be necessary to carry said r solu-
ton i2to effect: and
Whereas, In carrying into effect the
resolution, the president of the United
States deems it necessary to set on loot
and maintain a blockade of the north
coast Of Cuba, including all ports OF
said coast between Cardenas and Bahia
Honda and the port of Cienfuegos on
the south coast of Cuba;
Nov, therefore, l. William McKin-
ley, president OF the United States, IN
order to enforce the said resolution, 90
hereby declare and proclaim that Inc
O444lC0 states VI AlIlCllNeL AAeANS A4AA'e-
tUted, and viii maintain a blockade OF
the north coast of Cuba, including ports
on said coast between CardenaS ana
Bahia Honda, and the port of Glen
fuegos on the south coast of Cuba,
aforesaid, in pursuance of the laws OF
the United States, and the laws OF ma
tiCns applicable to such cases. An eff
ficient force will be posted so as to pre-
vent the entrance and exit of vessels
from the ports aforesaid. Any neutral
vessel approaching said ports and at
tempting to leave the same without no.
tice or knowledge of the establishment
of such blockade, will be duly warned
by the commander of the blockad1ng
forces who will endorse on her register
the fact and the date of such warning,
and where such endorsement was made,
and If the same vessel shall again at
tempt to enter any blockaded port, she
Will be captured and sent to the near
est convenient port, for such proceed
ingS against her and her cargo, as
prize, as may be deemed advisable.
Neutral vessels lying in any of the said
ports at the time of the establishment
OF such blockade, will be allowed 80
days to issue therefrom.
In witness whereof, 1 have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington. this
--410 0dg VI y III H. a. l.. AcVcf anu VI Ni-C
independence of the United States the
one hundred and twenty-second.
(Signed) WILLIAM MKINLEY.
BY the President:
JOHN SHERMAN,
Secretary OF State.
The limitation of the blockade in
Cuba to a certain part of the island
was not officially explained today. but
the plausible reason advanced for the
governments action was that by re-
framing from establishing a blockade
over the eastern portion of the island,
understood to be practically in the
control of the insurgents, the way has
been left open for them to freely re-
ceive all supplies and munitions Of