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yin the message. The president argue
that the wreck Of the Maine, IN Havana
harbor, shows that Spain is not able t,
guarantee security to foreign vessels
Spain, he says, has disavowed any con
nection with that disaster, and has off
cred to submit to arbitration all The
differences which may arise from thai
affair.
There are few lines in the message
that have the right ring, but they are
hardly in harmony with the policy
which tile president suggests for con.
gress to(follow. !.
After long history of SPANS efforts
to subdue the Cuban insurgents, the
president draws these conclusions:
The long trial has proved that the OBJ
ject for which Spain has waged the war
cannot be attained. The fire OF lnsur-
rection may flame OF may shoulder with
varying seasons, but it has not been, and
it is plain that it cannot be extinguished
by present methods. The only hope Of
relief and repose from a condition which
cannot longer be endured is the enforced
pacifcation of Cuba. In the name of
in the name of civilization, in
behalf of endangered American interests,
which give us the right and the duty to
speak and to act, the war in Cuba must
stop.
In view of these facts and these con-
ask the congress to author
ize and empower the president to take
to secure full termination of
the hostilities between the government
of Spainand the people of Cuba, and to
secure in the island the establishment of
a stable government, capable of main
tanning order and observing it's interna-
tional obligations, insuring peace and
and the security of it's citi-
zens, as we'll as our own, and to use the
and naval forces of the United
States, as may be necessary, for these
purposes.
And in the interest of humanity, and
to aid in preserving the lives of the
people of the island, I recon-
mend that the distribution of food and
supplies be continued and that an ap-
preparation be made out of the public
treasury to supplement the charity Of
our citizens.
The issue is now with the congress.
1t is a solemn responsibility. I have
exhausted every effort to relieve the in
tolerable condition Of affairs which is at
our doors. Prepared to execute every
obligation imposed upon me by the con-
stitution and the law, I await your &C.
ton.
On Friday the representatives of SIX
of the great European powers, headed
by Sir Julian Pauncefote of Great Bri-
tain, called upon Mckinley and placed
in his hands the following note: e.
The undersigned representatives OF
Germany, Austria Hungary, France
Great Britain, Italy and Russia, duly
authorized in that behalf, address, in the
name of their respective governments, a
pressing appeal to the feelings of human.
ity and moderation of the president aud
of the American people in their existing
differences with Spain. They earnestly
hope that further negotiations will lead
to an agreement which, while securing
the maintenance of peace, will afford al!
necessary guarantees for the re. estab
lishment of order in Cuba. " -
The powers do not doubt that the hui
manitarian and purely dislnterestec
character of this representation will b
fully recognized and appreciated by th'
American nation.
President Mckinley replied as fol
lows:
The government of the United State
recognizes the good will which ha
prompted the friendly communication
of the representatives of Germany, Aus
tria- Hungary, France, Italy, Great Brit
ain and Russia, as set forth in the adj
dress of your excellencies, and shares
the hope therein expressed that the out
come of the situation IN Cuba may be
the maintenance Of peace between the
United States and Spain by affording
the necessary guarantees for the re-es.
Enlistment of order in the island, sc
terminating the chronic condition of dis
turbance there, which so deeply Injuries
the interests and menaces the trannrili