The Holly chieftain., 1898-04-15
Mr.. N K|NLEYS MESSAGE
The President Sends to Congress a
Communication About the Stu
alton Existing in Cuba.
THE EfFUR1S TO BRING ABOUT PEACE.
ioiicy of Devastation The Overture, Made
The Starving Cnb,ns IcI-rr"p"-i-
Sions dr=fr.e.nsuts on Recognition
The Matns Wreck Pnwrr N.ked To
Terminal. IiostiIItIc,.

Inc Maine wreck -fnwrr A.Eed to
Terminate IiostIIItIe,.
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.rnmuHI,s Reduced ru comparlu,r want It's
commerce virtually rara'Tzaf f. except. Ions.
l-aauri.FnUHrs t.mIU shell Ire fields laid waste. /
4.- mills Iu Ia.ns suI It- unuula pnrishlng by
tn1e ui thousands f.rm Hrnssr AMI Hr-r.lutIug.
W. have fu-u3 uUr--.l-- fr,aatrl.urt .u Tho
observance 90; that strict Hrl'r4I.tr witch uur
.asss rI.n'u aEa 8HIrH tho lsw u' H4'lou. com
uAul-. 'l nraru our uEu water. arI watch our
uan -H4purts IG prevention NJ any unlawful act
su a.I NJ tho DurIus our trade has suffered.
tho capital Invested d.. uur citizens lu Cuba has
been largely loot aud "a" temper and forbcar-
anan ~ 0ur urup" hng' Ggru -I 7uFrlF tried %.
fu nnFrL ID prr0IDu, unrest uuluHE uar own ultl-
yru-, which has Inevitably found I1, expression
from kline 90 time boz the national legislature
so that issues 'shuIls rrfnruaI fu nBr uSu body
polite rugTiis= uttruiuu and stand lu the way
shat becomes Oh srlt-euH1 Fur,.I commonwealth
whose primal maxim hu- urru tho avoidance Di
al foreign outaur.,uru'- All this must
needs awabcH aud has Indeed aroused the ut
most concern oH The part " raIa government as
we'll curing my predecessors d. my own
Efforts 10 Bring Ahnut Peace.
In April 1890, the evils from which our Coun-
try suffered through the Cuban war became Sn
onerOuS that mF predecessor made an cr irt tp
bring about peace through the mediation OF
this government In any why that might tend TO
III honorable adjustment OF the confess be-
tween Spain and her reyoIted colony. on the
basis uf some effective scheme Of sclf-guycru-
Insnt for Cuba under The flag and severe guty
Of Spain. II failed through the refusal pt the
spanish government then In power, 10 cDusid-
rF ans form Of mediation or indeed any plan OF
settlement which did not begin with actual
Submission Of the Insurgents TO the mother
country, and then only on such terms a. spain
herself might see III to grant The war con-
tiuued undated. The resistancF Of tue in
surgcnts was in no wisr diminished
Policy OF Devastation.
The efforts OF Spain were increased both hy
thr dispatch OF fresh lcyics TO Cuba and los the
addition 10 the horrors Of the strife uf q new
and uhumau phase happily unprecedented In
tn" modern history ot civilized Christian peo-
pies. Tho policy of devastation and rUErsutra-
tiOn, inAuguratcd by the captain generals
bands Of October u. $50 Ia rhp province OF
Pinnr del Rio was then extended To ocmbrar. all
OF the island 10 which the power Of the SPANS
arms was able 70 reach by occupation or mill
tary operations, The pcasautry. inuludinr all
dwelling In the open agricultural Interior. were
driven intn the garrison town. mr. Isolated
places held by the troops, The raising uuI
movement Of provisions uf HIl kinds wore IN
tgrlictsd. Tho fields were laid waste DWELL
inrs unrstcd and hgrI. mills destroyed and In
short, everything that could dcsuIatc the land
and render IL unit FOR human hHbitatIlu OF
support was commanded by one or the other Of
The coutcndtGV parties. ami executed by all the
powers az thoir disposal
B7 the time the present administration took
Office, year ago. reCOHcCulration. sn called
had been made effective over the better part
oi the four central and western PROV iucc--
Santa Clara MatlnZas, Havana and pinnr del
Rio. The agricultural population, TO the r~-
limutcd number OF 30OODO or more. was de-
prived Of the means OF support. rendered dr-ti-
tute OF shelter. left poorly clad and exposed to
the most unsanitary conditions As the scar
city OF food Increased with the devastation Of
The dcpOpulatcd areas OF production arstItu-
tion and want became misery and starvation
Month By month the death rate Increased In
alarming ratio By March ispT according
to conservative estimates from onctal Span
sh sources, the mortality among the rrcuncen-
trhdos from starvation and the diseases there
10 Incident, exceeded 50 per cent OF their total
number No practical relief was accorded 10
the destitute. The oTerburdcned towns al
ready suffering from the general dcarth could
give no aid. So-cnlled zones Of cultivation
established within the immediate area OF ef-
fcctive military control about the cities
and fortified camps proved illusory as "A rem
cdy for the suffering The unfortu-
mates, being for the most part women and chill
dren with aged and helpless men. enfesbled b.
disease and hunger. could not have TILED the
soil without tools. seed or shelter for their
own support or for the supply Of tho cities.
RECOMMENDATION adopted aynwedly as o war
measure In order to cut on the resources OF the
Insurgents worked its predestined results As
| suid in my message ui last Dcceinber 1t was
not civilized warfare. Il wa, determination
Tho only peace 1t could bcget was thal OF the
wilderness and the grave.
RslRn.cd Into ~ Docged Struggle.
Meanwhile the military situation In the -
land had undergone q noticeable change. The
extraordinary activity that characterized the
second year OF the war when the insurgents In
yaded'eyen the hitherto unharmcd fields OF
Pima del Rio and carried havoc and deStitutioa
up TO the walls OF Tho city OF Havana itself
had relapsed into dngged struggle In the CEN
tral and eastern provinces The Spanish arms
regaincd u measure OF control IA Pinar
del Rio and parts Of Havana. but under
the existing conditions of the rural country
without immediate Improvement OF their pro-
ductive situation Even thus partially redt,.
tricted the ruvolutiouists had their own and
their submission put forward by Spain rs the
essential and sole basis Of peace seemed as far
distant as at the outset In this state OF nnalrs
my administration found itself confronted
with the grave problem OF It's day.
Overtures Made Last December.
Ny message Of last December reviewed the
Situation md detailed the steps taken with n