The Eddy current., 1898-04-16
INTERVENTION
RECOMMENDED.
PRESIDENT a'KINLHY's MESSAGE TO
CONGRESS.
aie says the war In CuBa Must Cease The
Maine Was destroyed by
submarine Mine.

Obedlent 10 that precept Of the con
stitutiOn which commands the presi-
dent to give frcm time 10 time the
congress information OF the state OF
the Union and 10 recommend to their
consideration such measures az he
shall judge necessary and oxpodient II
becomes my duty now 20 address your
body with regard 10 the grave crisis
that has arisen In the island relations
Of the United States with Spain rela-
tion TO the warfare that for more than
three years has ragged In Cuba. / do
so because OF the Intimate connection
OF the Cuban question aud the state
OF our own Union and the grave reln-
tion' tho course which Il is now incum-
bent upon the nation TO adopt. must
needs bear to the traditional policy OF
our government n u IL to accord with
the prccepts laid down by the founders
OF the republic and rcliglously OBJ
served by succeeding administrations
to the present oay.
The present revolution Is but the
successor of other similar insurrec-
tions which have occurred IN Cuba,
against the dominion OF Spain, ex-
tending over q period OF nearly half a
century each Of which during lts
progress has subjected the United
states to great EFFORT and expense In
ahordlng its neutrality laws. caused
enormous losses to American trade
ana commerce. caused irritation. an.
noynnce and disturbances and unciyil-
lied pratices Of warfare. shocked the
sensibilltics and offended the humane
sympathies OF our people.
Since the present revolution began
In February 1895. this country has
= been the fertile domain at our thresh-
y d rayaged by fire aud sword In the
course OF struggle unequaled IN the
history OF the island and rarely paral-
leled ns TO the number OF combatants
and the bitterness Of the contest by
any revolution OF modern times.
whore dependent people. striving to
be free, have been opposed by the
power Of the sovereign state. Our
people have boheld once pros
porous community reduced 20 COM
rarative want, It's lucrative con!morce
virtually paralyzed Its exceptional
productlvonosB diminished. It's fields
laid waste, its mills In ruins and lts
people perlshng by tens Of thousands
from hunger and dostltutlon. We have
found ourselves constrained In the
Observance Of that strict neutrality
which our laws cnjoin and which the
law OF nations commands 20 police our
own waters and watch our own sea-
ports 10 prevent any unlawful act I'm
aid Of the Cuhans. Our trade has suf-
fercd' the capital Invested by our eta.
zens In Cuba has been largely lost.
and the temper and forbearance Of our
people have been 80 soreiy tried as 10
beget perilous unrest among our own
citizens which has inevitably found its
expression from time TO time In the
national legislature, so that Issues
wholly external TO our own body poll
tic engross attention and stand IN
the way OF that close devotion to do
NESTLE advancement that becomes
aelf-contaIned commonwealth whose
primal maxim has been the avoidance
OF all foreign entanglcmonts An this
must needs awaken, and has indeed
aroused the utmost concern ON the
part Of this government. as well as
during my predecessors term. as In my
own.
Ia April 1896, the evils from which
our country suffered through the Cuban
war became 80 onerous that my pred
ecesaor made an effort 20 bring about
a peace through the mediation OF this
government IN any way that might
tend TO an honorable adjustment of the
contest between Spain and her reyolted
colony on the basis OF some effective
scheme OF self-goyernmont for Cuba
under the dag and sovereignty OF
Spain II failed through the refusal
OF the Spanish government then IN
power. 20 consider any form OF media
tion. or, indeed, any plan Of settlement
which dld not begin with the actual
submission Of the lnsurgent. and then
only on such terms as Spain herself
might see ~ TO grant.
The resistance Of the insurgents was
in no wise diminished The afforfa of
Spain were increased by the dispatch
OF fresh leyies 10 Cuba and by the adj
dltlon 20 the horrors OF the strife OF
new and inhuman phase happily un-
precedented ia the modern history OF
civilized Christian peoples. The policy
OF devastation and concentration In
auguratod by the captain generals
bando Of Oct l2 1896. In the province
az nIuur NaI nIu tnua fIauaa a.f.uI.I