The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-04-13

but Plain Reply DE says eor GlNone in
Cuba are INST Eersb'e ard the Unit d
States is Doing It's Duty.
The Great Powers represented in
Washington called on President Nc
kinley and presented note on Thurs
Gay expressing urgent hope for 8
peaceful adjustment between the Unit
ed States and Spain, to which The
President replied with unmistakab,e e
plainness as to the duty and unsslfsh
endesvors of :his government to ter
inmate the insuferable conditions IN
Cuba.
Th9 visitors we're received by the
President in the blue room at the
white House. Sir Julian Paunce
fote, the English Minister, acted as
Spokesman. Besaid:
Mr.. President: We have been COM
manded by the great roTers Of Eu,
rope whom We represent here today to
present your excellency with mes
sage OF friendship and peace st the
present critical juncture in tie rela-
tons between the | oited States and
Spain, aud convey TO you the sentl,
ments expressed by the collective noe
which have the honor 10 place 10
your hands.
The note is as follows:
sThc undersigned represer tatives OF
Germany, Austria-Hungary, France,
Great Britain, Italy and Russia, duly
authorized in that behalf, addresses
in the name of their respective gov
ernments, a pressing appeal to tie
feeling of humanity ard moderation
CT the President and OF the American
people in their existing differ
ences with Spsin. They earnes ly
hope that further negotiations will
lead to an agreement which, while Sc
curing the maintenance OF peace, will
afford all necessary guarantees for
the establishment of order in Cuba.
TIE powers do not doubt that the hu
manitarisn and purely disiDterested
character of this representation will
be fully recognized and appreciated
| by the American nstion.
The reply CT President Mckinley
was as follows:
The government of the United
States recognizes the good will which
has prompted the friendl-' communi-
cation of the representatives OF Ger
many, Austria-Hungary, France,
Great Britain, Italy and Russia, as set
forth in the address of your excellen
cies, and shares the hope therein ex
pressed that the outcome OF the sl;ua
ton in Cuba may be the maintenance
of resce between the United States and
Spain by affording the necessary
guarantees for the reestablishment Of
order in the island, so terminating the
chronic condition OF disturbance there
which so deeply iDjures the interests
and menaces the tranquility OF the
American nation by the character and
consequences Of the struggle thus KEEP!
up at our doors, besides shocking its
sentiment Of humanity. Th9 govern
ment CT the United States appreciates
the humanitarian and dlslnterested
character of the communication now
made on behalf of the powers named.
and for its part is confident that equal
appreciation will be shown for its own
earnest and unselish endsavors 70 fui-
ill duty to humanity by ending a
situation the indefinite prolongat;on
o. which has become insuferable.
The party then Withdrew to the
state department and repaired IN a
BODY to the diplomatic room, where
they held conference with Judge
Day, assistant secretary OF state. This
conference took 8 wide range and
went considerably outside OF the ad-
dress delivered to the President.
Shortly after the conference Judge
Day left the state department, declin-
ing to say more than to refer II quirers
to the address OF tee ambassadors and
the reply of the President.
The note of the powers has not, in
the opinion of members of the admin
istration, changed the situation in the
the slightest degree. What pressure
was brought to bear to secure even
this mildly expressed wish that further
negotiations would result in the main
tenance of peace is not known, but it
is confidently believed that it is the re
suit of p ersistent appeals on the part
OF Spain for some expression IN favor
of peace between the two countries.
The note is no: regarded in any sense
as protest against the course this
government has pursued thus far, or
is likely to adoptto secure state gov,
ernment in Cuba. Some Of the gov
ernments represented in the note are
known to be in full accord with this
government in its purposes with re
spect to the Cuban question and ther5,
fore any theory that the note was in
tended as remonstrance is no. 1e-
garded as tensble. The reply OF this
government which had previously
been read and approved by msmbels
of the cabinet, is not considered as
indicating any change in the fixed
} purpose of the President to intervene
at once in Cuba, nor is It believed
that the expectation o. the majority
of the nations represented, that the
United States should change its policy
or regard the oint note as other than
an expression ID behalf Of peace aud
without special significance. So far
as known in administration circles no
further representations on this sub
iect are ex oected. No offers Of medi
lation on the part of any European
power has been received and there is
nigh authority 70: the statement that
none would oe accs ped if preferred.
This has been the fixed policy Of the
government from the first, aud there
is no prospect of change n this re-
gard,
at the embassies and legations the
presentations of the joint note OF the
powers was regarded as the event OF
the day. an ambassador from one OF
the great powers o. continental E&
rope stated that it was without par
alIel in history. Calls at the various
legations late IN the day showed that
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