The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1898-04-15
To Terminate HOStlIltlGS In
Cuba and Establish a Sta
bic Government.
To Use Military and Naval Force
-----if---neccessry for Those
Purposes.
The President Is Prepared 20 Carry
Out Every Obligation Imposed by
the Constitution.
The Wreck of the Main. SHOW, Tbs, svslp
is Not Able to Gusrputs. srcuttiy to
tor.iEn Nrss-t, ~ the Ports OF ,abs
Spain sagg-.i. AIbitfst,oa.

SPAIN S"Skfss NfbiAtstaoas
wsSntSGroS. April n The prc, dent Mon
DAY sent the following message 10 The conErc,s
OF the United Ntatcs:
Obodcnt to that prrccpi Of the constitution
which commands the president Ia Risc IRON
time 20 time the congress Information Of the
state 81 the union ana 10 recommend to their
consideration such ura,urr- a. he N an Iudf'c
necessary aud cApvltcnI Il becomes my duty
nov to address vuuF body with
regard Co tho grave crisis that
has arisen 10 the relations oi the
United State, 10 spain ry reason - the var.
fare that tor more Than three Year, has RACED
IN m. nclghborins ISLAND ~ CUBA do ~ bc-
cause ~ the intimate connection ~ tho Cuban
question Nith the state % our own union and
The grave relation the course which u ~ now
incumhcnt urun "a. nation Co adopt must needs
hear the tradit lunal peltry Of our government
~ 10 h. 90 accord with the prcccpis laid down Nv
ths founder, ~ the republic ana rCiiriously OBJ
served bi succeeding administration ~ the
present DAY
Tho present. revolution l. but the successor
a. Other similnr insurr~clioas which hav, Uc-
CURED Ia Cuba agaln . he dominion 81 spain.
'itcndinr over period Of nearly half a cen.
tury Each ~ which durlh. it, prosrys, has
subjected Tho un,iod states 70 great ,f1rt aDd
sHprBsc In Anordins is neutrality lass caused
enormous losses Co American trade aud cun-
utrvc caused irritation, annoy ahce and Dis
tutbancc among cur ruiryna and by the ever
cise ~ cruri barbaruus and uncINii.f,,i prac.
tu~s % sariar" shoct~l che scn,lbnltcs and
offended the humane sympathlv, ~ our pcopic
since the rrus NJ revolution horan In fsbru-
arr. 80 this CuuHtYy has seen tho fertile do
main Of our threshold ravh-ci Nv Ore and
sSori 10 the ruursc Of a struggle uurgualcd ia
the history "t the island anu rarely parailclcd
~ 20 the number q the comeanuts AMI the
bitterness 90 the contest bY any revolution ~
on. dcrn times where d,psnleut icuris striy-
Ing 10 be free have b-cn opposed nv the power
81 The soycr,ien s,at.. our people
munity rcinccd 90 comparative SaRt ius
igeratiVe commerce virtually paraiyrsd. its
rtceptlanai proiueiivrre.s diminfsssa. 50
neids laid waste iis mills In ruins and ~ poo
pie pcfishiuR - tens 81 thousands from hum
ref and dcsiitntioo. Ne have found ourselves
tons trained IN the Observance - that strict
neutrality which our laws eaJoln ard which
.ne law II nations commands 10 police cur own
NAtfrs aud watch our own SeapUrts TO prevent
any unlawful act In aid 81 the CuhanS Our
trade has suffered The capital Invested BY oar
eitiE.us In Cuba has hccn largely lost.
and tho tcmrer ana forhcarauce u ogr
people have been ~ sorcly tried as 20 berei
p.Tilous unrest among our own citizens, which
has inevitably found ~ Nprcssi1n from time
10 time Ia the national Legislature. 30 that H.
sues wholly external 60 our own body polite
tugruss attention and stand In the way 20 that
close devotion to domestic advancement that
becomes a sslf-Containei CON mouw We In whose
Irimsl maxim has been ihe avoidance Of all
foreign cntahrlcmcnts All this must needs
awaken and has indeed aroused The utmost
concern on the part 81 this government, ~ wen
during nv predecessor term ~ IN my own
In April istT the evils from which our couu-
try suffered through the Cuban war became W
ouorouN that my predecessor made an enort %
bring about peace through tho mediation ot
d. asskN "A
Co On honorable adjustment Of tbe contest be-
Iwcen spain ana her roroltod coloDy IN the
basis 81 some effective sehs me oi sclf-royCrn-
Event for Cuba under the nag and sovereignty
81 Spain.
u failed through the refusal Of the Spanish
government then IN power 10 consider any
{, rm Of mediation or Indeed any plan Of settle
ment which did not begin with the actual sub.
mis- ion OF the insurgents g. ::,y nivturr ,ouu-
try aad thor only on seen terms spain her
self might sec ne 10 srant Tho war continued
undated
The resistance OF the lnsurgcn,. was In no
wise dimintshCl
The efforts G., spain were increased. both by
Ise dispatch 81 fresh lrtics 10 Cuba and by the
ADDITION to he horrors 81 The strife ~ q new
and inhu..,'n phase happily unprecedented In
the modern history Of cyilizcl Christian
peoples. The policy ~ devastation and con-
Ccntration, innuguratcd ny the captain gen
of Pinar Del Rio, was thence eN ended IN en-
brace all OF the island 10 which the power OF
the spaniel arms was able Ca reach by occu-
patton or hy military operations The peas
Rniry. including all dwelling In the open
arr cultural interior were driven into the gar
rl,on towns or isolated places held by the
troops. Tho raising and movement OF proyi g.
ions ~ all kinds were interdicted The fields
were laid vast" dwellings unrooicd and hrcd.
mills destroyed, and In short everything that
could desoiatc the land and render IL unit for
human hahitntion or support was commanded
by ono or the other OF the contcnding par
tics, and executed by oil the powers at their
disposal
Meanwhile the military situation IN the
island had undergone noticeable change
The extraordinary activity that characterized
the second year of the war. when the in
Surgcnts invaded even the hitherto unframed
urlls OF Plnar del Rio and carried havoc and
destruction up to the walls OF the city Of Iia-
vans itself, had rclnpscd into a dogred struggle
IN the central ana eastern provinces. The
Spanish arms re gained o measure OF control In
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 re-
stricted the revolutonsts held their own and
their conquest and submission, put forward
by spain rs the essential and sole basis OF
peace. seemed ms far distant as at the outset
In ,his state OF anair, my administration
found itself confronted with the grave problem
Il it's duty. My message Of last December re-
viewed the situation and narrated the steps
taken with "a view 10 relieving Its acuteness
and opening the way 20 some form ~ honorable
settlement The assassination OF the prime
minister. CanovaS, led to a change OF govern
mcnt In Spain.
The former administration plodg 10 subju-
cation without concession gave place TO that OF
more liberal party. committed long In adj
vance 10 a policy Of reform involving the wider
principle of home rule for Cuba and Puerto
Rico. The oyortures Of this government made
through IT'S new envoy Gen. Woodford, anu
looking to an immediate and effective amel tor
alton Of the conditions Of the island, although
not accepted 10 the extent OF admitted media
ton In any shape, were met by assurances that
home rule. In an advanced phase, would he
forthwith offered to Cuba, without waiting for
the war W end. ana that more humane methods
should prevail In the conduct of hostilittes.
While these negotiations were In progress,
the increasing restitution Of the unfortunate
reconcentrados and the alarming mortality
among them claimed earnest attention The
success which had attended the limited meas
ure Of relief extended q the suffering Amcrl-
can citizens among them by the Judicious ox-
penditurcs through the consularagencies OF
The money appropriated expressly for their
sueeor by the int resolution approved May "a
lsg7, prompted the humane extension Of Y