Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16
THE WAR MUST CEASE.
President McKinley's Message 70
Congress Reviews the Intoler.
able Conditions In Cuba.
IN FAVOR OF ARMED INTERVENTION.
Asks the Use OF Army and Navy 10 Pacify
thu Ialand-Opposes Present Rsoosui-
tion Of Cuban lndspendence-rhe Maine
Catastrophe Made Part OF the In<Ns-
ment Against Spain.

Cs'as'ropne "aaes rafs OF sns Ane~s
ment Against Spain.
WASHINGTON. April !2.-The presi
dont yas,ordav ,aut tho foliou,rr ,na.
ougc W 'he cong1ess VI she ohi'ce
states:
obedlcnt TO TINT precept Of the constitution
which commands the president 70 rive from
time 10 time the coppress Information Of ths
state of the union and 10 recommend To theil
consideration such measures rs he shall fudge
necessary and cxpedlent II becomes my dut,
now to address your body with regard to thu
grave crisis that has arisen In the relations Of
the United States TO Spain by reason OF the
warfare that for more than three years has
ragged In the neighboring island OF Cuba l DC
30 because OF the intimate connection OF the
Cuban question with the state OF our own union
and the grave relation the course which Is now
incumbent upon tbs nation TO adopt must needs
bear to the traditional policy OF our govern
mentt 1t Is % accord with the prccepts laid down
by the founders OF the republic and religiously
observed by succeeding administrations to the
present day. The present revolution Is
but tho successor OF other similar
Instructions which have occurred In Cuba
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citizens' ana oy tne exercise OF cruel oaioar-
Gus ana uncivii'z;a practices OF warfare
shoeHeu .no svuo''o, "nu on.au. Gu, .n' ~. ~.
name sympnthieS OF our people. since the
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mat becomes y seM-con.en'eu ooninoaweai' y,
whose primal maxim mas oeen 'ne avoiaance =.
Ill foreign en'engiemehts AL tnis must
iecds AWAKEN anu mas inueeu arousea TUG w
most concern on inc part OF TINS government ~
veil curing my predecessor Us my own
Efforts to Bring About Peace
In April. 1890. the evils from which our coun-
~ suffered through the Cuban war became so
,nerous that my predecessor made an efi irt to
ring about q peace through the mediation Of
his government In any way that might tend to
N honorable adjustment Of the contest be-
wcen Spain and her reyolted colony, on the
nsis Of some effective scheme Of self-govern-
nent for Cuba under the flag and sovereignty
4 Spain. II failed through the refusal Of the
spanish government then In power. 70 consid-
e.. - - oat.,ln. -, tnAaoA ans ,.ian Of