The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-12

4uD D10GlDuMT's MESSAGE.
The message Of President Mckinley
- oougyess On tho subject Of Cuba II
llennnoinaine to Ill persons who ex-
nocead . conspieuous display Of deter
.olinasten and = practical outcoms OF
- soosidsration he may b presumed
= Aaws atvsa II.
Ineteel a. presenting q policy Of &C.
4ton and asking the endorsement OF
eonsseea, the president submits care
lpin pssparsd rsssew Of the history OF
~ couajot between Spain and cuba
DARING IN past few years. and of the
nneotaationo between Spain and this
aevssnmaat for ~ termination. There
= net ene sentence In che message
watch WIN b. distinctly remembered.
s u oommon-place IN IT. literalness. It
= not such . papsr - might have been
1osusd coe the purpose Of formally justi-
0hg bseoss the world concluding
sentence recommending an immediate
declaration OF war. That conclusion d
wantlng. II halts on the threshold Of
aaothee suggestion for delay The
weed Immediate" II not to be found In
the message.
Il u true that the president asks con-
greoo 70 authorize measures to secure
full termination OF hostilities between
The government ana the people OF Cuba,
and 70 guarantee for the island the es-
tahlishment Of . stable government.
capable Of maintaining order and OBJ
serving its International obligations.
insuring peace and tranquility and the
security OF its citizens. ~ welt ~ cur
own" ana he also asks of congress
power ITO use the military and naval
forces Of the United States as may be
necessary for these purposes. and in
the interests of humanity"
The president has practically had all
these powers and he has been repeated
u assured Of the support by congress
o. any measure TO that end he chose
70 take. He now asks for authority ito
take measures he does not say what
those measures are to be. and. indeed.
the only practical recommendation he
makes 10 for an appropriation cut OF the
public treasury TO supplement the char
~ OF our citizens. The Cubans ask for
Independence and he offers them char
ity.
At the close OF his address the presi-
dent refers to the decree Of the queen
regent OF Spain directing proclama-
ton Of the suspension Of hostllities. The
president ends with the lame comment:
III this measure sttalns a successful
result. then eur aspirations as a Chris
tian. peacc~lovins people viii be realized.
X II falls. II will only he another justi-
ncation for our contemplated action"
What successful result can come Of such
IN act At this late hours
II IN cut Of the question that the Gu
han insurgents who have fought SO de-
termtnedly for Independence against
what seemed like hopeless odds. will
consent TO refrain from following up
their advantage. The Cubans have suf.
fesed horribly FOR years. and they are
determined TO drive the Spanlaris out OF
the island. The people og the United
States have heen patient, bat they too
have come To the conclusion that Spau-
ish promises are never kept except nm
der the coercion OF a superior force. and
they are determined that nothing short
Of the expulsion Of the spanlards and
the freeson % the island win bring
about that condition % peace aaa pros
perlsy which the president Processes to
seek.
The responsibility has been pu, upon
congress. and the president WITH find In
their action a prompt ard emphatic sx-
preston az the purpose ~ the American
people.