The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-04-11
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( similar scheme Of aid TO the great body
[ OF sufferers Il suggestion TO this end
was acquiesced in by the Spanish au-
I th0rfties-
| or the e4th OF December last caused
/ to be issued an appeal TO the American
people IISlCIEiS CONTRIBUTORS II H19aeE u
/ sufferers IN Cuba Following this On the
SIN Of january BY a Similar public an
Cuban relief committee. with headquar-
tiers in New York city composed Of three
tI0naI Red Crnss and the religious and
business elements of the community The
ing and acc0mp lished much
Arrangements for free transportation TO
work The president Of the American
Red Cross and representatives of other
0usIy visited cuba and c1-operated with
the consul general and the local aurh0ri-
ties 10 make effective distribution of the
relief collected through the efforts of the
central conmitree- Nearly s20aee N
the sufferers. and more Is fortheoEz11g,-
he supplies are admitted duty free and
arranged 50 that the relief at nrsL nee
essariIy confined 70 Havana and the larger
eIIles1 L now e1lented ehrodg .s IllesI u
not al OF the towns where suffering ex-
IsEs- THOUSANDS OF lives have already
The necessity for change in the con-
ditIOn Of the rec0ucentFad0s IS recognized
by the Spanish goVernment- Within
lew days past the orders of General Wey-
Ter have been revoked The reconceutra-
dos are. II Is said to be permitted TO re-
turn 10 their homes and aided To resume
the seIf-s1p porting pursuits OF peace, pub
lie works having been ordered To give
them employment and a sum Of $500 go
has been appropriated for their relief
The war in Cuba Is OF such Z nature
that short Of SubJugati0n or exterui1-
alton & dnai military victory for either
side seems impracticabIe The alter
native lies in the physical exhaustion
OF the one or the other party or per
hapS of bOth-a condition which in eff
- Faz- rf7sz
truce OF SeanIOu- The prospect Of
such 4 protection and conclusion of the
present strife is 4 contingency hardly
to De contemplated with eqUAnir1ity by
the civilized world and least of all by
the United States. affected and injured
as we are. deeply and Intimately by its
very existence
Realizing this. IT appears to be my
duty, in 4 spirit Of true friendIiness no
less to Spain than 10 the Cubaus who
have 50 much to lose by the proIouga-
ton Of the struggle to seek to bring
about an immediate termination Of the
war To this end. I submitted, on the
It'll uIr-.aS 4 result of much representa-
ton and correspondence though the
United States minister at Madrid pro-
positions to the Spanish government,
look1Eg to an arnIstice until October
1st- for the negotiation OF peace with
the good offices of the president.
In addition I asked the immediate
revocation Of the order OF reconcentra-
dos, SO as to permit the people 10 re-
turn TO their farms and the needy TO be
relieved with provisions and supplies
from the United States eo-opera ting
with the Spanish authorities so as 10
afford full relief
The reply of the Spanish cabinet was
received on the night Of the 31St uIriTno-
It Offers as the means 10 bring about
peace in Cuba. to Couf1de the prepara-
ton thereof to the InSular department.
inasmuch as the concurrence of that
body would be necessary to reach a fin
al result II being however, understood
that the powers reserved by the cousti-
tuition to the central government are
not Iesseued or diminished As the Gu
ban parliament does not meet until the
4th OF May next. the Spanish govern
ment would not object for it's part TO
accept at once suspension Of hostih-
ties II asked for by the Insurgents from
the general IN Chief To whom II would
pertain in such Z case. To determine
the duration and conditions Of the ar
The proposition submitted by General
W OOdford and the reply Of the span
Esh government were both in the form
Of brief memoranda, the texts OF which
are before ma-aud are substantially
in the language above given The fune-
ton of the cuban parliament in the
matter OF preparing peace and the
of doing so are not expressed
in the Spanish memorandum but from
General WoodfordTs explanatory re-
ports of parliamentary discussions pre-
eeding the final conference IT Is IN
that the Spanish government /
stands ready to give the insuIar con-
peace with the Insurgents, whether by /
direct negotiation or Indirectly by /
means of legislation does not appear
With this Last overture N the dIrec- /
ton Of immediate peace and its diSaD-
reception by Spain the exec /
Utfve was brought to the end Of his ef- +
fort
In my annual message Of December |
last, I said:
OF the untried measures there re- /
MAIN Recognition of the insurgents as /
lendeuce of Cuba neutral intervention I
70 end the war by imposing a rational /
compromise between the contestants !:
and not Intervention in favor of one or !
he other party speak not of f0rcibIe +
annexation for that cannot be thought /
# That, by our code of morality. would /
De criminal aggression
Thereupon I reviewed these aIterna- I
ives, in the light Of President Grants I
measured words. uttered in 1875, when
after seven years OF sanguinary. de-
structive and cruel barbarities in Cuba
Ie reached the conclusion that the rec
vas i'm ractIcabIe and IndefensIbIe- and I
hat the recognition of belIgarence /
vas not warranted by the facts, accord /
r= to the tests of public law I COM +
neuted especially upon the latter as
leCt Of the question pointing out the
and positive dangers OF D
l recognition OF beuigerencys which /
while adding TO the already OuGrouS
BURDENS Of neutrality within our own
could not in any way ex-
end cur influence or effective Offices E
II the territory Of h0StiIIties-
Nothing has since occurred TO change
ny view in this regard and recognize
: fully TOW then that the issuance Of
procla nation or neutrality by which i
lrocesS the SO-eaIled recognition Of bel
gereucy is published could Of Itself and
Unattended 5y 0Cher action. accomplish
0LhIuE toward the one end for which
Z Dor. the instant paCtfCati01 Of Cuba and
he cessation of the misery that aff1ictS
he island
Turning to the question Of recognizing
L this time the Independence Of the pres
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