The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-12

proach your excellency with a message
Of friendship and peace at the present
critical juncture in the relations be-
tween the United States and Spain,
and convey to you the sentiments ex-
pressed by the collective note which
l nave the hone to place in your
hands"
The note is as follows:
The undersigned representatives Il
Germany, Austria-Hungary, France,
Great Britain, Italy n Russia, duly
authorized in that behalf, address in
the name of their respective govern
ments, a pressing appeal to the feel
ings of humanity and moderation of the
president and of the American people,
in their existing differences with Spain.
They earnestly hope that further nego-
t~iations will lead to an agreement
which, while securing the maintenance
Of peace, will afford all necessary
guarantee for the re-establishment of
order in Cuba. The powers do not
doubt that the humanitarian and pure
ly disinterested character of this ep-
resentation will be fully recognized
and appreciated by the American ma
ton
REPLY OF THE PRESIDENT.
The reply OF President. Mckinley
was as follows
THE government of the United
States recognizes the goodwill which
has prompted the friendly communica-
tom of the representatives of Germany,
Austria-Hungary, France, Great Brit
ain, italy and Russia, as set forth in
the address of your eXcellencieS, and
shares the hope therein expressed that
the outcome of the situation in Cuba
may .be the maintenance of peace be-
tween the United States and Spain by
affording the necessary guarantee for
the re-establishment of order in the
island, to terminate the chronic condi-
ton of disturbances there, which so
| deeply injuries the interests and men
| aces the tranquility of the American ma
tion by the character and consequence
of the struggle thus kept UP at our
doors. beside shocking its sentiment or
humanity.
'FThe government of the United States
appreciates the humanitarian and dis
interested character of the m
cation now made on behalf of the pow
ers named, and for its part is conf
dent that equal appreciation will be
shown for it's own earnest and unself-
Ssh endeavOrs to fulfill a duty to hu-
| manity by ending a situation the in
| definite p~rolongatiOn of which has be-
| come nsufferable.'
! The party then withdrew to the state
department and repaired in a body to
: The diplomatic room WneTp lley Ielu
a. conference with Judge Day, assistant
secretary of state, Secretary Sherman
having gone home to lunch before their
arrival. This conference took a wider
range and went considerably outside
of the address delivered to the presi-
dent.
Shortly after the conference Judge
Day left the state department, declln-
ing to say more than to refer inquirers
to the address OF the ambassadors and
the reply of the president.
THE SITUATION NOT CHANGED.
The note of the powers has not, in
! the opinion of the members of the ad-
m~inistration, changed the situation in
the slightest degree. What pressure
was brought to bea to secure ever
this mildly expressed hope that further
negotiations would result in the main
tenance of peace is not known, u it is
confidently believed that 1T is the re-
suit Of persistent appeals on the part
Of Spain for some expression in favor
Of peace between the two countries.
The note is not regarded in any sense
as a protest against the course this
government has pursued thus far, or
is likely to adopt to secure a state gov
rnmen in Cuba Some of the govern
ments represented in the note ara
known to be in full accord with this
government in its purposes with re-
spect to the Cuban question and. there