The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-15
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PROCLAMATION OF ARMISTICE-

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PROCLAMATION OF ARMISTICE-
The state Department today received
General BIanco's proclamation order
ing a cessation Of hostilities IN Cuba
IT was cabled to the Spanish inst
and by him delivered to the de-
The proclamation Is as fo.-
lows:
His majesty's government, yielding
to the reiterated wish expressed by his
holiness. the pope, has been pleased 10
decree a suspension Of hostilities. with
the object of preparing and facilitating
the r~estorct5cn of peace on h stand,
in virtue whereof / believe i convent
ent to order:
Article From the day following
the receipt in each locality Of the pres
sent proclamations hestilities are or
dered to be suspended in all the terri
tory Of the island Of Cuba
The details for the execution Of the
above article Will be the object of pc
cfal instructions that will be comanuni-
Gated to the several commanders in
chief of the army corps for the easy
and prompt execution. according TO
the situation and circumstances of the
case.
"(Sfgned.) BLANCO."
HOW CONGRESSMEN VIEW THE
MESSAGE.
Many lat themselves
from speaking about the presidents
message until they could have time for
careful puruSal. In a general way the
objections We're based on the ground
that it did not go far enough in ecog-
niZing the rights Of the Cubans. A
large number of t~herdemocratic senators
refused to express themselves at all, as
did several republicans, on the e.ound
that as they could not speak in cOnDli-
mentary terms, they would say nothing
at all. One of the most significant ut
terance on the subject of the message
was tina of Senator Foraker, repu5li-
can, from the presidents own state,
and a member of the committee ON for
eign relations: He said, Il have no
patience with the message and you can
say So" He refused tic go into details.
Members of the house talked ore
freely. Some of the leading republi-
cans endorsed the message, while 9TH
ers, including democrats, severely criti-
csied it.
After the adjournment OF congress.
meetings were held on both SIDES of
the capitol. The republican members
of the house fOreig1 affa.s comittce
had a somewhat haatcdsseSsion, but
were unable to agree O. a solution.
The full foreign affair CO. 1ictee will
meet tomorrow mOrn.-g 4, l. o'clock
to consider the message. the -1oubli-
cams in the mouse who nave e, INSIST
ing on radical action, may Cfs) meet.
There are about sixty republican rep
resentativeS who have participated in
these conferences and n of their lead
rs stated tonight that he believed he
correctly represented h majority in
saying that they favored immediate
armed intervention and "a declaration
that THE Cuban people should and, of
a right, ought to be independent of
Spanish ule.
The senate committee ON foreign re-
| lations met after the adjournment of
the senate, butt reached no conclusion.
They are waiting to examine Genera
Lee, who will be here tomorrow. The
| republican members of the committee
held a caucus tonight. It was stated
| that a report would probably he made
| tomorrow.
AIT the conference of the democratic
| senators the message was sharply crit
| icised, but no conclusion was reached
| as ITO the course to be pursued.