The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-04-14
| Tn Terminate hOStllltl6S In
Cuba and Establish a Sta
bic Government.
To Use Military and Naval Force
if Necessary for Those
Purposes.
The President Is Prepared to Garry
out Every Obligation Imposed by
the Constitution.
The Wreck Of the Maine Shows That spala
is Not Able to Guarantee Security to
Foreign Vessels In the Ports OF Cuba
Spain Suggests Arbitration.


WasHlNGToN. April 1.-THE president Mon
6sy stni the following message to the congress
9. Ne United states:
Z Obedicnt 20 that precept OF the constitution
which commands the president 70 give from
81 tine % time the congress information OF the
II ,'s'e % The union and 10 recommend 70 theii
Consideration such measures as he shall Judge
necessary and cXpedient IL becomes my duty
iop 20 address your body with
regard 20 the grave crisis that
la, ar,en in the relations OF the
United states 20 Spain by reason OF the war
larf tha, 'or more than three years has ragged
IN lhc ncirhhor.ug island OF Cuba. do so be-
ra-,e ~ the intimate connection OF the Cuban
81 question with the state OF our own union and
IS The grave relation the course which IL is now
"A incumbent upon the nation 10 adopt must needs
& bear the traditional policy OF our government
g rlti> 90 accord with the precepts laid down by
& ne founder, ol the republic and rcligiously OBJ
a served by succeeding administrations to the
pcsen, day
The present revolution Is but the successor
q q other similar Instructions which have oc-
,urred 20 cuba against the dominion OF Spain
'I'endlng over period OF nearly half a cen.
'ury each ~ which during its progress has
subjected the United States 10 great effort and
q up'nSe 10 afording its neutrality laws. caused
enormous losses 20 American trade and COM
s merce caused irritation. annoyance and dis
lrtaace among our citizens, and by the exer-
Csc - cruel barharouS and uncivilized prac-
tees y warfare shocked the sensibilites ard
o'endei The humane sympathieS Of our people.
Nlncc The pres Mt revolution began in Febru-
r. D.
main 20 our threshold ravaYed by fire and
kTori M The course OF q struggle unequaled in
No history Of The island and rarely paralleled
ss 20 ihe number Of the combatants and the
bitterness of the contest By any revolution OF
~ dern times whore a dependent people striv-
hr % h' free have been opposed by the power
d the sovereign state. Our people
'a'e behcd once prosperous COM
uih.N reduced 20 comparative want, it's
'1''a''e commerce virtually paralyzed, its
,i"r'l"hal productiveDesS diminished, its
le'A' .old waste. its mills in ruins and It's peo.
.t' pr>hinr by tens OF thousands from hun
f'f ana de>ututOn We have found ourselves
"i>uared. IN the observance Of that strict
b'l'faity which our laws enjOin and which
'u' iA" oI nations commands TO police our own
"afi> ana watch our own seapOrtS to prevent
any unlawful act in aid OF the Cubans. Our
NAoe has suffered the capital invested by our
''f'n> 10 Cuba has been largely lost. /
hl the ienIcr and fOrbearance OF our 1
I'plc have been 80 Sorely tried as TO beget a |
lFi""-N unrest among our own citizens, which /
A"' inevitably found its expression from time
'O "Me IN the national legislature. so that is
''' Wholly external to our own body polite
's'",> attention and stand In the way OF that
''>' devotion 10 domestic advancement that
ZONES seh-contained common wealth whose
una maxim has been the avoidance OF all
N'Rh Fnlanglements All this must needs
'"SAeh ana has indeed aroused the utmost
I'm on the part OF this government as we'll
'I''"t nv predecessors term as in my own.
!" ApfiI 1926, the evils from which our coun-
~ '0"'Ie' through the Cuban war became so
''', 'ndt my predecessor made an effort to
pr 10Y ABOUT peace through the mediation OF
Ms FoVernment in any way that might tend
. honorable adjustment OF the contest be-
we spain and her revolted COLONY on the
ass on some effective scheme OF self-goyern-
Z Spain
~ '"''ed through the refusal OF the Spanish
o't'h'nent then in power, TO consider any
ia. | " uellation or indeed any plan OF settle
", WHICH did not begin with the actual sub
49, I'm 'on o' the insurgents TO the mother coun-
, '"" thth only on such terms as Spain her.
aabatd ,
in' resistance Of the insurgents was in no S
.Se diminished :
'"' ~ 'uortN q Spain were increased. both by '
,, \ ",'pa'ch OF fresh levies 10 Cuba and by the (
"a ''-V" i, 10 the horrors OF the strife OF a new
~ " 'nhuinan phase happily unprecedented in
"'"'erh history OF civilized Christian :
VpcN' Inc policy OF devastation and con- v
'' inaugurated by the captain gen. II
-, 'anuo ol Octob q. 1896. in the province O
''"' DeI kio' was thence ex ended 20 en- v
. ec an oi the Island 10 which the power OF a
y, p""''h arms was able 10 reach by occu- c
,,r oy military operations. The peas
"V'ualng all dwelling In the open
~, ,''uia' interior were driven into the gar S
,or. "ms M OF Isolated places held by the u
h. -, ,, n' W raising and movement OF proyis-
,,,.1, ga MINUS we're interdicted. The fields v
~, Ia Vast dwellings unroofed and fired o.
,,s ~ 'ioSca. and in short, everything that !.
=" "t>ola,e tie land aud render n unf,t Tor n
100, "Spi'ation or support was commanded Il
O"e OF The other Of tho contending mar :,
posal ''0 P0"crS ~ 'neir u
'os""hlle the military situation In the ~
. t,,. au undergone noticeable change. ir
AIaOrulnary activity that characterized te
,'H year Of the war. when the in OF
~ - ~, 20 invaded even the hitherto unharmed %
/, - mar del Rio and carried havoc and a
IA t..,' w % the walls OF the city OF Ha-
,ha ~ mao re apsed into doggcd struggle "
.n,,A u1'ai ana eastern provinces. The cr
"a, AZ, n1 fegalned a measure OF control In OF
CO.. 60 mo ana parts Of Havana. but. under Ia
ho,, ',ng conditions OF the rural country M
,,,.. immediate improvement OF their pro- sn
lc,Ao uai'on Even thus partially re- iat
\, '" 'ne revolutionists held their own ana ,a
snsS, S"que>t and submission, put forward ID
.ce p"h as The essential and sole basis Of Of
, .b,, "'eu ' as Tar distant 5. at the outset. OF
,d g s'ae OF affair. nay administration nv
Is da,. " confronted with the grave problem 70
.ee y, ny message Of last December re- re
en- ,,', situation aud narrated the steps I'D
one,t.'a we" 70 relieving It's acuteness
.lemen, Ie a' way TO some form Of honorable mi
,l.se. ~ The assassination Of the prime ",
!, In = (, oauo'a'' led 10 change on govern by
Ae for,na. tic
Ion .,,t',,.ss suihlnis>ratioa plcdg 10 subju. wi
Ore ,,,o. eoneoa lion gave place 70 that Of IA,
ee ~" party committed long in ad- su
.clnls pv,'cy Of rei 'rm involving the wider III
Wv % I'ne Ful' for Cuba ana Puerto fss