ïamhill County Reporter ulatlon, to the estimated number of 300,- I of peace with the good offices of the In addition to the test imposed by pub­ nection is made to recent diplomatic cor- lic law’ as the condition of the recognition I respondence. ouo or more, was herded within the towns | president. In addition, I asked the immediate revo- of the independence of a neutral state, I A dispatch from our minister to Spain and their immediate vicinity, deprived of ' cation of the order of reconcentration, so to wit, that the revolted state shall “con­ 1 of the 26th ultimo contained that the all means of support, rendered destitute as to permit the people to return to their stitute in fact a body politic, having a of shelter, left poorly clad and exposed farms and the needy to be relieved with government in substance as well as in Spanish minister for foreign affairs as­ ». H. BAHN II AKT. Publisher to th© most unsatisfactory condition«. provisions and supplies by the United name, possessed of the elements of sta­ sured him positively that Spain will do all States, co-operating with the Spanish bility,” and forming de facto “if left to that the highest honor and justice re­ Suffering;» of Reconcent rudos. MsMINN VI l.LE ÒKEGON. authorities so as to afford full relief. itself a state among the nations, rea­ As the scarcity of food increased with The reply of the Spanish cabinet was re­ sonably capable of discharging the duties quire in the matter of the Maine. The reply also referred to of »he 31st th© devastation of the depeopled areas of ceived on the night of the 31st ultimo. It of a state, has Imposed for its own gov­ production, destitution and want became offers as the means to bring about peace ernance in dealing with cases like these, ultimo also contained an expression of * to confide the preparation there­ the further condition that recognition of the readiness of Spain to submit to arbi­ misery and starvation. Month by month in Cuba all the differences which can arise the death rate increased in alarming ra­ of to the Insular department, inasmuch an independent state is not due to a re­ tration matter, which is subsequently ex- in this______ _ ___ __ as tio, and by March, 1898, according to con­ be the concurrence of that body would volted dependency until the danger of plained by the note of the Spanish minis­ necessary to establish a final result, its being again subjugated by the parent servative estimates from official Spanish it being however understood that the ter at Washington of the 10th Inst., as state has entirely passed away.” This ex­ sources, the mortality among the recon­ powers reserved by the constitution to the treme test was, in fact, applied in the follows: centrados from starvation and the dis­ central government are not lessened or di­ case of Texas. "As to the question of fact which eases thereto incident exceeded 50 per minished. As the Cuban parliament does The congress to whom President Jack- springs from the diversified views between not meet until the 4th of May next, the representatives of the American and the REPORTS OF THE COMMUTEES son referred th© question as one probably centum of the total number. No practical Spanish government would not object, for relief was accorded to the destitute. The its part, to accept at once a suspension leading to war, and therefore an appropri­ Spanish boards, Spain proposes that the fact be ascertained by an impartial in­ overburdened towns, already suffering of hostilities if asked for by the insur­ ate subject for a “previous understanding vestigation by experts, which decision with that body by whom war can alone from the general dearth, could give no gents through the general-in-chief, to be declared, and by whom all the provis­ Spain accepts in advance. To this I have Both Go Beyond the President’s Rec­ aid. So-called zones of cultivation, estab­ whom it would pertain in such cases to ions for sustaining its perils must be fur­ made no reply.” ommendation»—The Only Thing Now lished within tho immediate area of effect­ determine the duration and conditions of nished, left the matter of recognition of Another Precedent. to Avert a Conflict Will Be Spain’» Texas to the discretion of the executive, ive military control, about the cities and the armistice. Surrender of the Island. The propositions submitted by General President Grant, in 1875, in discussing the fortified camps, proved illusory as a rem­ Woodford and the reply of the Spanish providing merely for the sending of diplo­ matic agents when the president should purposes of the Cuban contest as it then edy for the suffering. The unfortunates, government were both in the form of Washington, April 14.—The burden President MoKinley Monday sent the being for the most part women and chil­ brief memoranda, the texts of which are be satisfied that the republic of Texas had appeared, and the hopeless and apparent become an “independent state.” indefinite prolongation of such event, said: of responsibility for the next move in tallowing message to the congress of dren, with aged and helpless men, en­ before mentioned and substantially in the It W’as so recognized by President Van “I am of the opinion that other nations feebled by disease and hunger, could not language above given. The function of Buren, who commlssiaoned a charge d’af­ will be compelled to assume the responsi­ the Spanish crisis having been shifted the United States: the Cuban parliament in the matter of faires March 7, 1837, after Mexico had bility which devolves upon them, and to by the president’s message upon tho Obedient to that precept of the consti­ have tilled- the soil without tools, seeds “preparing” peace and the manner of do­ abandoned an attempt to conquer the seriously consider the only remaining or shelter, for their own support or for ing so are not explained in the Spanish Texas territory, and then there was at the measures possible—mediation and inter­ shoulders of congress, the capitol today tution which oommands the president to the supply of the cities. memorandum, but from General Wood­ time no bona fide contest going on be­ rive from time to time the congress in­ Reconcentration adopted avowedly as a ford’s explanatory reports of preliminary tween th© insurgent province and its for­ vention. Owing, perhaps, to the large ex­ became the storm center, with tire for­ panse of water separating the island from formation of the state of the Union and war measure, to cut off the resources of discussion preceding the final conference mer sovereign. the peninsula, the contending parties ap­ eign affairs committees of the two to recommend to its consideration such the insurgents, worked its predestined re­ it Is understood that the Spanish govern­ Cuba Not Rightly a State. pear to have within themselves no depos­ houses as the foci. ment stands ready to give the Insular measures as he shall judge necessary and sult. As I said in my message of last congress full power to settle the terms of I said in my message of December last: itory of common confidence to suggest The struggle in each committee was «■pedlent, it becomes my duty now to December, it was not civilized warfare; peace with the insurgents, whether by di­ “It is to be seriously considered whether wisdom when passion and excitement it was extermination, and the only peace rect negotiation or indirectly by means of th© Cuban government possesses beyond have their sway, and thus assume the long and bitter, with this marked differ­ address your body with regard to the it could beget was that of the wilderness legislation does not appear. With this dispute the attributes of statehood, which part of peacemaker.” ence between that at tire senate wing grave condition that has arisen in the and the grave. In this view in the early days of the con­ last overture in the direction of immedi­ alono can, demand the recognition of bel­ test, the good offices of the United States and that at the house end of the capi­ ate peace and its disappointing reception ligerency, in its favor.” relations of the United States and Spain, i'roifres» of the War. Th© same requirement must certainly as the mediator were tendered in good Spain, the executive was brought to by reason of the warfare that for more be no less seriously considered when the faith without any selfish purpose in the tol. Meanwhile the military situation in the end of his efforts. graver issue of recognizing Independence interest of humanity and sincere friend­ In tire senate end, Democrats as well than three years has raged in the neigh­ island has undergone a noticeable change. RecoornitIon Not Warranted. is in question, for no less positive test ship for both parties, but were at the time boring Island of Cuba. I do so because of The extraordinary activity that charac­ as Republicans participated, while at In my annual message of December last can be applied to the greater act than to terized the second year of the war, when declined by Spain with the declaration, the intimate connection of the Cuban the insurgents invaded even the hitherto I said: the lesser, while on the other hand the nevertheless, that at a future time they the house end the task was to secure “Of the untried measures there remain— influences and consequences of the strug­ would be indispensable. No intimation has harmonious aotion among the Republi­ question with the state of our Union, and unharmed fields of Plnar del Rio and car­ gle depending upon the internal policy of because of the grave relations which the ried havoc and destitution up to the walls Recognition of the insurgents as bellig­ the recognizing state, which form impor­ been received that in the opinion of Spain cans, so as to present, if possible, a of the city of Havana itself, had relapsed erents, recognition of the independence of tant factors when the recognition of bel­ that that time has been reached: yet the oourse which is incumbent upon the nation Into a dogged struggle in the central and Cuba and intervention to end the war by ligerency is concerned, are secondary if strife continues with all its dread horrors solid front when the Democrats were to adopt must needs bear to the tra­ eastern provinces. The Spanish army re­ imposing a rational compromise between not rightly eliminable factors when the and its injuries to the United States and finally called in for action. Pressure ditional policy of our government, If It gained a measure of control in Pinar del the contestants, or intervention in favor of real question is whether the community other nations. Each party seems quite Rio and parts of Havana, but under the from every quarter was brought to bear. Is to accord with the precepts laid down existing conditions of the rurul country, one or the other party. I speak not of claiming recognition is or is not independ­ capable of working great injury and dam­ age to the other as w’ell as to all the rela­ Radicals and conservatives strained ent beyond peradventure. I forcible annexation, for that cannot be without immediate improvement of their by the founders of the republic and re­ tions and interests dependent on the exist­ Recognition Inexpedient. The vital point of the ence of »eace in the island; but they every nerve. ligiously observed by succeeding adminis­ productive situation. Even thus partial­ I thought of. That, by our code of mor­ ly restricted, the revolutionists held their ality, would be criminal aggression.” Nor from th© standpoint of expedience seem Incapable of reaching any agreement, contest hinged upon whether the reso­ trations to the present day. own, and their submission, put forward do I think it would be wise or prudent and both have thus far failed of achieving Thereupon I reviewed these alternatives by Si»aln as the essential and sole basis lutions should go further than the presi­ for this government to recognize at the *1*110 Caban Revolution. of peace, seemed os far distant as at the in tho light of President Grant s message present time the independence of the so- and success whereby one party shall pos­ dent had gone and declare for the in­ The present revolution is but the suc­ outset. In this stat© of affairs my ad­ in the words uttered in 1875, when after called Cuban republic. Such recognition sess and control the island to the exclu­ sion of the other. dependence of Cuba from Spanish cessor of other similar insurrections which ministration found Itself confronted with several years of sanguinary, destructive is not necessary In order to enable the Under the circumstances the agency of domination. Tonight a compromise have occurred In Cuba against the do­ the grave problem of Its duty. My mes­ and cruel barbarities in Cuba, he reached United States to intervene and pacify the others, either by mediation or by inter­ sage of last December reviewed the sit­ Island. To commit this country now to minion of Spain, extending over a period uation and detailed the steps taken with the conclusion that the recognition of the the recognition of any particular govern­ vention, seems to be the only alternative proposition was certain to be reported of nearly half a century, each of which, a view of relieving the acuteness and independence of Cuba was impracticable ment in Cuba might subject us to em­ which must sooner or later be involved at both ends of the capitol. The seriate committee’s resolution during its progress, has subjected the opening the way to some form of hon- and indefensible, and that the recognition barrassing conditions of interest obliga­ for the termination of the strife. In the last annual message of my Im­ will be the more radical of the two. It of belligerence was not warranted by the tion toward Th© organization so recog­ United States to great effort and expense ora ble settlement. facts according to the texts of public law. nized. In case of intervention, our con­ mediate predecessor during the pending will declare for immediate interven­ SuKaNta's Vain I’roniiMP«. In enforcing its neutrality laws, caused duct will b© subject tn the approval or struggle, it was said: enormous loss to American trade and Th© assassination of the primo minis­ I commented especially upon that phase disapproval of such government. general recognition of the “When the inability of Spain to deal tion, a We •ommerce, caused irritation, annoyance ter, Canovas, led to a change of govern­ of the question, pointing out the incon­ would be required to submit to its direc­ successfully with the insurrection has be- rights of tire Cuban people to freedom The former administra­ veniences and positive dangers of recogni­ tion and to assume to It the mere rela­ come manifest, and if demonstrated that and independence, and will demand the and disturbance among our citizens, and ment in Spain. by the exercise of cruel, barbarous and tion, which pledged subjugation without tion of belligerence, which, while adding tion of a friendly ally, When it shall her sovereignty is extinct in Cuba, for all withdrawal of the Spanish forces from uncivilized practices of warfare, shocked concession, gave place to that of a more to the already onerous burdens of neu­ appear hereafter that there is within purposes of its rightful existence, and the island. the sensibilities and offended tho humane liberal party, committed long In advance trality without our own jurisdiction, could the island a government capable of per­ when a hopeless struggle for its re-estab­ * „1. _ the lishment has degenerated Into the strife The Republicans of the house coin- to a policy of reform involving the wider not in any way extend our influence or forming the duties and discharging sympathies of our people. principle of home rule for Cuba and Porto effective offices in the territory of hostili­ functions of a nation, and having, as a which means nothing more than the use­ mittee practically united upon a reso- Since the present revolution began, tn Rico. matter of fact, the proper forms and at­ less sacrifice of human life ar.d the utter ties. February, 1895, this country has seen tho tributes of nationality, such government destruction of the very subject-matter of lution which also directs immediate in­ Th© overtures of this government mad© Nothing has since occurred to change can be promptly and readily recognized the conflict, a situation will be presented in tervention (in that respect going be­ fertile domain at our threshold ravaged through its new envoy, General Wood­ by fire and sword in the course of a ford, and loklng to an immediate effective my view in this regard, and I recognize and the relations and Interests of the w’hich our obligations to the sovereignty yond the president’s recommendation), struggle unequaled in the history of the amelioration of the condition of the as fully now as then that the issuance of United States with such nation adjusted. of Spain will be superseded by higher ob­ and for tire establishment of a “firm PoNNible Alternative. ligations which we can hardly hesitate to and stable Island, and rarely paralleled as to the island, although not accepted to th© ex­ a proclamation of neutrality, by which government” in Cuba. tent of admitted mediation in any shape, There remain the alternative forms of recognize and discharge.” number of the combatants and the bltter- were met by assurances that home rule process the so-called recognition of bellig­ Smith of Michigan Btood out stubbornly Intervention to end the war, each as an In my annual message to congress De ­ ness of the contest by any revolution of in an advanced phase should be forthwith erency is published, could, of Itself and impartial neutrality, by imposing a ra­ cember last, speaking to this question, I for a recognition of independence, but modern times, w’here a dependent peoplo offored to Cuba, without waiting for the unattended by other action, accomplish tional compromise between the contest­ said! the committee did not yield. When striving to be free have been opposed by war to end, and that more humane meth- nothing toward the one end for which we ants or as the active ally of the one party “Tho near future» w’ill demonstrate the resolutions were submitted to the th© power of the sovereign state. Our cxls shoqld thenceforth prevail in the con­ labor, the Instant pacification of Cuba, and or the other, As to the first, it is not to whether the indispensable condition of a duct of hostilities. forgotten during that the last righteous peace, just alike to the Cubans Republican steering committee, they the cessation of the misery that afflicts be people have beheld a once prosperous Incidentally with theso declarations th© the island. f.ew months the attitude of the and Spain, as well as equitable to all our insisted that unless the words “and in­ community reduced to comparative want. new government of Spain continued and United Bt&tes has virtually been one Interests, so intimately Involved in the dependent” before “government” were A Precedent Cited. Its commerce virtually paralyzed, its ex­ completed th© policy already begun by of friendly intervention in many wrays, welfare of Cuba, is likely to be attained. Turning to the question of recognizing each not of Itself conclusive, but all tend­ If not. other action by the United States inserted, so as to read, “firm, stable ceptional productiveness diminished, its its predecessor of testifying friendly re­ fields laid waste, its mills in ruins and gard for this nation by releasing Ameri­ at this time the independence of the pres­ ing to the exertion of a potential influ­ will remain to be taken; whAi that time and independent government,” they ent insurgent government in Cuba, wo Its people perishing by tens of thousands can citizens held under one charge or find safe precedents in our history from ence tow’ard an ultimate pacific result, comes the action will be determined In the would decline to accept it. Finally, another connected with tho insurrection, just and honorable to all interests con­ line if Indisputable right of duty; it will from hunger and destitution. so that, by th© end of November, not a an early day. They are well summed up cerned. The spirit of all our acts hither­ be faced without misgiving or hesitancy assurances that this would be conceded in President Jackson's single person entitled In any way to our message to con- DHmnge to American Interest*. to has been an earnest, unselfish desire in the light of the obligation this govern­ were given, and in those words plain' national protection remained in u Spanish gresa December 21, 1836, on the subject of for peace and prosperity in Cuba, untar­ ment ow’es to Itself, to the people who con­ sailing and harmonious action seems We have felt ourselves constrained, tn prison. the recognition of the independence of nished by differences between the United fided the protection of their interests and probable. The Democrats of the com­ tfie observance of that strict neutrality Texas. He said: The Relief Movement. States and Spain and unstained by the honor and to humanity. “In all the contests that have arisen blood of American citizens. The forcible Which our laws enjoin and which the laws “Sure of the right, keplng free from all mittee have agreed to antagonize the While these negotiations were In progress of nations command, to police our own tho Increasing destitution of the unfor- out of th© revolutions t of France, out of Intervention of the United States as a neu­ offense ourselves, actuated by upright majority report with one declaring for waters and watch our own seaports in ' túnate reconcentrados and the alarming tho disputes relating to Portugal and tral to stop the war according to the and patriotic considerations, moved nelth- independence of the island and imme­ Spain, out of the separation of the Amer­ prevention of any unlawful act in aid of mortality among them claimed* earnest at­ ican possessions of both from the Eu­ large dictates of humanity and following er by passion nor selfishness, the govern­ diate armed intervention. The ulti­ ment will continue its watchful care over Cuba. Our trade has suffered; tho capi­ tention. Tho success which had attended ropean governments, and out of the nu­ the historical precedents wherein the United States has interfered to check the the rights and property of American citi­ mate independence of the island, with­ tal Invested by our citizens in Cuba has I tho limited measure of relief extended to merous and constantly recurring strug­ hopeless sacrifice of life by internecine zens, and will abate none of its efforts out the recognition of the independence been largely lost, and th© temper and for­ ¡ the suffering American citizens among gles for dominion in Spanish-American conflicts beyond their borders, is justifi­ to bring about by peaceful agencies a of the existing government, is the step the Judicious expenditure, countries, so wisely consistent with able on national grounds. It Involves, peace which shall be honorable and endur­ bearance of our peoplo have been so them by which both committees are to take be­ sorely tried as to beget a perilous unrest through tho consular agencies, of the Just principles has been the action of our however, hostile constraint upon both par­ ing. If It shah hereafter appear to be a money appropriated expressly for their government that we have under the most yond the president’s recommendation. gmong our own citizens, which has Inevi­ succor by the Joint resolution approved critical circumstances avoided all censure ties to the contest, as well as to enforce duty imposed by our obligations to our­ selves, to civilization and to humanity A significant feature of the day in tably followed its expression from time May 24, 1897, prompted the humane ex- and encountered no other evil than that a truce as to end the eventual settle­ to intervene with force, it shall be without ment. The grounds for such intervention this connection was the delcaration of to time In the national legislature so that i tension of a similar scheme to that great produced by a transient estrangement may be briefly summarized as follow’s: fault on our part and only because the Issues wholly external to our body poli­ body of sufferers. A suggestion to this of good will in those against whom we necessity foi such action will so clear General Grosvenor, of Ohio, the ad­ First—In the cause of humanity and to as A- coirr.iand -------- .... the .. ---------- to support ana approval ministration’s spokesman, made during tic engross attention and stand in the way end was acquiesced in by the Spanish au- have been, by force of evidence, com- put an end to the barbarities, bloodshed, ! thoritiee. On the 24th of December I pelled to decide. starvation and horrible miseries now’ ex­ of the civilized world.” the debate in the house, that the presi­ of more close devotion to domestic ad­ | caused to be Issued an appeal to the “It has thus been made known to the isting there and which the parties to the vancement that becomes a self-contented American people, Inviting contributions in world that the uniform policy and practice dent’s recommendations must be inter­ Intervention the Only Hope. conflict are either unable or unwilling to commonwealth, whose primal maxim has money or in kind for the succor of the of the United* States is to avoid all inter­ stop or mitigate. It is no answer to say The long trial has proved that the ob­ preted as a declaration for the inde­ ference in disputes which merely relate this is all in another country, belonging been the avoidance of all foreign en­ starving sufferers In Cuba. ject' for w’hich Spain has W’aged war pendence of the island from Spanish Following this, on the 8th of January, to the internal government of other na­ to another nation, and Is therefore none tanglements. All this must needs awaken cannot be attained. The fire of insur­ dominion. knd has indeed aroused the utmost con- was a similar public announcement of the tions, and eventuully to recognize the au­ of our business. It is explicitly our duty, rection may flame or may smolder with There is a strong impression tonight formation of a central Cuban relief com­ thority of the prevailing party without ref­ for it is right at our door. oern on the part of this government as mittee, which had headquarters in New erence to our particular Interests and Second—We owe it to our citizens in varying seasons, but it has not been and that the debate in the house will be well during my predecessor’s as dur- York city, composed of members rep­ views or to the merits of the original Cuba to afford them that protection and it is plain that it cannot be extinguished made short to prevent undue criticism, Ing my own admlnistratlon. resenting the national Red Cross and the controversy. But in this, as in every indemnity for life and property which no by present methods. The only hope of re­ of the administration. Many of the other occasion, safety is to be found in a religious and business elements of the A Prrvlon« Effort to Restore Pence. government there can or will afford, and In to that end terminate the conditions that lief and repose from a condition w’hich Republicans are in favor of no debate The efforts of that com- rigid adherence to these principles. In April, 1896, the evils from which our community. cannot longer be endured is the enforced mtttee have been untiring and have accom­ the contest between Spain and the revolt­ at all, contending that the passage of a country suffered through the Cuban war plished much. Arrangements for free ing colonies we stood aloof and waited deprive them of legal protection. pacification of Cuba. Third—The right to intervene may be resolution without debate would became so enormous that my predecessor transportation to Cuba have greatly aided not only until the ability of the new’ states In the name of humanity, in the name justified by the very serious injury to the before the to protect themselves was fully estab­ commerce, trade and business of our peo­ of civilization. In behalf of endangered strengthen our position made an effort to bring about peace the charitable work. Tho president of the American Red Cross lished, but until the chance of their being ple and by the wanton destruction of prop­ world. through the mediation of the government American interests, w ’ hich give us the again subjugated had entirely passed In any way that might tend to an honor­ and representatives of other contributory erty and devastation of the Island.’ In the senate, it is impossible to pre­ right and the duty to speak and to act, organizations have generally visited Cuba away. Then, and not until then, were Fourth—And which is of foremost im­ the war in Cuba must stop; in view’ of dict how long the debate will run. able adjustment of the contest between and co-operated with the consul-general they recognized. Such was our course in Spain and her revolting colony on the ba­ and tho local authorities to make effective regard to Mexico herself. It Is true that portance. the condition of affairs in Cuba these facts, and these considerations, 1 There is a general feeling in Wash­ lls of some effective scheme of self- distribution of the relief collected through with regard to Texas the civil authorities is a constant menace to our peace, and ask congress to authorize and empower ington tonight among public men that entails upon this government enormous ex­ of Mexico had been expelled, its invading tho efforts of the central committee. Near ­ government for Cuba, under the flag pense. With such a conflict w’aged for the president to take measures to se- the action of congress, as foreshadowed and sovereignty of Spain. It failed, ly 9200,000 In money and supplies has army defeated, the chief of the republic years in an island so near us and with w’hich cure a full termination of hostilities be- in tho resolutions, renders the situation himself captured, and all present power reached the sufferers, and more Is forth ­ through the refusal of the Spanish gov­ coming. The supplies are admitted duty to control the newly organized govern­ our people have such trade and business tween the government of Spain and the ernment then In power to consider any free, and transportation to the interior ment of Texas annihilated within its con­ relations—when the lives and liberty of people of Cuba, and to secure in the extremely critical, and conseiavtive form of mediation or indeed any plan has been arranged so that the relief at fines. But. on the other hand, there is. in our citizens are In constant danger, their island the establishment of a stable gov­ leaders of both parties consider war in­ of settlement which did not begin with first necessarily confined to Havana and appearance at least, an Immense dispar­ property destroyed and themselves ruined— ernment capable of maintaining order evitable as a result of their adoption, when our trading vessels are liable to seiz­ unless Spain makes a final and com­ the actual submission of the insurgents tho larger cities is now extended through I ity of physical force on the side of Texas. ure and are seized at our very* door by war­ and observing its international obliga­ to the mother country and then only on most. If not all, of tho towns where suf­ The Mexican republic again is rallying its ships of a foreign nation, the expeditions tions, insuring peace and tranquillity and plete surrender by giving up Cuba. fering exists. Thousands of lives have I forces under a new leader and menacing I such terms as Spain herself might see lit already been saved. The situation is regarded as so critical a fresh Invasion to recover its lost do­ of filibustering that we are powerless to the security of its citizens as well as to grant. prevent altogether, and the irritating ques­ our own. and to use the military and that Republicans on the ways and The necessity for a change In the con­ main. “Upon the Issue of this threatened in­ tions and entanglements thus arising—all naval force of the United States as may means committee, as a result of private dition of the reconcentrados is recognized Weyler*« Inhuman Policy. by tho Spanish government. Within a | vasion. the Independence of Texas may these and others are a constant menace to be necessary for these purposes and in conferences, have reached an agreement The war continued unabated, The re­ few days past the orders of General Wey- be considered as suspended, and were our peace and tend to keep us on a war listanee of Insurgents was in no wise ler have been revoked, the reconcentra­ there nothing peculiar in the relations be­ footing with that nation with which we are the Interest of humanity, and to aid in as to the method of raising 1100,000,- preserving the lives of the starving peo­ 000 additional revenue annually for diminished. The efforts of Spain were In- do» are. It is said, to bo permitted to re­ tween the United State« and Texas, our at peace. ple of the island I recommend that the the prosecution of the war by increasing creased, both by the dispatch of fresh turn to their homes, and aided to resume acknowledgment of Its Independence at TT»e Maine Incident. levies to Cub« and by additions to the the self-supporting pursuits of peace; pub- | such a crisis could scarcely be regarded These elements of danger and d’.«order distribution of food and supplies be con­ the tax on beer and tobacco, and plac­ horrors of the strife. Tho new and In­ lie works have been started to give them as consistent with the prudent reserve already pointed out have been strikingly tinued and that an appropriation be made ing a tax on tea and coffee. They also employment, and a sum of IGOO.OUO has been , with which we have httnerto held our­ illustrated by a tragic event which has human phase, happily unprecedented In appropriated for their relief. selves bound to treat all similar ques­ deeply and justly moved the American out of the public treasury to supple­ agreed to authorize the issue of a popu­ ment the charity of our citizens. the modern history of civilized Christian tions. ” people; I have already transmitted to con­ Spuin'a llopelena. The issue is now with congress: It Is lar loan of $500,000,000, and the issue people, the policy of devastation and con­ Thereupon Andrew Jackson proceeded Tho war In Cuba is of such a nature to consider the risk that there might be gress the reuort of the naval court of in­ a solemn responsibility: I have exhausted of certificates of indebtedness to meet centration. Inaugurated by the captain­ quiry on the destruction of the bat tie-ship general’s ban of October 21, 1896, In th© that, short of subjugation or extermina- ! imputed to the United States motives of Maine tn the harbor of Havana during the every effort to relieve the Intolerable con­ the emergencies. province of Plnar del Rio, was thence tlon, a final military victory for the other selfish Interests In view of the former night of the 15th of February. The de­ dition of affairs which is at our doors. Modesto, Cal., April 14. — Rev. P. side seems Impracticable. The alternative claim on our part to the territory of extended to embrace all of the Island to lies in the physical exhaustion of the one Texas, and of the avowed purpose of the struction of that noble vessel has filled Prepared to execute every obligation im­ Smith, a priest of St. Stanislaus cathe­ which the power of the Spaniards was or tho other party, or perhaps both, a con- , Texans in seeking recognition of inde­ the national heart with inexpressible hor- posed upon me by the constitution and dral, dropped dead of heart disease able to reach by occupation or by mili­ dltion which In effect ended the 10 years' pendence as an Incident to the incorpora­ ror: 258 brave sailors and marines and law, I await your action. officers of our navy, reposing in the fan- while celebrating mass this morning. tary operations. The peasantry, Includ­ war by the truce of Zan Jon. The pros­ tion of Texas In the Union, concluding cied security of a friendly harbor have Spain's I,ast Snbterfnge. He hail just preached an eloquent ser­ ing all dwelling in the open agricultural pect of such a protraction and conclu­ thus: been hurled to death. Grief and want are “Prudence, therefore, seems to dictate Yesterday and since the preparation of mon on the necessity of being prepared Interior, were driven Into the garrisoned sion of the present strife is a contingency brought to their homes and sorrow to the hardly to be contemplated with equa­ that we should stand aloof and maintain the foregoing message, official information towns or Isolated places held by the Span­ nimity by the civilized world, and least of our present attitude, if not until Mexico nation. was received by me that the latest decree tor death. The naval court of Inquiry, which. It Is of the queen regent of Spain directs Gen­ ish troops. The raising of provisions of all by the United States, affected and itself or one of the great powers shall The Knockout Proved Fatal. needless to say. commands the unqualified all kinds was Interdicted. Fields were objected as we are deeply and intimately recognize the independence of the new eral Blanco. In order to prepare and facil­ Columbus, O., April 14.—George confidence of the government, was unan ­ government, at least until the lapse of itate peace, to proclaim a suspension of laid waste, dwellings unroofed and l^ed, by its very existence. of Philadelphia, who waa time or the course of events shall have imous in its conclusion that the destruc­ hostilities, the duration and details of Stout, mills destroyed, and. In short, everything An Offer of Mediation. proved beyond cavil or dispute the ability tion of the Maine wws caused by an ex­ knocked out by Oscar Gardner, thes^j Realising this. It appeared to be my of the people of that country to maintain terior explosion, and also by a submarine which have not yet been communicated that cou.u desolate the land and render It to me. This fact with every other point Omaha Kid, in a fight last night, died duty, in a spirit of true friendliness, no their separate sovereignty and to uphold mine. It did not assume to place the re­ unfit for human habitation or support In consideration will, I am sure, have was commanded by one or the other con­ less to Spain than to the Cubans, who the government constituted by them. sponsibility. That remains to be fixed. In your careful and just attention In the from the effects of the blow this morn­ It was in the 12th round that tending parties and executed by all the have so much to lose by the prolongation Neither of the contending parties can any event, the destruction of the Maine, solemn deliberations upon which you are ing. of the struggle, to seek to bring about Justly complain of this course. By pur­ by whatever exterior cause, is a patent and about to enter. If this measure attains a the fatal jolt was deliverer), Stout fall­ powers at their disposal. t an immediate termination of the war To suing It we are but carrying out the long- impressive proof of a state of things in successful result, then our aspirations as ing heavily and never regaining con­ By the time the present administration this end I submitted, on the 27th ultimo, established policy of our government, a Cuba that is intolerable. That condition a Christian, peace-loving people will be sciousness. He was taken to a hospi­ took office a year ago. reconcentration— as a result of much representation and policy which has secured to us respect is thus shown to be such that the Spanish I realized; if It falls. It will be only another go called—had been effective over the bet­ correspondence through the United States and Influence abroad and inspired confi­ government cannot assure safety and se­ justification for our contemplated action. tal, but nothing could be done for him. curity to a vessel of the American navy ter part of four central and western prov­ minister at Madrid, propositions to the dence at home.” william M c K inley Spanish government looking to an armis­ These are the words of Andrew Jackson. In the harbor of Havana on a mission of inces. Santa Clara. Matansas. Havana Executive Mansion, Washinffton, April The kangaroo readily leaps from tice until October 1. for the negotiation They ar© evidence that the United 8tates, peace, and rightfully reference tn thia con- U. 1S9S. and Plnar del Rio. The agricultural pop­ sixty to seventy feet. The Freedom oí Cuba Is Demanded. A Practical Declaration oí War With Spain.