Show presidents a hf bat corald for aid can la ilk cuba washington my may 18 1116 hu has sent eat the th following mif to 0 to the senate and house of espre senta tives of the tha united starett OA all from our consuls la ill cuba cu bk establishes the lot allot thit that a luf largo number of american citizens la in the liland island are in a state of destitution tui sulk erinc faring for want of food an md d medicines this applies particularly to the h rural districts in the central and batora part the agricultural classes have tea beau forced from their farms into the bosso D est towns town where they are without work or money the local authorities anthor itle of the several towns however kindly disposed dif posed are unable to relieve the needs of their own people and axe are altogether I 1 powerless to help our ditl zens the latest report that comes from consul general lee estimates that six ix to eight hundred americans american are with out the means of support I 1 have hare sa a ared him that provisions would D ai one once made to relieve them to tha that eni I 1 recommend that congress con pres make appropriation of not less the than n aso soan DOO to be immediately available for fo use nse under the direction of the secretary of state it is desirable that part oi of the sum which may be appropriated by congress should in the discretion of the tha secretary of state also be used for the transportation of american Ama rican citizens who desiring to return to the tha united states are without the tha means ra do so WILLIAM KINLEY Ir executive mansion may 18 1897 |