| Show i review of the message i the final message of president cleveland is unusually lengthy as have been most of his hia public documents but it is nevertheless interesting and the most able by far of any of president Clev elands previous messages he begins by praising conr public institutions which have withstood arlain again 1 I the test of a political contest involving momentous consequences fraught with feverish apprehension and creating a aggressiveness gressi veness so intense as to approach bitterness and pus passion sion it gives us abundant evidence of a determination of our country countrymen thymen men to abde by every verdict of the popular will Atten attention tiou is then directed to our foreign relations and the increasing murders in the sultans domain are strongly censured everything possible is being done the president says to protect Amer amercio caia missionaries there but lie he cautions the people not to expect or demand impossible things he then gives vent to the following excellent sentiment I 1 da not believe that ohp present somber prospect in turkey will be long permitted to offend the of christendom it B sa mars the humane and enlightened civilization that belongs 0 t the close ot of the th nineteenth century that it seems hardly possible that the earnest demand of good people throughout the christian world for its corrective treatment will remain unanswered 3 he cuban contest is banci handled led in a very comprehensive and able manner X I 1 pa or two years the rebellion has been raging on the rich island and it is difficult to perceive the president says that any progress has been made toward its pacification spain holds all the main seaports and all the considerable sid erable towns but the insurgents roam at will over at least two thirds ot the island their mode of life and the climatic conditions are such that they can keep up their contest almost indefinitely for they will not corne come out and fight openly the only semblance of government kept up is by the spaniards in the larger towns the insurgents have nothing but a government I 1 on paper the idea ot of this 1 country therefore recognizing the insurgent government is out of the austion qu stion I 1 I 1 the president urges autonomy of government for the cubans a measure of home rule and he says there is no reason why that cannot be accomplished complis hed this proposition the i united states has made to spain aud there is reason to believe that it will be favorably considered the united states has a right to be thus interested in the settlement of the war the president als assumes slimes for our people have invested there from frem thirty to fifty millions of dollars the warfare is turning to destruction of property everywhere by both sides and if the contest goes oes on much longert lon gerthe be island will be completely devastated annexation is out of the question as this country has no policy of conquest and spain is not willing to sell so arbitration the president thinks is the only solution of the difficulty and in conclusion he says whatever vr circumstances may arise our policy and our interest would constrain us to object to the acquisition of the island islan dorau or an interference with its control by bv any other power it be added that it cannot be reasonably assumed that the hil hi hitherto i berto herto expectant attitude of the united states will be ba indefinitely maintained maintain ad while we ate aio anxious to accord all due reshea to the sovereignty 0 of spain we cannot view the pending conflict in all its ita features fe and prop properly eriv apprehend our inevitably close relations ians to it and ia i a possible results without donsi laring that by the course of events we may be ba drawn into nto such an unusual and unprecedented condition as will fix a limit to our pa tient waiting for spain to end the content ither alone and in her own way I 1 1 1 or with our oar frien friendly div operation cooperation co aheu the inability ot of spain to deal sue 1 1 ess fully witti the insurgents has ve and it is demonstrated cou come Is nia that her sovereignty is extinct iu in coba caba I 1 for all pilro par papa M Ps of its rightful existence and when P r hopeless pelesa bo at ruggle for its re establishment nas has degenerated generated cle into a strife which means nothing more the useless sacrifice of human life and I 1 i the utter destruction i f of the very subi lee act matter oi 01 the conflict ft situation will ibe be presented in which our obligations to the sovereignty sovereign tv of spain will be bv higher obligations which we can hardly hesitate to lo recognize and discharge the cuban cu aan part of the message is the most most important part the I 1 venezuelan question is reported as nearly settled our consuls the president says ought to be provided with suitable residences in the various countries an extended review is then made of the various departments of govera ment which lacks general interest except in a few particulars during the fiscal year we the receipts from all sources are reported at azid aad the expenditures leaving a deficit last june 30 of 25 I 1 our fife eife saving baving service is in good condition and the coast fortifications ficat ions are being pushed to completion an extended review is also made of the navy and new ships being I 1 built the report of the secretary of the interior relating to our reservations is adopted in policy b by y the president he says there are rich gilsonite and asphaltum beds that ought to afford the government a rich revenue an 1 other commission commis bion is recommended to investigate the matter I 1 |
