Show = = is r lDfNTS MSSAGf I Chief Magistrate Makes Recommendations I I mendations to Congress m I IWHT CUHUENCY LEGISLATIO I fill R 63j Interference With Cuban Affairs He Says Would be unwise But Will Act Promptly if Required I gjgS l ANNEXATION OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS I Thinks 1 International Bimetallism Not Hopeless But Suggests Sug-gests No Plan of Action I I HIE IBPOmHT CHANGE OF POLity TOWARD CIVILIZED IHDIJKS Iprmd merellaill Alo CRI < lorNicarmitati Imissit 3lattersItar Picot ollnIR Arblonl Trentlemflo it ortlii for tile Paris hllblll air luoonol Arnot need Accoonotlatio Wstettrtli for Cite i Inrrriieil mjAluslii totaled tu IIo In Need of 11 ire Ihoroiisi lor trnmrul l > riiiii lll < > u In take Nnllniiiil Itimmulliii tut iiirlll 11 Nil prune In Ce I I pKKiiilsUeiiimiimmiU 1 r > Siiviinill u Pistillate h 11neille h I terloth 1 Eenog Ilboy vind livillski TPirooInere In nHOm Ew Ioc hirWl kdvld Asn I 1 the Senate and House of Rrepre leand ntt I fives me great pleasure to extend pMlES to the riftyflfth Congress ut milled In regular session at the Boat rrment with man of those RutIrs and representatives I ao reprentntve llstisoclated In the Iboslate < ser t Their meeting occurs under Wltous condition Justifying sin nsrateilallon and calling f or our MINI acknowledgement to 1 bnet m I Prl < enc which has so sig 1 ulfy bleMcd still prospered in as a ttm Pea nr d Rood will with nil it nations of the earth continue un total totalliter I mater of genuine satisfaction Is I btriAlng feeling of fraternal regard U nPcitlon ot nil sections of our rain the Incompleteness ot which he too long delayed leallzatlon of the Wwt blMblnes of the Union The 91diol patriotism Is I universal and Is I tareailne In fervor The public floefts which now most engross us et lifted far above either partisan ft prtjuellc or former sectional t races Thy affect ever part of Pt tommon country alike and penult t dillon on ancient lines Quest Ques-t of foreign policy of revenue the todns eif the currency the In iWUtjr of national obligations the < f ° ument of the public service up la tO t the Individual conscience of 7Mrnett clllren to whatever party Mon or In whatever section ef I wuntry he may reside N extra tension of this Congress t < Closed during July lost enacted < OTanlleBlal ton and while Its full 4KU hae not Jet been realized whut I 1113 already accomplished assures t It timeliness and wldom To test Permanent value further time will milreij old the people sallsllcd r > In opcrulions and results thus I a t In no mind to withhold from It 11 I trial tCltllJNCl I EC11SI ATIO > in41t Jle TnTt homo Jladlcal chisoossirs bo 30Ie i lolff legislation having been sellled it ill etl extra P slon of the StVettS ° n ar Congress F next viessing I r r conaldera I 4 Is tbAt k O ti curency The work lt Dmun 9 our finances I upon a Bound jgSuTei1itnmy d1likult 09 itnmy see nt will l ap 44 luler then a recall in linan 0peration ef the government since Ithlin 1 the thlrteenlli r of June at t ngfnURI I ear lie hail outstanding de U I In ilia sum o I 7288118 i r the first ot JuJlsra theme t or 11 ir I reduced to Jin8W 5 t or Inter st III Bearing obllrutlons I lose I are evell snore triking Oil 166 in I rpoa if nf i I principal oftr the Inter utuin h it Ill of tile e c o f Z31113 OR the first day of 4 t U173a this sum had beef rest evil q r till nggrogalt a redu I Fh 1 The Interest home 24l of ill VnItId I States in it jj y ThP Inilt r 1897 was 31 T4o nn II tuAl C n rnncnt imorow it 9010 Ii I I bo IV Miter let consists of 1lnf or IrX16 United States notes jklortiss of if asury notes issue by f of f fnl if the law Of Ispo3819631tol r 4tl tertiticatps and 161280761 ard 1 silver doilars t the nr nlh great reiourcP4 of the gov 14 Ipl l with the timed honored f the I f4tZQtDht Past before us we I tote tE kytv to enter upon 1 cur IN Z1 c b 11RAtIona don m hicts I r 0 a I I Wftr0M1t Ind robive our financial ru 1 I 4111tolifultY ovlgu doubt I I < rYIQW ct what hal beel I accomplished from the close of the wnr until 1893 makes unreasonable and gioundlcss any distrust either of our financial ability or soundness while the situation from 1853 to 1897 must admonish Congress of the Ironic dlato necessity of so legislating as to make the return of the conditions then prevailing Impossible1 I There tire many Plans proloe1 me 1 remedy for the llliefore we tun tint the true remed we must appreciate the real evil I Is not that our currency of every kind tonot good god because be-cause the governments pledge Is I out to keep Iso and that Pledge will not be broken However the Ruarnnt of our puiposf to keel the ledge will be best shown by advancing towards Its fultlllmcnt EVIL or Tim PRESENT SYSTEM The evil of the present s > tem is I found In the great cost to the fovern I melt of maintaining the Parity of our diffel out forms of money that Is I keeping all of them at par with gold We surely cannot lie longer heedless of the burden this Imposes upon the I people even under fairly prosperous condItIons while the past four years have demonstiateil that It Is not only an expensive charge upon the government govern-ment but a dingeious menace to the national credit I Is manifest that we must devise some plan to protect the government against bond Issues for iipented redemptions re-demptions We must cither curtail tho opportunity for speculation l made easy hs the multiplied redemptions of our I demand obligations or Increase the gold 1 reserve for their redemption We have JOO000000 of currency which the government by solemn enactment ha undertaken 10 keep I nl par NItll gold Nobody Is obliged to redei In Bold but the government The bank ate not required to ledceni In gold The government Is I obliged to keep equal with gold all Itn outstanding currency nnd oln obligations nhlle its receipts are not requited to be paid In gold They ale paid in veT kind of money but gold and th only means by which the govcinment can with certainty got gold Is by borrowing It can get It In no other vviy when it most mods It The government without any fixed gold revenue Is pledged to maintain I I main-tain gold redemption which I has steadily anti faithfully doneand which under the nuthoilty now given It will continue to do contnue CUTTING GOLD WITH BONDS The Inw which requires the government ment after having redeemed Its notes to pay them out again l current fund demand 1 constant eplenlh menl of tho gold reserve This la I es reclnllj so tn times of business panic and when the revenue are Insutll clent to meet the expenses of th government gov-ernment At such limes the government govern-ment has no other way to supply Its deficit and maintain redemption but through the Increase of Its bonded debt us nt the urgent administration of my ircdeccssor when UG2 SIC 100 of fou anti onehalf per cent bonds were ls ucd nnd sold and the proceeds sold to pay the ples of the gernment In execss of the revenues tend sustain the gold reserve While It Is I true that the greater part of tho proceeds of the no bonds were used to supply de ficit rennues 0 cnnsMerhl portion was required to maintain the gold reserve re-serve ONE WILY TO CUGl Wih our revenues equal to our expense ex-pense there would bo no difficulty re julling the iMUaneo of bonds llut It the gold ere falls below 1104000000 how will I 1 replenished except hy selling more bon f there any other way practicable tinder existing laThe la-The serious question then Is I hal we cent I nuo th Policy that has ben pur conlnuA the pnatt that Ie when the I gold resolve roch the point of dn Sold Issue mora hands and supply the I I nded gold or shall we Provide Other menns 10 thee recurring drains Upon Prevent reserve I 10 further legislation Ili lied anti ilia lied li flf ley 0 f elllng bonds Is I tcua enntlAuexl the n Congress eholill gKt the si ere tarY 0 f I the treasury nuthftrlty to felt fno at long 1 01 short pAloJB bear Ing R Joe I s at r 1 to C 111 ban In I now nuhorld by law I eirnestlj tee mmo1 os soon an the receipts Of thr government are quite sumlenl to pay oi Ihe I expens or the government that 1 hen any of the UnIted States notes are ented for redemption In gOld and tire redeemed II I ohlluch nle shelf Ie k1t and set Atmoo only Paid out 11 exomnir far 0011 Thin Is an 1blus tint III J the holder ot the United Stales note Prefers the rold unit gets It from the government he should receive hack from lh hr government gov-ernment a United States note without paving gold In exchange for It Tin renson for this Is I mad nil the more OIIarlnl when the ornment Isuc nn h1t bearing debt to I Provide Bold for tin tedemptlein ot United f iesO suV i St At n at esit rl frent hearing debt Surely It should not nnyfhem out n gnln except on Imnud nn1 forgot for-got Id I they are pUI out In othr 11 wn Y they mnv return again to b < > fol lone by n other and hoetn to redeem I hernanother InteretbeRring debt to redeem 1 non Interett benrln debt 8T1IA1N 0V Till aoVFRNMrNT In my view it Is I of the utmost Importance Im-portance that the government should be relltved from the buslneps of tire vldlnc for nil the gold required for exchanges And export This fThIm Ionsl hilty Is alone bore uv the Iiovormog n n Ihoul tiny or tile usual and neces ionry banking Powers fly help Itself Ille hnnk 10 not reel th strain of the gold redemption The whole strain rests upon up-on the government unit the sire 1 of the gold reserve Into tho trnsl y line como In-to be > with or Is IUInt a9nth signal or danger or or security Thl ought to be stopped I Wo are to have on r of Pertly In the country wih Iro reelpt for the expenses of the gov elment we mny feel I n Immediate ernbRiamornent from our pressint our reney but the danger still exists all will lie I r e present menacing us its long ns the existing system continues And blde I Is I In times of aunte lovellues and bughiess tranquility that the ocrnment hnld prepare for the wol lot We cannot aohl without serl I oil conqunce tbe Nfits consider lon ton and prompt solution till que 9 SECnfTAny GAODS PLAN The necretary or the treasury has oil I Iftied n plan In gent Ieal for the purpose of removing threatened rmoln thrnted recur ten ee of 1 depleted goldreserveVnd ue us from future embarrassment on that account To this plan I Invite your nernl c onsid oration I concur with the accretary it the tree ury In his recommendation that nntonal bo ideal he allowed to Issue notes to the face value of the bonds mh1th they have deposited fond elrcula lon fo-nd that tile tax ou circulating note eccul ed li I y tho deposit of such bonds bo red need to one half of one per cent Ir nnnum I also Join him In reomn enco tin that authority be given for the establishment of national banks with 1 minimum capital of J25000 This will enable the smaller villages nod agricultural regions of the ountry t ei beBsu rpll < 1 with currency to meet heir cmnnd I rcommnd that the issue of national bank notes be restrlct ell to tile denomination of ten jbillain 8 dto and upwards If tile ruggeAttome I have herein mnl shall have tho up provall of OoosresB then I Would recommend that nnlonnl banks be required re-quired to redeem their notes In gold SPAIN AM UIIV No Inttncn o erooolln NIIary NotieSpOn lf N 0 Compldot The most Important problem with which lilts l government Is now called Visit deal tint pertaining to Its I ton M lations concerns Its duty townin m otl 1 anti the Cuban II Insurroe lion 1nd of oie and conditions mOle lon or ls fls c61Hd fill those flow existIng exist-Ing have conff Ill this g tnt t-nt arlu 9 tn In the past The story of Cuba for many yeais has been one of unret growing dleonlnt nn effort tond the larger enjoyment or liberty and Belcontrol of organized rItlce 10 the mother country of depression avid wnrnr n1 oC In effectual settlement In he followed uy renewed revolt For no enduring period since the enrnnrhlemenl of the con tlmtni possessionn of Spain In the western continent has tM condition of Cuba or the policy of bpaln 1 toward Cuba not caused concern 10 tb Unlel States Tile prospects from time to time that tile weakns of Spalns hold upon the Island and the political vicissitude und embarrassments of the home government might tend to the trnlr of cuba 10 n continental power called forth between 1823 and IsCO various emphatic declarations of the policy of the United Males to permit no tile turhnnce of Cuhls connection wih Vpnin unless In the direction of Inde penolenc or acquisition by the United States through purchase nor has there been any change o title declared policy mince upon the pUt the of government CUBAS REVOLUTION The revolution which begin In 1 18GS lasted for ten years despite thc strenuous efforts of the successive peninsular governments to suppress I Then ns now the gOlment of the United Staten testified Its grave concern con-cern and offered Its aid lo put an enl i to i bloodshed In Cuba The overtures made by den Ornnt were refused injury and i I the war dragged on t lrr great I i lops of life and treasure and Increased Injury to American Interests besides enchnn1 burden or thrmlng luTlens nell trnlt upon this government In l 8 peace was brought about by the truce of 7anin obtained by negotiations between the Spanish commander Martini lenders Mar-tini de Campos and the Insurgent The pIn Insurrection broke out p-In February 1895 I Is not my pnr Ioe at this time to recall Hi remarkable remark-able Increase or to characterize Its tenacious resistance against the nor OlS forces mne1 against I by Spat n The revolt and the efforls to subdue II carried deslructlon to every quarter of the Island developing wide lop rtions and defying the efforts Pi Spain for Is suppression The civilized n less Ito hy the Spaniards less the Spaniards irded u so hy Bpnllnrd thnl uY the ° o1fdltlons The existing 0nltnn cannot bill I nil this government And the American people with Ist thenpiirch There Is I n dlr on the part of our people to profit b y ilia misfortune of Spain We have only the desire la see its Culiann prosperous and contented eljoln that mIBure nl Irontrl hlh IA Ihe InAlennhlA Irht of man Drntpcled In their right twreap the leen of the exhaufAloss treasures of belLountry The offer made hv nn tiredeeessar In April 19911 telrln the rrlendlv orile uf this government failed and mpdlAton on our Part wn not no emitted In brl f the answer rAd There In I no effectual WAY In pnclY Cuba unless It begins with the actual submission o the rebels to the moth country Then Only could Pnaln act In 1 the promised direction of her own mol on land after hr own plnnq WKYLEIVS POLICY CONDEMNED The cruel peillcy of concentration BTj Tle Initialed February 16 1S < 8 The productive districts controlled by the Spanish armies were i depopulated and the agricultural Inhabitants r herded In and about th gml on towns their lands laid waste and their dweln destroed Tfils polity thIn th-In Ie cabinet of Spain Justified as a nee opmary measure of war oM Oi I means of cutting oft supplies from tilt In rgelis I ling utterly fnlleel na 1 war mea 8 tire I lS not civilized arlure I wnA extrmlnntun Against this abuse of the rights otto war I have repented constrained in re re-pented occasions to enter the firm and t protest nf thl uvonment riirnest Irotet thals gi IdItTenlat fhr NVUR much of tit bile mdII lon uf the treatment ofnrrl un clll lens by alleged illegal I nrrcsls nnd Ion 1 Imprisonment awaiting trial of i ling pro tincted Judicial procedur i I Mt It I mj first duty to inalce IrItlot Ie mnnd for the relecooop nr < l rlol or all American citizens under rt Hi c fore the hange of the Sffanlsh i iblnot in ron twentytwo pHroni or hru zens of the United States hud hetn given their freedom 1fown r let r 011 011 I Itezn I sufferlnc hlloe of th onllt tile lid f Concre9e moa FIDught In n special mos lige nd vindir th npprn priatInn of April i wn + tt < a Ill fine been given to AmorbIhn clt211311 I In Cubn sod many of them ot tlIrwn request have been retu lied to the United States I 1 I TIm NOTE TO SPAIN The Instrue lions iflven t lo 1 our lel minister tu Spain 1ioMr < vils d pieiture for his post directed him to inpriss I upon Hint government the slnr i evlsh of the United Slates tq lend Us al 1 ton to-n it Id ending the wnr 4n Cuba b reaching a peaceful and lantln 1 nsull Just mil honorable allkqfta Span und the Cuban people I Thoe instructions recited the char oter anti duration oJ the conlt the widepprend losses I cntnl the bur den anti retrlnl It Imposes upon Us till con lent disturbance of national Interests and the InJury resulting from in Indefinite continuance ot this mate o f things 1 was staled that at this juncture our Rermnt In con Btrnlnd to selouI Inqul If I lifetime wo not ripe when Spot of her own volton mod hy her On Intet nod every Bentment of humanity should put n stop 10 ill A destructive war And make propnt of settlement settle-ment hnnooule to helr and jut to her Cohen colony 1 Nvop urged filet nB I neighbring nation elth large In teet In Cuba we could be requlr1 to watt only R reasonable tle for the mother country to eetoblh Its nuthor Ity ond restore pence and order Ithln lbislbrderm ot the Wand that we could not contemplate un Indfnle period result for the accomplishmont o f this No solution wns Proponent In mlilch the slightest Idol PotP lumlMalon to fnnln I eoul nHneh and Indeed I pro else proposals were withheld tn avoid ellmrnsment tn that government All that wns asked or expected wan that some snf way might be 011N ull Provided and Permanent ppaev I restores stores Io chanced Hint the con ilderatlon of this offer n10 tn th same Spanish atmlnstrtnn l which had leclld the lenders of mv prede cer Rod which for more than tits years had rourcil mn Rod treasure Into Cuba In I the fruitless effoll to sup liriss the revolt fell to others Ilelween the departure e > f Grniral Woodord th nw envoy n1 his nr tlal In Spain the statesman Nho lied hupd lh policy orilits eountr fell ly the lurils rtf an AroaIn and al though the enhlnot ef tbIt Premier still held office avid received nom our envoi the Proposals he born that cnbi net gave place NNIthho n few days thereafter there-after ton new olmlnltrnton under the lEadershIp of Sagasta SlAIN REPLY The replv to our note woo received on the 23rd das of October I Is I In the direction o 1 belter understanding I appreciates I the friendly purposes of thl government I Admits that our country Is I depply letHI uy the wr In Cuba and that Its desires for pence are jut I declares that the preRnl Pliant all government Is I hound uy every Consideration to 1 cbne of policy that should satlsfj the United males and pacify Cuba within a reasonable time Tei this end Spain has decided to put Into effect the pollllcnl Worms heretofore advocated by the present premier without halting for any lon Blderullon In the path which In Us Judgment leads to Peace i The military opelatlon It Is I sail will continue but will be humane and conducted with all legnrel I for private rights being accompanied by pollllcnl acton lending 10 the autonomy of Cuba while guarding Spanish Rover eignly This It Is claimed will result lit Investing Cuba with a distinct per Eonnlity the Mind to lie I governed by nn executive most by I n 10cII I council or chlmher reseiving to Spain the con trot of the foreign relations the army lion tend navy and the Judicial admlnlstra ton To necomplish this the present government gov-ernment proposEs to modify existing legislation ly decree leaving the SpanIsh Span-Ish corles with Ihe aid ot Cuban senators sen-ators and deputies to solve the econ mle problem and properly d is tribute the cMsin debt In the ahenee of I declaration of the measures that the governmentpro iscetee to loh In carrying out Jim loof for of good offices It suggests that Spain le left free 10 conduct military operton and grant political forms a the United States for Its whl Ulle < floe I part shall enforce Its neutral obligations and cut oft the Assistance mbich It I 1 eertol Iho insurgents are reeelvln from thin country The suppoliton of Ali indefinite prlongaton of the wr IN I denied I In I nerted I that the western proNinces fire already well nigh claimed thai the Planting of cane and tobacco Inerti ties beIen reo Ruined tend that by force of arms nl1 lew and nmll tform very early and complete pacification Is hoped for The Immediate amelioration oC x Iltn conditions Under the now admin nmln slrnton of Cuun affairs in I predIcted preolehd and therelvllnl the disturbance slid all ulnlon for any change of attitude atttude on the part of the ulco States m iuBmon 01 me question or International duties and re si onsl I llltles of the United undersisaofIllthUenni Stales as Spain undemlands them Is I presented with an apparent eltsnosi lion to charge us with failure In this regard This Is I rgarl charge s mittiont tiny basis of fact I 0ul not have niI made If Spain hal been coglllt of the constant efforts this ovcrnmnl has made a t the cost cf million cild liy the cmjloyment of 11 admlnl tratlve machinery 01 the national cool Old to Perform Its full duty accord COI Ing to the law of nations That It ha successfultv prntcd tho departure of 1 Ingle military expedition 10 armed vessel from our ohorel In violation ol our Ins would seem tn bn a sufficient answer Halon lilts aspect or UK Spanish note It Is not leceenry t a speak fuilher now Firm In tile conviction con-viction nf a wholly performed ohllgu ton due response to this charge has been made tn diplomatic Issues Throughout nil these horrors nnd dangers dan-gers to our own peuce this government ban never In any way abrogated Its sovereign prerogative of reserving to Itself the determination of Its policy and course according 10 Its own hl1 sense of right and In consonance with wih the dearest Interests and convict ins of our own 8 people COIVOt re ongaton or ilia strife so demand HOW INTCnrRRENCE JHQIIT 1101 COMB I Ot the untied measure there rl = = main only llei qunlllou I of the Insurgents I Itegnitlop gents ao bellgerf ms rvcogh tm e if the lrd rcndi tire or Cuba neutral In lervcnlion to end the war by Imputlnt u Intio tint compromise belweeii 1 the conteetnnts and Intel vciitlon In favol If one or the other mi tj I speak I not il of forcible annrxntlein for that cinne bu thought of That by our cools or mimllts would be erlmlnal nggrrt Let 4 > llecognlllon Ihe belllgcn ny of the Cuban 1Ie has Itn lae I I rln vnseenl no a ponslble If nol inevitable I tot both In regard to tho revloui i 4 tell years trutgl mil during th > urgent I win I am net uimiliiilfi I tluu tin tw I mlI 1 t Ilh F Lrt1l111 vIf houses ejf Com i M In thr imltut f ISSC expiesscd ho opinion < Jr ioncut rnt I eRlull that I imoll i loll or public war exiHl el icqulilng or Justify Ing the recognition of n Pin uf bclllb erency in Cuba and dlnliiR the extra xerslon the Sonate voted a ilnt l > selu linn of like Irauuit I wlikh howevcT was Mt hrounht to n of In Ihe I Bongo In the promme nt IW 1 nlfcunt oxprlol ot the is utlnvnt i tf the leeltlnllvo branch It bfho iv s tnj executive tn sobeilv conul IIt r tile I con Ultlons under which so Im oitnnt l icazure must mtds rest for Justification Justifica-tion 1 IB I lo be seirlousls coisld led whether the Cuban Inmiirectln I I I IB MSpes beyond dispute the attribute of statchoeiel vthleh alone can demanl th recognition o lv > lllee > te > ncv In tu C MI Possession hOt ot the ensentlnl iual intletlons I of sovur lKntv V5 tin Insn r nls and lisp roin jut t of the wnr liy them according to the rDinimd 1 < ndo of tIl 1 1 n h 08 1111pol it ractor 1e11r1 toward the determination ir tM rob lem of bell gereny than nr > the Inrtel fntes isnt conenencs o tile trunvle onl of tile Ilon the International 1lev o wrntcl Little IUANT SAyINGS IlKC T TrD The wise 1 utterances ot President Grant In his memornblc message ot Ile 7 1SI5 are slgnull icltvnnt tn lho prEsent situation in Cuba nnd It mays may-s wholesome nw to recall them At that the lime the ruinous conlllct had wasted the neighboring for Revert year neighlorllg Island touring all Ulost veins an11t ter disregard of the laws of Civil Zed arrlr and if the jl1 demands of humanity which rlle < fO th expres olon of condern fill t loll front the IU lions of Christendom continued urn hated Desolation arid ruin pervaded that Productive region enormously affecting af-fecting tile cornintne If all eomme clal nations but that I the United States menu than any other uy lenson o ptoxlmlty arid larger linile nnd Intercourse In-tercourse U that Juncture General Grant uttitred tl I Lots wordq which flow no then sum rel up the clement of the Problem A I eonlton or the Independence of Cuba being In my opinion Inpae ilcable and Indefensible the lurt which net pent Itself Is I that of the rconllon of belligerent right lie the parties to the contest In a form or mosnge to Congle I had levitation to consider Ihl Is lit stion and touched the cemclusion that Ihe ennnicl In Cuba Cu-ba dreadful and devastating as were Its Incidents did not rise to the tearful tear-ful dignities n war to I Is I peiMhle that tho nets of foreign for-eign poweis < even nets of Spain herself ot flips veiv nature may le pointed to In defense ef such renegnl loll Hut now as In Its past history thc tlnlled Ulnl s phould cniefull avoid the false lights which in ly lead It Into the mares of doubtful laws and lit questionable propiletv nnd adhere rigidly ono sternly to Ihe rule which has lein Its guide ot doll only that which Is I right and honest and of good report The quesllon of cording or of wllhholdlng rights of belllgeiencj must be Judged In very cniw In view cf the particular attending facts Un less justified bs nnMsIiy it Is I always unit Justly regdtded as an unfriend ncl and a gralultous dim initiation of moral support lo the lelielllon I Is I eesary and It Is I lequlled when the Interests and rights of another government govern-ment or of Its p eiple an an fnr at footed by a pending civil remfllct INto IN-to require a dclliilllon of Its relations to the parties tliueto Hut Ihls con Met must be one which will be recog nlze 1 In the sense of International law as war lelerny tM 19 I n fat Th mets existeloe o contending nrnd lole and their ahlnl cOllets 00 Tint constitute war In the senge re rrred to Applying to tile xllng con dltnn 01 arals In vulon the tests reonled by lhlcll arid writers if International law n1 mhloho hahn ha-hn observed hy naton 01 dignity honesty all pomer hen free from 8nslto or elfh nnd unworthy mn t onsilie fall tn find In the Inrrec ton the existence or such I substantial too litical orgnnlaaUon real palpable and man treat to the ohl having the forms and capable or the orlllnr functions of Odlr gOrlnnl to Nlard I nun people unit to other Atote Ih courts for the nlmlnl hnlol of justice fill I local hnUn lion possessing such organization of force such material such iHeulaton s or territory an to take Contest Out 0 the category of a mere relelo Insurrection In-surrection or occasional sklrmlhe I nM Place I on the terrible footing of wnr to which n ronlton or 11 I ligiorency would nlm to elevate I The contest moreover Is I solely on land the lnsurre tlon has tint posoes I eel itself of a Opole iteavelt whence I mny enl forth Its tine nor hOB It any man or cOnnlnlnton with foreign I 10 r except thr uuh the military Ins of fill wtvreoil No npprhel Ion oC any o those 1hlen and dll el complcolon hllh n war upon the ornn if I apt In prelplate upon the vopotelet both commercial nnl nntlenn And upon the ron blnr omer o other Powers calls for the definition of their relations is t the parties to the eontt onollr1 nA n lelon nf peI ncy I regard the rlnnr of hl 1rnt rlhe still to he no unvolee and Irmnlun me T lSa1 I to he nl present Indefensible AO R mnsur of right nfu1 recognition ntnl upon the country according thc rights which tint from It difficult nnd complicated ditties und requires the enUol front the contending nre of the strict nu IOICO of their lights and ouUgn Uon I confers the right to nrh upon the high sells hI vetomelm I both parties I 011 subject the carrying o I orn and muniion of wr mlitch now nay bo trinsported freoly Rnlj without Interruption lit voseebe or the 1 n lied States to detention tin i tn poi slide 1 nel sure It would alve 1 to Cu till PRO vexatlo quistbina want rend the present rovernmcnt from r sponslblllt > foil nns done by the In surgents and would Invest I Spain with tha right to exerilse the Furorvisim recognized by our trenty nf 17V Or our commerce on the high fees I very large part o hlrh 11 Hs tI be twen the Atlantic 011 tile oulr stntees and between 1 of them and ihp istatris on the Pacific anti through the waters which wash th hori of Cuba The exercise or thl RunIIlon could svnroe fall it lenlf not to nbne cr totally to IlInn itrllou to the l1eul relatt9 of the two tatop There con be little doubt on to what result Buoh vision would before long draw this notion I would lie 1 unworthy un-worthy 01 the Tnlted Stales to Inaugurate In-augurate the 0lhlt 01 much re uH hy measure of quetonohlo right or expediency nr toy Any illeteretion 11 RECOGNITION or rmuNS WOULD AID SPAIN Tuning to thf practical aspectn ot 1 recognition of lllgerfnci nnd re lew ng Its Inconv c ilcnces nol positive dancers dan-cers still further pertinent conslJsra WAM H xmlismsmwwwig I Itl appear In the code nf nallons thel Is no such this g as u naked ron ognHlln of iMlllgereney tlnncconi pit I Well by 11 numpton of Internet Ion tit neutrality Such rocogrif t Ion with out more mill let cmer ution either party In I Ionte conflict n status not Iheretn ulual posemsed o rlt the Intn it Ihe Party 10 0 t tier fltntl Tho net of rer sign it ton uunl tnl the form of R solemn Proclamation o neutrality hleh rc Aflilchore cltcn tho dc facto condition II bl gerency is Hs motives I nnnounees 1 domtk Iw 01 neutrality In the Mlalln I site I issums the International Inter-national so 1191tionsoraucutral In the 1seloe I pUllc state ejf war I nrnA 01 zone nild other within the jurltkUn or tile clulmant Ihat they vI Iolu v those rlgoou ohllnto nt thch on I Ill and cannot xlet to be Shi leleel from the noequenec The right of visit anti search on the mons find I1Ie of veReln nnd cnr goem slid cnnlnhal1 of Non nn1 1 cari prize under Idmlralt law must under Intrnto1 law ue adn I lilted nn I leltmnte 0nOqunce or a prnelamn lion of h1 ern v While accorellng equsl bellfroient lights denned by public law tn oach party In our p rts dlwor wou1 lit Imlul on both which while nrnnlnalli equal nuhl weigh heavily In behalf of hpaln hr self Possolising n tie v Y nM claimIng claim-Ing the Ports of Culia tier I maritime I ltt fa f lights could ho assorted not only for the mllltnrj Invistmenl of the Island but nn to file margin of our own ter rllorlal wntern still condition of riorial rs nll u coollol o I things would cxll for which the Cu b Ann Ilhln their oNin domain Could not hope to croate it parallel hle Il I creation through all 1 or sjmpathv fri m i Ie ulthin our domain I would I lie evIn f I In1onle I I than II fill the uddl tional obligations or International neutrality le would pcrorro nou The enrorom1 of fill enlarged In1 oneroum code o If neulrnlllv would only Iw Innupnllil within our own Jurlsdlc lion of land I unit sea and applicable h y our own Instm mentalities I Could Impnrl to the United Mutes no Jurls dlcllon between 1 Spain and the Insur ious I would felon the United Slates no right ot Intervention to enforce en-force the conduct of the stllfe within the paramount nulhorlts of Spain according ac-cording lo the International code of war warFor there reamm I rnTI the reeng IIt0n or the belligerency of the Cu Ion Insurgents ns now unnitio I nUl therefore Inadmissible Should that tep hereafter he doomed wise ns I mur nf fight find sluty thexec ute mill hke It INnIDNlIO Dmnml1 Intervention upon humanitarian ground has lepit frequently suggested nnl has not ralet tit t receive my most onlous n1 eon1 consideration nut houhl uch n sll p ho now taken when I IA apparent that n hopeful change has upencned In he policy or Spain l tnwor1 Cuba A new gr ment ties taken office In the mother country I Is Pledged 11 advance to th declaration that till the effort In the morld cannot lce to maintain Peace In Cuba by the bayonet that vaguo promises of rOI after sub jlnlou Afford no solution or the Il Polar Problem thatluith it ulttn ton of commanders must lome n Iane or the jdmt system of warrnr for one In hOlnony lh a new policy vthlch hal no longer aim to Irlve th Cubans tn the horrible alternative of taking tu the thlrket or succumbing In misery that crenn must be lit tut1 In accordance NMI the needs And vircurnstunces or time and that nnl crCUmSII those roo hl designed 10 give full outowlY to the Colony anti to create n virtual entity most 11eon h old administration shall yet conserve con-serve unit nlh m thee sovereignty of Spain by l it jut distribution of powe anti burdens un it uosl of mutual Intevist untainted by methods of sellh exP mcy TI 1 it acts of ill new government lie In I t wme honorable Paths The Iolc of cruel rapine and extermination that so long shocked lh < universal nt ment of huninnity has been reversed Under the now military commander 1 II and clemency Is I Proffered Men Ule have already heel Bet 01 root Lit ele the hmrors oC stnynton Tit power of the Spanish armies I Is assorted as-sorted Is I In too used not to spread ruin anti dolton hut to protect the resumption of peaceful nglcullrl pursuits and productive 111 Us Won That past methods or rntle to force is Peace b olujugnton Is I freely al mlted unit thai ruIn Itut cuncl nton must loluuly fail to 11 for Spain the fidelity of a contented tie Iendenq Decrees In application or the fore shadoued reforms have llloe1 already born pronstilgitted The full text oC these decree has nt hen received tint as rui niched In 1 telegraphic summary from our minister ate SIAIN NIIW POLICY All civil And electoral rIght of peninsular penin-sular bimnlatda me In virtue of exist ing constitutional assembly forthwith exlteiided ofto mjonlal Spaniards A scheme or nutolomy lit ueen 10 claimed by 1 decree to become effective upon ratification bj the cortcs I clealeB a Cuban parliament which with the Insular executive < un consider and vote ui or Ill subjects nrrcctlnK local order nnd Intclesls poescstlng unlimited powers save O to mntlcm of Plate wnr and the navy as ill which the governor general acts bj his own li 57 eJ II i authority as the delegate of the con Illnl government This parliament re elves the nth or the governor IgEn nol to preserve faithfully the liberties and privileges ot the colony and to It the colonial secretaries are ronl 1M I bas the fight 10 propose to the central government through the gov 10 eor general modifcatons of n charter and to Invite new proJects of law or executive l1nomo In the Interest In-terest 01 tile colony Besides Its locnl IOWS I Is I competent first 10 gl late electoral registration and electlrnl relstrnton ald procedure pro-cedure anti Proscribe ilia quilinca lon or eleotor tint the mnnner oC ecJln vuffrnge esond to organize Courts of justice wih native Judges I rrom members of the local bar third tn frame the Insular budget both As to eXI > ndllr and revenues to met the Cuban share of the national budget hlch latter will b yotexl by the notional tnal cor with tin assistance nf Cuban Ffnittors and deputies fourth to Initiate or take part In the negotla ton of the national government for commercial treaties which may affect Cuban Interests fifth to accept or reject comlerl1 treaties hleh tho latonnl gonmnt mny have concluded without with-out the uarticlpallon of the Cuban gov enment ilxlh to frame the colonial tot tier acting In accurel with the pen Insular government In scheduling Iovemnent chedulng articles ar-ticles o Mutual Commerce between the mother country und the colonies liefoie introducing or votinic upon n hill tile Cuban government or the hamhrs will lay the project before the central government and hear Its 1 > ilnlon tlieri on all the emroont once In such regard being made pubIc pub-Ic Finally till cinfllct of Jinisdl ton Irlln between the different mu nilpnl prolnclol oind Inular nm Idle Qr between the latter and the Insular In-sular executive power and which from their I tilt lure may flat be rerhl to e cential govemment for decision te I lcj submitted to the courts SAtASTA GoynnNM11NT SIN Cjnr I That tilt government of Sagasta fagotn has I entered upon a course from which re Continued on tags three I |