| Show assac 11 a lie he chief exe executive presents his hh s annual budget to cona congress AZ lass 14 slavs acas 1 cAs tho gilr aud pre presents witts tho sitt situation catlett in iiii csilla ls ii l s acuto regard lug the I 1 sital ututo 0 policy louey lu ill tho vavor a increase In creaso hi tho tha As my oad taso Muster Pluster lusi lull out of V N fifteen itow to to ugilt bolit dof mabo in lutsi cutt aud Getic ica ral postal Re titrus milan customs custom i the senate and house or pre senta tives notwithstanding tho the aard burdens by tho the war our ople rejoice in a N rry pry nd d steadily Inci arfe e of RUB pris alty evidence d by bv the lir sst plumi business ever arry manu caute has bas loen apen re pursuits have yielded abundant ab abin indent dant ra kirns ans laboi tn in the lielas of 0 industry Is ater rewarded re refi rei iua aua 1 gib lation ased by the prea pre nt lit Con Consi esa has tn in reamed tho the tr lita to mhd mount aunt estimated by its the bances nances of the hac boen been ea en I 1 and its f re lit to fie alist link I 1 while M bile iti 10 ar rency hag been d at the arlda ald a highest highe st l 1111 til tiby vii y perlee peri dundei a conor con connit OR 11 I 1 il I 1 ie in I 1 for 6 causa his strengthened ened obe ha itt lonal spirit und arvel a to cen irit tore ore closely than vr v r tha ill fraternal ads between eveia section se stion of 0 the suntry A review ot of th ill feliton ot of th eted n states to oth always prop Is this year ear rc of primary lm lin 0 ortance in view of the momentous nimen tous iles a which ahme bro e ailean r u isan in ne a instance the a dc y arms and involving Virt reaching s onlah vill require the earnst arnest arn est attention j of the rone 11 ika I 1 9 DUTY TOWARD ap P kl MN J in tny my laist annual hiir arti i t cae ler ier tull full e was kihn io 0 o tho the austion qu atlon stion sot f the duty of tie the frill io i o ramont of the tha V united states tohaid etain anti and tile tha cuban insurrection ra beiner by fir the most indol tant pi problem eblem u alth ith wiloh we w etere ere called upon to doll deil the con then ail the tha ct CC C C ot of the niwa NI wa theida expressed cd dim cloFed rny my of tile the glav tt if of tile the situation aalde aa logically unfounded or aliv losable the of the cuban insurgents Insul gents as tho lie lecog hytlon of the golubi of bubl rou aral intervention to end the afu ai by lm arg a rati rations com comal ml 3 bewen ge the h int rv n in favor 0 if one or the other ila baity ty tile the forcible of tho tha leland island I 1 con concluded added it was due to our tri enIly relations with spain that tahe should be given a reasonable chan e to realize her bar 8 of reform to which ahl ph had become irrevocably committe I 1 within a taw few weeks previous she had announced plant plan ellch it wai confidently alvn led would be eftalea olous to remedy the evils fo co deeply at our own coi country 0 a injurious to the ilia true interests of th roun oun try as well ns as thole of cuba and SO BO to the un hersal sent of bu humanity manity the ensuing ens ulnar months ait little sign of real s toward the licin cation of cuba the Antonom wi rid od set pet up in ilia iha c fard game borne of the cilia appeared appear pd pot to gain the faivor of vie tle inhabitants POT or to be ba able to do extend influence fe to tho the larre extort extent of teni tory lold by ithe itha insurgents while tile the ralli tary arin ann obviously unable to cope co with the still reb illon llon continued man many of the objectionable 0 princles rt of the tha government aliat lind had it no ko tangible relief wat wa afforded afford eil the vast tiu inurn robers bers of unhappy respite the reiterated made mada in that regard arid and the amount ampro pr fated by r maln to that nd thi bof akred olt ol cult expedient of zong lalon halon proved illusory indeed no lie lo los la s practical nor moie mate delusive of 0 succor could well liale hae ben b ban en d 0 00 o the and deorle ot ripped of all thit made ilfe and hima dear flear and herded in a legion among stran fr haid y less lees leae than alveh OT ARviNa 4 by the end of december Dec embel the mortill ty among them had frightfully in 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 a flom dom wa I 1 1 h soul res place I 1 the deaths emong these theme distressed people at over oer 10 per ont from tile the time gen gell wy wey erb decree of wag ell ii forcel orce 1 with the acquiesce rice nee of spin I 1 lh h 1 a I rr herne was adopts F r relief by e raised in this country aill distributed tinder the direction of tit tin insul gan renei 11 ga ll abid d the laveral consul enlist iq by liable rind barnest ar neat individual tort the he or agencies of the american red rea crogg no 9 thod Thouis anda of livell WIM afre thus thug saved but many m dg more were inac rise to sanh hufh form of ald aid the war on an tv li oil without comprehensive tian d only the ram panie encounter barren of strategic re had nar keil 4 the course of the i arlier ten years of rebellion an aa well as the present n ill r from ltd its start no na alternative a stive A echal wo tin 1 of elti tr er combatant co anti and thereal hil the tha practical prach mill of the inland lay laty in si h t bu but t how far distant no one could venture to conjecture destruction or at this juncture on the ath ot of rebr february uary lost last of currad ahe deatrio ion of lb ith battleship maine while rightfully lying in the h arbor of tl havana avana on a mission aon of courtesy and nd goodwill good m a ea tao rophy tha atts and an horror honor of which the lie mit o ns heart pro it Is ja A nt n evidence of 0 the h e too p te s a all fluid A sturdy nod food ampil arne te dis our r iti onil character chir acter that this shocking yow blow upon a g pen roua amus people already deeply touch touched cd by preceding evertis in cubi cub did not mow nyva them to revolve to tol emte no langr arg r the existence of a con of danger and di arder at our doors oora that made possible such euch a 0 deed by whom whomsoever moever wrought yet the in stindt of jus justice itice pre and tile the cation lawalt lawa bd tile tha result 0 of the searching investigation atlon at once me eat t on foot the finding of the gavial board of inquiry f established that ae origin of tho the explosion WIS external by a submarine mine aint an onla on halted through tacit lack of positive testimony mony to fix ix the of iti all thos an led t to 0 the tl e thoughtful even before it the if ing of the court that ft a crisis lr ir our with and toNis toward rd cuba acte at hand to 40 strong aai thlu th bolet belief it heeled but bat a brief executive to the con P 1 I esq to 10 receive immediate answer to the autv dulev of making dinst instant int pro provision vilon for far the possible pris sible arod anid perhaps speedily piaba llLa amei rency ency ot of war anil and the lemar kahle almost aln abt unique spectacle was N as pic anted of a we mgt e ot of both houses on the th dah of march ap limpi hating fifty million dollars dollar stor for the rational an I 1 for each cach and ee every ry connected therewith to be ehr appended ended et at the daw an of the pres ideran iberg NOT HEADY FOR watt wan thit this net ol of sos lion aaman oa menona ont too afoo soon was disclosed when ullen the application ot of the tun funi 1 was tas under aken our f oita oi Is were undefended our navy nl needed ebed luge provision for lnor pad ammu ammunition nUlon and supplies and even numbers to cops cone with tiny any sudden attack flom th lh ij alvy ot of which modern besses 3 of 0 the blab et iffe pe of contin erfal I 1 erfe ebion our army al alo ala a lequito pill irrin ir rement ent of men and th tietia l of it the hurtled il d tor for the tha conlin gency 1 la 19 9 told in the iti ol of the were F cre cifes of wai mal at ai d 1 of the rivy arl ard cepl rot ha be repeat d here it Is 19 sufficient to yay kay that vv outbreak hofpar when it t did corn found 0 our r i clork abot unprepared to met me t the conflict nor isor i wai ai the apprehension ampre ot of coming strife mil millinea lIned to our own courtry coultry it II arp felt hv bv the contingent c po powers iNers which on spirl ath Ih roush their nm arn bas baya 3 lois and elvo envoy kaddies aed to the in cpr of hope that arl aril n ode rillon might maik th coarie tit of th s q si vein men t und veople people land tint thi t f ill mthr ahr vs would le leid ad to an a attesi I 1 v hah while valle lecul ing ine the of peace would fl affirm all noce nece osary gary ri ran teem for he te ie of ordet in cuba jn in to thit pre I 1 also shared the hope arit tj it the tha eloys hid that might be pre served in a manner to ferrilln terminate ite the phron ilc condition ot of d in cuba yo M injurious aind menacing to our interests tard tranquility as aa well Is s g to our of humanity and while humana hailian slid and disinterested chir character acter of the they hid bid adopted nd opted on of the grovels it hid stated the confidence ot of thlu government overn ment on its pant that equal appreciation would be ehon for I 1 9 earnett bant unselfish to fulfill 1 i I duty ditty of humanity by ending a the indefinite prolongation ot of nelch had became in sufferable emble recognition 01 CUBA still by the hope of 0 a peaceful solution lutton Eo and obeying the dictates of duty no effort ef lort was va lelamd iela ed ty tia bring about a speedy end rig ng ot of tile cuban sti eti u le to this effect actively Y v n the government lot loo Ivok hInr ilir to the diate of a six mon in oihi lis li cuba with lith a view to effect the lecog iema rution of her peoples tn independence decides de ldes the instant rei eltion camon ot of the binler ot of NN was as asked 0 0 that the tha puff returning to their homet home ond and ildi d by eid ed amerlean Amerl can and Spin lh ellort might be put in a way to support vist ind and by orderly reum rt of the well amigh destroyed dest noyed energies 0 of tho the bisland to tho thi of its and well being for some mm ot at ocl in offers by the spanish gin government which could nol wo I 1 but bild be ai 04 jr arraj equate tt it was wa propios P ro ed to lo conand he ol of 01 peace to the parliament parl lament yel ye to he be andor ohp decre of november 1817 but withnol with ou nil I 1 in any wisp isif the cion 04 tut lonal ional nei nf the madr l mern men which to tn hit end grant wn bm it 4 iv bv the tha ansur for such time ns the p apal in n see BW fl t 1 nt qaid with what ampe of the insular ta w expected to ret pet about th of peace dil did tnt it it wa to lop bp by bv re ne alth the i oho h ii li I i if to drogt nn tha ilia side bide alth a trdy rhon by thit fit fiction tinn nt nf tho the elect electors electora ors in the under control one arid rm the cather ath the insurgent population colliner hol lIner the interior oun foun tty ire in the t wi i aili piard d and dinant at the suggestion of af suing dmn for pear SPAIN IF S grieved and at this barren outcome of my sincere ors org to teach a 9 practicable polut lon I 1 felt it my duty to remit the whole hole quei stion to tho the cong ieng in the ines sage sag e of april 11 ISS I 1 that w with ich this last overture la in the direction of immediate peace tn in cuba and its ita reception recep flon by the tha effort of the tha executive was wag brought to fin end I 1 again revl review eved fl the alcorna al terna uve tive coure of acalin which I 1 had pre pared that tho flip only comiso nant nan t with ginterr if lonal policy and corn com with our dirril set tra d I 1 alons wai K as Interi as aa a nei nou trial to stop the amr w vir and the be hopeless ho p allep of jiro ven even thone h that resort involved holtel bith the parties to ohp th montt ai well to enforce a truce as aa to guide th h eventual settlement oi or HUMANITY the fiTO that were the Inte iet ot of humin ty the duty to protect life and property arty of our cio zens in cuba the right to check injury ingui y to our com c commeree ml ani people through the idea idaia abt iti on ot of the island and most the hiis ot of lemn ning at once and forever tho the constant ronit ant and tile the bardens er tailed lipon our gov erm ern nent ment by the u es tind ond of the situation faubel by th bi disturbance in cuba I 1 mid the long lone trial big praed thit the object tor for which hasi has wap ed d the war cannot bp be 1 l the tire of incur mal mi birno or kiy u ider mith varying seasons but it has hag no not t bosn been slid tt 19 9 plain that it enot cannot be by arpert method mo thoda i the only hope rf ft rollet ind and repa fron a condition tion ihl th can no longre loeper r be endured to Is the enforced of 0 cu t b la ill fh surn aimo 0 of ien antin ah of 0 chiv riz atlon in achs behalf of f bendan A ewd american interests which give UP u the th right duty tu arid and to act the war li ki cuba butyl stop atop in view of all this the Oo nereas wat wa bied to aut pr arl empei empower veir th resident to ko take ae ures ito a full ful and final alln termination lot hostila atlea betho eg epili td the pe ale at 0 cuba arid to sti uit I 1 it the lil n nd ta wt of a i capable ot of order and vb ob t berving itts ita il obligation 13 lins hns arb peace and arid and the tha Be vie cuilty of its citizens as aa well ws our own ow ard for the of 0 thosa thos ends to use the military arid and ivi val foicey cices of el the united 0 states as aa might be ii v with ith added authority to cont liua gero rous relief lellot to dho th ot arving people of cuha cuba ot the response res ponso ot of tho the after alti a diya IA s of lui dill ing which the almost a son een ft cf sour body wis on en every wirt t save aa to the expediency ot at coupling its pru proposed posed altion with a formal ot of the of cuba as the truo true anti lawful gavern eavern mert at that island a liopo ion which failed of adoption i the cm gress alter after conference on the tha isali of abill I 1 jo a vote of nf futy ti efto ci to thirty tour in tho the ard del to six in the house IIo I 1 of passed tho the memorable joir jolet t I 1 les es deel iring I 1 ilist h Il ir st ahat the people or of the inland ot cuba are arc end and h b right t ought to be free and Inde rendert selled SeL tic tinia LUd that it t la Is the dr apty ty ot of tho the buted 1 beatea urd ohp ot of ohe he united P tates hetesy demands that the emerit ot of spain tit at once relinquish I 1 Ms Is authority ira ins the island ot of cuba and withdraw draw raw iti ite land and naval foins boins from cuba aid cubin cubia waters thad thit hs he of the united he be and to la hereby directed and to usa the entire land tend forces of 0 the un tin bcd ltv pis PH the tha militia of oc the several elates to such extant as aa kiy lye to cairy batry these into frita effect Oo fourth ilith that tha ur ted led states hereby di cimms any d oi o i anten alan alo n ito y una U kl na oia oi 01 control cort cor rol 0 oler cr cald island ex eert lor for nie lite pac aLlono and its K whai aci la Is ace to leava the tha gover itri e I 1 at and control ot of the isla rd to lt ito people deop 1 e I 1 MINISTERS WITHDRAW this reba re n was wab by the exec eXeCL ithe tle ort on tho the hixt day abill 20 A c apy PY was at aice id to bo 0 the 1 spanish at it ft i who vi 1 1 ial arci in washing ion hd had thereby beco begoins be coins oine impossible arid raked for his pai abich vere riven given him lie ha aher inon wIth withdrew diew faim leaving tile the protect ki of i 1 tile ithe united etabel to the I 1 dietich oni and the tha au ro I 1 gitil its I 1 i co common caitlyn to tile tiie spanish minister i i general the Ameil cani min liter ister at madrid was I graphed con firmat lor of tha text of stile jai bolit lt ic aljon li ilon and to LO communicate it to IQ the of it kipkin wath he frimll demand that it att at once relinquish iti aut hoilly alki in the lalind ot of ard ar d ita forces n couil is s this |
