| Show MESSAGE ON CUBA owl t com 1 muni cation to congress I 1 FOR ARMED intervention TION asks authority to intervene by force to end hostilities TAM UP THE man 1 abrail 1 brwn disavow possibility its sad aad vo auto f to hlll 1111 1111 opposes opp IM Jt faUB of t wey at as lent april 11 th rant dent today seat the th following t to the of the aniu 1 stat L obedient to the precept pt of 0 the cution v which dem demand tho the lim ident to div ve from time to time the oon congress gress in formation formation of the state of the union and to recommend to heir their considers coul tion auch such me measures arvis as at he be hall shall judge necessary and expedient it be become becomes comes in BIT dut now to address your body pitr wibb 1 to 00 tr EMT ati 1 afa that has hs alm r 1 9 of tho th anu unu united states stated to in by reason of the warfare that f for than three rears yeast has aiu raged in the neighboring island of cuba I 1 do to 10 because of the intimate connection pt the cuban question with the late of our own union slid nd the grave relations the bourise which if is now in upon tho the nation to adopt must need needs bear to the traditional policy of our out government it if it Is to accord with the pre precepts laid down by the founder founders of the republic and religiously 1111 observed by succeeding administration administrations to the present dy day the present revolution ia is but the succo emr ot of other similar inner erections rec tiona ions which haye occurred in cuba against the dominion 0 of Sl bhain extend ing over a period of nearly balf halt a century each of which during its it reea ha has subjected the united to great effort and expense in enforcing its te neutrality law laws caned caused enormous lom ion to the american trade and commence continence caused irritation annoyance and dia dim tur bante anoe among our citizens citi ien and lo 10 by I 1 the h exercise of cruel barbarous barbaro uj and nn un civilized practices of warfare buck shock tog the s sensibilities and offended the bajane sensibilities of our people the present revolution becan began in february thia thin country has seen the he erbue domain at our threshold three hold ravaged by jy fire am and sword in the coune of A cn equaled in the history of halda ha and rarely paralleled ae to the number of tin tl com and bitter of the contest by gilr an of pf modern times where a dependent people striving Ting to be free bato been opposed by the power of the sovereign ao state jour our people have hare beheld behold a it once prosperous community reduced to comparative WAD rant t its commerce virtually its exceptional nen diminished JU ts allds laid waste its mills in mine rains and ts people perishing by tens of thousands from irm hunger unger and starvation we have fonna ourselves con strained ia in abe observance of that strict neutrality which our laws caloia is the law of nations to collep wr V own wat no and watch our own arts 9 in prevention antion of any unlawful pet ut an 9 aid 0 of are th the cubans our trade am the 0 capital by our citizen citi zem in cuba h has been n I 1 larkely I 1 lost il aad the forbearance of our people a hare V ben bon ao so sorely tried as to leget peril pas low unrest among our own c citizens has inevitably found its espres from time to time in the national avrom uLd wre so that issues wholly exter tn p n ja our ow body politic engross at fention and ita tu u the way of that alom devotion 09 advancement bet becomes a Fre wealth alth primal maxim bu ben poes bee b of all foreign tobe ments all this must needs awaken and has indeed aroused the utmost co concern n corn on the part pat of this government aa as well during my predecessor a as my own 5 bhain pa in ia in AM wl the evils evas from which five pur courtw affer if iter fer through the cuban aar became wame fa a that my r arede do plade au an effort ta IV bring dg about t a peace each tArcil agh h the 4 i df this government ia lia aay y way treat iw tend to an honorable of tb tbt prentest between spain and bor tier revolted colony OB ilie ilia basis of some effective pheme of belf government for cuba I 1 flor tike flag big and sovereignty of spain L ilk d through ahr ough the refusal of of the td L Torn ment then in power to orp tilder aw farm of mediation medi stion or in which did eded majr r I 1 of settlement act not bufa I 1 with mith wf t p wf 5 submission ot of the insurgent insurgents to the bount country I 1 I 1 rf ja awn I 1 aca might see nt dt alwa TL war oatt nl unabated the e resistance of ahe was in no wise damia I 1 Thier rh effort of M were in increased I 1 c ceased I 1 by the desp despatch of faith cleties i to cub cuba salby and br the addition to alisi borror vt at the tb atrue strife of a new now and inhuman pham happily unprecedented in the modem history of at civilized christian the policy of devastation and inaugurated by the cap a bando of october IQ 10 IMA as aba of pinar del rio bic was 4 to embrace all of the island wand to VV h act H awer of the spanish kenui was able to to ua 11 pation or lk military operations SAM aang ag all dwelling in the epee sm were driven into tax im fard san or isolated places held cy tb the apo faw raising W and d sn move a ve wast was t of t 4 auids w were exe in lu ofero CIA the g fields wess iad waste dx flags got unroofed and fired ww 1 IM tapped and in short everything ev ethia ader bt faw the land and re render it apat af vf human habitation or support af fatt pap padded ded k one or r the other of tea be j parties and executed ut by I 1 sm the powers disposal by the tide the tamp adminis tri ifor coq took office a year ago recin ir so bad been made fw ahe the better part pan of the foler central ad d arn santo santa clara azam and gium del rio zhe tie 44 to tee I 1 1 I aasted ted number her va 09 pf or we waa WAS I 1 within in the town towns aa W jf y JOR m faredia fA tedia tunage deprived of wf W IN W lo 10 Q I 1 1 Z 41 f I 1 1 I of support tup port tendered dest flos cis 0 I 1 heller shelter iti belt 14 arly clad and anti exposed to the shonott most all 1 61 tf vw I 1 As aach I 1 he toi 1411 ot 71 food co masell with tile ceyte alion of ati the area 0 ion aud want became tan atlon monthey mouth be death rate 11 la in on it lv l ratio by 51 march mb I 1 17 so bic cording to aclus fUt nate roa t es from rem official ial spanish sources the mortality among t the be tron from starvation aud and the diseases thereto incident exceeded per certain of their act total I 1 nemir no practical relief wa was accorded to 0 o the destitute deti tate the dined town towns already differing suffering from the general dearth could give no aid so called zones of cultivation established within the immediate ana area of effect le ie military control about the cities and fortified fort fled gampe proved illusory u as a a remedy tor for th the 0 act the unfortunates being for the most part women and children with aged and mud helpley men enfeebled by disease and cunfer could not have the oil still without tool tools iced kd or belter shelter for their own support or for the supply of the cities adopted avowedly ai As a war measure in order to cat cut os 02 the resources of the in sur urgent gents worked ill its predestined re to mail alt an I 1 uld add in my afre of lut last december it wn was no bot civilized warfare it wu was extermination the only peace it could beget was that of the wilder nc test and the t lie grave meanwhile tho the military situation tu in the wand had undergone a noticeable chana the extraordinary activity C characterizing characterising hustle character r zing ising the boond second year of the war when the insurgents invaded even the hitherto unharmed fields of pinar da u rw aud 1 I liaw 40 Uta lion up p to 0 o the wali wall of the th city of 16 II 11 vana itself had relapsed 11 into a dogged in the cental d and eastern provinces proT tuce the arm arms of the 8 pa 11 all regained a measure of coat control to 1 in ill pinar huar del 1110 and parta parts of havana b ant ut under the es is ting condition conditions of the rural country without immediate im ament of their productive situ alon MY even thai thus partially restricted the held their own and in d their put forward rd br by S spain pain ae as the ement ementrial ial and mud olo sole bas bull N of ot peace seemed as its far distant as at the be outset at this state of affairs mr my tra lion found itself confronted with the grute problem of its it duty my a of lait last december reviewed the titration tit nation ion and detailed the steps taken with a view ot of relieving if its acuteness acate nw and 0 open lof the way to stoma form of honor able to settle settlement meat the of the prime minister Cau canovai Ca norai led to a change of government la in spain the former administration pledged a to ab sub nb jo till oat out concession care gave place to that of a more liberal auty committed long in to a policy of reform involving the wider principle of home rule for or cuba anil mail porto rico the overture overtures of MIA government made through their new envoy gen eral bood farj and looking to an im nied mediate lato and bud effective of the condition of the bland although not accepted to the extent 1 of adm admitted it ted mediation la in any sha shapo fe were met by ces tuat home rne rais la in an adv aured phase would be forthwith offered to cuba without tt waiting for the war to end and that more humane human nieth should hence foth fo tb prevail in the he conduct of brattli tic ties incidentally with these mcclara dc clara biora aaa the new government of spain continued aud and completed the policy already began by its it of teti dying friendly for this 1 nation by relea alus shig american catlen cit len liens held onder under one charge or another connected with the so that by the end of november not a single hemn entitled in any way to oar national protection emain cd in a spanish prison of ulle while then were in pro etess tho the increasing destitution of the unfortunate ani the a alarming mortality among them claimed earnest attention the success which had attended atten deti the limited measure of relief extended bo to the offering suffering america citi citizens zons among them by the t iudici ona expenditure through the he monsour oonsa agen ragen cle cies of the aou money ap appropriated t ed ex preasly for t their heir anchor r by th the J joint resolution ampro approved may 24 prompted hp he humane humans extension of a similar chomo scheme of aid to tho the preat gmt tody body of sufferers ers A to thie this end WB was in by the spanish authorities on the of december lost last I 1 caged to be issued an appeal to the american people inviting contributions in money one a or r ia in kind for the accor succor of I 1 tha he starl g an forest in cuba following this on the ath of january by a similar public announcement of tho the formation of a central cuban relief committee with bead head quarter quarters in now york city co composed ot 1 thiv number representing the american national t pod red and t religious reli piou and business element of t tb community the effort efforts of that corn cout mitt hare been untiring and accod arrangement Arran nta tor broo geme transportation to cla cabe it ve greally irrea greal tir lr aided the charitable work the president of the american bed red cross and the of other contributory ibn to organizations have generously Rener onely vis 1 J aed 1 cob cuba and operated cooperated co with the poaul general and the local authorities anthont les to make effective distribution of the relief collected the effort efforts of the central kearly V X wf I 1 in money and rid supplies bas has ore already reec reached hod the sufferers feren and more Is U forth p coming outing the supplies are admitted duty daty froe teas and transportation to the in tenor ha beba arrano 4 so 0 o that the th relief at first to havana 11 avans and the larger cities I 1 Is now I 1 extended through most if not all of at the towns where arf arIc fering sing exists abon ind of live dyes have already batsu wed the necessity necea elty for a chaap chaup chadee in the condition of the recon centra ia is recognized by the ROT emment within it few dan days put past tha the order orders of general weyler have beba revoked re rev Toke okee th the 0 are am it is I 1 baid to be eri per ratted to bof their home and aided to ta resume A the elf 6 kang f porting suits of peace public work liate 4 u ordley to kiin 1 them employment an ani a gum of aw WO lots ha been appropriated lor LW tak hr relief the wn rims in a I 1 is of ruch such a nature that short of or ats ron ina tion a final filial milita military victory for for bitne tide side seems impracticable ile the alternative lie licis in the exhaustion of the one corthe or the other ltv u or perhaps of both boch so condition condi tian which in effect the by the t trace of ganjoo the ph proe protraction and ent tug strife Is i a condo conti nien e completed ted with world and lea gaited states affected i A wa wear are deeply and intimately by in tre very 1 I I 1 Keall fihs ihs xing this 1101 appears in I 1 my dt duty T in a spirit y of ll trot appe friendliness na no less lead to spain thin than to the cubans who bo have so much in to lose by the a lion of the struggle to seek to to b bring bou an a immediate iri mediate termination of tho the war to this end endi I 1 submitted on the ath alt As a result of mock muck I 1 ion lion mid stud correspondence through the united baates minister at As 31 madrid adrid pro petitions 0 to the spanish government 1 2 1 g 11 arm annh t ties tice U onell tit october 1 for the negotiation of peace with the food good offices of tho the president in addition I 1 asked the imm immediato edisto to r vocation tion ot of the of ion lion so as to 4 bont the people to re to anra uria to bleir farms not and tho the needy to be relieved with provisions aud and supply from the united co oo operating with tho spanish authorities so as to afford fall full relief ube the reply of the spanish cabinet was received on tho the night of the ul ultimo it offer M u tap moan means to bring tring about pence peace la in cob cuba to confide the preparation then ther of lo 10 the insular department inasmuch inai much as the concurrence of that body would bo be necessary to reach a R flaak retail it being understood that the power powers rt erred served by the constitute constitution 0 o a to the central government aro are not lessened or dl di min mini labed abed As the parliament docs net meet until the ath ol 01 may next the spanish government mould not object for for its it part to accept nt at ouro A suspension of hostilities it for by th the a from the general in chief low it would pertain in inch such c a to determine the duration dar atlon and con d lt icing of the armistice kad of rr i a M th arol iTri tl i by Q n 1 end woodford Woud ford and tho the reply of the 19 spanish ish government were both in to the ft turn of brief tho the tnt tests of which an are now before me ine and alre re substantially in n the tile language u IT I 1 en the f auction function of 0 the cuban par nent in the matter of I 1 ri peace and the manner of if ftp aerol doann R 10 an re not expressed in the spanish mem oran but from general 0 rill i explanatory reports of pre limin 1 I T preceding the final aou it Is understood that the gov frament tanda stands ready to give tho h in tit alar fall full power powers to ettle settle the th term terms of peace with the insurgents whether by direct negotiation or indirectly by mean means of legislation legit lation doe does not a appear with this lual overture iu in the direction of immediate leaon and its it disappointing reception ioa b or spain the executive wa was brought to the end of hi in my annual of december lot last I 1 aid said of tle untried me baures then there renix reann in i recognition |
