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Show ' f PIIESIOENT'S MESSAGE. neeontrrirnillng a llrrlarnllon of Ytal tgslntl Ppaln. Washington. April V 1 he president today sent congress the following message, mes-sage, recommending n declaration ol war agnlntt .Siwlrr To the Senate and House of Itepr sclitatives of the United Ntntes of America I transmit tnthecongrcM for Its con slilrrstlon and action, copies of correspondence corres-pondence recently hnd with tha government gov-ernment of Spain, showing tho action taken under tha Joint resolution np proved April TO, IKS, demanding that the government of Spain rellnqulah Its authority nnd government In the lalau I of Cnba nnd to withdraw Ita land ami naval forces from Tuba and f'ubau waters I'pon communicating lo the Spanish tiilnltlerln Wnthlnglan Iho domaiid. the inlnUter asked for his passports nnd w Ithdrcw The United States minister min-ister nt Madrid was In turn notlllcd b) the Spnnltli minister for foreign affaire that the withdrawal nf tho Spanish representative to tha United Mates had terminated diplomatic relations. The potltlon of Spain being thus iiisdo known, and the demands of the United Slates being denied, with a complete rupture In tho Intercourse with Spain, I have been constrained In the exerclte of power and authority conferred upon me, to proclaim, under dale of April , inns, a blockade of certain ports of the north coast nf Cuba, lying between Cardenas and Ilahla Honda, and nf tho porta nf Ctcn-fugos Ctcn-fugos on the south coast of Cuba) and further.ln exercise of my constitutional powers and using the authority conferred con-ferred upon me by the act of congress to Issue my proclamation calling for volunteers In order to carry Into effect the said resolution In view of tho measures so taken, and Willi n view to tho adoption of such other roessurrs ni may lie necessary neces-sary to enable me to carry nut the expressed ex-pressed will of tha congress of tha United Statta In the premises, I now recommend to ynnr honorable body tho adoption of a joint resolution declaring declar-ing that a slate of war exlsta between the I'nlted Slates of America and the kingdom nf Spain, ami I urge speedy action thereon, to the end that the drllnltlon of Hie International status of the United Hlatcs as a belligerent power may bo moda known, nnd tha assertion of all Its rlghtaand tha maintenance main-tenance of all Ita dutlea In the conduct of 11 public war may be assured. I (Signed) Wiiiiaw McKltlxr. K.xecutlvo Mansion, Washington, I). C , April 33, Jn-Ji. |