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U Vol. xij no. 87, WILlVflNGTON, N. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1898. PBIGE 5 CENTS m. PRESIDENT'S The Long Expected Docunient at Last Laid Before, Congress. SII6HT I0TICE OF . . tv. v Mpeiffe Chieflv Embraces a Detail of the Horrors of the Cuban War---Lengthy Extracts From-Messages of President Grant and and Jackson Opposes Recognition of Cuban Belligerency -L or Independence of the Cubans Recommends That the President be Authorized to Inter- vene to Put a Stop tot the War. nxrrr ;a 11 mhA irvre'sfident I ... "v I today sent the following message to the congress of -the United Siates: , irkTwi:W,t it-rk (tfbnit trvrppoit of (the con- uwww rmin.Tvd the roresi- i - wvv,i J tderit ito give from time to time to the j congress information of the state of the union, and to recommend to their con- j judge necessary an expedient, it :oe- comes my duty now to address, your . tbnirlv with, reetard ito the grave crisis thia't has ariseni m Ithe relatiori cf the Unit'e'd Stages to Sip iin by reason of the 'Warfare -th-ait far miore than three years (has raged in. the n i'ighboring island of Cuba. I.dO so because of the intimate conraect'ion of; the Xulban question with tthe s'tate of our union and the grave relait&tfi' of the course (Whlcih it is nOw incnmibent upon1 tiie nation to adopt must .be needs bear to 'the traditional policy of our . (government, 'if it . is to accord iwi'tttv ithe precepts laid down Iby the founders of ..(tlie repu'blic and. re ligiously observed- by succeeding &jd-; an'iriistrations to 'the present dsay. v The presemt is but" the successor of other similar insurrections which have occurred in Cuba against" the dominion of Spain, extending j o-er a period of nearly half a century,-: each of twhich, during Its progresi, , ha's subjected Wre TTmiRed States to erreat effort arid ex pense in enforcing caused1 enormous " its neutrality laws, losses' to American tirade and commerce,; caused irritation, annoyance and disturbance among our 1 citlzenis and iby Jtlhe exercise of cruel, .'barbar'iious and uncivilized practice of warfare, .shiOdkeldi if he 'sensibilities and ' offended the humane . sympathies of our tbeoole. !' . ' HISTORY , OiF "TljCE BIEfVOLtjiTajaN. 'fUnirv it hp! n.respinit: revoluti'an. beeran in February, 1895 thisi country has seen i!he fertile dOpain at our -thresh-' : hold ravaged by ifte and sword in the cour"se Of a struggle unequalled in the ihistory . of the 5sland and rarely parallel ed as "bo t'hi number of the comr iba'tants arid the Iblitterness of the con- 1 test 'by any revolution of modern times - where a' dependent! people, is'triving to (be free, 'have ibeen opposed (by (the. pony -er Of the oovereigii. state. Our people h'ave Jbetheld d once prosperous com- mun'ity . reduced ;toj. comiparative; tvvant, its luWaJti've commerce 'virtually para lyzed, li'fcs excepitii'al. prod'uctivene'ss diminished, Its fieldMaid -waste, its mlills in ruins- and fits people per&shin tens of thousands If rom hunger destitution. We found ourselves stfict heutr'ality. which our llaws, en-" Join arid which the Haw of .nations com mands, to" police our own- coasts.' and watch our own seaports in preveritioit o'f any lunlawful at dm aid of the Cu-. (bans. Our trade has suffered; the cap ital invested' toy our citizens in Cuba has (been larg'ely 'lost arid the tempe'e arid forbearance of . our people zens, which has Inevitably found its expressioni from tirrie to time ion the na tional legislature so (that issues wholly ex'ternal to our awn ibody politic en gross a'tteintJon and dtand in the way of that close devoti2on ito domestic ad vancement that becomes a self -con tained commonwealth: ' whose . primal i maxim has ' (been (the avoidance of all foreign eritamglemerits. A31 .'this must needs aJwTaken arid has Irideed aroused the utmost concern on the part of this government, as well during my prede- jr cessor's term as in my own. ; . In April, 1896, the evils from twhich our country suffered through the Cuban war became do onerous that my pre decessor made, an; effort to bring about peace through thel j mediation of. this 'government 3m any way that' might . tend to an honorable adjustment of the contest he'tween (Spain and her revolt :ed colony, ' on ; the Ibasls of some effec tive sdhejne of selfj-zoverhment for Cu Jba u rider the flag and. sovere'i'gnty of ( Spain. ' 'lit failed, (through the refusal Of i the .Spanish feovernmenit then in power to consider any form of media tiori or, .indeed, any ; plan of seitstlemenit which did not begin with the actual Sribrnission of thej fnsurigents to the 'another country, and then only on. such terims as Spain heyfeielf might ee fit to "grant. The war continued unabated. The resistance of j (the i nsurgents was in no wise diminished. HORRORS OF RXKN'CflE3NT i fThe efforts of Spain were increased, both iby 'the dispatch.' of. fresh levies to Cuba and by the addition to the horrors of the s'tr'ife of a new arid in human phase, (happily unprecedented in the modern his'tJoiry Of civilized Chris tian peoples. The policy ' of devasta- tion and xnceaitlratiori Ihiaugutrated ty the captaim general's band'o of Oc tober 21, 1896, -in tf-e. provlnpe of Piniar del 'Rio 'was the nice extended: to em brace all of tthe island (to which : the power Of the Spanish arms was able "to reach iby occupation or by miMtary op eration'. The peasarirry, 'including aTl dwelling n the oen agricultural ; in terior, were dri veh I into the garrison towns or Hsolated places held toy tthe Itroops; The .raising and movemertt of provisions bf-all .kinds were interdict ed. The fields were' laid waste," dwell ings unroofed andi fired, mills destroy CUBM fflMGE. HAEIE OTEC' ed. and. in short, -everything' 'that could tegtatfe the--MbA and render it unfit J fcaibitaition or support, was .rviiTTiima ndpd !bv- one or the other , of itWe contending1 narties, and executed by all the powers at their disposal. : IBy the time the present admiuistra- f i - . , ,,vnw ion -so-called Quad, 'been! made ef- fedtive over 'the "better part Of .the four dei ,,Rjo. The agricultural jp-opulaition, to the estimated number Of 300,000 or morewas herded within the towns and their immediate , vicinage, deprived of the means, of . support,' rendered desiti tute of shelter, 'left poorly clad and ex posed to the rnosit unsand'tiary . ctcmdl- I tions. 'Vs the scarcity of, food increas ed with 'the devastation of the depopu': Tatied. areas of production, desiti tut'iipin arid iwanit 'became misery and " starva tion. pIonith iby month the death 'rate lincreaed Iby an alarminig j ratio,! I jBy (March, 1897, according to - comeirviative estimates from Official Spainsh sources, ;the nior'tality lalmonig thej reconcen tradosL fromj starvation arid' thel dis eases thereto inicident, exceeded 50 per centurri of 'their total ' numlberJ No practrcal relief -was accorded" to ! ; the destitute.. The ' over-buirdenied towns, already suffering from the "general dearthl could give' no aid.: Sb-called l "zones! of cultivation," established wi'th- 'in theii'mmedia'te 'area of effective 'mili tary control about' the cities 'and Iforti- fled.cainps proved illusory as a remedy 'for 'the suffering.. The unfortunates, being for the most part -women ; and children, with aged and helpless mien, nfeefbiedi iby disease and hunger, could not 'have ned',the soli, without tools, seed or. ishelter, for their own support Or ifor the supply off the cities. iRecon- centra'tion, adopted avowedly as a i wax imeasure in ord'ar to cut the resources of (the insurgents, worked .its predestin ed iresults. -As I said in my message of last 'December, IT (WA'S N0T OIVILIZ HD WtARFlAlRE; IT WAlS i EXTEtRJM UNIATION. ' THE ONlIJT 'PEIAGE3 IT COULD 'BEIGIET- WAS TtHAT OF THflE WILDEIRNiESSS IA1NT THE GRAVE. Meanwhile, .'the -mljlitary situatlori; in the' Island had undergone a noticeable change. The . extraordinary activity that characterized the second year of the war, 'When .-the Insurgenlts invaded even the h'iithertbo unharmed (fields of Plnar del "Rio -arid carried havoc and destruction' up - Ito -the wallsf of the citiy; of Havana titself , had relapsed Irito ' a dogged struggle in the ceh'tral 'arid eastern provtoces. The tSpan'ish arms: regained a measure Of control in 'Piniar del Rio and parts of 'Havana, tout, un -Z improve s'ituation. OEven thus partial ly res'tricteTd, the revo lut'ioriists held their own and their con quest arid submission, pult if or ward' by Spain as the essential and sole Ibasis df peace, seemed as far distant as at the outset. : v'v :- - I ."-;; In this state of arrarrs, my admlriis' traition. found itself confronted . with (the' gravie problem " of its duty.; My mes sage of last Oecentber . revieiwed - "the situation arid narrated the Ss'teps talcen with a view 'to relieving 56s acUteness and openii'ng the way ito - some foriri of honorable sattlemerit: The; assassina- t'Som of the prime 'minister, Canovas, -red -to a change or governmient an 'Spain. The) former: adjnimiJs'tiraltiion pledged, to subiugation without conces sion -gave place-to & mora plberal; par ity, contrniftted ; Torig iin advairice (to a policy of reform involvtog the "wi'der principle of home rule tfbr Cuba; and Puerto -fR'ico. The overtures ; of this government, made through its new en' voy, .'General Woodford, and.loolciing to an" immed'iate and effective ameliora-1 tiOn of ,'the con'dition Of the island; al though nOt accepted to the extant of admitted mediation din any ishape, were met by assurances that home rule in an advanced phase, would be forthjw'i'th offered to Cuba, without waiting for the war to - end, and ithat more humlane mie'tihbdis should hencefor'tlh. prevail ;m the conduct, of hostilities. Cainciden- tny wrtni tin'ese oeciaranons, tne new governmenlt of Spain continued arid cottnpleted the policy already begun Iby its predecessor of j testifying friendly regEura ror ims nation ty releasing Amerioams Citizens held f under one charge, or another connected with the insuTrectlon, so that; toy the end ipf (November, not 'a Single person enjtitled m any way to our national protection, remained; art) a Spanish prison. -PRdTJCTED (TIXKTTIOXS. (While these negotiations were in progress, the increasing dsltitutioni of the- unfortunate rewnceritrados I and the aiarm'ing morttanty among them claimed earnest attention. The success which had attended the limited meas ure of relief ex'terMed to . . suffering 'American citizens among them toy the judicious expenditure through (the con sular agencies of the; money appropi- ated expressly (for their succor by the Joint resolution approved May 24,! 1897, prompcea, tne inumane extension of ... a similar scheme of aid to the, great (body was acquiesced in by the Spanish aU- thorlties. On. the 24 th Xx uDecemlbef last T caused o (be issued an1 appeal to the in money or in kind for 'the sucdor of the Starving sufferers 4n Cuba, follow- iiiig this "on the 8 th of January by a- similar public antnouncemenrt of tine Jfor- matnotn of a cetttrafl. Cufbaa relief j-eom mlttee.wJth -Iheadquarters- in? New York I rity, composed of three members reprer serifing the Amerioan National- . Red Cross arid the reliigiotfls and:j humess elements of jthe community. The ef forts of Itbajt committee (have; jheen n4 tirtog iaWd havet . aiccompllsh'edi much. lA'nrang'eimenits for tfree taransporitjaJtiSoinijii to Cuba! have greatly amed the chJari- taible . work. i The pres'iden.'nj of the AtoerJoaitt Hedi 'CrolSB, and ire(piresenitia4 tfives of) Other ocmtribljtory torgianiza-i tfons have g'enerouiIy visated Ouba. aai cO-operalted mWZi the - consul .general ftective dtnuhaition! of the relief; J wl-j ilected ithrough the efforts of : the cen- itral, oomml ttee. INearly 200,000 in mon ey reached tthe sufferers land mtoare is fortlhoQimlngi The supplies are "aiimit-i; ted duty free, anid transportation to tlhe dnterior hlas been arranged; so! I that the relief, at first "necessarily confined' to. iHavana and the larger cities,, is now exJtenidied through mtosst, tf 'hot all," ofl the towns Tvlhere suffering exists. .Thoii- sands of lives have already 'been saved.' The necessity if or a change in (the; oonldTtkm of the ' reconlcetnitrakiosr is re-i oognlizedL fby the Spani'sh gOveTn'mentt Within a 'few days past, itlhe Orders. Of XJeneral fWeyler have been II revoked; ' the reconcentraldos are, it is sia'id; (bo Ibe": perm'itted to return to their Ihomes, and aided to resume the self -supporting J ;pursui'tsor peace; public worios hlave. been: ordered to give them emtoloyimenit, and' a sum of $600,000 'has toeen' appror- pnated for their . relief . :.--!H , The war in Cutba is of such a nature that, short of subjugation, or ex'temnln ation, a final military victory fair either side seerhs fimpraciticable. The , aliter- maltive lies in the physical exhaustion of 'the one or the other party, or, per-, haps, botha co-ridtoOn which Iftn. effect ended 'the ten) years' - war by i jthe truce ox zianjon,. I The prospect of eUch a protraation and conclusion Of iihe, pres- ent striife is a ooritingency hardly ;tO Ibe contemplialted with equanimity- by the civii'iaea fworra, ana least or all the United States, affecfted' and injiireld las we are, " deeply " and ritirnaltely (by its very existence. - r '(:" ... (Riealizin.g this, it appeared tto be. miy duty, in a spirit Of true friendliness, nk "less ito Spam than .to the Cubans who have -so much to lose by (the prolonga-. tion,' of the strUgisrles. to seeik fto ihrime-' about an immediate termination, of the war. To this end I isiih-inH'tpid mm 27th uiltimo, as a iresulit of much repre-; seritaltJoni and correspondence jithrouisth - the United States minfeber at ; Madrid. looking to an arm'ilstilce unitll Odtober IIPOETAHT EVEBTS OF THE DAY. cognition of Cuban Belligerency or, Independence. ' " j The president asks Congress to authorize hlilt to put a stop ito the War in Cuba, vithput intimating: in favor, of which party he. O Will act. :'- ' V--'';.!-;. 1'fc:'-: i'.A'l There was a serious Riot in Madrid Sunday nYght. j Minister Woodford does not expect to have; to sever his rela , tions With' the Spanish!! Government. . C:- - Our, future relations with Spain and Cuba now depend on what action Congress will take. ; j ) 4 ' ! Consul General Lee's Journey North fronli Tampa yesterday was a triumphal tour,! enthusiastic crowds fong in attendance at every station where the train stopped.. He expects to reach Washington at 2 o'clock this afternoon. .'-., ' !' , The President's Message is read in, both' Houses of Congress and referred to Committees. ' M-: r I Senator Butler introduces Resolution for Cuban Independence . O o u a ivcpui is ui liUDau consuls '':r':l'':l -: "tl I:'"-.. O000000Q00000O040000040O402 1st for the ! neigotiation"-of . peace with the good offices, of 'the president. in audition I asked the immediate revocation of the order of reconcentra- jdition, so as to permit the people to re turn to their farms and the needy to be .relieved with provisions and supplies from the I United States, co-operating . with . the Spanish authorities, so as to afford full relief. . '--.!! . . The reply of the Spanish cabinet was received on the night of the 31sti ultimo. It offers, as the means : to-ibring about peace in Cuba, to confide the prepara tion thereof to ' the insular parliament. inasmuch j as the concurrence of ". that body would . 'be necessary to reacn a final result,,! it being, however, under stood that the powers reserved by the cons'tftution to the Central government are not lessened' or1 s. diminished. -As the Cuban parliament does not meet un til the; 4th j of (May next, the Spanish government would not object,' for its. part, to complete attonce a suspension of hostilities! if asked for Iby the insur gents from! the general-in-chief, to whom it would pertain, in such case, to determine the duration and coandi tions of -the armisticei . ;: il The propositions submitted toy Gen eral Woodford and the reply, of the Spanish' government were .both in the form of 'brief memoranda, jthe texts of I which are toef ore me and are s-uibstan- i tially in trie language aaove given, x'ne .function of the Ctaban parliament in the matter of Vpreparing" peace and the manner of its doing so are not: express ed in the Spanish memoranda, but from General Woodford's explanatory re ports of preliminary discussions pre ceding the final conference, it is under stood thai j the Spanish government 'stands ready to give the insular. con gress full powers to settle the terms of peace with the insurgents whether toy direct ; ri ejgotiation or "indixecitly toy means of ilegislation; does not appear. "With this! last overture dh the direc tion of immediate peace, and, Its dis appointing j reception toy ' Spain, the executive was brought to the. end of his effort. j ,- ;. ;-'. ;;:r;;:.v ; ji "'.- 4' In by annual message of December last, I said: f . "Of , the I untried measures there '. re main only: i Recognition of the insur gents as belligerents; recognition of the independence of Cttoa; neutral inter vention to jend the war Iby j imposin; I a rational compromise ibetween the con- l one or the; other party. I speak riot of I forciible, annexation, for tliat cannot be I thought of. That, hy our code of, mo- Thereupon I reviewed these alterna tives, -in the ligh t. of president Orant's measured words, uttered in; 1875; when after seven ! years of sanguinary, de-' structive and cruel hostilities in Cubaj he reached, the ooncluskm that the re-j; cognition of ftle, independence Cuba was impracticable and Indefensible; and that the ; recogriition; of belliger' ence was not warranted iby the facta according jihe tests of public law I commented! especially upon the latter aspect of th 3 question; pointing: out th mconreriienc liarid patfve dangers of a recoitipii ?; belligerence jwtoich, while adding Ho the already onerous, burdens" of nTitraiity , Tyiithia oun own jurisdiction, -could not to any way ex tend our influence or effective oirices in the territoritory o'f hostilities, i Noth ing has since occurred to change my view in this; regard and I recognize as fully now as. then :that the issuanice of a proclamation . "of neutrali ty, . iby which process the so-callei recogni- tion of the toeiligererice is' published, could of itself ;and unattended by other aetion, accomplish nothing toward th one end for which iwe labor, 'the Instant pacification of Cuba and the cessation THE QUESTIOIN OF INDBPEN- Tumdrig to'-the ' question of reCQgniz ing at this time the independence of tha present insuitgenit government inf Cuba, we- find 'safes; precedents in bur history: from an earjy day. They are well . sumta.'-'Uplfiii':' Presideiit? Jaqjcson s message 'to cpngress, 'Decemlber ; 21stV 1836," on .the subject of the recognition of the indeperidence of Texas. He said::, "In all the 'contests that have arisen out of the revolution of France, out of the disputes relating to tie crowns of Portugal and Spain, out of the separa tion of the American, posessions of both from the European governments, and Out of the nurnerou and constantly 'occurring struggles for dominion 5n Spanish-AmWca, sp wisely consistent with our ju f principles hs (been the. action of ourgovernment that we nave, under the rnos,t' critical circumstances, avoided rail Icrisure, . and ''nooup'tere; no other evil than that produced toy . a transient estrangement of good will In those against -hom we have (been toy. force of evidence compelled; ito decide. It ' has thus made known to the; world; that the uniform .policy and practice of the "United States is to avoid ail in-; - terf erenee in j sdlsputes whieh merely re late to the 'internal government of. Other riatiorisl and eventually to recogf nize the authority: of the . prevailing tcarty without reference to our particu- l'ar dnterests and ivlews or to- the merits of the original , conbroversyi ; But on this,j ag-on every other 'trying ofceasion, safety: ds to be found in a .' is iuiu oeiore congress. I m v.:;'v.i.i;i4.:- :,-:-f .; , ' Z n-gia ; aanerenc to principle. an tne contest 'between Spain and the revolted ' colonies we stood aloof and; waited not only until the ability of the new states to protect therirselves was fully estah- lished, but uritjl; the danger of their ;14 ing again subugated had entirely pasfji ed away. TThri, and not iuntil theqii 'Were iey':."peciiilzed, SHicIh 'was osjr course ; in regard , to Mexico ;hersirf ; It-$&true .that Ulireg'a(1di.( Texas the Civil ; autharitv of Mexiio has (been expelled, its invading -arny stfii capiurea, ana an present 'powers 1 B . a .' a' .11 i L L. control the i, newly organized gove ment of Texa f annihilated ; wi'thki, lts confines.. But, on the other hand, thre is, in appeararice, at least, atn ininierisa disparity of I pljysical force on the sde of Texas. The'' Mexican republic, under another, ecu ttve -is rallying .its! forces aider a new leader, and menacing a fresh invas'io'ii to recover its lost domin-' ioa.'. Upon the issue of this .threatened invasion, the- independence of : 'Texas may be considered - as suspended ; arid were there-nothing peculiar in the rela tive si tuatioh. of the United States and Texas, our acknowledgementfef its inde pendence at jsuch' crfisis could scared be; iardediasf consistent J! witih ; that prudent reserve, iwith which we hiae iitherto held ourselves bound to tre.t ill similar questions." K i V : : j Thereupon; 'Andrew Jackson proceed ed to consider the risk that there might be imputed -to t'he United States' mor fives of selfish .Interest in Viewj of the former claim 1ou our part t the terri tory of Texas and of the avowed -purpose of the Texaris in seeking1 recogni tion of independence as an fincident Ito the incorporation of Texas in heun$on; concluding thus - "i -" --.i-' O.-i ' " i H:-" ;. 'iPrud'ence, thertefore, seems to dic tate thait we should till stand aloof and maih'taln' our present attitude; if aiot trnttU (Miex!k?o. 81 tself, or one j of the greaJt foreigni powers shall, recognize the : rndependence ? of the new govern -memt, at leaslt urftfil 'the-.tapse of time or the course.of events shall have prov ed beyond caVn or dispute the ability of the people -of that conn tary to maiai tain their separate sovereignty and to uphold the goyernmenit constituted' by them. Neirherl of rf the icoritehding jpar- iees;can justlyXsomplam of . sthiis !cour, By pUTsuteg ft, we are hut carrying "out tfhe long es'tabMshed policy of our gov ernment, aipolicy which has secured to us respect aridinfluaKse abroad arid duspSred cohfideritee at home." J I jThese arethe wordts of the resolute and patriotic 'Ja(kao!n.V. They are evi aence that tJnited States, in add! t (Continbedl on- Fourth' 'Page. CUBftf IS Ifl TBE Future- Events DeJnd on Actiom This Body Wll Take.; divemeut t.mm OF hehbeel t Criticism of the Message by Cbpgressl;tjen.-Committees of the Two Houses Trying to Craft ResolutionWhich Will Please all Par- . ties. CIonsular'Reports, Portraxf f g Horrors of the Cuban . War,. Laid Before Congrcissi Governor General r Blanco's Order Suspending Hostilities v Throughout WashirigtonvVApril 11. Thetfuture of the relations of the United States with SpaJin- arid, Cuba now rests with con gress, the representative body ' of 1ihe American people. (What course ithe. elected men composirig it will pursue cannot (be foretold tonight.' - The for eign committees of both houses now. have the -subject -In their -control, and after due deliberation, will report' to (their respective 'br'anches what they consider should -be the attitude: of tthe UnitidStates on the grave'questaon pre sented. Early action by the committees is expedted,' but exactly when it may be , looked for iis not ..now determinable. The full- respon'sbulity of the subject was (placed upon congress when Presl dienlt MeKiriley to-day trariSmiitted .to it a carefully prepared and anxiously tt awaited message .relating ito our nsego- tiations wlilth .Spain' as to iita Warfiare .in Cuba and; drawing 'therefrom htts per soinial iconclus'ioris arid recoriiimejida- tioris. "':'- . -y - ";- ; -."- : ' ; No message 3,n recent year's, net even, that of President .Cleveland- on Vene-. zueta, -nor. President Harriison on- Chile caused isuoh1 widespread) and intense In- J (teres'L Thalf it did not. create profound erithusSasm iriay have, been due Ito (the fact that. Its main features had (been accurately forecasted in the Associat' ed Press dispatches, or to a disappotot imenlt among those who iwarited JCUIban indeperidence and; immediate' reprisal f uponi Spiain! for .the des'trucition' jof the IMaline. For 'a long time a large ma (pority in bothl hiouses lhiave- (favored, reoognttion ft -fthe 4-rMepenoene:-i'0:f CuftJaj. for more than two years, 1 as voiced !in resolutlions passed by con- 'gress, 'tne recogniiaon ;or oemgerency . has (been sougnt. 9otn or tnese- proposi- tiloms were antagonized, in the messaJge, add consequently j In 'this regard ; the message did not accordl 'Wi'th the jma- joriity seritimerit. The messag'e : left congress very, much at sea, (because of the viparagement in "views between it and (the executive, an obstacle hard to surmiount, uiriless, as now : seemis pos slfble,, congress sees-its course; "tia lie in aocord with the president's recom mendatlon. , CDt 8a generally. (belSeved ithialt the president would have been au thorized' to intervene 'with tbJe 'army arid, navy, had It not (been for the con cluding paragraphs, of the document whachi announced the, 'latest phase or diplomatic" negdtlaJtiions. - , IN THE SENATE. , . ;' The sen'alte comimilttee on foreign re- (la'tjioms : immed'ialfceiy werit lirito session but reached ' no defiriitie . conclus'ion. (From the fact that the republican meriiiberis held a consultaltion aflter 'the meeiting adjourned 'arid from, what was said regarding 'it, (the inference was dfoawn jthait some strong measure was necessajry in. order to carry any action iby 'the oOmmiit'tee ithrbugh the senate.- f . A decl'araltion of War 'was talked; of and a' declaration that the people otf Cuba should (be free, coupled walth ali thorlization ito the president -to hfrimg thiis ahout ,by armed: in'tervehtion, was suggested.. . It ffis. well -"known, thait any proposxtionj .adtvanced wfili be met in the seniate -wiltih an amendment declar- Inig the liiridependence" ' of the present governttnent, and to so frame, a iresolu- t3on as to carry a majority, of (the sen- ate arid at the same (time meet the recomnlehdia't'ions of (the president, " is , the result which the foreign relatSons committee ais (tryin'g ; to secure. The conserva'tive sena'tors also niiet In the afternoon and det errolined to op pose any. radical measure, if it should be reported ; (by the . seriaite oomrnittee on foreign relations. HOUSE COMMITTEE. The (temper of the Hiouse' could not be accurately determimedv .but there, as in the sena'te, the proposition: for' Cu- ban indeperidence Was to be met. (Any report from the committee on foreign aff aiirs that does nJdt carry wKthi ft this ifea'ture will be antagonized (by an amend menlt and the -prospedts are that nearly, afi the klemocnalts arid many re puMScajns would favor It. Efforts have been diirectekl all day toward j adflon whidh 'Wtilli secure the solid support (of Uhe ireTJUbl'icani organization and. repub lican majoifty of the house. To thiis end the republican members of ' the house cvian!rri2ttee, ' to whom the message was referred, were in confrencei'durinig the day and might. w (Outside of the capitol the same in tense I interest was everywhere ! mani fested in the presffdeirit mssage. Even alt the white house There was a Tull dn the excitement which has cen tered there for the 'last fortnight. The president saw several . of his oaibinet advisors early in the day, (but here was no caomet meeung. rime message left : tthe "Whote house shortly before noon tn- order V; to reach congress promptly on - its assemblage. This done, tha presildent Jdimed his family at lunch wath evJderit satisfaction, at having the tremendous train and bur den "of recent days, m a measure, ale- moved. There was an aspect of holi day gaiety surrounding the (White house, as "Easter (Monday was observ ed as usual by the egg rolTinsg gather ing of thousands of Chil'drem in the grounids in the rear of the .executive mansion. The CMarine banii' furnished music for the youngsters. ; The Spanish minister, Senor i Polo, OFCOrlGRSEC- 4s- theIsland. Pit rerrf lined alt the (legaltiion during iZbez day sending and' receiving r many Qaa-' patPesiand conferring with his adnifs ers He cabled tlhe : entire pres'iSderrJtTs me&age to 3klad)rld, except the hitJoafl-L 1 jefererices to General Grant's' messJ-. saf, "? Texas, etc: . The miriister sai lie . miifit decMne to malce (the sttehtesit pu laclfeHusion to the president's messae as piy -remark from hiiri would be ia congistent w"ith h'is position. It 5 kiKiisyn, however1, tbalt Senor T1q Sat keey sensitive to the language iot the message. , "What Its -effect wtill ilie -upoi his services-here ds not known, tiasr no ord 'has yet come as. to the effect . Of message uion the authorities att '. MacMd. Up - to tonight iSenor Polo iail recved no instructions ito wilthdrarwi norvias 'there any 'inltimaition .of sudi fiineibuctions. .. j ' ' ', ' ; A the other embassies 'and Tegatioins -tne message aroused 'the; g-reatest In - . terejlt, tout it cannot be said ithiat WL wasTr'eceiived with saJtisfaction. 'ln'otb er 'fgh diplomatic quarters some ques tioir'iwas expressed as to ( the portion C" thei.presirdenlt's .message ;in which ..Jhe spetds, in the name of civaQlza'tiori, the?tuty oif. dVrlnar thel war in CiiTjol andMhe mtintion was made that tfse 6rtiJc : powers oi ijiurope, so iar as . rrcey repsrserated' ciiviliziatiioin, ! d3d not sui porTr'this View: expressedi by the presf : dem ' There lhala fbeyn nirfv riiTfth'e-r- rTrw Iferece (between the amijassadors. aania: miiiiers ox 'tne powers nor is 'onexrt anyftpresemt fndicatiom of furlther ac--"tiorjjifrom thaft. quarter. .(Nrt ?new diplomatic phases of the quet -tiion deveroped today, at the sfiate daps jrtenent. (Secretary jSherman - saiii" he -jouM ntoit ibe Surprised If the Maid ria'ibue report pmvedtrue that (Mtn- ffisteut Woodford .was i about to leav iMJaid. 'Alt the samfe time the stfiaJh. deptm'enlt iwais w-iithoutl advices that step -actually had been taken. GeneraS" Xee , is en route here tainidf fc tf. M-rvArttw : thlaitf'his arrival will be the sierrial for- a rtyiable demonstration. I - war and' navy department mrw tinu'ld their -active preparations today-.' Whe .evenituallTties ar. being prepared "-v,uitr to-entimem an anny and nuvy 3ircs Is, that war;. is not so Imminent: as seemed -to be (a few. .days ago; canye stalted on authority that no dan sidetion has yet been given to tbe wuitfara-wat of the United Sta'tes" flee- Jt ey: west, as the administrati-oa holis that the situation has undergoiae al jcessary. or advisable.!: ' C&BAN CONSULAR REPOORTS" ' , . . v j "" . 'consular correspondience with re- - tO the Situation in I drhia wktK . H : .. ' ' ii itiJlM wastracnsmitted todajy, was prepareo! ia -resirjnse to resolutions- of inquiry adored by thie house and senate. "The repS?ts "leal largely with the distress. andufferings which exist in all fheh distjacts, hut General Lee reports quite -fumi-upon the decrees of the govern meft with re'SraTrl lwnn,fTiimTr-- o - .othtr political "phases of the situatknx. , uii-preparing the correspondence f trmisisiion to coftigressl considerahfe . posOns of the important communica tion is and especially those marked coik -fidyritial, are committed. General' period from 'November 17 th, 1891 to Apri 1st, 1898. ' , ' ' . .- IJnder date of CMarch 27th, Generic Lee enclosed a statement from tret gen tlemen whom he knew as men: of ' veracity, .tellinlg of the condition of re concen trades in "the ditches" on tbe outskirts of i Havana, i Ahiong 4fia woirrten and childreri whorii they found -thejv, forty or fifty werep dying daily gi-Virig relatively, it is stated, ten days x0 lifte for each person. H , u . ". one crowd," says he report, , "a poxy: 'woman was lying surrounded ly nei f -jiLldren who contemplated them in sih?hce,! without a lament or shedding: a par, they : themselves; fbeing real, spejtres of hunger emaciated in a hor rib?, manner." Again it is said: "If any young girl came in, any way nice looking, she was impolitely condemned to. the most abominable of .traffics. Be tween' August and . November all (bat 397-of 1, 700 people -who enitered the-, 'ditches, had died." : j -V 0?i DecernJber 1, 1897 General . Lee tele graphed the partment from the oonstfi' at ja;tanzaB of "an extensrve and daav- -gemtis conspiracy", there under the ex gomov of. the . -province directed agajsist . -Americans. "Actiori against: . the? 1 feaws General fjpe? to (Hp- irvrtr gen j upon Movement of the United Sta IPS government in favor of inde pert$ence of Cuba." " - - I 1p days later General Lee sent a matjed report saying: "I till thing itnat two? , warships, ; at least, I should oe at Ke$ West prepared to move here kl -shotit notice and that more ofi tbesa shojili be sent to Dry Tortueas and si coatt tatSon established there. : Mich 14th General Lee enclosed; & ' lettilrj from Consul Barker of. Sagaa wh requests him to trazmit the fai- -lawihlg letter, which Is addressed to 'hkm.f (General Lee): . .,. ' " ' - ,. "Dear Sir: -I will thank you ito com- aspiftssfble-the fact that the military contrvander and other officers of tlae rriiUfiry positively refuse to allow ibs recall isentrados to whom! I am issuingT footj In, 1 ts . raw state to procure fcteS . witi? which to cook the 'food." Consul Brice, at Qtatanzas sent in CContimied oia IFourth Page. IT- r ' - ... I -k -1 v. ! - ; - i i il
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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April 12, 1898, edition 1
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