Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 50, Petersburg, Pike County, 22 April 1898 — Page 2

President McKinley Sends His Promised Cuban Message Into Congress. ms FOR POWER TO END HOSTILITIES. •Va the Kum of Humanity, to the Nome of Civilisation, la Behalf of Eadan(trod Am or Icon Interest a Which Give Ho tho Klgbt mod the Duty to Speak aad to Act, the War to Cabo Moat WASAEfOTOX, April 11.—The president tent the following message to the of the United States. The hi eat age. Obedient to that precept of the constitution, .which commands the pres.deat to wive from time to time the congress information of the stole of the Union, aud to recommend to their consideration such measures ».-> be shall judge ■aon. aarj and expedient, it becomes my duty now to address your body with regard to the grave crisis that ho* arlseu In the relation* of the United States to Spain by reaeon of the warfare that for more then three years ha»raged in the neighboring island of Cuba. 1 do so because of the m.imate counection of the Cuban question w ith the ■tote ofourjown Union, and the grave ie.atn.as. toe course which i* now incutabeut upon1 the nauon to adoyi must tweda bear to the traditional policy of our govern meut. if it is to accord with the precepts iatd down oy the foutidersuf the repuo.k and reiig.oa-iy observed tv enooeed.ng administrations to the present day. Sat the tucvmur of Similar Revolutions. The pieeent revolution Is but the successor ef other atiuUar insurrections which haveoccorral In Cuba against the dominion of Spam. extending over a pc nod of nearly half a eeu- | tcry. each of which, during its progress, has subjected the United Slates to great effort aad < expense la enforcing Its neutrality lawa; caused j toormoua losses to American trade und com- . mere#; caused irritation, annoyance and a is- i turoance among our ctt.zeus, and by the ex or- | else of cruel, barbarous aud uncivUi* d prac- j Moos of warfare, shocked the sensibiltues aud j efended the humane sympathies of our people.

A Fertile Uoutalii Ravaged. the prex.nl revolution began, in Febj. USA, tau country has seen the ferule Aornuin at ear ttm-s.noId ravaged by fire ana •word m the coarse of a struggle uaeauaie-i in j the Uutory of the island, and rarely paralleled | as to lb« number of the oomoaUvuis and the bitterness of ibe contest by any revolution of ! modern time* where a uepemieut people, str'v- | tag to be free, nave becu opposed by the power mi the sovereign state. Our people have beheld a ©woe prosperous community reduced to oomaarutive want, its commerce virtually paralyzed. it* exceptional productiveness diuuaIstiisl it# fields laid wa->te, its mills la rums, and its people perishing by tens of thousands from hunger auu destitution. Onerous Duties Entallid by Neutrality. We have found ourselves constrained, m the •heervance of that strict neutrality which our laws en}oia and which the law of nations eommands. to police our own waters ana watch •ur own seaports. in prevention of any unlawful act in aid of the Cubans. Our trade has suffered; the capital Invested by our citizens in Cuba has been largely lost, and the temper and forbearance of our people hate been so sorely tried as to beget a pert.ous unrest among o-r own citizens, wu.cn has inevitably found its expression from time to time in the national legislature so that issues wholly external to our own body politic engross attention and stand in the way of ti.at closedewotiou to domestic advancement that becomes aseU-coateuted oommoaweaitd whose primal, max mi has been the avv.a.u .e of all foreign eatauglementa. Ail this ust needs awaken and loss indeed aroused the utmost concern on the part of this gim r a me at as well during my predecessor a as iny own administration. Efforts of the Previous Administration. In April, una. the evils from which cur country suiiere . through the Cuban war be. sate so enerous l..at my predecessor made an effort to hung about a peace tliruugh the intervention mi this government in any way tnat might tend teas honorable adjustment of the i n test between hpain and u-: revolted iviouy on the bats.* of some effective seance of xilf-gyv-ertuuent for Cuba under the flag and severe.*niy of bpain It failed, through the refusal of toe Spanish got ernmeut then its aowev to oou»i ier any form of m .-diation or. Indeed, any p.*.*ef set .ament whka did not begin with it a . uu. submivd.in of the Insurgents hi the mat ter country, ani then on.y on euoh terms ->■% Spain Jnisvlf might see lit to grant, fue war continued una os ted. ‘the retune# of the insurgents iu uowiae Jixio**L Spate** futile anti Inlininan Efforts Tue rBerts of Npum were increase l, both by the o.spatoh of fresh levies lo Cuba and by the euuition to the horrors of the strife of a new gnu inauman pha>«. happily unprecedented tn the modern history of civilised t hnstian peoCa Tn# po.icy of devastation and coneeutrull. inaugurate.! by t apt -ora iianuo, on October fit. lead. in the province of 1‘inar dei Kio. I was thenoc extended to embrace a.l of me Island to whlcu tne power of :>panlah arms was able to reach by Occupation or by tni.liary operations. The peasantry. including ail dwelling in the open egrnu.uru. interior, Were unvon into Uic gurItaoa towns or. isolated places held by the troops "1 be raising ..ud movement of provi- j eiwAs of ao umds were interdicted. Too he Us were laid waste. dwelling-, unroofed nud toed. ■ mill* destroyed and. tn short, everything that j eould deso>•*.«- the tend and render it unui for humiiu nao.U.tonor support wav coalmanu -d by one or the otaer of tue contending parties, and executed by nil the powers at tue.r disl'hs ho-1 ailed Kecoucenl rat ton. By the time the present ’ admni'.trat.on took Sttce. a year ago. recoacefe trail on so-called— had been made effective over the uetter part of the four centra. and vitaicm provinces. Santa -Clara. Msixuia-, tiavaua ■». l*. .-r d The agricuitun*'. po.'-*at...b. to t..c estimated humbrr of mi. w or more, was h rued within the loans and lit u irniu d ate pt.ved of the means of support, rendered nest.rule of sneiti r. left poorly clad and exposed ; to tne most unsanitary oomuttons. l>estrueUou. Misery sud Msmttos. As me scarcity of : • d increased vrita thede- ■ eaavat.ua of the dt poj>uia.*d are... of produc- j lien, d st.iuuon aud »a<t nee-ato rn'ivery and ! utai vat.cu. I.onth b. mouth tiicvdea.h rate in- 1 erea-td in ahum ug rai. By .date u. lea., ac- I eoru.ug to iv..-' rvc-.iv" e .;ia..io., drum olhevui Bpan.vu nwirevss tae mortality among the re- I eunec .traoe«e» iroai starvation and tar diseases I thereto • -deneexce edtopervent un

•wu. n-uni-er rvo ir«!tiw re.n t acaorded w the Ucst&u.e. The o\ •rburaeued ! towns, already suffeiiug trow t„(- .eucroi j tMtm. could give su a.d So-cailed roots of cultivation established withm tu<* immediate j ttta of affective and. ary control a>jui iuc clt- ! 1m a»d iuri.a«u cta>| * it.o«d liiuioiurv as a j remedy tor Ute suSering, The unfortunates, beiug lor the m. st part women auO clt. siren, wit. »ge anu heipies* men enfeebled oy disease aaj bunker, coaid uoi nave lu.td tile soil, j witaout tools. seed or shelter, for incur own I (U|ii*orl or to. the supply oi Uu- cil- I las.. Kecuncearai.oa. a-.op yJ avowedly as a War lUMWiv. m orv.tr to cut off tue Wwiuat* of Hit* Insurgents, worui^i its preties* | ’ tints) result. As I seal ;u my message of last! December. U was not a endued warfare. it j was extermination. The only peace a could | beget waa that of me w.ldt ra*s» and the grave. A Dogged Struggle. Meanwhile the m.ntary situation la the Inland had under? me a noticeable change. Tne eotuaurd.nary activity that character! ted the geoua - year of the war. when the insurgents invades. even the hitherto unharmed ue.ds of Ptnar dei K.o, and earned havoc and oeatituUon up to the walls of the city of Havana itself, hau relapsed Into a dogged struggle in the central and •astern province*. The hipanisu arms re- j gatued a mewauie of control in 1*1 oar dei Kio i and parts of Havana, but, under the existing eeaditioae of the rural country. Without immediate Improvement of their productive situation Sven thus parualiy restricted, the retohitionlsU heid their own. and thetr submission. put forward by Spain as the essential and gale basis of peace, seemed as far distant as at the outset. Confronted with a Grave Problem. , fn thm state of affair*. my administration I lUwud itself confronted with tne grave problem j J «i its nut*. My message of last December reft. vicvicd the situation and detailed tne step* ; baton, with a view of reuev.ag Its muteness aou opes :ng the way to some ivrtn cf honorable settlement. The assassination of the prime | minister. Canovas. ied to a change of govern- ! menl m Spam. The* former aaininisiraiion. i pieoged to subjugation without concession, gave plate to that of a more liberal p*i tv. coma i:ted long in advance to a policy ] at r (trui. involving the primuple of home j nOe tar uuoe ana Puerto liico, the overturaa ]

at Chi* government made through Imm«» ! troj, Goo. Woodford. and looking to an immediate a ad effective amelioration of the condition of the island, although not accepted to the extent of admitted mediation in fbj -shape, were n et by assurances that homevjQjJe. in an advanced phase, would be forthwith offered to Cuba, without waiving for the war to end, and that mure humane methods auould thenceforth prevai in the conduct of hostilities. Folic} of the New Government of Spain. Incidentally with these declarations, the new government of Spain continued and completed the policy already begun bjr its predecessor of testifying friendly regard for this nation by releasing American citizens held under one charge or auother connected with the insurrection. so that, by the ezid ol November, not a single person entitled in any way to our national protection, remained in a Spanish prison. While these negotiations were in progress the increasing destitution of the unfortunate reconcent redoes and the alarming mortality among them claimed earnest attention. The success which had attended the limited measure of relief extended to the suffering American citizens among them by the judicious expenditure through consular agencies of money appropriated expressly for their succor by the joint resolution approved May 21, b-sf, prompted the humane extension of a simitar scheme of aid to the great body of. sufferers A suggestion to this end was acquiesced In by the Spanish authorities. An Appeal to the American People. On the 'dith of December last 1 caused to be issued an appeal to the American people, inviting contributions in money or in kind for the succor of the starving sufferers im'uba. Following this, on the »ih of January, by a similar public announcement of the formation of a central Cuban relief committee, with headquarters in New York city, composed of three members representing the American uational Rea Cross and the religious and business elements of the community. The efforts of that committee have been untiring and accomplished much. Arrangements for free transportation to Cuba have greatly aided the char liable work. The president of tue American Ked Cross, and representatives of other con- j tr.butory organizations have generously visited Cuba and co-operated with the consul-general auiFthe local authorities to make effective dis- j position of the relief collected through the effort* of the central committee. Nearly f-iW.uOl) in money and supplies has already reached the sufferers, and inure Is forthcoming l he supplies are admitted duty free, and transportation to the interior has been arranged, so that the relief at tirst necessarily conhned to Havana and the larger cities, is now extended { tarough most, if not ail, of the towns where suffering exists. Thousands of lives have already been saved. Necessity for a Change Recognized. The necessity for a change in the condition of the reconcentradoes W recognized by tbeSpanish government. Within a few days past the orders of Urn. Weyler have been revoked, the reconecntradoesare.it is said.to be permitted to return to their homes and aided to resume the self-supporting pursuit" of peace: public worms have been ordered to give them employment, and a sum of ttiob.uOU has been appropriated for their relief. The war in Cuba is of such a nature that short of subjugation or extermination a final military victory for either side seems impractical).e. The alternative lies in the physical exhaustion of the one or the other party, or perhaps of both —a condition which, in effect.euded the ten wars war by the truce of lianjon. Thp prospect of such a protraction and conclusion of the present strife is a contingency hardly to be contemplated with equanimity by the civilized world, and least of ailby theX'nited States, affected and injured as we are. deeply and intimately by its existence. Friendly Duty to Both Side*. Realizing this, it appeared to be my duty. In a spirit of true friendl.nevs. no less to Spain than to the Cubans, who have so much to lose by the prolongation of the struggle, to seek to bring about an immediate termination of the war. To this end 1 submitted, on the 27th ultimo, as a result of mu ii representation and correspondence. thrvtuh the United States minister at Madrid, propositions to the Spanish governm nt looking to an armistice until October 1. for the negotiations of peace with the good offices of the president in addition I ask the immediate revocation of the order of reeoncentratioa. so as to permit the people to return to their farms and the needy to be relieved with provisions and supplies from the United States co-operating with the Spanish authorities so as to afford full relief.

Keply of the Spanish Cabinet. The reply of the Spanish cabinet was received on the night of the 3lst ultimo. It offers, as the means to br ug about peace in Cuba, to . cvnh te the preparation thereof to the insular department .nasinuch as the concurrence of that body would be necessary to reach a tinaai resuit, i'. bc.ng, however, understood that the powers reserved by the constitution to the central government are nut leaned or diminished. As the < uoan parliament dins not meet until the fourth of May next, the Spanish government would not object, for its part, to accept at once a suspension of bostilitin*. if asked for by the ic^u: cents from the general in chief, to whota it woul i pertain, m such case, to determine the duration and conditions of the armistice. Tho propositions submitted by Gen. Woodford and the rep.y of the Spanish g *verninent were l*oth in tne torin^f brief memoranda, the texts of which are before me. and are substantially in the language above (riven. Tne function of the Cuban parliament in the matter of ••preparing peace, and the manner of Us doing so are not expressed iu the Spanish memorandum; but from Gen. Woodford's explanatory reports of prebmiuary discussions preceding the ilnal confere ice, it is understood that the Spanish government stands ready to give th insular congress full powers to settle the terms of peace with the insurgents, whether by direct neconation or indirectly by means of legislation does not appear. Disappoint lug Keceptlou of Overture*. With this last overture in the direction of Immediate peace and its disappointing reception by Spain, the executive was broutfht to the end of tut effort In my annual message of December last 1 said: '“Of the unmed measures there remain: Kecogniti a of the insurgents as belligerents: recomiu>*::tiaUon'of the independence of Cuba: neutral in.oi veation to end the war by imposing a rational compromise between the contestant*. and inti rv-tuion in favor of one or the other party.” I speak not of forcible annexation. for that can uot' U* thought of. That, by onr code of morality, would be criminal aggression. Thereupon I reviewed these alternat.vrs. in the light of Pntifnt Grants measured words, uttered In ls.'j, wnen after seven years of sanguinary, destructive and cruet barbarities in ue reached the conclusion that the recognition of the Independence of Cuba was unpraciicable and Indefensible, and that me nsognitu n of belligerency was not warranted by the tacts according 'to ih-* tests of public law. i eutam.tmd especially up u the latter njievt of the <iu< s ioa. point,.,g out tue inconveniences, and positive hanger* of a reeogai’, i nt of betligerance which, wbi.e adding in the uircaay onerous bates of neutrality within bur own jurisdiction, could not iu any wav extend our influence or effective | offices .u the territory of hostilities.

Views ilwve Sot I'tuugrd, . Nothing r.as 'siae-» o.-> urred to change m? vie* in this legaru. aud 1 recognize as fully u n as U»l the issuapeeof * proclamation ot aeuirniuy. by watch process me so-called rwu<mi.i»0 of belligerence t* published, could, of itself anu unattended by other avt.on.-accom-plish nothing lottaM the ww end for which we fikoor- the distant pacification of t uba and the cessation of tae misery that utticts the island. Turning t*> the <;ut>non of reeogniziair, at thin tune, the independence of the present in* surgent government ta tuba. we nna sale precedents m our history from an ear.y day. 1 hey are well summed ut> iu President Jackson s message to ooturrtvss, December 21. 1K». on the subject of recognition of the independence of Texas. Ue said One of the Precedent*. “In all of the contents that have arisen out of the revolutions of i ra oe. out of the dispute* reiatiog to tue crew s of Portugal and Spam, out .of the separatum of the .American possessions of both ft\>m the fcuropeaa covern* meats, and out of the numerous and coasiaaiiy occurring strugg.es for dominion in Spanish America, *o wisely consistent with - cur just principles has been the action ot our government that we have, under the most critical c.rcuinstaa.es, avoided all censure and encountered no other evil than that produced by a transient rest range me til ot good will in those against whom we have been by force of evidence compei led to decide. - “It has thus made known to thew orl.lt hat the uniform policy and pracu.e of the United Staii-s- is to avoid all interference in dispute* which merely relate to the internal government of other nat.ona, and eventually to recognize the authority ot the prevailing party without reference to our particular interests and views, or to the menu of the ong.nai controversy. But on this, at on every other occasion. safety is to be found in a rigid adherence Vo principle, . v Our Former Action Recited, “In the contest between Spain and the revolted colonies we: stood aloof and waited cot only until tbe ability of the new states to protect tbeutseives was fuby established, but until ta- danger of their beat** a-am subjugated h.,4 entirely passed away, 'i hen and not until then, were tney recognized, Ssuchwas our course m regard to Mexico herself. • it U true that with regard to Texas the civil authority of Mexico has weea axpeUed. iu invading army urinated, the chief of tae republic himself captured, and all present powir vj coa

trol the newly reeotranised government o« Texas annihilated within its coa tines. But on the otaer hand. there is. in appearance at least, an immenso disparity of physical force on the side of Texas. The Mexican republic. under another executive, is rallying its forces under a new leader, and menacing a lre-h invasion to recover its lost domain. “Upon the issue of this threatened invasion, the independence of Texas may be considered as suspended; and were there nothing peculiar in the situation of the United States and Texas, our acknowledgment of its independence .at such a crisis eou.d scarcely be regarded as consistent with that prudent reserve with which Wkd have hitherto held ourselves bound to treat all similar questions.'* President Jackson Considered the Risk. Thereupon Andrew Jackson proceeded to consider the risk that there might be imputed Vo the United States a motive of seliish interest tn view of the former claim on our part to the territory of Texas and of the avowed pur- ; pose of the Texans in seeking recognition of independence as an incident to the incorporation of Texas in the Union, concluding: “Prudence, therefore, seems to dictate that we should stand aloof and maintain our present attitude, tf not until Mexico itself or one of the great foreign powers shall recqgr te the independence of the new governfucut. «t lest until uft lapse of time &e course of eve* -.* should have proved beyond cavil or dispute the ability of the people of that country to maintain taeir separate sovereignty aadeto uphold the government constituted by them. Neither of tae contending parties can justly complain of this course. By pursuing tt we arc but carrying out the long-established policy of our government, a policy which has secure i to us respect and influence abroad and inspired coutideuce at home.” Cuuditiou Imposed by the Government Upon Itself. These are the words of the resolute and patriotic Jacksom, Tney are evidence that the United States, in addition to the test imposed by public law as the condition of the recognition of independence by a neutral state, to-wit, that the revolted st*te shall '•constitute in tact a body politic, hat ing a government in substance as well as in aame. possessed of the elements of stability,*" and forming de facto, “if left to itself, a state among the nations, reasonably capable of discharging the duties of a state. has i r posed for its own govcrance in dealing with ea-e.» oke those the furtaer contention that recognition of independent state ho d is not du? to a revolted dejieadeaey until the danger of its being again subjugated by the parent state has entirely passed a wav.*" This extreme test was, in fact, applied in the case of Texas. The eoagrvss to wuorn President Jackson referred the question as one “probably leading to war,” and therefore a proper subject for "a previous understanding with that body by whom war can a one be declared, ami bv whom ail the provisions for sustaining its perils must be furnished.” left the matter of the recognition of Texas to the discretion of the executive, providing merely for the sending of a diplomatic agent when the president should be satisfied that the republic or Texas had become “an independent state.” It was so r cognized by President Van Buren, who commissioned a charge d'affaires, March 7. 1SS7. after Mexico had abandoned an attempt -to reconquer the Texan territory, and then an 1 there was at the time no bona flde contest going on between the insurgent province and its former sovereiru.

Former Ummc* Inverted To. I said in my message of December last: “It is to be considered wuether the Cuban insurrection possesses beyond dispute the attributes of statehood, which aione can demand tae recognition of belligerency in its favor." Tae same requirem-mt must certainly be no less considered when the graver issue of recogniz.ag independence is in question, for no less positive test can be applied to the greater act than to the lesser wtuie. on the other hand, influences of and consequences of the struggle upon the inu? nal policy of the recognizing suit? which form important factors when the recognition of belligerency is concerned, are secondary if not rightly elimmable factors. when the real question is whether the community claiming recognition is or not independent beyond pera iveature. Present Kccogimion Inexpedient. Nor from the standpoint of expedience da I think it would be wise or prudent for this government to recognize at the present time the independence of the so-caiied Cuban republic. Sue" recognition is not necessary in Order-to enable the United States to intervene and pacify the island. To ccmtrnt this "country now to 'the recognition of any particular government in Cuba might subject us to embarrassing conditions o international obligation toward the organization so recognized, la case of intervention our conduct would be subject to the approval or disapproval of such government; we would be required to submit to its direction and to a-sume to it the mere relation of a friendly ally. When it shall appear hereafter that there is within the island a government capable of p rfornilas the duties and discharging the function* of a separate nation, and having, as a matter of fact, the proper forms and attributes of nationality, such government can be promptly and readily recognized, and the relations and interests of the United states with such na.ion adjusted. Alternative Forms of Intervention. There remain the alternative forms of intervention to cud the war. either as an impartial neutral by imposing a rational compromise between the contestants. or as the active ally of the one party or the other. At to tae' tirst, it is not to be forgotten that during the Iasi few montns the relation of the United States has virtually been one of friendly intervention in manv ways. each not of itself conclusive, but ail tending to the exertion of a wotential influence toward an ultimate paeitm result just and honorable to all interests concerned. The spirit of aliVur acts hitherto has been tut earnest. unselfish desire for peace and prosperity in Cuba, untarnished by diflerences between us and Spam and unstained by the blood of American ed.zens. The forciole intervention of the United States as a neutral to s op the war. according to the large dictates of humanity, and foilow.ng many histoiic.il precedents where neighboring states have interfered to check the hope.ess sacrifice or life by internecine conflicts beyond their borders is justifiable on national grounds. It involves, however, hostile constraint upon both the pur tie - to the contest as well to enforce a truce as to guide the eventual settlement, i <

Grounds or IiKeryeutton. The grounds far such intervention may be briefly summarized a- follows: First' in the cause of humanity and to pat an end to the barbarities, bio.v.saed, starvation and horrible miseries now exist ins there, and which the parties to the contt.ci are either unable or unwilling to stop or mi. Urate 1: is no answer to say this is all in another country, belonging to another n-itioa.- ami is therefore none of our business. It is specially our duty, for it is right at our doors. Second. We owe it to our citizens in Cuba to afford them that protection and immunity for liie ami property uLien no • ’vernment there cun. or win. aJord. anu to t out end to terminate tfee conditions that deprive them of local'protectum. Third. The right to intervene may be justified by th* very ser ous injury to the coinaur.'c. trade and business interests of our people, and by the wanton destruction of proper y and devastation of the .sian.L boU.'Ui. And what is of t.id Utmost ini-' porthnee, the presentcondition of affairs in Cubs is a constant menace to our peace, and entails upon th.s government an enormous expense. With such a coruiut waged for years in an Island so near us. and with a inch our people have such trade and business rrlat.ons—when the lives and liberty of our citizens are in constant dre.ai and their property destroyed and tnetskseives ruined—wnere our trading vesse.s ..r ■ liable to seizure, and an *.n>d at our very door, by warships oi a foreign nation, the expeditions of filibustering that we are powerless to prevent altogether. and the irritating questions and eatangieta. n.s tuus arising— aU these and others thu. 1 neeo not mention, with the resuiuny sira nst relations, arc a constant menace to our peace. and compels us to keep on a semiwar {woi.hu with a nation with which we arc at peace. Destruction of th* Main*. These elements of danger and disorder already pointed out have ween strikingly illustrated by a tragic event which has deeply ani justly moved the American people: 1 have aire-Uy transmitted to congress the report of the naval court of inquiry on the destruction of the battleship Idu.ne in the harbor of Havana during the night of the loth of Feb. uary. Th* destruction of that noble vessel has filled the national hearts with inexpressible horror. Two hundred and fleyeighl brave sailors and marines and two officers of our navy, reposing in the fancied security of a friendly harbor, hare been hurled to death - grief and want brought to their homes and sorrow to the nation. The naval court of inquiry which, it Is needless to say. commands the unqualified confidence of the government, was unanimous in Its conclusion that the destruction of the Maine ,was caused by an ext-1 i.-r explosion, that of a tuuza rine mine. It dal not assume .to place the responsibility. That remains to be fixed. In any event the destru tion of the Maine, by I whatever exterior cause, is a patent and impressive prvKjf of a state of thing* in Cuba that & Intolerable, that condition is thus shown to be such that tbej>.mni*fc government can not assure safety and security to a vessel of the American navy in the h..rbor of Havana on a mission <>f peace and rightfully there. .; Assurances Given by Sputa. Further referring in Mils connection to recant diplomatic correspondence!, a dispatch

from our minister to Spain of the S8th ultimo, contained the statement that the Spanish minister for foreign affairs assured him positively that Spain will do all that the highest honor and justice requires tIld matter of the Mama The reply above referred to on the 31st ultimo, also conta ned an expression of the road.ness of Spain to submit t» an arbitration all the differences which can arise In this matter which is subsequently explained by the now of the Spanish minister at tv ashington of the 10th instant, as follows: "As to the question of fact which sprints from the diversity of views between the report of the American and Spanish boards, Spain proposes that the (act be ascertained by an impartial investigation by experts, which decision Spain accepts in advance.” To this I havo made no reply. President Grant, in 1873, after dismissing th« phases of the contest as it then appeared and its hopeless and apparent indefinite prolongation. said: "In such event, I am of the opinion that other nations will be compelled to assume the responsibility which devolves upon them and to seriously consider the only remaining measures possible, mediation and intervention. Owing, perhaps, to the large expanse of water separating the island from the peninsula, the contending parties' appear to have within themselves no depository of ooanwa confidence, to suggest wisdom when passion and excitement have their sway, and assume the part of peacemaker. In this view, in the earlier days of the contest the good ofilcesof the United States as a mediator were tendered in good faith without anv selfish purpose, in the interest of humanity and insincere friendsoip tor both parties. These were declined by Spam with the declaration, nevertheless, that at a future time they would be indispensable? No intimation has been received that in the opinion of Spain that that time has arrived. "And yet the strife continues with all its dread horrors and all its injury to the interests of the United States and other uattons. Each party seems quite capable of wonr'ag great injury and damage to the other, as well as to all the relations and interests dependent on the existence of peace in the island; but they seem incapable or reaching any adjustment, and both have thus far failed of achieving any success whereby one party shall possess and control the island to the exclusion of the other. Under the circumstances the agency of others, either by mediation or by intervention, seems to be the only alternative which must, sooner or later, be invoked for the termination of th« strife.’*

Cleveland's Last Message Quoted. Ia the last aaai&l massage of my immediate predecessor, Uunag the pending struggle, it was said: "When the inability of Spain to deal successfully with the insurrection has become manifest, and it is demonstrated that her sovereignty is extinct m Cuba for all purposes or lawful existence, and when a hopeless struggle for its re-establishment has degenerated into a strife which means nothing more than the useless sacrifice of humau life and the utter destruction of the very subject matter of the conflict, a condition will have been produced in which our obligations to the sovereignty of Spain will be superseded by higher obligations which we can hardly hesitate to recoguize and discharge. '• The December Message Uoverted To. In my annual mevsage to congress, in December last, speaking to this question. I said; "The near future will demonstrate whether the indispensable condition of a righteous peace, just alike to the Cubans an dto Spain, as well as equitabld to all our interests so intimately involved in the welfare of Cuba, is likely to be attained. If not. the exigency of further and other action by tue Un.ted States wili remain to be taken. When that time comes, that action will be determined in the line of mdis- ! putable right and duty It will be faced, without misgiving and hesitancy, in the light of the obligation this government owes to itself, to the people who have con tided to it the prelection of their interests and honor, and to humanity. "Sure of the right, keeping free from all offense ourselves, actuated only by upright and patriotic considerations, moved neither by passion nor selfishness. the government will continue ita watchful car* over the rights and property of American citizens and will abate none of its efforts to bring about by peaceful agencies a pea e wnich suaL' be honorable and endur.ng. If it shad hereafter appear to be a duty imposed by our obligations to ourselves, to civilization and humanity to intervene with force, it shall be without fault on our part, and only because the necessity for such action will be so c.ear as to command the support and approval of the civilized world." Spain's Efforts liar* Proved Futile. The long trial has proved that the object for which Spain has waged the war can not be attained. The tire of insurrection may flame or rna.v smouiuer. with varying seasons, but it has not been, and it is plum that it can not be, extmguisaed by present methods. Tne only hope of relief and repose from a condition which can not longer oe tudured is the enforced pacification of t uba. In t.ie name of humanity, in the name of civilization, in behalf of endangered American interests, which give us the right and ! the duty to speak and to act, the war in Cuba must stop. iu view of these facts and these considerations. I ask the congress u authorize and empower the president to take u ‘asures to secure a full termination of hostiiu.es between the government of Spaiu and tne people of Cuba, and to secure in the island the establishment of a stable government eapable of obtaining order and observing its international obligations, insuring peace and tranquillity and the security of its ; citizens as well as our own, and to use the naval and military forces of tne United Staves, j as may be necessary, for these purposes and ia the interest of humanity, ana to aidinpre- ! serving the lives of the starving peo- | pie of the isiand, I recommend that the distribution of food and supplies be continued and that an appropriation be made out of the puolic treasury to supplement the charity of our citizens. The issue •> now with the congress! It is a solemn -responsibility. I have exhausted every effort to relieve the intolerable Jcoadition of affairs which is at our doors. Prepared to execute every obligation imposed on me by the constitution and law. I await your action. Spain's Armistice Decree. Yesterday, and since the preparation of the foil going message, official information was received by me that the latest uecree by tne queen recent of sp.iia directs Gen. Blanco, iu order to prepare and facilitate peace, to precam a so'eension of hostilities, the de.tens of wuica have uot yet ’ been i communicated to me. Tins fact, with I every ouier pertinent consideration, ! will, I urn sure, have your just and careful atteni.on .n tne solemn uel.ocratious upon w.nioa you are about u> ca.ec. If this measure »t- : our a-p.r m: adzed. If it fans, it wul.oe on.y auothci jusi.i acation of our contemplated action. \» IXUil .dCXlh'LET. | Executive Mansion, Ap. il 11.

The Last to Leave. Key West. Fla.. April 11.—lien. Fitzhugu Lee was the last to leave Havana. The iieet ou which the last of the Americans sailed .Saturday left the harbgr with ail colors dying, the Fern, carrying: Gen. Lee. bringing up the reair with the doughty Virginian standing at the stern. Blanco Refused to See Leo. Key West, Fla., April 11.—ConsulGeneral Lee ealled upon Gen. Blanco at the palace, in Havana, previous to boarding the Fern to sail for home, but the captain-general sent word that he wua iifand could not see him. Gen. James it. CUalaim Dead. Memphis, Tenn., April 11.^ Gen. James R. Chalmers, the last of Forrest's major-generals, died at the home of his daughter, in this city, Saturday, aged 6$ rears. Gen. Chalmers was one of the remarkable men of the south, lie entered the confederate army as t captain._ Stay Have n New Secretary. Washington, April 11.—A report it current that the president and his secretary will soon part company, .he president being of the opinion that too many matters get into the newspapers that should be closely locked in J. Addison Porter's secret knowledge oox. Gladstone's End Nearing. London. April 11.—The eminent physicians in attendance upon Hon. William E. Oiausloue, England's “Grand Old Man," look for the end within seven or eight weeks, in which time the cancerous growth will have eaten into his brain.* ' * *

FROM HER VIEW. 4 Lady PaasMc«r Chats Vwrjr tea terestediy Abo at StreetCar etiquette. A man standing on the back platform of an east-bound Euclid car was much amused by a conversation he couldn’t help overhearing between two well-dressed women. It was six o’clock and, of course, the car was crowded. There were se veral ladies on the platform and the two who talked were close to the involuntary listener. M “Dreadful, isn’t it, out here?” said one lady. “Yes.” said the other, but what can you do? I’m dreadfully ashamed to go home at this time of the afternoon. We have no business on these cars. I declare it’s too bad. Just see all those men standing up in the car and all the women sitting down. They should be ashamed of themselves—the women, I mean. I’m glad that some of the men don’t get up. They serve the women just right. Men are so foolish about such things—I mean giving up their seats. Of course nine gentlemen out of every ten will offer their seats, but I never want to accept one. We have no right to expect * such favors. And yet what can you dor It makes a woman look so foolish, hemming and hawing and trying to refuse a seat. I tried it once or twice, and then sat down after all. The trouble is the men don’t believe we are in earnest when we refuse a seat—and I guess most of the time they are right. There, look in the car now and see the poor, palefaced man giving the stout woman his seat. It’s too had. That man has been bending ever a desk all day. and I suppose the woman has been out to some afternoon euchre party. These things are unjustly arranged. Perhaps times will even them up. Oh, this is vour street? Good night.”-Cleveland Plain Dealer. Love's Labor Lost. He looked into her eyes soulfully, but she seemed totally oblivious of it. There was admiration and love in his glance, but she did not heed it. There was a passion and rapturous longing in it, but it did not affect her. , The fact of the matter was thjit he was cross-eyed and she did not know whether it was all intended for her or the girl on the other side of the room.—Chicago Post. A Splendid Substitute. Amy—What an awkward name, a tete-a-tete. What is a good English substitute for it? \ Mamie—A spoon holder..—X. Y. Journal.

THE CAUSE OF DYSPEPSIA. From the Republican. Scranton. Pa. The primary cause of dyspepsia is lack of vitality; the absence of nerve torce; the loss of the life-sustaining elements of the blood. No organ can properly perform its function when the source of .nutriment fails. When the stomach is robbed of the nourishment demanded by nature, assimilation ceases, unnatural gases are generated; the entire systrn responds to the discord. A practical illustration of the symptoms and torture of dyspepsia is furnished by the case of Joseph T. Vandyke, 4i0 Hickory St., Scranton, lla. In telling his story. Mr. Vandyke says: “Five years ago I was afflicted with a

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scribed tor me and 1 had aj ■ his prescription tilled. I I« Misery. took nearly all the medicine, but still the trouble became worse, and I felt that my condition was hopeless. ‘ I tried several remedies recommended bv my friends but without benefit. After I had been suffering several months, Thomas Campbell, also a resident of this city, urged me to try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People. “He finally persuaded me to buy a box and I began to use the pills according to directions. Before I had taken the second box I began to feel relieved, and after taking a few more boxes, ^considered myself restored to health. The pills gave me new iife. strength, ambition and happiness.” Dr. Williams’ Pink lb 11s cure dyspepsia by restoring to the blood the requisite constituents oflife. by renewing the nerve force and enabling the stomach to promptly and properly assimilate the food. These pills are a specihe for all diseases having their origination in impoverished blood or disordered nerves. They contain every element requisite to general nutrition, to restore strength to the weak, good health to the ailing. After the Opera. Marie—The tenor’s beautiful tones are ■till ringing in my ears. Louise—(.loodness! And earrings are all out of style, too!—Philadelphia Buleltin.

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