Annual Message on War Policy and World Relations
The president outlines wartime gains and diplomacy, detailing Spanish American War actions from Dewey at Manila to the Santiago surrender, and Porto Rico and Cuba evacuations. He notes neutrality duties, finance, and the push for an interoceanic canal, Hawaii annexation, and Pacific trade plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
United States
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Spain
Nea
Preparations for War and Armistice Efforts
The passage notes a March 5 bipartisan vote approving 50 million dollars for national defense amid a Cuba Spain crisis and imminent war. It discusses rapid wartime preparations and international hopes on April 6 for moderation and peace, including armistice talks and calls to revoke reconcentration orders to aid Cuba’s recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States
Spain
National Defense Fund
Army
Navy
War Revenue Act
Naval Court
Cuba
Peace negotiations end with Spanish surrender and appeals
The account details the fall of Admiral Cervera’s fleet and the capitulation of Santiago. Spain seeks peace through France with M. Cambon delivering terms to the United States. Spain accepts Cuba Porto Rico and an island in the Ladrones but seeks reservations on the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amercan
Sampson
Maria Terega
Almirante Oquendo
Viscaya
Cristobal Colon
Herot
Spain
Santiago
Ocean
Mediterranean
Camara
Manila
Suez Canal
Shafter
Cuba
United States
Porto Rico
Miles
Signal Corps
Guantanamo
Higginson
Massachusetts
Dixie
Gloucester
Columbia
Yale
Guanica
Annapolis
Wasp
San Juan
New Orleans
Schwann
Third Army Corps
Wilson
Brooke
Ponce
M. Cambon
West Indies
Ladrones
Philippines
Havana
Paris
San Juan de Porto Rico
James F. Wade
William T. Sampson
Matthew C. Butler
John C. Brooke
Winfield Beatt Schley
W. Gordon
Joint Commission
Fta
Congress
Cuban Joint High Commission
Peace Commission
William K. Day
Cushman K. Davis
William P. Frye
George Gray
Whitelaw Reid
Senate
Argentine Republic
Chile
Atacama Desert
Magellan Straits
Buenos Ayres
Uruguay
Brazil
Brasil
Atlantic
South American
Cervera
Duke of Almodovar
Ladrone
Annexation of Hawaii and the Joint Resolution Action
President delivers the Hawaii annexation procedure through a joint resolution approved July 7 1898 and orders the Philadelphia to transport Rear Admiral Miller to Honolulu to formalize transfer of sovereignty. A commission led by Cullom Morgan Hitt Hole and Grier will report on future territorial governance with the goal of U.S. incorporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Walker
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Maritime Canal Company
Canal Commission
Congress
United States Congress
United States of Central America
Atlantic
Pacific
Hawaiian Islands
Calla
Concresa
United States
Paris
Moves P. Handy
Net
Handy
Thomas W. Cridler
Hawaell
Hawaii
Japan
Honolulu
Senate
Republic of Hawaii
Philadelphia
Miller
Dole
Mawaian Islands
Republic of Mawati
Shelby M. Cullom
Ilinois
John T. Morgan
Alabama
Robert R. Hitt
Illinois
Sanford NB. Hole
Naval
Walter F. Grier
Mawaii
Conan
Army Reorganization and Post Office Growth Report
President McKinley urges a standing army of 100000 at discretion and supports permanent expansion, cites 1900 postal service growth, and notes costs, camps, and civilian labor impacts. He reflects on Washington capital’s Centennial, federal site developments, and labor law amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Congress
Hhational Congress
Teamen
Laber
William M Kinley
Telegrams From The Two Hemispheres In One Condensed Roundup
An assorted wire service digest covers the Methodist conference in Chicago the Congo border tensions in Africa naval actions before Santiago and the Klondike winter, labor unrest in Chicago and a Birmingham fatal shooting. It notes the Cuban peace commission results the Red Cross appeal in Santa Clara and financial reporting on government securities and mass exports from New Orleans.
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Navy Department
Sampson
United States
Santiago
Ververa
General Shafter
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Chicago
John Warnock
Birmingham
Ala
Cubs
Porto Rico
Philippines
Peace Commission
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Riverside
O. R. & N. Company
Secretary of State of
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Loyal Legion
Manila
Anderson
Dewey
Santa Clara
Red Cross
Claude M. Johnson
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
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Newberg Graphic
House of Representatives
Treasury
Maine
Naval Board of Inquiry
Cardenas
Bahia Honda
Cienfuegos
Matangas
George Dewey
Hong Kong
Mira Bay
Philippine Islands
Manila Bay
Cavite
Pacific Ocean
Bay of Manila
Merritt
Hls
Wilmington
Winslow
Matanzas
Worth Bagley
Hobson
Holson
Banttago Harbor
Lampoon
Marblehead
Guantanamo Bay
Dalquiri
Young
Wheeler
el Caney
Spanish Antilles
Firassela
France
Germany
Benin
New Maritime Policy
Hawaitl
US Congress
Postonce Department
Post Office Department
Poe
Capital Centennial
Epitome
News of the World
Methodist General Conference
Iowa
Montevideo
Valparaiso
Ariven
Africa
Congo Free State
Lake Tanganika
Thomas Regalado
Revolutionary Movement
Salvador
Honduras
United States of
Central America
War Department
Hamburg
Klondike
Atlin River
Liverpool
Sarah Bonnell
Paria
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