...control over Cuba, except for its pacification, and declared a settled determination when tjiat was accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people. President McKinley, in his annual message of 1898, reaffirmed this doctrine, and indicated that the...

...said island, except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is completed to leave the government and control of the island to its people. This resolution was signed by tire President April 20th, and a copy served on the Spanish minister,...

...said island, except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is completed to leave the government and control of the island to its people. THE PRESIDENT SIGNED THIS RESOLUTION at 11:24 A- Mon the 20th of April, 1898. The Spanish Minister,...

...said island, except for the pacification thereof, and asserts it determination when that is completed to leave the government and control of the island to its people. This resolution was signed by the President April 20th, and a copy served on the Spanish minister,...

...several States to such an extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect. Fourth, That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition...government and control of the island to its people. THE PROTOCOL OF WASHINGTON WILLIAM R. DAY, Secretary of State of the United States, and His Excellency...

...United States to such an extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect \ "Fourth — That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition...government and control of the island to its people." On April 25, 1898, war was formally declared by Con- • gress against Spain, and this act was approved...

...amendment, moved by Senator Davis, was the addition of a fourth paragraph to the resolution : Fourth. That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition...government and control of the island to its people. With these amendments the Senate passed the resolution by a vote of sixty-seven to twenty-one, on the...

...exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island . . . and asserts its determination ... to leave the government and control of the island to its people'. Four days later the war began. The existence of a Cuban rebel government was totally ignored. Inadequately...

...disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for pacification thereof, and asserts its determination,...government and control of the island to its people." However, the resolution did not specifically recognize the existence of an independent Cuban government,...

...resolutions, one of them recognizing the Cuban republic97 and another, the famous Teller Amendment, stating: That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition...leave the government and control of the island to its people.98 McKinley was prepared to veto the Senate resolutions, but in the conference with the House...