. A compilation of the messages and papers of the presidents. which after investigationwe have determined of right belongs to Venezuela. In making these recommendations I am fully alive to the responsibil-ity incurred and keenly realize all the consequences that may follow. I am, nevertheless, firm in my conviction that while it is a grievousthing to contemplate the two great English-speaking peoples of the worldas being otherwise than friendlj^ competitors in the onward march of civi-lization and strenuous and worthy rivals in all the arts of peace, there isno calamitj^ which a great nation c
. A compilation of the messages and papers of the presidents. which after investigationwe have determined of right belongs to Venezuela. In making these recommendations I am fully alive to the responsibil-ity incurred and keenly realize all the consequences that may follow. I am, nevertheless, firm in my conviction that while it is a grievousthing to contemplate the two great English-speaking peoples of the worldas being otherwise than friendlj^ competitors in the onward march of civi-lization and strenuous and worthy rivals in all the arts of peace, there isno calamitj^ which a great nation can invite which equals that which fol-lows a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent loss ofnational self-respect and honor, beneath which are shielded and defendeda peoples safety and greatness. QROVER CLEVELAND. Executive Mansion,Washington, Decf/mber ig, the Senate of the United States: In response to the resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant, request-ing the President, if in his judgment not incompatible with the public. CLOSE VIEW OF THE RUINED OQUENDO The reader will, no doubt, be interested to compare the damage wroughtby American gunners on the Oquendo, of Cerveras fleet, with the effect ofJapanese fire on the Russian warships in the illustration facing page 7108. The stories of both wars are told in the Encyclopedic Index in the articles Spanish-American War and Russo-Japanese War. Grover Cleveland 6091 interest, to communicate to the Senate all information which has beenreceived by him or by the State Department in regard to injuries inflictedupon the persons or property of American citizens in Turkej^ and in re-gard to the condition of affairs there m reference to the oppression orcruelties practiced upon the Armenian subjects of the Turkish Govern-ment; also to inform the Senate whether all the American consuls in theTurkish Empire are at their posts of duty, and, if not, to state any cir-cumstances which have interfered with the pe
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