{"id":1962,"date":"1896-04-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1896-04-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=1962"},"modified":"1896-04-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1896-04-07T00:00:00","slug":"16471896","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1896\/04\/07\/16471896\/","title":{"rendered":"4\/7\/1896"},"content":{"rendered":"

“On April 7, 1896, Secretary of State Richard Olney spoke out and offered to present itself as a possible mediator in the conflict. After discussions with the Spanish ambassador Enrique Dupuy de Lome, the mediation plan included continued Spanish rule over Cuba, with some self-government for the island. The Spanish government, however, had to contend with anti-American demonstrations in reaction to the hostile resolutions emanating from the U.S. Congress. Consequently, it was in no rush to accept any offers of mediation coming from Washington. Finally, after two months of silence, the Spanish rejected the proposed reforms.\u201d<\/p>\n

“Grover Cleveland: 1837-1908,” Library of Congress, LOC.gov<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“On April 7, 1896, Secretary of State Richard Olney spoke out and offered to present itself as a possible mediator in the conflict. After discussions with the Spanish ambassador Enrique Dupuy de Lome, the mediation plan included continued Spanish rule over Cuba, with some self-government for the island. The Spanish government, however, had to contend […]<\/p>\n

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U.S President Grover Cleveland declared that the U.S might take action in Cuba if Spain failed to resolve the crisis there.\" \"Chronology of Cuba in the Spanish-American War,\" Library of Congress, LOC.gov","rel":"","context":"In "quotes"","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1956,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1896\/03\/02\/15321896\/","url_meta":{"origin":1962,"position":1},"title":"3\/2\/1896","author":"AmarkData","date":"March 2, 1896","format":false,"excerpt":"\"1896; March 2. The U.S. House of Representatives passed decisively its own version of the Morgan-Cameron Resolution which called for the recognition of Cuban belligerency.\" \"Chronology of Cuba in the Spanish-American War,\" Library of Congress, LOC.gov","rel":"","context":"In "quotes"","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1961,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1896\/02\/28\/142281896\/","url_meta":{"origin":1962,"position":2},"title":"2\/28\/1896","author":"AmarkData","date":"February 28, 1896","format":false,"excerpt":"\"1896; 28 February. The U.S. Senate recognized Cuban belligerency when it passed overwhelmingly the joint John T. Morgan\/Donald Cameron resolution calling for recognition of Cuban belligerency and Cuban independence. 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