On the record
The existing conditions can not but fill this Government and the American people with the gravest apprehension.
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gutenberg.orgThe existing conditions can not but fill this Government and the American people with the gravest apprehension.
McKinley expresses the serious concerns of the U.S. government and its citizens regarding the ongoing situation in Cuba.
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