Against this abuse of the rights of war I have felt constrained on repeated occasions to enter the firm and earnest protest of this Government.
William McKinley: “Against this abuse of the rights of war I have felt constrained on repeated occasions to enter the firm and earnest…”
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McKinley states his government's firm protest against the abuse of wartime rights by Spain.
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