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PRCCLAMATIONS. Nos. 5, 6. 1769 and held according to the laws of the United States and rules and regulations not in conflict therewith; _ Provided, that this exception shall not continue to apply to any particular tract of land unless the entryman, settler or claimant continues to comply with the law under which the entry, tiling, settlement or location was made. \Varning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or Reserved hom m- make settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proolama tion. "°‘“°“‘· In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washingtoii this 2nd day of March, in the year . of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and ninety eight, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-second. WILLIAM MCKINLEY By the President: JOHN SHERMAN Secretary of State [No. 6.] BY THE P1tEsIDl.NT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMEBIGA: Aprnzaisos. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, by a joint resolution passed by the Congress and approved Pmmbis- April 20, 1898, and communicated to the Government of Spain, it was A""' P' m' demanded that said Government at once relinquish its authority and Government in the Island of Cuba, and withdraw its land a.nd Naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters; and the President of the United States was directed and empowered to use the entire land and Naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States to such extent as might be necessary to carry said resolution into effect; and Vlfhereas, in carrying into effect said l'€S•¤llll5l0ll, the President of the United States deems it necessary to set on ioot and maintain a blockade of the North coast of Cuba, including all ports on said coast between Cardenas and Bahia Honda and the port of Cieufuegos on the South coast of Cuba: Now, therefore, I, William McKinley, President of the United States, cine; in order to enforce the said resolution, do hereby declare and proclaim ,,§,“,j§§,2{f,l‘f,§‘,‘,§€"*°°"‘ that the United States of America have instituted, and will maintain a blockade of the North coast of Cuba, including ports on said coast between Cardeuas and Bahia Honda andthe port ot'Cienfnegos on the South coast of Cuba, aforesaid, in pursuance of the laws of the United States and the law of nations applicable to such cases. An etiicient force will be posted so as to prevent the entrance and exit of vessels from the ports aforesaid. Any neutral vessel approaching any of said Neutral vessels. ports, or attempting to leave the same, without notice or knowledge of the establishment of such blockade, will he duly warned by the Commander of the blockadin g forces, who will endorse on her register the fact, and the date, of such warning, where such endorsement was made; and if the same vessel shall again attempt to enter any blockaded port, she will be captured and sent to the nearest convenient port for such proceedin gs against her and her cargo as prize, as may be deemed advisable. Neutral vessels lying in any of said ports at the time of the establishment of such blockade will be allowed thirty days to issue therefrom. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aliixed.