Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-03-26
Department OF STATE, J
18th March, 1913.

I'tn harCD, lSlo.S
The Secretary Of State has the hurOr
Of submitting 10 the consideration CT the
President lhe correspondence herewith
enclosed. between The Env0ys extraOrdi.
nary of the U. States at the Court Of tie
Netherlands, and the PlenipOtentIaries AZ
pointed by that government :.r the puI-
Lose of renewing aad extending the con-
mercial treaty already existing between
the two countries. The failure Of this
negotiation is to be attributed principally
to Two obstacles which arose in tie pro
gress Of thc discussions between the re-
spectiye Plenipotcr,iarics ore proceed
ing from an essential principle. in The
commercial re. rla;ions of this country,
aud the other frcr a princip!c of Ike
character in The K dom Of tie Neither
lands
The law rf 81 IF March 1915. au'hr-
ri.ing a pr al repeal Of tie di.c,inira-
ting dunes which operate az. inst foreign
shipping, and the merchandi2e imported
IN them, required as a condition &c that
repeal, the abolition Of all Discriminating
or cCuDtersaling duties Of any To- eign
nation to whose advantage il shogt
ensus, so tar as they operate to tie Gi'-
;.dyan.age Ut the tn.led States-anl al
this condition tie acts Of the UIi'cd
States, imposing discriminating dr,Jcs,
were declared to be repeated g;Iy 50
la as poets TIE produce or TarUfsc.
ture OF tie nation to Witch tie lraga
ship OF vessel might belorg. The Isu,
therefore, required total abolition q
Discriminating or cGunter,aiiirg duties
IN the foreign nation, operating agaim!
the United Siates, and offsred only !
partial repeal Of our discriminating O..
ties, which opc a'ed sgairst them, in re.
turn. From ar imperfect view Of de
provisions Of this act, which Can be full!
understood only by CO'iatiEg it viii lie
general system and the particular Prov
sions of The acts imposing disorinir..
ting duties, pant Of which ony it FrOpc 81
to rereal, the government Ct tie Ne
thcrlaRt.s, and others, a pear 10 have IT,
derstood il as oferii & j fatal repeal d a!
discriminating duties, as well 81 Tonnage
as upon merchandise CT every de.criI lira
without distraction Of Yin. ] lie pow
er Of the President, was, however, re-
stricted ty tie terms Of TIE law. Tie
laws Of tile netherlands imposed olsen
minariDg duties Of Tonnage, al d Oh HsT'
chandize imported in foreign vessels. bgt
without 0ny distinction with the ,cgaG
TO the origin OF the merchandise. Nhen
therefore, they revoked their discrniIrs
ting duties So far as respected the thr
ted States, they considered themselves
by the DC. Ct Congress Of Sd of March,
1915, entitled to total repeal Of I5s
Discriminating duties III The United sad
operating against them, not only C.!
Tonnage dlues, but those upon merctsa'
die. whether OF the produce e AShI'
iacture Of the Netherlands, Or 81 IL! o
ther country. This MAS, hUv ever, Io'
warranted by the act Of Sd 81 MafcF
1916, nor could II be stipulated ~ t",
Is, without involving consequences e.
feCting ,hc commercial relations be;~r'i
the Unite ] States and other cOYutae"
The revocation of H." Discriminating GS'
ties upon ne,cfandize inla!ted IL r::'
sells OF the Netherlands. w'u d Ue oi H.
tie avail il limited 10 articles, tte r'''
iuce or narufac ure OF hat cVvau,'
the principal part OF whose exp, 's'."i