The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-01-09
The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Trenty.

December Il, 1893
This treaty comedies to the United States
or citizens thereof the right Of way in per-
petuity, for three great transit routes across
the Mexican Republic:
l. The right Of way, in perpetuity, for
a railroad or other communication across
the lsthmus Of Tehuantepec from ocean to
ocean.
2. The right Of way, in perpetuity, for
a railroad from some point ON the Rio
Grande, across the States of Tamaulipas,
Coahnila and New Leon, Durango and Sin
aloa, TO the port of Mazatan, on the Pa
ci6c.
;. The right of way, in perpetuity, for
railroad from the Territory Of Arizona,
across the State of Sonora to the port of
Guyamas, on the GuIfof California
4. The right to erect warehouses at the
termini of all these transit routes, and freely
to navigate the waters with which they
communicate.
5. The right TO transport goods and
merchandise destined for Arizona or CAL
ifornia, or thence back to the other parts of
the United States free of duty, by each and
all of the routes across the Republic what
ever may be their description or OF what
country.
6. This article provides that these goods
may at any time be entered at the transit
warehouses, for sale and consumption in
Mexico on payment of the duties; may
at any time be Withdrawn and shipped to
any other country than Mexico free Of du-
ty, the warehouse regulations to allow no
charges on the goods but those Of carriage
and storage.
7. This article provides that large list
of goods and merchandise being the natu-
raj or manufactured product of the United
States, shall be admitted into Mexico at the
various termini of the transit routes on
terms of perfect reciprocity, the Congress
of the United States to determine whether
they shall be admitted free or ut u fixed
rate of duty This list embraces manu-
features in cotton and leather of every de-
scription.
g. The treaty grants, moreover, the right
to transport the troops, military stores, and
munitions of war of the United States
across the Republic, by the Tehuantepoc
aud sonora transits, on the same terms as
those of Mexico
9. It comedies to the United States the
right, with or without the consent and CO.
operation of Mexico, to protect, by force of
arms, if necessary, all these transit routes
their property and rights of way.
10. It guarantees religious freedom to
citizens of the United States in Mexico, and
the right to worship in churches or in pri-
waite dwellings, according to the dictates of
their own consciences.
H. No forced loan, whatever be its ma
ture, shall be levied on citizens of the United
States resident in Mexico, on any pretense
whatever. Citizens of the United States,
moreover, shall be free to pursue whatever
business or profession may seem to them
fit, withoutany restraint or restriction what
ever.
SUPPLEMENTAL CONVENTION.
To the treaty is also attached a special
supplementary convention between the
United States and Mexico, which con-
cludes:
l. The right of the United States to in
tervene by force of arms, if necessary, to
protect citizens and property of the United
States in Mexico and to enforce these same
treaty stipulations.
>. In compensation for the duties above
mentioned, as released on goods passing
through the Republic and for consumption
therein, the United States stipuIate to pay
TO Mexico four millions of dollars, two mill
lions of which are to be reserved for the
payment Of claims against Mexico.
Fnou THE WEST COAST OF AFBIcA.-We
have news from Benin, the I'd OF October,
Ola Galabar, the LIST; Lagos, the 10th, ana
Sierra heone the 2lst Of November. The
Cameroons was in very unsettled state In
consequence of anticipated rise of the
slave population. Great sacrifice of life
was feared. Dysentery was very prevalent
among the Kroomen. AT Bonny the Re
gent IllolIah Popple had murdered wo-
man accused of witchcraft, and civil war
was feared in consequence. A large num-
Der of soldiers and emigrants had arrived
at Fernando Pc from Spain. Another at
tempt had been made to fire Lagos. Bust
ness, however, in palm oil was brisk. Co
Zoe, King of. Acera, had been taken priso-
ner and confined in the fort Trade dull at
Cane Coast Her Britannia Majeslys ship
Spitfre had captured a SLAYER at Jacknel,
with 400 slaves on board.
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