The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-12-10

with the Hawaiian Islands for commercial
reciprocity; and with the Ottoman EN-
pire for extradition. An of which have
been duly proclaimed.
1HE ALABAMA CLAIMS
The court of commissioners of Alabama
claims has prosecuted its important duties
very assiduously ald very satisfactorily.
1t convened and was organized on the 22d
day of July, 1874, and BY the terms of the
act under which it was created, was to ex.
ist for one year from that day. The act
provided, however, that should it be found
| impracticable to complete the work of the
court before the expiration of the year, the
president might. By proclamation, extend
| the time of its duration to aperiod not more
than six months beyond the time of the one
| year. Having received satisfactory evil
! dence that it would be impracticable to COM
| piete the work within the time originally
! fixed, | issued a proclamation, copy of
| which l. presented herewith, extending the
| time OF the duration of the court period of
SIX months from aud after the 22d of July
| last.
WORK OF THE COURT.
| The report made through the clerk of the
! court, communicated herewith, shows the
! condition of the calendar on the first of
! November last, aud the large amount of
work whick has been accomplished. Thir-
| teen hundred and eighty-two claims have
| been presented, of which six hundred and
| eighty-two had been disposed of at the date
of the report. | am informed that one
hundred ami seventy cases were decided
during the month of November. Argu-
ments are being made. and decisions
| given in the remaining cases with all
of the dispatch consistent with
the proper adjustment of the question
submitted. Many of these claims are in
behalf Of mariners who depend on The evi.
| dence Of mariners, whose absence has de-
iayed the taking and the return of neces-
sarr evidence. II is represented to me
that il will he impracticable for the court
TO finally dispose of all the cases before it
within the present limits of its duration. JUS
tice to the parties claimant who have been at
large expense in preparing their claims,
and obtaining the evidence in their sup
port, suggests short extension to enable
the court to dispose of all the claims
which have been presented. | recommend
{ such legislation as may be deemed
, proper to enable the court to complete
the work before it. | recommend that
some suitable provision be made by the
creation of especial court or by conferring
the necessary jurisdiction upon some aP-
propriate tribunal for the consideration
and determination of claims of aliens
against the government of the United
States, which have arisen within reasonable
, time, or which may hereafter arise, ex
Guiding all claims barred by treaty provis
ions or otherwise. It has been found i'm
{ possible to give proper consideration tc
! those claims by the Executive Depart
} ment of the government. Such a tribunal
wonld afford an opportunity to aliens who
are British subjects to present their claims
OH account of acts committed against theil
persons or property during the rebellion
f as also TO those subjects of Great Britain
, whose claims having arisen subsequent tc
the 9th day of April, 1865, could not b,
presented to the late commission organized
pursuant to the provisions of the treaty O
! Washington.
OCEAN CABLES.
4 The electric telegraph has become an es
} seutial and Indispensable agent in the
: Transmission of business and social mes
q sages. Its operation on land and within
s the limit of particular States is necessarily
? under the control of the jurisdiction within
:, which it operates. The lines on the hIgl
: seas, however, are not subject to the par
r ticular control of any one government. II
4 1869 concession was granted by th'
+ French government to a company which
u proposed to lay cable from the shores o
J. France TO the United States. At tina
, time there was Geographic connection be
l. tween the United States and the continen
l. of Europe through the possessions of Grea
4 Britain at either end of the line, under ths
f control Of an association which hat
at large outlay of capital and at grea
d risk, demo nstrated the practicab1lity o
T. maintaining such means of eommunica
e ton. The expense of correspondence b.
l. this agency was great, possibly not to,
r large at the time for proper remuneration
= for so costly an enterprise, but it was
e however, heavy charge upon the mean
of communication which progress in tn
social and commercial intercourse of tn
world found to be necessity, and the oh
tanning of this French concession shove,
that other capital than that already investe
was ready to enter into competition Wit
the assurance of an adequate return 70
their outlay. Impressed with the conviC
. ton that the interests, not only of the pee
- pie of the United States but the world q
= large, demanded or wonld demand the mu
= DUPLICATION of such means of eemmunics
y ton between separate continents, was de
siro1s that the proposed connection shout
" be made, but certain provisions of thi
concession were deemed by me to be OF
: jectioRable, particularly one which CAV
e for a long term of years the exelr
= sive right of telegraphie communication b
submarine cable between the shores @
y France and the United States. could no
concede that any power shonld claim th
= right to land cable on the shore of tn
- United States and at the same time den
% to the nited States or TO its citizens or graz
!, tees, equal right to land cable on II
= shores. The right to control connection.
Il ! for the laying of the cable within the iuris
= dictional waters of the United States, Z
e connect our shores with those of any fol
:. eign State, pertains exclusively to tn
= Government of the United State.
e In the absence of legislation by Cor
4 gress, was unwilling, on the on
'e hand. to yield 10 foreign state the right {
- say that its grantees might land on on
shores while it denied similar right to on
people to land on its shores, and, on tn
&c other hand, was reluctant TO deny (
grantees, interests of the world and of ci,
ilization, the facilities of such conmunica
N ton as were proposed. therefore with
d held objection to the landing of an
3, cable, on condition that the ofFensiv
1t monopoly feature of the concession
IS should be abandoned and also tha