The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-12-16

! the United States in France and in Be, ,ium, rs
delegates. The international commission upon
wei yhts and measures also continues its work in
| Paris. | invite your attention to the necessity
Of an appropriation to be made IN time to enable
this government to comply with its obligations
under the mctrical convention.
Our friendly relations with the German Empire
continue without Interruption. At the recent
international exhibition Of fish and fisheries, at
| Berlin. the participation Of the United States
Notwithstanding the haste with which the
mission forced. to make its preparations,
extremely successful and mcrtoriOus, winning for
private exhibitors numerous awards of high class
and for the country at large the principal prize
of honor offered by his majesty, the emperor.
The results Of this great success cannot but be
advantageous to this important and growing in
dustry. There have been some questions raised
between the two governments as to the proper Ell
feet and Interpretation of our treaties OF natural
| ization but recent dispatches from minister at
Berlin show that favorable progress is making
toward an understanding, in accordance with the
| views Of this government, which makes and ad-
mits no distinction whatever between the rights
Of native and natulalizcd citizen of the United
States. In practice, the complaints Of moleSta
tlon suffered by naturalized citizens abroad have
never been fewer than at present
There is nothing OF Importance to note IN our
unbroken friendly relations with the governments
of Austria Hungary. Russia, Portugal Sweden
and Norway. Switzerland. Turkey and Greece
SPAIN.
During the last summer several vessels belong
ing to the merchant marine of this country sail
| ing in neutral waters of the West Indies, were
! fired ut. boarded and searched by an armed
cruiser of the Spanish government. The circum
stances, as reported involve not only private in
jury to the persons concerned, but also seemed too
little obscrvant of the friendly relations existing
for Il century between this country and Spain.
The wrong brought to the attention of the
Spanish government in serious protest and re-
monStrance. and the matter is undergoing investl-
CATION by the royal authorities, with a view to
such explanation rcpa"ation may be called
| Tor by the facts.
The commission sitting in this city for the ad-
ludication of claims of citizens against the
government Of Spain is | hope. approaching the
termination of its laborS
The claims against the United States under the
Florida treaty with Spain were submitted to con
@reSs at the late session. and again invite your
attention to this long standing question, with
view to the final disposition Of the matter.
At an invitation of the Spanish government,
conference has recently been held ut the city Of
! Madrid to consider the subject Of protection by
| fDregn powers of native Moors in the empire of
| Morocco. The minister of the United States, in
Spain was directed to take part in the delibcra
| tions of this conference the result Of which is
| convention signed on behalf of all the powers
represented. The instrument will be laid before
| the senate for its consideration. The government
| Of the United States has lost no opportunity to
| urge upon that Of the emperor of Morocco the
necessity, in accordance with the humane and en-
lightened spirit of the age, putting an end to the
perecutions, which have been prevalent in
that country, of persons of faith other thar the
Moslem and especially Of the Hebrew residents of
Morocco.
| The consular treaty concluded with Belgium
has not yet been officially promulgated, owing to
the alteration of a word in the text by the senate
of the United States which occas!Oncd a delay.
during which the time allowed for ratification eX-
pred. The senate will he asked to extend the
! period for ratification.
! EXTRADI1IOS.
| The attempt to negotiate Il treaty OF extra
! lition with Denmark failed on account of tn" OBJ
| lection of the Danish government to the usual
clause providing that each nation should pay the
expense of the arrest of the persons whose extra
| ditiOn it asks.
| CHINESE RELATIONS.
| The provision made by congress at its last ses-
| Son for the expense of the commission which had
been appointed to enter upon negotiations with
! the imperial government Of China. subjects of
great interest to the relations of the two coun
| tries. enabled the commissioners to proceed at
once upon their mission The imperial govern
ment was prepared to give prompt and respectful
attention to the matters brought under negotla
! tion and the conferences proceeded with such ra
pdity and success that, on the 18th of November
last, two treaties We're signed at Pekin, one relat
ing to The introduction Of Chinese into this coun-
| try, and one relating to commerce. Mr.. Trescot
one of the commissioners, is now on his way home
bringing the treaties, and it is expected that they
will be received in season to he laid before the
senate early in January.
| JAPAN.
Our minister in Japan has negotiated a conven-
tion for the reciprocal relief of shipwrecked sea-
men. | take occasion to urge more upon
congress the propriety Of making provision for
the erection of suitable fire proof buildings at the
japanese capital for the use of the American le-
CATION and the court house and Jail connected
with it. The japanese government, with great
generosity and courtesy. has offered for this pur-
| pose an eligible piece Of land.
| In my last annual message | invited the atten-
ton of congress to the subject of the indemnity
| funds received some years ago from China and
Japan | renew the recommendation then made,
! that whatever portion of these funds are due to
American citizens should be promptly paid and
the residue returned to the nations. respectively,
to which they justly and equitably belong.
SErHERLASDs.
The extralition treaty with the kingdom of the
Netherlands, which has been for some time in
course of negotiation has, during the past year,
been concluded and duly ratified
| RoUMASIA.
| Relations of friendship and amity have been
tablished between the government Of the United
| States and that of Roumania. We have sent a
| diplomatic representative to Bucharest, and have
received at this capital the special envoy who has
been charged by his Royal l1ighness Prince Charles
to announce the Independent sovereignty of Rou
mania. We hope for speedy development of
commercial relations between the two countries.
MEXICO.
| In my last annual mcssageI expressed the hope
that the prevalence of quiet the border between
A..
sured as to justify the modification of the orders
| then in force, to military commanders, in re-
| gard to crossing the frontier, without encouraging
such disturbances, would cndanger the peace Of
| the two countries. Events moved in accordance
| with these expectations and the orders were ac-
cordlnglv withdrawn, to the entire satisfaction of
| our own citizens and the Mexican government.
! Subsequently the peace Of the border was again
disturbed by a savage foray, under the command
of the Chief Victoria but, by the combined and
harmonious action of the military forces of both
countries his band has been broken up and sub
stantally destroyed.
| There is reason to believe that the obstacles
which have so long prevented rapid and convent
| ent communication between the United States and
| Mexico by railways, on the point OF disappear
ing, and that several important enterprises of this
character will soon be set on foot which cannot fail
to contribute largely to the prosperity of both
| countries
| SOUTH AMERICAN STATES.
New cvoys from Guatemala, Columbia, Bo
livia, Venezuela and Nicaragua have recently
arrived at this capital, whose distinction and en-
lightenment afford the best guarantee of the con-
tinuance of friendly relations between ourselves
and these sister republics
The relations between this government and that
of the United States of Columbia have engaged
public attention during the past year, mainly by
reason of the project of an interoceanic canal
across the isthmus of Panama, to be built by
re ltal n Column
bian government for that purpose. The treaty
obligations subssting between the United States
and Columbia, by which guarantee the neu-
trality of the transit and the sovereignty and
property of Columbia in the isthmus, make it nee
essary that the conditions under which so stupend
Gus change in the region embraced in this guar
antee should be Notwithstanding rs it
would this isthmus, from barrier between the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans into gateway and
) thoroughfare between them, for the navies and
merchant ships of the world-should receive the
approval of this government rs being compatible
| with the discharge of these ohgatons on our