The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-12-09
his Government has repeatedly demanded
l.. II.

tHls doYeIhnei" Has repeatedly demanded
his punishnsene
1ne Swiss Government has solicited the good
Offices OF our diplomatic and consular agents
for the protection of its citizens in countries
where 1t is not itself represented. This ~.
quest has, within proper limits, been granted
Our agents In Switzerland have been irssr,,cted
to protest against the conduct Of sle antho,i
ties or certain oommll11es in permitting the
emigration to tAIs country of criminals, and Ia
other Objectionable persons. Several gdch nar.
sons, throagh the cooperation Of tha
Commissioners of Emigration at New Yorsr
hsTo been sent back by the Stean.esE which
Brought them. A continuance of the course
may prove more effeet.fe remedy than diplo-
matte renlo1stranse.
THE DANUBIAN STATES
:, 1Feasses of commerce and NAVIGATION and
Sef the regulation Of Consular privileges has
Deen concluded with Roumanla and Servia
SINCE tneH admission into the family Of Euro
pean States.
MEXICO.
: AS IS n:tural with contiguous States having
IKE lhstituaons and Ike aims Of advancement
and development, the friendship Of the TTnifed
States and Mexico has been constant
" maintained. The Government has
lost no occasion of encouraging the
Mexican Government to beneficial
realization Of the mutual advantages WHICH
Will result from more intimate COMMERCIAL in
teicourse, and from the opening of the rich
lltei1or OF Mexico to railway enterprise. |
deem it important tnat means be- provided To
Restrain the la%legsness SO common On tbo
frontier, and to suppress the forays of the
reservation Indians on either side of The Rio
Grande. WV
CENTRAL AMERICA.
Inc neighbot5n5 States of Central America
nave preserved internal peace, and their out
WARD relations toward Us have been those of
intimate friendship, There are encouraging
signs of their growing disposition to snboSrde,
nate their local interests to those which are
common 10 them by reason OF their geograph-
zeal relations. The boundary question between
guatemala and New Mexico has afforded this
Government an opportunity to exercise its
good offices for preventing rupture between
those states, and for procuring b peaceful solu-
non OF the question. cherish q strong hope
tnat IN view OF eur relations of annity with both
countries our friendly counsels will prevail.
The Costa Ries Government lately formed an
engagement with Colombia for settling by ar
pltpSDon, the boundary question between those
Countries, providing that the part Of the ar
hlfants should DO offered successfully to the
King OF the Bel2llns the King of Spain
and the President of the Argentine Con-
federation. The King of the BeIgians
mas declined to act, but am not as yet advised
certain interests in the disputed territory which
are protected by our treaty engagement with
one or the parties, 1t is important that the ar
bltratlon should not without our consent affect
our rights, and tits Government has accord
ln8ly thought proper to make It's views known
10 the parties to the agreement, and to intimate
tnem TO the Belgian Government
THE COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT
Ihe questions growing out OF the proposed
nter-oceantc water way across the Isthmus Of
Eanama are of grave national importance .
Ills Government has not been unmindful of
the solemn obligations imposed upon it by its
compact of 1886 with Colombia as the indie
pendent and sovereign mistress of the territory
crossed by the canal, and has sought to render
them effective by fresh engagements
With the Colombian republic, looking
to their practical execution. The
negotiations to this end, after they had reached
what appeared to be q mutually satisfactory
solution here, were met in Colombia by a dis
avowal of the powers which its envoy had
assumed and by proposal for renewed nego-
tlatlons on q modified basis. Meanwhile this
Government learned that Colombia had pro-
po3ed to the European powers to Join in
guarantee of the neutrality of the proposed
Panama Council, guarantee which would be
in direct contrayentlon of our obligations as
the sole guarantee of the integrity of Colombian
territory and of the neutrality of the canal
itself, My lamented predecessor felt it his
duty to place before the European powers the
reasons which make the prior guarantee OF the
United States indispensable, and for which the
'nierjectlon of any foreign guarantee might be
regarded as superfluous and unfrendly act.
THE oLAYToN-BULwEn TREATY
Foreseeing the probable reliance of the Brit
lsh Government on the provisions of the Clay
ton-Bulwer treaty of 1850, as affordng room
for share IN the guarantees which the United
States covenanted with Colombia four years
before, [ have not hesitated to supplement
the action of my predecessor by proposing to
her Majostys Government the modification of
that instrument, and the abrogation of such
clauses thereof as do not comport with obliga-
lions Of the United States toward Colombia, or
with the vital needs Of the two friendly parties
to the compact.
CHILLI AND PERU.
This Government sees with great concern
the continuance of hostile relations between
Ohih Bolivia and Peru. An early peace be-
tween these republics il much to be desired, not
only that they may themselves be spared fur
Their misery and bloodshed, but because their
continued antagonism threatens consequences
which are in my judgment dangerous to
the interests of republican government
on this continent, and calculated
to deahoy the best elements of
our free and peaceful civilization. As in tho
present excited condition of popular feeling in
lAlOsO COuubTte5 GHSIe mas DeSQ serious mlS2D-
prehenSons OF the position of the United
States, and as separate diplomatic intercourse
with each through independent Ministers is
sometimes subject, owing to the want of
prompt reciprocal communication to temporary
misunderstanding, l have deemed it judicious
at the present time to send special envoy ac-
credited to all and each of them furnished
with general instructions, which will, trust,
enable him to bring these powers into friendly
relations.
THE GENEVA AWARD.
At its last extra session the Senate called
for the text OF the Geneva Convention for the
rehef OF the wounded in war. trust this ac-
ton foreshadows such interest in the subject
as will result in the adhesion of the United
States to that humane and commendable en-
gagemant.
regret that the commercial interests be-
tween
THE UNITED STATES AND BRAZIL,
from which great advantages were hored a year
sgo, have suffered from the withdrawal of the
American line of communication between Bra
lillian ports and our own
Through the efforts of our Minister Resident
at Buenos Ayres and the United States Minis
ter at Santiago, treaty has been concluded
between
THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC AND CHILLI,
disposing of the long-pending Patagonian
boundary question. 1t Is a matter of conerat-
uIittUu lIRb our OONSIlt1llSllL HdS DSen aIOr(led
the opportunity of successfully exerting its
coed influence for the prevention OF disagree
ments between the republics of the American
continent.
VENEZUELA
The Government of Venezuela maintains
its attitude of warm friendship, and con-
tinues with great regularity its payment of
the monthly quota of the diplomatic debt.
Without sugg estlng the direction in which
Congress should act. / ask attention to
the pending questions affecting the dis
trlbution of the sums thus far received.
The relations between Venezuela and
F1snce, growing out of the same debt. have
been for some time past in an unsatisfactory
state, and this Government, SIS the neighbor of
one of the largest creditors Of Venezuels, has
mterposed itself with the French Government
with the view of producing friendly and hon
orable adjustment.
aZn glad to inform you that
THE TREATIES LATELY NEGOTIATED WITH CHINA
have been duly ratified on both sides and the
exchange made at Peking. Legislation is nee
essary to carry its provisions into effect. The
prompt and friendly spirit with which the Chi
nese Government, at the request of the United
States, conceded the modification of existing
treaties should secure careful regard for the
interests and suscephbilities of that Govern
ment in the re-enactment of any laws relating
to Chinese immigration. These classes
of treaties which forbid the psrtclpa-
ton of citizens or vessels of the
United States in the opium trade viii doubtless