The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-12-15
HAWAII.


HAWAII
The king of Hawaii, in the course Of his home
ward return after u journey around the world, has
lately visited this country. While our relations
with that king are friendly, this government has
mcnt of the diminishing population Of the island
from outward sources to degree which may i'm.
pair the native sovereignty and independence In
which the United States was among the first to
testify lively interest.
OTHER NATIONS.
Relations of unimparcd amity have been main.
tanned throughout the wear with The resnectve
governments Of Austria Hungary, Belgium, Den.
mark. Hayt. Paraguay and Urapuay Portugal
and Sweden and Norway, and tbs NAV also b.
said of Greece and Ecuador. Although our re.
latiops with these states have for several wears
been severed by the withdrawal of approximations
for diplomatic representatives mt Athens and On;to
il seems expedient to restore those missions even
on a reduced scale, and decidedly recommend
such a course with respect to Ecuador which il
likely within the near future to play mn imnortant
THE GENEVA coNyENTIoN,
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odnnt;na ~. nav coda nf ;n,srna,oppajp mn ~ y.
tha pra's,;" M "s ons;ono Nv ,ha h;mh sa.es wi
of cnnsnrm;ms mo domsst;c 'o.s "s anu
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a,;ss t.om ,ha a,oi;oat;on o Nv a.a;y NY
aos snios IN ,ho oo.a t nassoi, UshMiSas Ma,s
an, ra,ionai;,;es m.et;ro IN ,;dsI wa,ars
These The '''irr International rules % differ A's hn;
slightly from onr own. They hive heen aaont"S
hne ~ ,,nnn Sa.,o .t,n.,t e.. H., n,ss.e
tHo Nno Sh,, ~ .hs TIn;tad stat.Is 49," -
sens and fareDn waters and thro%,h mo . an,;sn ;n
81 ,ha stato lows r.,nent in d;Ssa,;, I'll ., .H
r,,as ond in ooora;,,;n, ,ha sh;n r,as.a.e :.S az
tba ont;on &c cantorn;n, N tham w,hn,,. ~.
x,ltcii"naI wst ..rs of ths Iyni.sI Staiss T,s
,re now ,arv rensra,iv Lnown and "hsuaa Thy.
S,ata aararmsnI stili CONTINUES n nuhI;sh % .hs
conn,rv tha trada and mnrmfoctn.;r. ,ano..s
of his conrsa warrants ;ts continuance and s saoH
recommendations as NAV he renn;rsd ~ meat ea M
rap;dIv ;ncraas;ng demand far thasa nmh,;oo,,ons
with sneca reference to tho Atlanta cottan "xnnl
st;on Tba accounts NJ !. unmha, ne INC .and.,,
was devoted Io = valuable colection of nsnsrs ~,
the cotton goods trade Of the world -
,srrpsArIoSaI caSrrprMcr
The international conference for which the con.
o,css NJ 1874 made nrov;s;on asse,nhIad IN ,h;s
s;tw IN Jannsrv iast and ;ts sess,nns wora ~"
lonped ,iil March Although Il reached NO sncci.
flo conclusions affordinr future actions of tho
nart;cnont mowers tbe ;ntercbnn.s NJ v;ows
proyed To he most valuable. Protocols NJ tho Sos.
s;ons have heen already nresented 10 The zsna.s
'''' NATIONAL BOARD or HEALTH.
As nertinent 10 this general snh;ect I coll Won,
attention To the operntons Of The national hos ii
Of health established by congress Approved
March Z 1870 IT. snhere of dntv was anI.r.oJ
hv the net Of June ID in The same vesr Rv ths
last named not the hoard was ren,;rsd 10 ;nsi;tne
snch measures ~ might he deemed necessary for
@ nreventno the introduction of cont.ysous q, IN.
fectious diseases from foreign countries into tho
Ifnted states or from one state into another Ths
execution of The rules md repuIations nrenareJ
by the board and approved bv INV nredecessor
bns done much 10 arrest the progress of endemic
diseases md has thus rendered substantial ser-
vice to the nation.
The inter. national sanitary conferences n
which have referred, adopted a form Of = bin
ON health to be used by ali vessels seeking to
enter tho ports Of the countries whose renresen.
tatiyes partjcipated in the deliberations. Th;s
form has been preserved by our National Board
| OF Health and incorporated with IL rnles snd
| regulations which have been nnnroveti Nv ma in
nmrsuance of law. The health AZ ina reonia Il
Of supreme Importance. All measures looking
to their preservation against the species Of con.
tagious diseaseas, and the increase Of our sani.
tary knowledge for such purpose deserve atten-
- Exprssrs.
The reuort Of the secretarv ~ Tho t,e.mr,
renresents in detail hi~hlv :at;sfactnrv avh;h;t
Of the state and condition q the ynro,,s
of tho nnhl;c serv;ca odm;n;st.red h~ thst Ia.
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