The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-12-09

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matter may be favorably concluded.
TURKEY.
The insecurity Of life and property In many
parts of Turkey has given rise to correspond
ence with the Porte, looking particularly to the
better protection Of American missionaries in
the empire The condemned murderer of the
eminent missionary, DIR. Justin w. Parsons,
has not yet been executed, although
this Government has repeatedly demanded
his punishment
SWITZERLAND.
The 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 instructed
TO protest against the conduct of the authori-
ties OF certain communes in permitting the
emigration TO this country of criminals, and to
other Obi, ctioInbe persons. Several such per-
sons. through the cooperation of tho
Commissioners of Emigration at New York,
have been sent back by the steamers which
brought them. continuance of the course
may prove a more effective remedy than diplo-
matte remonstrance.
THE DANUBIAN STATES.
Treaties of commerce and navigation and
for the regulation of Consular privileges has
been concluded with Roumama and Servia
since their admission into the family of Euro
pean States.
As is natural with contiguous States having
like institutions and like aims OF advancement
and development, the friendship of the United
States and Mexico has been constant
ly 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
tercourse, and from the opening of the rich
interior OF Mexico to railway enterprise. L
deem il important that means be provided to
restrain tue lawlessness so common the
frontier, and to suppress the foravs of the
reservation Indians on either side of the Rio
Grande.
CENTRAL AMERICA.
The neighboring States OF Central America
have 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 subordi-
nate their local interests to those which are
common TO them by reason Of their geoCraph-
ical 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 peaceful sou-
ton of the question l cherish strong hope
that in view OF our relations OF amity with both
countries our friendly counsels will prevail.
The Costa Rica Government lately formed an
engagement with Colombia for settling, by ar
bitration, the boundary question between those
countries, providing that the part of the ar
bitrants should be offered succesively to the
King Of the Beleians the King of SpaiE
and the President of the Argentine Con-
federation. The King of the Belgians
has declined TO act, but | am not as yet advised
of the action of the King of Spain. AS we have
certain interests in the disputed territory which
are protected by our treaty engagement with
one OF the parties, il is important that the ar
bitration should not without our consent affect
our rights, and this Government has accord
ungy thought proper TO make its views known
to the parties TO the agreement, and to intimate
them 10 the Belgian Government.
THE COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT.
The questions growing out of the proposed
inter-oceanc water way across The Isthmus OF
Panama are Of grave national importance.
This Government has not been unmmdful of
the solemn Obligations imposed upon il by its
compact of 1916 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 a mutually unsatisfactory
solution here were met in Colombia by dis
avowal of the powers which It's envoy had
assumed, and by proposal for renewed nego-
tiations on modified basis. Meanwhile this
Government learned that Colombia had pro-
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guarantee of the neutrality of the proposed
Panama Council, guarantee which would be
IN direct contraventiOn 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
lnter1ectlon OF any foreign guarantee might be
regarded as a superiuous and unfriendy act.
THE cLAYToN-BULwER TREATY.
Foreseeing the probable reliance of the Brit
lsh Government on the provisions of the Clay
ton-Bulwer treaty Of 1850, atfordlng room
for a share in the guarantees which the United
States covenanted with Colombia four years
before, l 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-
tons OF the United States toward Colombia or
with the vital needs OF the two friendly parties
TO the compact.
CHILL AND PERU.
This Government sees with great concern
the continuance Of hostile relations between
Chill, Bolivia and Peru. An early peace be-
tween these republics is much to be desired, not
only that they may themselves be spared fur
ther misery and bloodshed. but because their
continued antagonism threatens consequences
NiANh arc III JudEultul dangerous TO
the Interests Of republican goveIn1 O
on this continent and calculated
to destroy the best elements of
our free and peaceful civilization. As in the
present excited condition Of popular feeling in
those countries there has been serious misap-
prehensions 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, have deemed it iudicious
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
relief Of the wounded in war. l 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-
gagement.
l regret that the commercial interests be-
tween
THE UNITED STATES AND BRAZIL,
from which great advantages were hoped a year
ago. have suffered from the withdrawal of the