The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-12-15

enco Win to0 pOgge relating particularly to the
better protection pf American missionaries in
the empire! Thi condemned murderer of tue
eminent missionary, Dr.. Justin ". Parsons.
has not yet been executed, although the gov
ernment has repeatedly demanded that ex-
emplary justice 10 done
THBe SWISS GOVERNMENT
has solicited the good Offices of our diplomatic
and consular agents for tho protection Of it's
citizens in pountries where il is not itself rep
resented This request has within proper
limits beengranted Our agents in Switzer-
land have peen instructed to protest against
the condud Of the authorities of certain COM
u,unes in permitting the emigration to this
country OF fcrimina aud other Objectionable
per-sons Several such persons, through
the co-operatibn OF tho oommia-
sioners Of emigrltion stNew York, have been
sent back by th> steamers which brought
them. A continuance os this course NAV
than diplomats remonstr.noe. sus Tre:
ties Of commerce and navigation
and for the regulation CT consular privileges
have been CONCLUDED with Roun,ania and Per-
via since their |lmission into the family of
European -:,t;ans. As ia natural with con-
tirguous states which have like institutions
aud like aims OF Advancement and deyelop-
ment, tho friendship Of the United States and
Mexico las been consistently maintained,
The government has lost no occasion of en-.
couraghg the Mexican government to 4
beneficial realization Of the mutual ad-
vantaso; ..; which will result for
and from the opening Of the rich interior Of
Me1co to railway enterprise I deem it i'm
por;aut that means be provided to restrain the
lavleesness unfortunately so common. and to
suppress the forays Of the reservation Indians
or either side Of the Rio Granda The reiRh-
bring states Of Central America have pre-
.erved internal peace. and their outward rcls-
tons towards the United States have been
those Of intimate friendship. These are en-
ccoursGing signs Of their growing disposition
to subordinate theif local interests to
those which are common to them
boundary dispute between Guatemals aud
Mexico has furuished this government the op-
portnnity to exercise it's good offices by pxe-
venting = rupture between those states and
for procuring peaceful solution Of tho ques-
tion. The Costa Rica government lately formed
an engagement with Colombia for settling by
arbitration =, the boundary. question betwee:.
those countries providing that the post of Ar
bitrants be offered successively to tho king
OF the Belgians, the king of Spain and tho
president Of the Argentine confederation The
king OF the Belg;ans has declined to act, but I
am not as yet advised Of the action Of the
klng ct Spain. As we have certain interests in
the disputed territory which arc protected by
treaty engagement with one Of the parties, it 10
important that the arbitration should not with
out our consent affect our rights, and this gov
ernment has accordingly thought proper to
make its views known to the parties to tho
aSrcemens as the questions growing out Of
tho proposed
1STER-oCEAN1c WATERWAY
acoss tho 1sthmus of Panama are Of great na-
tiorai Importance. This government has not
been unminGful of the solemn obligations i'm
posed upon by its compact of 1846 with
Colombia az tho independent and sovereign
mistress OF the territory crossed by the canal,
and sought to render them effective by fresh
engagements with the Cololnbisn republic,
looking to thoir practical execution The ne
got!ations to this end after they had reached
what appeared to be mutually satisfactory
solution tiou here. were met in Colombia By
its onvoy bad assurea and by proposal for ne
gotiation on modified basis. Meanwhile this
government learned that Colombia had pro-
posed to the European powers to join in
guarantee Of tho. neutrality of tho proposed
direct contravention Of cur obligation al the
sole guarantee OF tho integrity of Columbian
Territory, and of the neutrality of tho
canal itself. My Ianen.el predecessor
felt it his duty 10 place
before before the European powers the
the United States Indispensable and for which
the interjection OF any foreign guarantee
might be regarded as superfluous and un-
friendly act yossseeing the probable reliance
OF the British government on the provisions Of
the Clayton-Sslver treaty Of 1850, as Afford
the United Gss4ss oonvenanted with Colombia
four years before, have rot hesitated to sup
plement the aotiss Of my predecessor BY pro-
posing to her matosty's government the modifi-
cation Of that i3etrument and the abrogation
Of such clauses thereof as do not conflict with
bia or with the vital needs Of tho two friendly
parties.o the compact
chill AND PERU.
This government sees with great concern
tho continuance of the hostile relations be-
tween Chill and Peru. An early peace between
these republics is much to be desired, not only
that they may themselves be spared further
misery and bloodehed, but because their con-
tnued antagonism threatens consequences
interests Of all the republican governments on
this continent and calculated to destroy the
best elements Of our free and peaceful civiliza-
ton. As in the present excited condition Of
popular feeling in these countries there
has been Z serious misapprehension Of the po-
o1tlOu OF tu0 6t8t6es SuO ~ eep3T8Go
diplomatic intercourse with each through inde-
pendent minister's is at the same time serious
subject, owing to the want Of prompt recipro-
cal communication, to temporary misunder-
standing, have deemed it judicious at the
present time to send q special envoy, accred-
with general instructions which will enable
him to bring these powers into friendly rela-
uons.
VENEZUELA CIArMA
The government Of Venezuela maintsins ito
attitude Of warm friendship, and continues
~ quota of tho diplomatic debt Without sug-
gesting the direction in which congress should
act, ask attention to pending questions affect
ing the destination Of the sums thus far re-
ceived. The relations between Venezuela and
France, growing out Of the same debt, have
been for sometime past in On unsatisfactor
state, and this government, as the noishhor
and one Of tho largest creditors OF Venezuela,
has 1nterposed itself with the French govern
ment, with the view Of producing friendly
and honorable adjustment
COMMERCIAL INTERESTS WITH BRAzu.
i regret that the commercial interest between
the United States and Brazil, from which great
advantages were hoped year ago, have suf-
fercd from withdrawal OF American lines of
communication between Brasilisn ports and
our own.
Through tho efforts Of our minister resilient
at Bueuos Ayres anil the United States minis-
tor at Santiago treaty has been concluded be-
tween tho Argentine Republic and Chill dispos
ing OF the long pending Patagonian boundary
question. It 10 matter Of congrstulation that
our government has been afforded the oppor.
tunity Of .S .sSucce:sfuly e1ertinE it, good iDf1n flu
tween the republics Of the American continent
TREATIES WITH CHINA.
I am glad to inform you that tho treaties
lately negotiated with China have been duly
ratified on both sides and the exchange made
st Pekio: Legislation il necessary to call is
friendly manner in which the Chinese govern
ment, at the request Of the United Statee, con-