The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-10
government ha, repeatedly demanded that ex
emplqrA jlpliNu bc done.

! The SWISS government has solicited the
good offices of our dip nniatlc ana consular
agents tor !he prhc,t on ot lis cilizens IN
countries where II u not Itself represented,
The request has, within proper limits, been
granted. Our agents Ia Switzerland have been
Instructed Ia protest against the conduct OF
the authorities of ,eluin cominnnes IN per.
hitting the emigration Ia thus coan'iyo i crmi-
mails, aud io-oii,r objectionable persons. Sew
ernl such persons, through III" cooperation OF
the Commissioners Of Emigration az New
| York, have hccn sent back Ivy The steamers
Inch brought them. a continuance OF the
course may Prove u none elective remedy
! than diplomatic rcmnn>iianc'.
THE DANUBIAS STATES.
Ttreaiies Of c,'mtriie ANA navigation
and for The regulation OF Consular privileges
| has been concluded with lt'umanla and Ser
via since their admission into The family OF
European States
| MEXICO
| "A j. natural win contiguous states having
| like institutions and hike aims of advancement
aud devcl pmrul, The friendship ol the United
States and Mckee hn, hrtn constantly main
tanned the Government has lost no occasion
| Of encuuragin. The MEXICAN Government To a
beneficial rcalZation OF The mutual advantages
which will result from more Intimate com
mercla intercourse aud from the opening OF
| the rich interior of Mexico To railway enter
prise. | deem IT Important that means be
| provided 10 restrain the la~lessness So com.
mon on the frontier, AMI iosuppress the forays
| of the Reservation Indians on either side OF
the RIO Grandr.
| CENTRAL AMERICA.
The neighbUrng States OF Central America
have preserved internal peace, ana their out
ward relations toward u, have been those of
! -, tr,nnIuhi, Il.rn urs az "
signs OF their growing dts ,ositlOL to subordi-
nate their local interests To those which are
common 10 them by reason of their geographi.
! cal relations. The boundary dispute between
! Guatemala and Mexico has afforded tins Gov
eminent an opportunity To exercise It's good
offices for preventing rupture between those
states, and tor procuring peaceful solution oil
the question. cherish II strong hope that IN
view of our relations Of amity with both coun-
tries, our friendly counsels will prevail.
| The COSTA Rca Government lately formed
an engagement with Columbia for settling, by
arbitration, the boundary question between
those countries, providing that the part OF the
arb,rans should tie offered successfully to
the King OF the Begians, the King of Spain
and the President oil The Argentine Confedera
ton The King of tie Belgians has declined
to act but am not Us yet advised of the &c
ton Of the KING of SPAN. As we have Ger
tain interests in the disputed territory which
are protected by our treaty engagement with
one of The parties, 1t Is important that the ar
bitralion should not without our consent al
feet our rights aud this Government has ac-
cOrdingly 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
thn
Panama are of grave national importance
This Government has hot been unmindill Of
the solemn obligations imposed upon it by its
com pact of 1916 with Colombia as the indie
pendent and sovereign mistress of the terri.
tory crossed by the canal, and has sought to
render them effective toy fresh engagements
with the Colombian Republic looking to their
practical execution. The negotiations to this
end after they had reached what appeared to
be mutually satisfactory solution here, were
met In Colombia by disdvowal of the powers
which its envoy had assumed and by pro-
posal for renewed negotiations on modified
basis. Meanwhile this Government learned
that Colombia had proposed to the European
Powers to join In guarantee OF the neutrality
of the proposed Panama Canal, guarantee
which would be in direct coniraventlon of our
obligations rs the sole guarantee of the integ.
rity of Colombian Territory and OF the neu-
trality Of the canal itself My lamented pre-
decessof felt 1t his duty to place before the Eu-
ropean Powers the reasons which make the
prior guarantee of the United States indlspen-
sable, and for which the interjcction of any
foreign guarantee might be regarded as a 81.
periluous and untrendly act.
THE CLAYTON BULwER TREATY.
Foresceing the probable reliance of the Brit
ish Government on the provisions of the Clay
ton.Bulwer treaty of 1850, as aifordlng room
for II share in the guarantees which the United
States conven9ntcd with Colombia four years
before have not hesitated to supplement the
action of my predecessor by proposing to her
Majesty's Government the modification of that
INSTRUMENT, and the abrogatlon of such clauses
thereof as do not comport with obligations 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 the hostile relations be.
tween Chli, Bolivia and Peru An early
peace between these Republics Is much to be
desired, not only that they may themselves be
spared further misery and bloodshed, but be-
cause their continued anagonlsm threatens
consequences which are in my judgment dan.
gerous to the interests Of Republican Govern.
ment on this continent and calculated to de
stroy the best elements of our free and peace
full civilization. AS in the present excited
condition OF popular feeling in those countries
there has been serious misapprehensions of
the position of the United States, and as sep
arate diplomatic intercourse with each through
independent Ministers Is sometimes subj ect,
owing to the want of prompt reciprocal COIN
municaton, to temporary misunderstanding,
| have deemed 1t judicious at the present time
to send a special Envoy accredited to all and
each of them furnished with general lnstruc
tons, which will, trust, enable HIM to bring
these powers into friendly relations.
THE GENEVA AWARD.
At its last regular session the Senate called
for the text # the Geneva convention for the
relief of the wounded IN war trust this ac
ton foreshadows such interest In the subject
as will result in the adhesion of the United
SIlIEs In TINT humann nnd com cnda lille