St. Landry democrat., 1882-12-16
public and the British possession of sierre

public and the British possession of sierre
Leon. -
| The reciprocity treaty with Hawa1l VIII
become terminable after September y, 1888; on
| two months notice by either party. v niie
certain provisions of that compact may nave
| proved onerous, its existence has 1ostefeu
| commercial relations which it is Important TO
preserve, suggest. therefore, that early early
| consideration be given to such modlflcatiehs
of the treaty as seem to be demanded Dy !he
! interests of our people. In view OF our IN IN
,creasing trade with both Hayti ana san 20 e..
| mingo, advise that provision be maze lor
diplomatic intercourse " it'll the latter py
| enlarging the scope of the mission at Fort au
Prince. regret thata certain class OF cialIns
| of American citizens against the government
| of Hayti have thus far been urged unaFan'
| ingly.
/ recent agreement with Mexico provides
4 for the crossing of the frontier by the armed
4 forces of either country in pursuit OF host,le
! Indians. In my message of last year l called
/ attention to the prevalent lawlessness upon
i the borders and to the necessity of legislation
| for its suppression. / again invite the atteh.
/ ton of Congress to the subject. partial
| relief from these mischiefs has been sought
in convention which nowawaits the anprov-
| al of the Senate as does another touching the
1 establishment of the international boundary
/ between the United States and Mexico Ii
/ the latter is justified the action of Congress
| will be required for establishing suitapie
| commissions of survey. The boundary ttls.
/ led this Government to protfer its friendly
| connsels to both parties, has been aMlcaoly
settled.
/ No change has occurred in our relations
| with Venezuela. again invoke YOUR ;ctlon IN
| the matter of the pending awards against tilat
4 Republic, to which reference was made by
i special message from the Executive at your
/ last session. An invitation has been received
! from the Government of Venezuela to SEND
4 representatives in July, 1885, to Caracas TOR
4 participation in the Centennial celebration OF
4 Bolivar the founder OF South American inue.
1 pendence. In connection with this event ~
j is designed to commence the erection at Ca
raccas of a statue OF Washington. and 70
conduct an industrial exhibition which will
4 be open to American products. | recon-,
I mend that the United States be represented
/ and that suitable provision be made there,
4 for.
The elevation of the grade of our mission
| in Central America to the plenipotentlary
i rank, which was authorized by Congress at
4 its last session, has been since effected. The
, war between Peru and Bolivia on the one SIDE
and Chill on the other, began more than
three years ago, on the occupation by Chll1
in 1880 of all the literal territory of Bolivia.
| Negotiations for peace were conducted under
the directions of the United States The allies
refused to concede any territory, but Chill
has since become master OF the whole coast
| of both countries and the capital OF Peru.
1 year since, as you have already been advised
i by correspondence transmitted to you IN
l January last, this Government sent special
! mission to the belligerent powers, to express
the hope that Chill would be disposed to ae..
cept a money indemnity for the expenses e. q
\ the war and to extinguish her demand, for
4 portion of the territory OF her Antagonist.
4 This recommendation which Chill declined to
follow, this Government did not assume to
/ enforce. Nor can it be expected without re-
/ sort to measures which would be in Keeping
neither with the temper OF our people, nor
with the spirit of our Institutions Ihe
i power of Peru no longer extends over
its whole territory, and in the event
4 of our interference to dictate peace
would need to be supplemented by the
armies and navies of the United States Such
interference would almost inevitably lead to
the establishment of protectorate, q result
utterly at odds with our past policy injurious
i to our present interests and full OF embaf-
easements tor the future. For etfecting the
| term nation of hostiiities unon terms, at once
/ just to the victorious nation and generous to
4 its adversaries, this Government has spared
no efforts, save such as might involve the
4 complications which have indicated. 1t is
| greatly to he deplored that Chid seems re-
i solved to exact such rigorous conditions of
/ peace. IIidispoSed to submit to arbitration
the terms of all amicabie settlement, no peace
A is likely to be lasting that is not sufficiently
equitable and just to command the approval
of other nations. About year ago invita-.
tions were extended to the naton OF this
1 continent to send representatives to peace
CONGRESS to assemble at Washington in 40;
I vember, 1882. The time Of meeting was liked
at period then remote in the hope, as the
| invitation itself declared, that in the mean
time the disturbances between the South
I American republics would be adjust ed. As
that exception seemed unlikely to be called.
asked III April last for an expression of
4 opinion from the two houses OF Congress as
i
convention at the time appointed. This ac-
4 ton was prompted in part by doubts which
i mature reflection had suggested whethe. the
diplomatic usage and traditions of the Gov
i eminent did not make it lifting that the ex-
! ecutive should consult the representatives OF
the people before pursuing line OF policy
4 somewhat novel in its character and far
reaching in its possible consequences. In
view of the fact that no action was taken by
Congress in the premises, and that no pro-
4 visions had been made for the necessary ex-
4 penses, subsequently decided to postpone
the convocation, and SO notified the several
governments which had been invited to
:. attend. / am unwilling to dismiss this
subject without assuring you OF my sup
4 port of any measure the wisdom OF Con-
gress may devise. for the. promotion OF
peace on this continent and throughout the
world, and trust that the time is nigh when,
4 with the universal assent of civilized peoples,
all international differences shall be de-
termined without resort to arms blythe be-
n nignant processes of arbitration. Changes
have occurred in the diplomatic representa-
ton of several foreign powers during the past
year. New Ministers from the Argentine Re-
public, austria, Hungary, Brazil, Chill, China
II France, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands and
Russia have presented their credentials. The
missions of Denmark and Venezuela at this
capital have raised in grade, Switzerland has
1 created plenipotentiary mission TO tins Gov
eminent, and an embassy from Madagascar
and Minister from siam VIII shorsiy arrive;
by the establishment of relations with the
new Kingdom of Servia; by the creation of
a mission to Siam, and by the RESTORATION OF
the mission to Greece. The Shah of Persia has
expressed his qualification that charge
d'affaires will shortly be sent to that coun-
try, where the rights of our citizens have
been hitherto conrteously guarded by the
representatives OF Great Britain,
renew Experimentation Of such legisla-
ton as win place the United States in harmony
with other maritime powers with respect to
. the International rules for the prevention OF
collisions at sea- In conformity with your
Joint resolution of the Sd of August last, |
have directed the Secretary of State to ad
u dress foreign Governments in respect to a
proposed conference for considering the sub
iect of the meridian to be used in the reckon
. ing of longitude and the regulation of time
throughout the civilized world. Their replies
will in due time be laid before you.
An agreement was reached at Paris in 1875