The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-02-18

NAANNAAL1 - Il - 49, ~ 1880
| Granville on the subject Oh the Ciay;On-Bulwer
: treaty II a very lengthy document. lie en-
deavors u show thar tie treaty has never been
satisfactory 10 either party ami ttaT the sooner
II l. abrogatei the better lu7 both \ Washing
ton .~'sVccial published in ths New York Eren-
ing Post on the 2SJh ult- says: -" Blaine Is
sensitive - tHe severe criticism which me- policy
has aroused, ana he ieel- particularly the reEec-
ton on his course 10 tie letter of Instructions To
Irescntt. de Will soon sci his side Ot the story
before the public ard make the issue IN his future
political relation. A. previously stated. Blaine's
general policy was to organize a confederation OF
the American Republics. This idea originated
with the N,caIaguan Minister. now dead. who
was here two years ag1. He proposed to form 4
great South and Central American Union. To
further his ideas he corIespJndei with the lead
ing statesman OF tn se Governments aud received
favorable responses. These lie Submitted TO
Blame and some ofhs friends. with the assurance
that the petty States in question were torn with
wasting wars and would eagerly adop,a plan of
confederation, omewhat similar TO that Of the
several States under one Federal Union. Blai ne
was iayOTably impressed ar the time and has
since shaped his policy in accordance with it. He
believes that our pc pie would fall IN with such
a movement and would make II succeed. He saw
that "A bold front toward Europe might be neces-
sary. and il was with that in view that he pro-
posed the abrogauOn Of the Ciayton-Bulwer
Treaty. He also Intended To favor u policy that
should Tela-e Cuba from Spanish domination, in
I OrUcT 10 HSC lut jill lsHll european control.
Blaine's friends chin that his Instructions TO
Prescott were sent after full consultation with
Arthur, and that the President approved OF
Blainc's course, but he now shrinks from the
consequences.
CHILE AND PERU.-Thc folI,wing has been
communicated 10 Congress ~ the purpOrt of Il
telegram from TIescDtt, the special Envoy OF the
United States. Prescott IN his telegram, reports
thar he has had several confidential conferences
with the Minister d Foreign Affairs of Chile
that the Chilean Government dIsclaimS any in
tentiOu of offending the Government OF the
United States in the arrest OF President Calderon
and his removal 10 Chilean territory; that the good
Offices of the United States will be accepted by
Chile. and that the Chilean authorities will tacill-
tate a conference between the United States spe-
cial envoy and the provisional Government of
Peru, with the exception of senior Calderon. The
terms of peace presented by Chile to embrace
the following points: Absolute cessiOn of the
Trooperca district ald in addition thereto the
payment of an indemnity Of $50, 900 900, pay
able in ten years, DUNG which time the positive
occupation Of africa by Chile is required and
should the indemnity be unpaid africa is also tn
be coded to Chile, ami besides this, Gale is TO
appropriate the gualO deposits OF the LObos
islands. In tile eventof Peru refusing the CON-
ditiOns named, the Chilean Government would
decline any further potter OF the friendly inter
Course of the United States.
Blaine in his instructions to Prescott which
were subsequently withdrawn, insinuated that
the arrest of CalteroE was an intentional
insult to the United States Government which
had recognized him as President of the Peruvian
Republic. Hence the disavowal of any such in
tention by Chile a. alluded to in the above mem
toned telegram. The tone IF Blaine's instruc-
tons to Prescott may be gathered from the fol-
lowing characteristic paragraph extracted from
his letter "Ii our good Offices are rejected, and
this policy of the diIuptiOn of an independent
State be persisted in. this Government will con-
! slider itself DISCHARGED from any further OhlIJu tInu
to be influenced in its action by the p 'sitlon
which Chile has assumed, and will hold
itself free to appeal to the other Republics OF this
continent to JOin it II an effort to avert the con-
sequences which canmt be confined to Chile and
Peru, but which thraten with extreme danger
the political institutions, peaceful progress and
civilization of all America"
The last news from Peru is as follows New
York, January 27th-Advices from Panama of
January 18th are as pillows: News from Lima
is to the effect that ABOUT the first of the year IA
formidable expedition started for the valleys be-
yond the Andes. wlHre anarchy has reigncd for
months. General ant Rear-Admiral Lynch was
in command Of the troops, who have already
reached the other side of the Andes, and have
been well received by the people. On the night
of the 4th inst. another expedition started Tor the
interior OF Peru, but On IL more %sOutherly route.
The MORMON CHURH.-Theq question how TO
deal with polygamy IL Utah continues 10 hold Il
prominent place in American politics and quite IL
host OF bills and resolutions on the subject are
before Congress. A proposal to place Utah under
Federal administrative like the District OF
Columbia finds favor With a section OF the press.
Every other profered solution of the difficulty
seems likely to prove a failure (if the Mormon
leaders are resolute ami cautIous), but as such a
step would be distinctly revolutionary it Is hardly
likely TO be tried unltss all other measures lai!.
San Francisco AFRIRs.-The public mind is
much exercised about the franchise for an Ocean
] Share Railr,oI xuitrl - pnlar nnnSl1pratInn nv
the Board of Supervisors and which, II is said,
will be worth 81 ,0O0D00 to sell again as soon as
soon as it Is granted.
The Quarantine officer, DIR. Lawlor has been
carrying matters witt. u high hand to the benefit
OF his pocket. lie has insisted on revaccinating
all tue Chinese passengers that have arrived for
some time past, nOtw thstanding that certificates
from the United States Consul at the ports OF de-
parture were produced showing that they had all
been vaccinated beloe sailing. For revaccinat-
ing he charged a dollar il head. The last case
was that of the Mary latham, in which, on the
captain at his agents request refusing to allow
his GO passengers 70 be revacciuated he i'm
mediately ordered the yellow flag to be hoisted
on the ship, although she had a clean bill OF
health, and had had no sickness on board or
during the voyage. lie had threatened to do this
on previous occasions and the OBJECT OF
the agents appear to have been to see whether
he would carry out his threat, as they shortly
afterwards consented to the revaccinatIon. In
sIeau, however, OF paying the uoctCr liz SOio
they laid a charge against him before tile Board
of Health. While the charge was being heard a
paper called the Stock Exchange in an article on
the subject accused the members of the Board of
participating " in the hauls made by the Quaran-
tine officer whereupon the Board ordered a
libel suit against the pruprietors OF the paper to
be instituted. The hearing OF this case brought
out the startling statement that vaccination at
Hongkong had been done by wholesale with
mucilage, no vaccine beng prucurable.
The amalgamatI0n OF the Atlantic and Pacific
railway with the 5 ,u;hern Pacific had caused
great dissatisfaction TO business men in San
Francisco and other Californian towns who had
been looking forward to a smart competition in
freights between the rival companies.
Europe.
GAMBETTA's DEFEAT. - The most important
items in the news from Europe are that a fnan-
clal crisis had occurred in Paris, extending to
other capitals, and that Gambetta had been de
feate on his Constitutional measures, and bad
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