Morris tribune., 1883-12-05
Supplement.
PRESIDENTIAL POINTERS
President Arthur FayOrs the People
with His Third Annual
Message.
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
FOREIGN RELATIONS.


nestle and foreign affairs Of this government
Our relations with other nations continue to
be on friendly footing. With the Argentine Re
public, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Italy, Santo
Domingo and Sweden and Norway, no incl
dent has occurred which calls for special COM
ment The recent opening of new lines of
Geographic communication with Central Amer
lea and Brazil permitted the interchange of
messages of friendship with the gov
ernments of those countries. Dur
ing the year there have been
perfected and proclaimed consular and COM
mercial treaties with Servia and consular
treaty with Roumania, thus extending our in
tercourse with the Danubian countries. while
our Eastern relations have been placed
upon wider basis by treaties
with Cores and Madagascar. The new
boundary survey treaties with Mexico,
a tradesmark convention and supplementary
extradition treaty with Spain, and a convention
extending the duration of the Franco-American
claims commission, have also been proclaimed.
Notice of the termination of the fisheries arti-
cles of the treaty of Washington was duly given
Great Britain. The privileges and exemptions
of the treaty will seemingly close on July l,
1885. The fishing industry pursued by a
numerous class of our citizens on Northern
coasts, both of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,
are worthy of the fostering care of congress.
Whenever brought into competition with like
industries in other countries, our fishermen,
as well as manufacturers of fishing appliances
and preparers of fish products, have main
tanned foremost place l suggest that con-
gress create commission to consider the
question of our rights in the fish
cries, and the means Of opening
to our citizens, under just and
enduring conditions, the richly stocked fishing
waters and sealing grounds of British
North America. A question has arisen
touching the deportation to the United States
from the British islands, by government or
municipal aid, of persons unable there to gain
living and equally burden on the commun-
ity here such of these persons who come under
the pauper class, as defined by the law, have
been sent back. according to the provisions of
our statutes. Her majesty's government has
insisted that precautions have been taken be-
fore shipment was made However, they have
in so many cases proven Intellectual, and espe-
sially 80 in certain instances of needy mmierants
reaching our territory through Canada, that
revision of our legislation upon this subject
may be deemed advisable. Correspondence
relative to the Clayton Bulwer treaty has been
continued, and will be laid before congress.
AMERICAN PORK
The legislation of France against the impor-
tation of prepared swine produced from the
United States, has been repealed. That result
has been due no less to the friendly relation of
this government than to q growing conviction
in France that the restriction is not de-
manded by any real danger to health Ger
many still prohibits the introduction of all
swine products from America l extended to
the imperial government a friendly invitation
to send experts to the United States to inquire
whether the use Of these products was danger
Gus to health. This invitation was declined
have believed it of such importance, how
ever, that the exact facts should b. ascertained
and promulgated that have appointed a COM
petent commission to make a thorough investi-
CATION of the subject. It's members have
shown their public spirit by accepting their
trust without pledge of compensation,
but 1 trust that congress will see
in the national and international bear
ings of the matter sufficient motives
for providing at least for the reimbursement of
such expenses as they may necessarily incur.
The coronation of the car at Moscow afforded
to the government an occasion for testifying
to continued friendship by sending special
envoy and representative of the navy to at
tend the ceremony. While there have arisen
during the year no grave questions affecting
the status in the Russian empire of American
citizens or other faith than that held by the
national church, this government remains firm
in its convictions that the rights of
its citizens abroad should be in no
way affected by their religious belief
1t is understood that measures for the removal
of the restrictions which now burden our trade
with Cuba and Porto Rico are under consider
alton by the Spanish government The prox-
unity of Cuba and the peculiar method of adj.
mInistratiou which there prevails necessitate
constant discussion and appeal on our part
from the proceedings of the insular authorities.
regret to say that just protests of this gov
ernment haze not as yet produced satisfactory
results. The commission appointed to decide
certain claims of our cirizens against
the government after the recognition of sat
isfactory rul 8 as to their validity was admit
ted to be illegal Full reparation for the
injuries sustained by our citizens should be no
longer delayed and the farce of naturalization
in the United States as a shield to disturbers
in other countries abolished. The claims COM
mission has finally adjourned. Some
of its awards, though made more than
two years ago, have not yet been paid. Specie
payment is expected Claims to large amount
which were held by the late commission with
out its jurisdiction have been presented
to the Spanish government, as the &C
ton of the colonial law authorities
has given rise to these claims.
The case of the Masonic has not yet reached
settlement The Manila court has found that
the proceedings Of which this government
has complained were authorized, and it is
hoped that the government of Spain will not
withhold the speedy PREPARATION which its sense
of justice should impel it to offer for the I'M
usual severity and unjust action of its sub
ordinate colonial officers in the case of this
vessel The Helvetian confederation has pro-
posed the Inauguration of class of interna-
cal treatias for tha dafarmant 10 arbitration