River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-12-13
PRESIDENTIAL POINTERS
President Arthur FayOrs the People
with His Third Annual
Message.
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

FOREIGN RELATIONS.
To the Congress Of the United States: At
the threshold Of your deliberations / congratu
late You upon the favorable aspect of the do
mestic and foreign affairs of this government
Our relations with other nations continue to
be on friendly footing Vita 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
teegraphic communication with Central Amer
lea and Brazil permitted the interchange Of
messages of friendship with the gov
ernmenis Of those countries. Dur
ing the year there have been
perfected and proclaimed consular and com
mereial 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 Corea and Madagascar The new
boundary survey treaties with Mexico.
a tradesmark convention and supplementary
extraditiUn treaty with Spain, and convention
extending the duration Of the Franco-American
claims commission, have also been proclaimed.
Notice of the termination of the fisheries arii-
Giles of the treaty Of Washington was duly gwen
Great Britain. The privileges and exemptions
OF the treaty will seemingly close on July /,
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. ! suggest that con-
gress create q 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
aters aud sealing grounds of British
forth America. 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 az 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 80 many cases proven Intellectual, and espe-
eislly in certain instances of needy immigrants
re aching our territory through Canada, that a
revision OF our legislation upon this subject
may be deemed advisable. Correspondence
relative to the Clayton Buwer 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 gov, rnment than TO a growing conviction
in France that tie restriction is not de-
manded by any reAl danger to health. Ger
many still prohibits the introduction OF all
swine products from America. 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
1 have believed it of such Importance, how
ever, that the exact facts should ascertained
and promulgated that have appointed COM
petent commission to make thorough investi-
CATION OF the subject Its members have
shown their public spirit by accepting their
trust without pledge Of compensation,
but l trust that congress will see
in the national and international bear
ings of the ma ter 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 tesIifying
to continued friendship by sending a special
envoy aud 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
i'll its convictions that the rights of
its citizens abroad should BIO 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 ad-
mlnistration which there prevails necessitate
constant discussion and appeal on orr uart
from the proceedings of the insular authorities.
regret to say that just protests of this gov
ornment have not as yet produced satisfactory
results. The commission appointed to decide
certain claims of our citizens agains
he government after the recognition of sat
isfactory rui s as to their validity was admit
led to be Illegal Full reparation for the
injuries sustained by our citizens should be no
longer delayed and the farce of naturalization
n 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 a large amount
which were held by the late commission with
out its jurisdiction have been presented
70 the Spanish govern nenf, 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 reparation which its sense
of justice should impel it 10 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-
al treaties for the deferment TO arbitration
of grave questions between nations Inns
government has assented to the proposed
of such already with Switzerland
Under the treaty OF Berlin, liberty OF CON
science and civil rights are assured to all
strangers in Bulgaria As the United States
have no distinct conventional relations with
that country, and are not party to the treaty,
they should ia my opinion maintain diplomatic
also for the improvement of in
ercourse and the proper protection of the
many American citizens who resort TO that
country as missionaries and teachers | sug
gest that be siven authority to establish an
agency and consulate at the Bulgarian capital.
The United States are now participating in
revision of the tariff of the Ottoman Empire.
They have asssnted to the application Of q
license tax of foreigners doing business in 1ur-
KEY, but have opposed the oppressive storage
tax upon petroleum. entering ports of that
The government of the khedive has
that the authority of the mixed judi
cal tribunals in Egypt be extended so as to
cover citizens Of the United States accused or
crime, who are now tried before consular
courts. This government is not indisposed to
accept the change but believes that its terms
should be submitted for criticism TO
the commission appointed to revise the whole
subject
RELATIONS WITH MEXICO.
At no time in our ma ional history has there
been more manifest need Of close and lasting
relations with neighb0ring State than now
exists with respect TO Mexico The rapid Influx
Of our capital and ENTERPRISE into that country
shows what hiss already been accomplished by
the vast reciprocal advantages which must
attend the progress of its internal develop
ments. The treaty OF commerce aud naviga-
ton of 1S4S has been determined by
the Mexican government, and in the
absence Of convention engagements
the rights of our citizens IN Mexico
now depend upon the domestic statutes Of that
republic There have been instances OF harsh
Of the laws against our We sells
aud citizens in Mexico, and Of denial Of d1pio-
matte resort for their protection The in
tial step toward a better undertaking Las