Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-05
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
The Annual Document Which is Fired
at the Country.
A NOT VERY STRIKING AFFAIR.
But General Routine Review Of Depart
mental Affairs.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-The message of
President Arthur was SEM TO Congress
this afte. oon, and read, as follows:
To TIE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- TIvEs:
At the threshold of your deliberations, con
graduate you upon the faYorable aspect of the do
mestic and foreign affairs of this government
and over the relations with other tations, which
continue to be friendly footii G, with the
Argentine Republic, Austria, Belgium, Brazil,
Denmark, Hayti. Italy, Santo Domingo, and
Sweden and Norway No accident has occurred
which calls for special comment. The recent
opening of new lines IF teiegraphic communiea-
ton with Central America and Brazil has per
mltted the interchange of messages of friend
ship with the governments of these coun-
tries. During the year thsre have been
perfected aud pro LINED, consular and COM
merclal treaties with S7rv n, and consular
treaty with Roumania, thus extending our inter-
course with the Danublau co'utles, while
eastern relations have been upon wider basis
by treaties with COrea and Madagascar, the
new boundary survey and treaties with Mexico
and the trademark convention aud the supple
mentary treaty of extrad.tion with Spain. A
convention extending the duration of the Franco
American '-iJis commission has SO boen pro-
claimed. notice OF the termination of the
fisheries art IS ~ he treaty of Washington
was duly Civ. to the British government The
privileges and exemp ions of the
British gv-rament, and the
ciprocations, pri'iiege5 and exemptions
o. the treaty will seemingly close Oh July /,
1885. The fishing i-:oustry is our. ued by nu-
merous lass of our citizens GU the northern
coasts b Il Of the Atlantic ald Pacific oceans,
and ara wo-thy OF the fostering care of congress
whenever brought INTO competition with like in
dustries of other countries Our fishermen, as
well as our tnauufac' urers of fishing appliances
and r IA how nod
a foremost place 1 suggest that congress Gre
ate commission 10 consider the ques-
ton Of our rights IN the fisheries and the means
of opening TO our citizens under lust and
enduring conditions the richly s5Dca ed fishing
waters AMI sealing grounds IF the British
sealing grounds in NTH america. The ques-
ton has arisen touching the deportation of the
United States from the British islands by
government or municipal aid of persons unable
there to gain living, and equally burden on
the community here Such of these persons
who vii come rndeT the pauper class defined
by the law, have been gent bpck according to
the provisions OF statutes. Her majesty's
government has insisted that precautions have
been taken before shipment. 1t was, however, in
SO many cases proven Intellectual, and especially
so IN certain instances of needy migrants
reach ng our territory through Canada, that a
revision of our legislation upon this subject may
be deemed advisable.
Correspondence relative to the CLAYTON
Bulwer trea ty ha, been continued and viii be
laid before congress. TIE order of France
against the importation of prepared swine pro-
duced by the United States has been retracted
That result has been no more to the friendly
relations OF this government than to the convic-
ton IN Fr nee that dec AIRED the resi- iction is
not demanded by danger to health.
Germany still prohibits the importation of all
such products from America l extended t, the
imperial government friendly invitation to send
experts to the United states to inquire VIII Their
the use of these products was dangerous to
health. The invitation was declined. / have
believed it of such Importance, however, that
the exact facts should be ascertainel and pro-
mulgated that have appointed competent
commission to make a thoro gh investigation of
the subject. It's members have shown their
public oiTit by accepting their trust without
pledge of compensation, but L trust kat cos
gress viii see in the national and International
bearings Of the matter sufficient ntotl,es FOR
providing 1t least fair re-mLuree.nant of such
expenses as they may "ecessarilY incur.
The coronation OF tbs car at Moscow af-
forded to the government an occasion for testi-
flying to the continued friendship, by sending
special envoy and representative of the navy
to attend the ceremony. While there have
arisen during the year grave questions af-
fecting the status in the Russian empire
of American citizens of other faith than
that held by the national church, this govern
rights of its citizens abroad should be in no way
affected by their religious belief.
1t ls understood that measures for the removal
of the re- trctions which now burden our trade
with Cuba and Porto Rico, are under considera-
ton by the Spanish government. The p oxim-
lty OF Cuba and the peculiar method of admin
lstratIon which there prevails, necessitate the
constant scussion and appeal on our part from
the proceedings of the insular authorities. /
regret to say that the just protests OF this gov
ernment have not as yet produced a satisfactory
result. The commission appointed to decide
certain claims of citizens against the
government after the recognition of a
satisfactory result as to its validity,
was admitted by them to be Illegal. Full repair
alton for the injuries sustained by our
citizens should be no longer delayed
Some Of its awards, though made more
than two years ago have not yet been
PAID IN specie. Payment Is expected of claims
to a large amount, which were held by the late
commission without its jurisdiction, has been
presented 20 the Spanish government as the
action of the colonial law authorities, whose de-
cis1on mas given rise to those claims.
The case of the masonic has not vet reached .
settlement. The Manila court has found that
the proceedings of which thus government has
complained were authorized and it is hoped that
the government of Sp in will not withhold the
speedy reparation wnich its sense of Justice
should impel it to offer, for the unusual seven-
" anu I'm lUst dcClon or It's subordinate colonial
officers in the case of this vessel.
The Helvetian confederation has proposed the
Inauguration of class of international treaties
for tie retirement to arbitration of grave ques-
lions between nations. This government has
assentad to the proposal
Arbitration of such is already established with
Switzerland under the treaty of Berlin. Liber-
ty of conscience 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, in my opinion, maintain diplomatic
representation also for the improvement of
intercourse and the proper prote ton of the
many American citizens who resort to that
country as missionaries and teachers. / suggest
that be given the authority to establisl an
agency and consulate at the Bulgarian capitol.
The United States are now participating in a
revision of the tariffs of the Ottoman empire
They have amounted to the application of
license tax of foreigners doing business in Tur-
key, but have opposed the oppressive storage
tax upon petroleum entering ports of that coun-
try. The government of the khedive has pro-
posed that the authority of the mixed Judicial
tribunals in Egypt be extended so as to cover
citizens of the United States accused of crime
who are now tried before consular courts. This
government is not indisposed 10 accept the
change, but believe that its terms should be
submitted for criticism to The commission
appointed to revise the whole subject.