Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-12-02

elective This legislation viii doubt not, he
among the first measures to claim vour atteu-
ton. A full treaty ot commerce. navigation and
consular rights Is much 70 be desired and such
treaty | have reason 70 believe the Amer
lean Government stands ready TO conclude.
Some embarrassment has been occaSioned bV
the failure of Congress at its last session to pro
vide means for the due execution of the treaty
of July ~, 1882, for the rcsuTvey of the Mexican
boundary and the relocation OF boundary mon
umentS.
With the republic OF Nicaragua n treaty has
been concluded which authorizes the conStruc-
ton by the United States Of 4 canal. railway And
telegraph line across the hicuragUIn territory.
By the terms of this treaty, sixty miles Of the
river san Juan. as well as Lake Nicaragua. an
inland sea forty mites in width are 20 constitute
q part Of the projected enterprise. This covers,
for actual canal construction, seventeen miles
on the Pacific side and thirty-siX miles ON the
Atlantic. To the United States-whoSe rich ter
rltory on the Pacific is, for the ordinary purposes
of commerce, practically cut of from communl-
cation by Nater.Nith the Atlantic poTtS-the
political and commercial advantages Of such a
project can scarcely be oVeTeStlmJted. Ii is be
lieved that when the treaty is laid before You
the justice and liherality Of its provisions viii
command universal approval at home and
abroad.
The death OF our representative 10 Russia
while at his post ut 81. Petersburg, Afforded to
the Imperial Government 4 renewed opp0stC
nifty to testify its sympathy i'll Il manner betit
ting the intimate frendiinCSS which has ever
marked the intercourse ofthe two countries.
The course of this Government in raising its
representation ut Bapkok to the diplomatic
rank. has evoked from Siam evidences OF warm
friendship and augurs well for Our enlarged il
tercourse The SIameSe Government has pre-
sented to the United States q C0mmOdiouS man
sion for the occupancy of the legation and /
suggest that by joint resolution Congress attest
its appreciation OF this generous gift
THE TREATY WITH SPAIN
This Government has more than once been
called upon of late to take action in fu)dlment
of international obligation with Spain. Agita-
ton in the Island of Cuba hostile To the Spanish
crown having been fumented hy persons abEs-
ing the sscrcd rights Of hospitality which our
territory affords, the officers of the Government
have been instructed to exercise vigilance to
prevent infractiOus of our neutrality laws ut
Key West and at other points near the Cuban
coast. am happy 10 say that in the only in
stance where those precautionary measures We're
successfully eluded the offenders, when found
in our territory, were subsequently tried and
convicted
The growing need Of close relationship of in
tercourse and traffic between the Spanish An
TILES and their natural market in the United
States led to the adoption III January last of Il
commercial agreement looking 70 that eul.
This agreement has since becn superseded by Il
more carefully framed and comprehensive con
ventiOn, which shall submit to the Senate for
approval. 1t has been the aim of this uegotia-
ton to open such Il favored reciprocal exchange
of productions carried under the flag Of either
country as to make the intercourse between
Cuba and Porto Rico and ourselves scarcely less
intimate than the commercial movement be-
tween our domestic ports, and to insure q re-
mOval of the burdens on shipping i'll the Spanish
Indies, of which masters have 50 oflen had cause
to complain. The negotiation of this CouVCn-
tiOn has for Il time, postponed the prosecution
of certain claims OF our citizens, which were de-
clarcd 10 be without the jurisdiction of the Spau
Claims Commission, and which we
therefore rcmitted to diplomatic channels for
a1iusfp1Dpt The SrppdV SpTTlRppnf these
claims will now be Urged by this Government
Negotiations for a treaty of commercial reci-
procity with the Dominican Republic have been
successfully concluded and the result Will
shortly be laid before the Senate.
Certain questions between the United States
and the Ottoman Empire still remained un-
solved. Complaints in bchalfot our citizens are
not satisfactorily adjusted. The Porte has
right of favored treatment TO which We are en-
titled by existing conventional stipulation and
the revision the tariff is unaecomplished.
The final disposition Of the pending questions
with Venezuela had not as yet been reached,
but | have good reasons to expect an early set
tlement, which viii provide the means of re-eX-
amining the Caracas awards in conformity with
the expressed desire of Congress, and which
will recognize the justice of certain claims pre-
ferrCd against Venezuela.
The Central and South American Commission,
appointed by authority of the Act of July .,
1851, will soon proceed TO Mexico. 1t has been
furnished with instructions which viii he laid
before you. They contain a statement of the
general policy Of the Government for enlarging
sInoriciIl c,,i"s M Ca,nI,is s.iorers t,ii,er rcer
actively preparing for their responsible task by
holding conferences in the principal cities with
merchants and others interested in the Central
and South American trade.
IH4 iN'EENAlItNAL HEI'iDIAN toNfhf'EN'E'
Lately convened in Washington, upon the invi-
tatio,, of tho Go,-arD,nant of +he Tni.pd Statae
''''i'-' - IN ~ - ~
was composed OF representatives. from twenty
five nations The Conference concluded its
labcrs on the 1st of September, having, with
substantial unanimity agreed upon the merid-
ian of Greenwich as the starting point whence
longitude. is to be conputed through $50 degrees
eastward and westward: and upon the adoption
for all purposes for which it NAV be found con
venient to have a universal day which shall be
gin on midnight on the initial meridian and
whose hours shall be counted from zero up to
"a The formal report of the transactions Of this
Conference will be hereafter submitted to Con
gress
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS.
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IHis "oselllHieH' u III lIeq"eH' fectlp' u III
VltatIOns from foreign states TO participate II
International exhibitions often of the srrnat,,-t
ir,ortoroo O...,-,,;, ,, ,,-,, ., ~, ,i,.o-,o,I
M rs 90 w W. GA "''' az. "a
position IN the world production; ana aiming
TO secure prohIable snare Tor our industries IN
the general competitive markets, it is matter
OF serious concern that tle want OF means lor
IN these exhibits should so often
exclude our producers from advantages enjoyed
by those OF other countries. During the past year
the attention of Congress was drawn to the
formal invitations in thiS regard rendered by
the Governments OF England, Holland. Belgium,
Germany and Austria. The Executive has, in
some instances. appointed honorary Commits
sioneTs This Is, however, most unsatisfactory
eXpedient, for without some provision to meet
ne le -, ~ q
itors. An international inventors exhiIIition
is to be held in London next May. This Will
cover a itel @ ol 4ue I'm poraheG, IN WI WIeh our
tive is MT present poWerless to orpanize +, Dr0ner
of our vast national Interests in
this direction. have III several previous mes
sages, referred to this subject II seems to me
that statute giving the Executive q general
authority to accept such invita-
tionS and to appoint honorary commissioners
without salary and placing at the disposal of
the Secretary of state Il snail fund for defray-
ing their reasonable pXray;seS yO11d Ip of srrpat
public utility.
This Government has received official notice
that the international regulations for prevent
ing collisions at sea have been adoptel by all
the maritime powers except the United States.
and came into force on tie Ist of September
last. For the due protection of our shipping in
terests the provisions of our statutes should at
once be brought into conformity with thc.,, rce
ulations.
The question of securing to authors. compos-
eTs and artists copyright privileges in this coun
Lfy, N return lQr IecllfoGat rights abroad, Is
If is trHe that convention viii he necessary for
fully accomplishing this result. But until Con
STess slhli , ,! s'atute az nN Ihe eN59qt % WaGh
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