New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-04
GENERAL BADEAU'S CHARGES
THE STATE DEPARTMENT UNCoNCERNE.D'
THE LATE CONSUL SAID TO HAVE ACTED "iihoo'
SUFFICIENT INFORMATION.
- -, por Apu TO THE TRIMMED

,.rr coxsr,1. SAID TO HAVE ACTED wilhooi
SUFFICIENT INFORMATION
INV TELEGRAPH TO THE TRlBuSE"l
w.su,vorox. Nav 3.-The State Department
iools with composure apparently upon 'ao nm 70
roc,.d ac sipst It by General Badeau- lts Tempo
Tho present time remains serene, sno ~ "oo ~ a for
S.o.,srv Frelu ehuysen would take steps 10 MAKO
oeoie.A. =, 81. ch,rges The correspondence whicn
Ia s.,r..r the Governments OF the united o'"''s
GA snan relative to the negotiations OF inc n,
.o, Of january 2, and It's suosos"e
modification Of February Ia IL 'e ono
,uhlic II has been In PRIV
~ the Senator documents since january aau @o,,,es
tally furnishes history OF the oo'n vears and
htween the two countries for the past twenty so
',ors ON the mart OF both Governments 10 reh0
DIV and remove Them m,,o,tba state
The trouble with General Badeau' oncai9 VI . s,Ter.
nonartmept think is this: he is unable 10 SEQ "e
Ont aspects of the case. He Is pre)udceu' ho EN-
gwen sufficient study to the subject nc 10, which
ined carefully enough the data up" noicv
o.. tho last seventeen years me P'
y, the United States 6oVerhin0 .,o
been based He lie totally at fault when nc Go. md
dnties abandoned by the United states 10 900 GOO
pnder the recent agreement. as amounting 70
Tbe duty given up is 10 per cent ad valorelh
u"', CO. ana porto Rcan products when brought
a.; rder the Spanish flag This duty, now surrenueiVu
dos not In the estimation OF treasury oi'
anount TO more than $4,000 year - ,ho
-, .,a d,ues maid by American merchants ~ -
snanish West Indies are reduced on INC
ner cent a saving estimated at 81 ooo'ooo' nc 70
Pel 00'' 49,, di6ars with the State Department as W
Gives principaly The former has been al MS P -
havana only two years and while thereNeiS no'' T,
,olook upon the matter IN n ohe-sl"eu n 49,
sto,e Department on the otheI hand, calreu on w.
tions az one time or another for seventeen years
II may be assumed that during ,n'' 'liro
no. thoroughly Informed as to the P'op"'I.
g.. % the various propositions under disouSS'ou az
different periods and it certainly wouiu seem -. ~
that of a long line of Secretaries OF sta'e' iI
Conrt Of Spain and Consuls at Havana ho' one i =,
the objections which General bade"u io
energetic and positive manner . -, ~
.no,ber complant of the Generals, VIZ; tha' no W"
80, consulted as to the advisabity OF conciu'une W
agreement OF January 2, OF us
Modification is met by the Department WIN 'no "'o.
,ion that it is not usual for governments :,
,ho advioe of its consular officers IN matters o a
omacy that in this particular case there ~As tb ro
SO doing, it Thoroughly s cons,deraon; an
able effect of the agreement under eols % Vas ve
That moreover neither time nor opoItga W.T. The De
seek the advice OF tnT much sooner than It had
Ireason TO expect informed by MI roster, on m
% that me- citations were ahont 10 ne I,,ar vhe
Observation-Disclosures between that date ana January - o"bo
The AGREEMENT was signed, was aoSetHo w. ivy pendin
mneTai crisis at Madrid. which OF eo9rse TV ac f an
put stop to the the date on which the agree
Inent was signed and the COrtes was dlsS0N e', q
raranhs Of the agreement requiring me cOnseno
Zap the nod6cation of February IA, was entefe
nto by the terms which those paiagTaph on C "a
nr0,nSl agreement were to be put INTO eAecuv ~.
Match l. which did not demand the saneuon % ~ - y
Cores Those that did require suGh saIo''on WIZ
snbmitted to the COrtes as soon as II met , .,oo
Another point which GeneTel baa Custom Hsu
IA ne yaouired 10 furnish the Spanish Consuls WI
ei1Tns of cargoes brought from Cuba and Porto RleO
norris i'm the United states is answered oy ne ~ rSe
1nenf as follows: The returns are mace GU. oy VIZ
oaically required They are not I 9dnIs.eI 10 op ptn
Consuis regularly II is an act OF lnternatloha cou
NOT Inv any means a concession TO spain. It's iaV
Witch any Government might, without prelunce 20
dignity accede TO friendly power lis purpose -
keen check on the dishonest internal revenue SoSGiV
Of Gnba There is absolutely no reason Why tne OIu
States Government should go out OF Us way 70 pIoo
thieves and criminals which IL woGlo 90 ~ II So
refnse information such as Is gwen III sohe o"so9
these returns to a friendly Government "a, .. - q.
The fact that such stipulation was maqG par G %
ogreement does not preclude the idea thar uls GoSo
ment would cheerfuly have gwen t tne nvIa,
had not been included in the agreement. al i me-
I've noted also that far complaints or
NJ merchants engaged in trading wild tne Mest in'i
have reached the Department As tg tns ttf in GO
consttutOnality involved. II Is PLAINLY S'' ' " -
non 22S of the Revised statutes