The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-12-10

teerity OF distant regions where We have no
oe'Sonsned Interests or control. This gOvern-
ment does not, however, regard the reserva-
uon OF liberty of action In the premises a. ut
~ impaired, and holding that an engagement
to share In the obligation of enforced ueutrsl-
ny IN the remote valley Of the Congo would be
IN aIance whose responsibility we are not in
= position to assume, l abstain from asking
III 1Me sanction OF the senate to that general act.
Inc correspondence will be laid before you
Aod the Instructive and interesting report of
me agent sent by this government to the
congo country, and his recommendations for
tne establishment of commercial agencies on
tne A!rlcsn coast are also submitted for your
consideration.
The commission appointed by my pre-
oecesscr last winter to visit the Central
Aho south American countries aud report
on the methods of eDlarging the commercial
relations OF the Unitel States herewith has
submitted reports which will be laid before
you.
=, NO opportunity has been omitted to testify
tne trlendliness Of this government toward
Corea. whose entrance into the family OF
treaty powers the United States was the first
to recognize.
After elaborate correspondence, repeated
ana earnest representations on our part Mr..
ounLOuS was. utter an alleged trial and con-
vlction. eventually included In a general de-
cree Of amnesty and pardoned by the Ecudor-
ian executive and released. leaving the cues
tlon OF his American citizenship denied by
the Ecuadorlan government, but insisted
upon by our own.
FRENCH CLAIMS.
The amount adjudged by the late French
and American claims commission to be due
! from the United States to French claimants
on account OF inju ries suffered by them dur
ing the war OF secession having been appro-
priated by the last congress. has been duly
paid the French government The act OF
Feb. rs, 1855, provided for preliminary
search or the records OF the French prize
court for evidence bearing on the claims Of
American citizens gainst France for spolia-
tons committed prior to 1901. The duty has
been performed, und the report Of the agent
will i've laid before you.
The Interpretation Of our existing treaties
or naturalization by Germany during the
past year has attracted attention by reason
OF an apparent tendency ON the part of the
Imperial government to extend the scope OF
the residential restrictions to which return
Ing naturalized citizens of German origin are
| asserted to be liable under the laws of the
empire. The temperate and just attitude
taken by this government with regard to this
class OF questions will doubtless lead to
satisfactory understanding. The dispute of
Germany and Spain relating to the denomiua-
ton of
THE CAROLINE ISLANDS
has attracted the attention of the govern
ment Dy reason OF extensive Interests o.
American citizens having grown up IN tht ST.
parts during the past thirty years. and be-
cause the question of ownership involves
Jurisdiction Of matters affecting the status of
our citizens under civil and criminal law
Whilst standing wholly aloof from the pro-
prletary issues raised between the powers, to
10th OF which the United States is friendly,
this government expects that nothing in the
present contention shall unfavorably affect
| our citizens carrying on peaceful commerce
Or there domiciled, and has 80 Informed
the governments of Spain aud Ger
many. Marked good will prevailed
between the United States and
termination Of the fishing clauses of the
treaty of Washington, in pursuance of the
joint resolution OF March 3, 1888, must have
| resulted In the abrupt ,ssAto o the LIST OF
July OF this year. in the midst OF their ven
lures, OF the operations of citizens Of the
United States engaged in
FISHING IN BRITISH-ANERICAN WATERS
but for the diplomatic understanding reached
with her majesty government in June last
whereby assurance was obtained that no in
corruption OF those operations should take
place during the current fishing season. In
the interest Of goo neighbOrhood, of the COM
| mercial intercourse of adjacent communities
the question OF North American fisheries Is
one or much importance. Following out the
ntimatiOn given by me when the extensory
arrangement above described was negotiated
l recommend that congress provide tor
the appointment of a commission, In which
the governments Of the United States and
Great Britain shall be respectively repre-
sented. charged with the consideration and
| settlement upon just, equitable and honor
able basis of the entire question OF the fish,
| ing rights of the two governments and their
! respective citizens of the COASTS OF the
| United States and British North America
THE FISHING INTERESTS
being Intimately related to other general
questions dependent upon cOntiguity and in
| tercourse, consideration thereof in all their
| equities might also properly come within the
| view OF such commission. and the fullest lat
| itude Of expression on both sizes should be
| permitted. The correspondence in relation
| to the fishing rights will be submitted
! The inadeQuacy Of the exciting engagements
! for extradition between the United States
and Great Britain has been long apparent
| The tenth article of the treaty of 1912, one o:
the earliest cOmpacts in this regard entered
INTO by the United States, stipulated for sur
! render in respect If a limited number of Of
! lenses. Other crimes no less inmical to the
| social welfare should be embraced and the
procedure of extradition brought in har-
| nOny with the present international prac
tees. Negotiations with her majesty's gov
eminent for an enlarged treaty of extrad;tion
have been pending since 1871, aud entertain
strong hopes that a satisfactory result may
be soon attained.
The Arctic exploring steamer Alert. which
was generously given by her majesty's gov
! eminent to aid in the relief of the Greedy ex-
! petition. was, after the successful attainment
Of that humane purpose, returned to Great
| Britain, in pursuance OF the authority con
| ferred by the act of March 3. 1885. The from
| tier line between
| ALASKA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA,
as defined by the treaty of cession with Rus
STA, follows the demarkatiOn ASST gned in Il
prior treaty between Great Britain and Rus
sia. Modern expl) di >closes that this
ancient boundary is impracticable as ge-
| ographca factor in the unsettled condition
Of the region. The question has lacked
| Importance, but the discovery of mineral
| wealth in the territory the line is supposed to
| traverse admOnishes that the time has come
| when an accurate knowledge OF the boundary
is needful to avert jursdictioral complica-
tons. recommend, therefore. that provision
| be made for Il preliminary reconnaissance b
| officers of tho Unked States to the end of &C.
| quiring more precise information on the sub
| ject. l have invited her maj esty's govern
! ment to consider with the adoption of a
! moro convenient line to be established By
| merid al observ tions or by known geo.
| graphic features without the necessity of an
expensive survey OF the whole. The late
1NsURREt TON MOVEMENTS IN HAyr1
having been queled the governms mt of that
republic has made prompt provision for adju-
| dicating the losses suffered by foreigners be-
| cause Of hOstilities there, and the
claims OF certain citizens of the
! United States will be in this manner
determined. A question arose with
Hayti during the past year, by
! reason OF the exceptional treatment
, Of an American citizen, Mr.. Van
| Bokkelen. q resident of Port au Prince.
who on suit by creditors residing in the Uni
ted States was sentenced to Imprisonment.
and under the option Of a Haytian statute
was denied relief secured to Il native Haytian
This government asserted its treaty right to
equal treatment with the natives of Hayti in
all suits at law. Our contention was denied
| ny the Haytfan government which. however.
while still processing to maintain the ground
against Mr. Van Bokkeen's right terminated
the controversy bv setting him at liberty
without explanation.
An internally nal conference, to consider
the means of arresting the spread Of cholera
and other epidemic diseases. was held at
Rome in May last and adjourned to meet
again on further notice. An expert delegate
kob. PrNf thr, Tate