The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-10

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pArdhia9 our domestic peace and
the good relationship We strive e
MAINTAIN with China. The admitted
J right Of q government TO preYen'
the Influx Of elements hostile &C
its internal peace aid security MAJ
not b questioned. even where
there il no treaty stipulation 90 Size cub
jecs. Thss the exclusion Of Chinese
IaooE Ie demanded in other countries
Rheresiike conditions prevail IL strong
" eVIdencai IN the dominica Of Canada
where Chlmese immigration il now reg
uIsted by laws exclusive than oui
own.
II existing laws are inadequate 70 CON-
pass the enc In view shall be prepared
70 give confederation 70 any furtheH
remedial measures within the treaty
limits winch the wisdom of congress
may devise. The independent states OF
the Congo has been organized as gov
ernment under the sovereignty of mis-
majesty, the King OF the Belgians. who
| assumed Its chief mAgisfry IN
his personal character only. without
making tue new state y dependency on
| Belgium. 1t IL fortunate that G benight-
| ed region, OWING all 1t has of quIckeniDg
civilization TO the benedcence and phi :
lanthroDic spirit of this monarch should
have tho advantage and security of bis
benevolent supervision.
The action by the government last
year in being the first 10 recognize the
! flsg of the International association OF
the Congo. has been followed by formal
recognition of the new nationality,
which succeeds 10 its sovereign powers.
A conference of delegates OF the prInci-
pal commercial nations was held at
Berlin last winter 70 discuss methods
whereby the Congo basin might I've kept
open 20 the worlds trade. Delegates at.
! tended on behalf of the United States. on
the understanding that their part should
be merely deliberatiYe. without lmpart-
Ing to the result any bindIng charac-
ter so far as the United States was con.
cerned.
This reserve was due 20 the IndIspoei-
tion OF the government TO share ia any
disposal by an international congress OF
jurisdictional questions in remote tor
eign territories. The rteults of the con-
ference were embodied in 4 formal act
of the nature OF an International conVen-
ton which laid down GER zin obligations
purporting to be binding On the sigma
tories, subject 10 ratification within one
gear. Notwithstanding the reservation
under whioh the delegates of the United
attached 70 the general act in the same
manner AS those OF the pieDlpotentia-
ries of other governments,
thus making the United States appear
without reserve or qualification as sigma
tory 10 q Joint international engage
ment imposing on this sIguers the
conservation of the territorial integrity
of distant regions where We have 40 es.
tGblished interests or control. This gov
eminent does not, however. regard
its reservation of liberty of action in
the premises az at all impaired. and
holding that an engagement to share 10
the obligation Of enforcing neutrality in
the remote valley of the Congo. would be
az alliance whose responsibilities
We are not IN position to assume, alb
stain from asking tbs sanction Of the
senate to that general act.
The correspondence Will be laid be-
fore you iGnd instructive and interesting
report of the agent sent by this govern
ment TO tns Congo country and recon-
mendstions for the establishment of
commercial agencies on the African
coast are also submitted for your con-
sideration. The commission appointed
by my predecessor last winter TO visit
the central and South American coun-
tries and report on the methods of en-
laFgIng the commercial relations of the
United States, has submitted re-
ports which will be laid before you. No
opportunity has been emitted TO testify
the friendly relations OF this government
toward CoTea, whose entrance into the
family of treaty powers the United
States ives the first to recognize
regard with favor the application
made by the CoreAn government TO be
allowed TO employ American officers as
military iustructors. to which the as
sent of congress- becomes necessary, aid
am happy 10 say this request has the
concurrent sanction OF China snd
Japan. Tho arrest and Imprisonment
of Jules Il. Santos, q citizen of the
United States by the authorities of Ecqua.
dor gave rl6e TO q contention with that
government in which his right 10 be re-
leased or tn have a speedy and impartial
trial on annc unced charges and with all
guarantees of defense STIPULATED by treaty
was insisted upon by the United States
After an elaborate correspondence and
repeated and earnest representations on
our part, MIR. Santos was after al al
legged trial and conviction, eventually
included IN q general decree of am
nesty, and pardoned by thu
EcuuadcriAn executive and released.
leaving the question of his American cit.
izenship denied by the EcQuadarisn gov
eminent but IusIsted uonn By our own
The amount adjudged duethe late French
and American claimants on account of
injuries suffered by them during the
war OF secession hsYing been appropria
ted by the last congress, has been
duly paid the French government.
The act of February %, 1885, provided
for p preliminary search OF the records
of the French prize courts for evidence
bearing on the claims of American
citizens against France for sp0ilation
committed prior 10 1901. The duty has
heen performed and the report of the
agent will be laid before sou.
regret 70 see that the restrictions
npon the importation of our pork into
France, Notwithstanding the abundant
! demonstration of the absence of sani-
tary danger in Its use. but entertain
strong hopes that with
better understanding of the mat
ter this vexatious prohibition
will be removed. 1t would be pleasant
| 70 be able 20 say as much with respect
1 to Germany. Austria AID other conn
tries where such food products are &bso-
lutely excluded without present pros
pect of reasonable change.
The Interpretation OF our existing
treaties of naturalization by Germany
| during the past year has attracted Atten-
tion by reason of an apparent tendency
on the part OF the Imperial government
to extend the scale of the residential
restrictions to which the returning nat
uralized citizens of German origin are
asserted 10 be liable under the laws OF
the empire. The temperate and just at
Jitude taken by thIs government with
regard to this class of questions will
| doubtless lead to q satisfactory under
standing.
The dispute of Germany and Spain
| velaftve TO the domination OF the Caro-
/ line islands has attracted the attentiO q
ct this government by reason of extern
| siVe interests of American citizens hav-
| ing grown up in those parts during the
1 past thirty years, and because the ques.
l tion of ownership involves Jurisdiction