Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-12-19

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standing the reservation under which the dele
gates of the United States attended their sigma
sores w wsrs attached ia ,poss to % ths gem ,. act in tho y;
other g~overnments. thus making the United
States appear without reserve or qualification as
one OF the signatories TO the joint international
engagement, imposing on tho signors the con
servative OF the territorial integrity of distant
regions where we have no established interests
or control. This government does not. howe yer.
regard its reservation OF liberty OF action ia the
premises AS at all impaired, and holding the en-
gngeinent to share in the obligation Of enforcing
neutrality In the remote valley of the Congo To
DO an alliance whose responsibilities W. are not
in position to assume, | abstain from asking tho
sanction OF the senate to that act. The CORE.
spondence will be- laid before you. The ~instruc-
tive and interesting report OF the agent sent by
this government to the Congo country, and his
recommendations for the establishment of com
mercial agencies on the African coast, are also
submitted for your consideration.
SOUTH AMERICAN COMMISSION.
The commission appointed by my predecessor
last winter to visit the Central and South Ameri-
can countries and report on the methods Of en-
laIging the commercial relations OF the United
States herewith, has submitted reports which
will be laid before you.
CoREA.
No opportunity has been omitted TO testify the
friendliness of this government toward Corea,
whose entrance into the family of treaty powers
the United States wore first To recognize. | re-
gard with favor the application made by the
Corean government to be allowed to employ
aiiicTiCaN officers us military lnStrOcIOrB, 10
which 49, assent OF congress becomes necessary,
and l Az happy TO say this request has the con-
current sanction of China and Japan.
THE CASE OF SANTOS.
The a~rrest'snd / IN imprisonment of Julio r. Santos,
a citizen Of the United States, by the authorities
OF Ecuador, gave rise to n contention with that
government, in which his right TO be released or
have a speedy and i'm partial trial on announced
charges, and with all the guarantees of defense
stipulated by the treaty, was sisted on by the
United States. After an elaborate correspond
ence and repeated and earnest representations on
our part, Mr.. Santos was, aft~r an alleged trial
and conviction, eventually included in a general
decree OF amnesty and pardoned by the EQua-
dorian executive and released, leaving the Ques-
ton or his American citizenship denied by the
own.
QUESTIONS WITH FRANCE.
The amount adjudged by the late French and
American claims commission to bo due from the
United States to French claimants on account Of
injuries suffered by them during the war of Sc
cessjon, having been appropriated by the last
congress, has been duly paid the French govern
ment.
The act OF February 25, 1885. provided for a
preliminary search OF the records Of the French
prize court for evidence bearing on the claims Of
American citizens against France for spoilations
committed prior To 1901. The duty has been per-
formed and the report OF the agent will be laid
before you.
AMERICAN PORK.
j regret 20 say that the restrictions on the inn
p~ortation of our pork into France, nOtwithstan,i-
ing the abundant demonstrations of the absence
of sanitary danger in It's use, still continue. But
/ entertain strong hopes that with a better I'M
derstandingO OF the matter, this vexatious pro-
hlbltion viii De removed,
1t would be pleasing to be able to say as much
with respect to Germany, Austria and other
countries where such food products are abso-
lutely excluded without present prospect Of rea-
sonable changes.
The Interpretation Of our existing treaties Of
naturalization 10y 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 returning natural ized citizens Of Ger
man origin ars asserted To be liable under the
laws Of the empire. Tho temperate and Just at
tltude tcken by this government with regard TO
tins class OF questions will doubtless lead to a
satisfactory understanding.
The dispute of Germany and Spain relating to
the domination OF
THE CAROLINE ISLANDS
has attracted the attention Of this government nv
reason of extensive interests OF 4 nericah c.t.-
zens having grown up in those parts during the
last thlrt$-niie years. and because the question
OF ownership involves the jurisdiction Of matters
affecting. the. status OF our citizens under civil
and criminal law. Whilst standing wholly aloof
from the proprietary issues raised between the
powers, TO both of which the United States are
friendly, this government expects that nothing
in the present contention shall unavoidably affect
our citizens carrying on a peaceful commerce or
there domicilcd, and has so informed the gov
ernlnents of Spain and Germany.
The marked good will between
THE UNITED STATES AMI GREAT BRITAIN
has been maintained during the past year.
Tho termination OF the fishing clauses OF the
treaty of Washington in pursuance of the joint
resolution of March 3, 1883. must have result q
in the abrupt cessation on the list of July of this
year, in the midst OF their ventures, of the opera
tinns of oitizcns Of the United States engaged in
fishing in British American waters bat Cor u
diplomatic understanding reached " III ter
mai"sty's COVE, nnent in june last. whereby as-
sur nse was obtained that no Interruption o.
those operation, should take place during
tn current season. In the interest of good
neiEhborhoOd and OF the commercial in ercoUise
of adjacent communities the question of the
North American fisheries l. one of much inn
portance. Following out the iniimation given
by me when tho eGtensiary arrangement above
described was negotiated, | recommend that the
congress provide for he appointment of a CON-
mission, in which the governments OF the United
States and Great Britain shall be res pectively
represented, charged with the consi ~iaration
and settlement, upon a just, equitable and hon
orAhie basis. Of the entire question of tho fishing
rights of the governments and their r spcctiva
citizens II the coast Of the United States and
British North America. The fishing interests
being intimately related to other general ques-
tons. dependant on con ttguons intercourse,
the consideration thereof in all their equities
might also properly conls within the plrview OF
such commission, ami the n most iatitu te Of ex-
preston on both sides should b. permit ed. The
correspondence in relation to the fishing rights
will he submitted.
The Arctic exploring steamer Alert. which was
generously given by her maiesty,,. government to
NV "a WV VI WV 'fNNAf up eA'AfAA VHh's hht'i
the successful attainment OF that hu name pur-
pose. returned to Great Il tain, in pursuance OF
the authority conferred by the act Of March 3,
1870.
The inadequacy Of the existing engagements
for extradi ion between the United Suites and
Great Britain has been long apparent. The tenth
article Of the treaty of 1872, one OF the earli' ri
compacts in this regard entered into, is stipu-
lated or surrender in respect OF u III ted num-
Der of ofienseS. Other crimts. no less inlmlcal
To the social welfare, should be eInOr iced, AMI
the procedure of extradiiion brought into har-
mony with the present International practices.
Negotiations with her maiesty's govern nent Tor
an enlarged treaty OF extradition nave bstn pend
ing since 1870, and l entertain strong hopes that
y satisfactory result may b. soon obt uned.
The frontier | ne between ALASKA and British
Columbia. as d tined by the trt3sIy If cessation
with Russia, follows the demarkatiun assigned IN
| a prior treaty between Great britain and Russia.
Modern exploration discloses that t'is ancient
boundary il IN practicible IA "A geographical fact
in the unsettitd coalition OF that region. ILt
question has lacked Importance, but che dlscoy-
cry of mineral wealth. in the %t"rrituTy tLe line IL
supposed ~ traverse. admonishea mat tie tl.ae
EnS c me when an accurate knowiedXe Uf ca
boundary IL nppdful to avert jursdictiunal COM
~ G Ii ms. recommend. therefore. that pro-
vision be- made for a preliminar! reconnaissance
hy ~ ~ptiicsr- of the United 1t tWs to the "nd OF
acuniring more precise Information on the subjecI.
1 nave invited other of her majesty y gov rnInent,
to considar with W. the adoption OF a more con-
yenient line 20 he established by meridian OBJ
servatiuns or by knDwn geographical features
the whole.
HAITIAN MATTERS.
The late insurrectionary movement in Hayti
having been quelled. the govol nment ~ that
republic has mad prompt PROF Son for aaIudi-
ca ms the lossrs suffered by foreigners because