Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-12-17


areas of the world must be for the worlds ben
| efit trust for mankind, and be removed from
/ the chance of domination by any single power,
nor become point Of invitation for hostIllteS or
| a prize for warlike ambition. An engagement
combining the construction, ownership and ope-
| ration of such a work by this government with
an offensive and defensive alliance for its protec
ton with the foreign states whose responsibilities
| and rights would share, is in my Judgment,
inconsistent with such dedication to universal and
| neutral use, and would moreover entail measures
for its realization beyond the scope Of our national
| pOlity OF present measures.
The lapse Of years has abundantly confirmed
the wisdom and foresight Of these earlier admin
! istrations, which long before the conditions of
rnaratime intercourse were changed and enlarged
by the progress of the age, proclaimed the vital
need of inter-oceanic transit across the American
isthnus and ccnsecrated it in advance to the COM
mon use of mankind by their positive declara:
! tio1s and through the formal obligations Of
| treaties. Toward such realization the efforts of
| my administration will be applied ever bearing
IN mind the principles on which it mus rest, and
| which were declared in uncertain tones by Mr..
CaSs, who while secretary Of state, in 1853, an
| nounced that what the United States want in
Central America next to the happiness Of its peo-
pie, Is the security and neutrality Of the inter
| oceanic routes which lead through it.
CHINA.
rhe harmony of our relations with China is
| fully sustained in the application Of the acts
lately passed to execute the treaty of 1880, re-
strictive of the immigration of Chinese laborers
| into the United States Individual cases of hard
ship have occurred beyond the power of the eX
ecuEfve to remedy, and calling for Judicial deter
mination.
The condition OF the Chinese question m the
western states and territories is, despite this re-
strictve legislation, far from being satisfactory.
| The recent
OUTBREAK IN WYOMING TERRITORY
where numbers of unoffending Cinnamon, indis-
putably within the protection of treaties and the
law, were murdered by mob; and the still more
recent threatened outbreak of the same character
in Washington territory, are fresh in the minds
of ALL and there is apprehension lest the bitter
ness of feeling against the Monaghan on the
find -iT01ila IsypI cCc
demonstrations.
All the power Of this government should be
exerted to maintain the amplest good faith
toward China in the treatment of these and
the infiexible sternneSS of the law in bringing the
wrong doors to Justice should be insisted upon.
Every effort has been made by this government
to prevent these violent outbreaks and to aid the
representatives of China in their investigation
of these outrages and it is but just to say that
they are traoeable to the lawlessnesS of men not
citizens OF the United States, engaged in compe-
tition with Chinese laborers. Race prejudice is
the chief factor in originating these disturbances
and 1t exists in large part OF our domain, jeOp-
ardizing our domestic peace and the good rela-
tonship we strive to maintain with China The
admitted right or a government to prevent the
influx Of elements hostile TO tSinternal peace and
security, may not be questioned even where there
is no treaty stipulation on the subject. That the
exclusion of Chinese labor is demanded in the
countries where like conditions prevail is strongly
eVjnced in the Dominion of Canada where Chinese
immigration is now regulated by laws more ex-
elusive than our own.
IL existing laws are inadequate to compass the
end in view, shall be prepared to give earnest
consideration to any further remedial measure
within the treaty limits, which the wisdom of
congress may devise.
JULIO R. SANTOS.
The arrest and imprisonment of Julio r. San
tos citizen of the United States, by the author
l l OF Ecuador, gave rise to contention with
that government, in which his right to be re-
leased or TO have speedy and impartial trial on
announced charges, and with all guarantees of
defense stipulated by treaty, insisted upon
by the United States,
After elaborate correspondence and repeated
and earnest representations part, Mr..
Santos was, after an alleged trial and conviction
eventually included in a general decree of am
nesty and pardoned by the Ecudorian executive
and released, leaving the question of his American
citizenship denied by the Ecudorian 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
injuries suffered by them during the war of seces-
sion having been appropriated by the last con-
gress has been duly paid the French govern
ment.
THE OLD sPoLIATIoN JOBS.
The act of February %, 1885, provided for
preliminary search of the records OF French
prize courts of evidence bearing upon the claims
tons committed prior to 1901. The duty has
been performed, and the report Of the agent will
be laid before you
FRANCE AND OUR HOG.
regret to say that the restrictions upon the
importation of our pork into France, notwith-
standing the abundant demonstration of the alb
sence of sanitary danger in its use, but 1 enter
tain strong hopes that with better understanding
of the matter these veXatous prohibitions will
be removed. 1t would be pleasing to be able to
say as much with respect to Germany, Austria
and countries where such food products alb
sOluteiy excluded without present prospect of
reasonable change.
The marked good will between the United
Ct,fa ap,S hos nnT, info iTn6
during the last year. The termination of the
fishing clauses of the treaty of Washington in
pursuance of the joint resolution of March. 8,
1888, must have resulted in the abrupt cessation
of the 1st Of July Of this year, in the midst of
their ventures of the operations Of the citizens of
the United States engaged in fishing in British
American waters, but for a diplomatic under
standing, reached with her majesty's government
in June last, whereby assurance was obtained
that interruption Of these operations should not
take place during the current fishing season.
EXTRACTION.
The inadequacy of the existing engagements
for extradition between the United States and
article of the treaty of 1872 one of the earliest
compacts in this regard entered into by us, stipu
lated for surrender in respect OF limited number
Of ofenses. Other crimes, no less inlmical to
the social welfare, should be embraced, and the
procedure of extradtion brought into harmony
with present international practices. Negotia-
tons with Her Majesty's government for an en-
larged treaty Of eXtradition have been pending
| since 1870. and entertain strong hopes that
| satisfactory result may De Don attained.
THE ALASKAN BOUNDARY.
The frontier line between Alaska and British
| Columbia as defended by the treaty of ceSsa-
| ton with Russia follows the debarkation as
| signed in a prior treaty between Great Britain
| and Russia. Modern exploration discloses that
| this ancient boundary is impracticable as a geo.
graphical fact. 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 accurate knowledge
of the boundary is needful to avert jurisdictional
| complications
! | recommend therefore that provision be made
| for preliminary reconnaissance by the officers
! of the United States to the end of acquiring
| more precise information on the subject. |
have invited her majesty's government to con-
! slider with us the adoption of a more convenient
line to be established by meridian observations or
| by known geographical fixtures without the
necessity of an expensive survey of the whole.
THE CHOLERA
An international conference to consider the
| means of arresting the spread of cholera and
| other epidemic diseases, was held at Rome, IN
| May last, and adjourn TO meet again on further
notice. An expert delegate on behalf of The
United states. has attended the session, and will
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