The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-12-10

est a1shed interests or control. This govern
ment does not, however, regard the reserva-
ton Ot liberty Of action In the premises ~ at
all impaired, and holding that All engagement
to share In the obligation of en- forced neutral
ity in tie remote valley of the Congo would be
an alliance whose responsibility We are not III
q position 70 assume, ! abstain from asking
the sanction OF tho senate To That general act.
The CORES p0ndence will he laid before you
AMI tie Instructive and interesting report OF
the agent sent by this government To the
Congo country. and his recommendations for
the establishment Of commercial agencies on
the African coast are also submitted for your
consideration.
The commission appointed by my pre-
decesser last winter to visit the Central
and south American countries aud report
on the methods Of enlargng the commercial
relations OF the United States Herewith has
submitted reports which will be laid before
you.
No opportunity has been omitted to testify
the friondliness 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
and earnest representations on our part Mr..
Santons WAS, after AN alleged trial and con-
victIon. eventually included In 4 general de-
cree of amnesty and pardOned by the Ecudor-
ian executive AMI released leaving the ques-
ton 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 injuries 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. %. lSo5. provided for preliminary
search Of the records OF the French prize
~ inf
American citizens against France for spOlia-
lions committed prior to 1901. The duty has
been performed and the report OF the agent
will he laid before you.
The Interpretation Of our existing treaties
of naturalization by Germany during the
past year has attracted attention by reason
OF an apparent tendency On tho part of the
imperial government to extend the scope OF
the residential restrictions to winch return
ing naturaiized citizens of German origin are
asserted 10 be liable under the laws of the
empire. The temperate and Just attitude
taken by this government with regard to this
Glass OF questions will doubtless lead to
satisfactory understanding. The dispute OF
Germany and Spain relating to the dcnomina-
ton Of
THE CAROLINE ISLANDS
has attracted the attention of the govern
ment by reason of extensive Interests o.
American citizens having grown up In "a, g.
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-
prietary issues raised between the powers, to
both Of which the United States Is friendly,
this government expects that nothing IN the
present contention shall unfavorably affect
our citizens carrying on u peaceful commerce
or there dofniciied, and has SO informed
the governments OF Spain and Ger
many. Marked good will prevailed
| between the United States anu
Great Britain during the past year. The
termination of the fishing clauses of the
treaty of Washington, in pursuance Of the
Joint resolution OF March 3, 1883, must have
resulted In the abrupt COS sitiol o the lst oi
July OF this year. in the midst oil their VEN
lures, OF the operations of citizens of the
United States engaged in
FISHING IN BRiTISH-AMERICAN 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 hshing season. In
the interest OF COOL ncighborhood, of the com
mercal intercourse OF adjacent communities.
| the question of North American fisheries is
one Of much Importance. Following out the
intimatiOn given by me when the extcnsory
arrangements above described was negotiated
l recommend that congress provide tor
the appointment OF q 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 dependsn upon contguity and in
sercaurse, consideration thereof in all their
In,
view OF such commission. and the fullest lat
itude Of expression on both siaes 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 ls42, one o.
the earliest compacts in this regard entered
INTO by the United States, stipulated for sur
render in respect of limited number of Of
lenses. Other crimes no less inimical to the
social welfare should be embraced and the
procedure Of extradition brought in har-
mony with the present. International prac
| tees. Negotiations with her majesty's gov
crnlnent for an enlarged treaty of extradtion
have been pending since 1871. and entertain
strong hopes that q 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
pediIOu. WaS.uIItf tue SUCCESSFUL atEalntnenI
or that humane purpose, returned To Great
Britain. in pursuance of the authority con-
ferred by the act OF March d 1855. The from
tier line between
ALASKA AID BRITISH COLUMBIA.
as defined by the treaty OF cessiou with Rus
sa follows the dcmarkation assigned In
prior treaty between Great Britain ana Rus
STA. Modern expl oraiion di 1closes that this
ancient boundary Is impracticable as q ge-
Ographical factor in the unsettled condition
or 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 ncedful to avert jurs,.ictionnl complica-
tiOns. l recommend, therefore. that provision
be made for preliminary reconnaissance b
officers OF the United States to the end of
quirirg more precise information on the sub
ject ] have invited her majesty's govern
ment to consider with us the adoption OF
more convenient line to be established by
meridian obsery. tions or by known geo
graphic features without the necessity OF an
expensive survey of the whole. The late
ISsURREt TON MOVEMENTS IN HAITI
having been quelled, 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
Hayti during the past year, by
reason Of the exceptional treatment
, OF an American citizen, Mr.. Van
Bokkeen. O 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 u Haytian statute
was denied relief secured to Il native IiaHtian.
This government asserted its treaty right TO
equal treatment with the natives Of Hayti In
all suits ut law. Our contention was denied
by the Hayti government which. however
while still protesting to maintain the ground
against Mi. Van Bokkelen's right terminated
the controversy bv setting him at liberty
without explanation.
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 adjourned to meet
again on further notice. An expert delegate
on behalf Of the United States has attended
the session and will submit u report.
OUR RELATIONS WITH MEXICO