Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-12-18

The Lengthy Document Received aad It
PRINCIPAL Features Presented.

U
I that Our friendly relations with foreign
! powers have been consistently retained and
| that Few questions have arisen during Ln5
| past year. none Of which are beyond reach
| OF settlement. Respecting Chinese lmInl-
| grafton, he says he Is not without assurance
/ that the government Of China E1l meet this
country half way in dsV1s1ng a means % st-
teotlVely limit the same and to protect those
| who remain In this country.
Reference is made TO the fact that con
| vsntion between the United States and other
countries for the protection OF submarine
cables has been ratified.
Regarding the fisheries question President
/ Cleveland states that whilst he Is unfelgn-
/ edly DESTROYS that friendly relations should
I exist between us and the inhabitants OF Can
ada, yet the action of their officials during
] the past season towards our fishermen has
! been such as TO seriously threaten their con-
I tnuanC6. Negotiations are still pending he
says, with reasonable hope that an an
nOunoement may be made before the pres
emit congress adiOuEns5 that an acceptable
conclusion has been reached.
The recommendation Of last year. that
provision be made for preliminary recon
nOisancs OF the conventional boundary be
1 tween Alaska and British Columbia Is re-
eWed.
He recommends that the coasting treaty
| stipuiatiOns with Hawaii be extended for
further term Of seven years, and q recently
signed treaty to this end IS now before the
senate. The importance OF telegraphLg
communication between these islands aud
I the United States should not be overlooked.
A treatr OF eEtraCitiOn between the
| United States and Japan, the first Concluded
| by the empire, has been lately proclaimed.
/ he recommends that in the organization Of
our navy, a small vessel no longer found
adequate to our needs be presented to Lib
era 70 be employed by It IN the protection
I Of its cOast-Wise revenues
| The country Is congratulated upon its in
/ innate and friendly relations with Mexico,
/ and the president announces his intention
Z Tn invite with MaRfgn FauDGTHLTuua
new and enlarged treaty Of commerce and
navigation.
The Cutting case Is reviewed and thep reai-
dent adds: "Eh6 incident has however dis
| closed a claim of jurisdiction by Mexico,
novel in our history, whereby any Offense
committed anywhere by a foreigner penal
/ in the place of its commission, aud of which
d Mexican u the Object may, II the offender
be found In Mexico, be there tried and pun
| ished in conf .rmity with Ne dcan laws.
| This jurisdiction was sustained by the
courts of Mexico in thee utting case, and
al pr.4Vsd by the executive branch OF that
| government, upon the authority Of a Mezi-
can statue. The appellate COurt, IN releas-
| ing Mr.. Cutting, decided that the abandon
ment Of the complaint by the Mexican cltl-
/ Z5ns aggrIev6d by the alleged crime a libel
! GUS publicatiOn) removed the basis OF
| further prosecution and also declared just
! ice to have been satisfied by the enforce
ment Of a small part Of the original sent
| enC5.a The admission or such q pret6nslOn
would be attended with serious results, is
invasive OF the jurisdiction Of this govern
ment and highly dangerous to our citizens
in foreign lands. therefore, have denied
it, and protested against Its attempted eE-
ercise, as unWarrants1 ny the principle of
law aud international usage"
Tbs PRESIDENT approves OF the work Of the
legation established at Ieh5ran, Persia
9 than four years ago.
The usual inters-t is exhibited In the
samoan Islands, where there have been dis
urbances during the past few years, of con-
ldsrable embarrassment to Germany Great
Britain and the United States. 1t is an
uUunced that In May last, the king Of the
Islands offered to place Samoa under the
protection Of the United States and that the
ate consul granted It, but that the proceed
ing was disEyOWsd and the over z5alOus
Jticial recalled. Special agents of the three
governments are looking into the situation
ia the islands and harmonious understand
ing between them, and the peace and nsu-
.rality of the ISLANDS is eonfuently expected.
A little trouble with Spain Is mentioned.
1t appearing that that country did not eL-
tsnd to the nag OF this country the full
measure Of reciprocity requisite for the sus-
pension of Determinations against the Spau-
lsh flag in our pOr g. the president resCindsd
Garheld's order permitting such suspension.
Spain very quickly notified the government
mat it had complied with the requirements
md that al diffsrential treatment Of our
vessels and CargOes had been relinquished,
and the president th6u issued his prOclama-
ton restoring reciprocal suspension.
1t is hoped that an effort which has b55n
made during the past year, to remove the
hindrances to the proclamation Of the
treaty of naturalization with the Sublime
Porte, signed IN 1874 viii Be successful It
is stated that the operations Of the ministers
20 Turkey In behalf Of better treatment OF
missionaries to that state have resulted
we'll
listing legislation concerning cit zsnship and
naturalization be revised. We have treaties
with many states providing for the r6nunCia-
ton of citizenship by uaturaliZed aliens,
bat no statue is found 70 give effect to such
engagsments, nor any which provides q
needtd central bureau for the registration
of naturaliZed citizens.
An sxtraditiOn am sndment is suggested as
follows;
Experiences suggests that the statutes re-
garding extraditiOn might be advantageous
ly amended by provision for the transit
across our territory now q convenient
thOroughfare of travel from one foreign
country TO another, Of fugitives surrendered
by d foreign government to a third state.
Such provisions are not unusual IN the legis-
lauiOn OF other countries and tend to prevent
the miscarriage of justice. 1t is also d6siF-
able in order to remove present uncertain
ties, that authority should be conferred on
the secretary of state TO issue certificate IN
case Of an arrest for the purpose OF 6Ltrau1-
ton, to the officer before whom the pro
ceeding is pending showing that a rsquisi-
ton for the surrender OF the person charged
has been daily made. Such certificate If
required to b recejV- q before the prisoners
examination, would prevent q long and eL-
penslve Judicial inquiry into charge which
the foreign government mi ght not desire to
press. / also recommend that express pro-
vision be made for the immediate discharge
from custody OF persons committed for eZ-
tridition where the president is Of the oBiu-
ion that surrender should not be made.
Regarding international copyright the
government does not feel warranted IN be-
coming slgnatory pending action upon
measures of international copyright now be-
fore it. 1t is recommended that the tax on
the products of American articles In foreign
countries be abolished.
It Is stated that the estimates for the
salaries Of oonsuls have been reCask, end re-
auctions have been made in certain in
st noes. The president hopes that the diff
ference IN the cost of maintaining cigni4ed
rsspeCt8 bliItY IN dlmerant countries VIII be
taken into consideration when these matters
are before Congress The president re5Cm-
n6nds scheme Of Inspection eE the man
ner IN watch cOnsulab5s are conducted.
The report Of the secretary Of the treas
ury exhibits IN detail the condition Of the
public finances ana Of the several branches
OF the government related 30 this depart
ment. especially direct the attention Of
congress to th5 recommendation contain
60 10 this and the last preceding report
Of the secretary, touching the simpliACatiou
and amendment Of the laws relating TO the
condition OF our revenues and IN the inter
est Of economy and justice to the govern
m6nE. hope they may 10 adopted by Gp-
propria.s legislation The ordinary receipts
of the government for the fiscal year ended
June 50, 1856. were 1855 As, zZ7-O6l OF this
amount 1872, sos, O23 Al was received from
customs, and SIG. sos, 936. - from internal
revenue. The total receipts Gs here stated
were SIS, 749 Coos greater than for the pre-
Vlous year. The increase rom customs was
81 ,434, OS4-IO, and from internal revenue
$780, 2 O.94s making gain in these items
for the last year Of Sl5 81 s305.04, but a fall
ing on IN other resources reduced the total