Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-12-16


! eficiaI and friendly reiationa Whilst am
unfeignediy DESTROYS tilst such relations
should exist between us and the inhaDltants
OF Canada, yet the action OF their ofnclals
during the past season toward our hsnerfneh
has teen such as 10 seriously threaten the
Efforts to secure satisfactory settlement
The fishery question negotiations are stll
pending. with reasonable hope that before
the close Of the present session OF congress
such advancement viii be made that an ac-
eeptable conclusio viii have been reached
AT an early day there may be laid before
congress the correspondence OF TIE depart
m+sat OF state in relation 10 this Important
subject SCI that the history OF the past nsh-
ing season may be fully disclosed h-fs the
action and the intention OF the adIninistra-
ton closely coinprehended More extended
reference is not deemed necessary IN TINS
communication.
OTHER FOREIGN MATTERS
The recommendation submitted last year
that provision be made Tor preiiininafy re-
commissioners OF the conventional boundary
line between Alaska and Britt, b Columbia
is renewed Iexpress my unhesitating con-
yictlon that the Intimacy OF relation WITH
Hawaii should be emphasized. As q resnit
of the reciprocity treaty OF 1873, those ISL
anels. on the highway of Oriental and Aus
tralian traffic. are virtually an outpost OF
American commerce and stepping stone 70
the growing trade of the Pacific. The
Poyiiesian island groups have been SO az
sorbed by other and more powerfui govern
Iuents that the Hawaii islands are LETT almost
alone In the enjoyment of their autonomy,
which IL is important for ms should DE pre-
served Our treaty is now termnable a. one
years notice. but propositions 70 anro2aIe
It would be, in my judgement most III
advised The paramount influence We
have there acquired. once relinquished,
could only with difficulty DO repaired,
and valuable coign OF vantage
for ourselves might be converted
into stronghold for our commercial COM
petitors earnestly recommend that the
existing treaty stipulations be extended for
further term OF seven years. recently
signed treaty to this end LIS now before tue
SENATE The importance of telegraphic com
munication between these islands ana the
United States should not be over ooked Inc
question of general revision OF the treaties
is again under discussion at Toxic. As the
first 10 open relations with that empire and
es the nation in most direct commercial re-
lation with japan, the United States nave
lost no opportunity TO testify their consistent
friendship by supporting the Just claims OF
Japan to autonomy and Independence among
1ations A treaty of extraditlon betweea the
United States and japan, the first concluded
by that empire, has been lately pro,
claimed. The weakness OF Liberia and
the difficulty of maintaining effect
i've soyereigncy over It's outlying districts
have exposed thatrepublfc to encroachment
1t cannot be forgotten that this distant COM
munity is an offshoot OF our own system,
owing its origin to the associated benevolence
of American citizens, whose praiseworthy
efforts to create q nucleus OF civilization In
the dark continent have commanded respect
and sympathy everywhere, especially IN this
country Although a formal protectorate
over Liberia is contrary to our traditional
policy, the moral right and duty OF the
United States to assist in AL proper ways in
the maintenance OF its integrity II obvious,
and has been consistently announced during
nearly half a century / recommend that,
in the reorganization OF cur navy, small
vessel, no longer found adequate to our
needs. be presented 10 Liberia 70 be en-
ployed by IL In the protection OF It's coast
wise revenues