Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-09

sIeSs Tue correspondence OF the Department of
State IN relation to this important subject so
that the history OF the past fishing season NAV
pc fully disclosed and the action and the atti.
saoe OF me Administration clearly eompre.
nended. More extended reference is not deemed
necessary In this communication.
THE ALASKA BOUNDARY.
:, The Recommendation, submitted last year.
that provision be made for a preliminary recon
tween Alaska and British Columbia IS renewed
THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
II express my. unhesitating conviction that
the intimacy OF our relations with Hawaii
s sh1a pc trsaap "a ,s7 As result Of the
nighway OF oriental and Australian traffic, are
virtually an outpost of American commerce and
@ Sgs IS ho GTng fo 5aSs e Sa1s TIE Pa
So So, absorbed by other and more power
I Ili Governments, that the Hawaiian
SsTns are Of tbsr almost alone in the
important for us should be preserved. Our
treaty Is now terminable on one years notice,
Judgment. most ill-advised. The paramount in
nuenee we have there acquired, once relin-
gnished, could only With difficulty be regained,
ana valuable coign OF vantage for ourselves
might be converted into stronghold for orr
commercial competitors. / earnestly recon-.
mend that the existing treaty stIpulatlons be ex-
tended for further term of seven years. A re-
Senate. '-AS
The Importance of Geographic communication
should not be overlooked
RELATIONS WITH JAPAN.
The question OF general revision OF the trea
ties OF Japan Is again under discussion at Toxic
as tne nrst 10 open relations with that empire
latlou with Japan. the United states have lost
no opportunity to testify their consistent friend.
snip by supporting the just claims OF Japan to
autonomy and independence among nations. A
treaty OF e1tradltion between the United States
ana Japan. the nrst concluded by that empire,
has been lately proclaimed.
TIE WEAKNESS OF LIBERIA.
and the difficulty OF maintaining effective SOW
ereignty over its outlying districts have exposed
that Republic TO encroachment. II can not be
forgotten that this dist?nt community is an on.
associated benevolence OF American citizens,
whose praiseworthy efforts to create a nucleus
OF civilization In the Dark Continent have com.
clally IN this country; Although a formal pro.
tectorate over Liberia is contrary TO our tradi
iional policy, the moral right and duty OF the
maintenance of its integrity is obvious
and has been consistently announced dur.
Ing nearly half century. l recommend
vessel, no longer found adequate to our needs
be presented TO Liberia to be employed by il in
the protection OF its coastwise revenues
OUR SISTER REPUBLIC.
the encouraging development of beneficial
ana intimate relations between the United
States and Mexico, which has been so marked
within the past few. years, is at once the oc.
tude. urg ntly renew my former representa-.
ton Of the need OF speedy, legislation by Con.
gress, to carry into effect the Reciprocity com
1883. Our commercial " treaty S"'e OF 1857
with Mexico was terminated according to Its
provisions, in 1881, upon the notification given by
Mexico, in pursuance OF her announced policy OF
recaslfng all her commercial treaties Mexico
has since concluded with several foreign gov.
ton defining alien lights OF trade, property and
residence, treatment OF shipping, consular PRIV.
leges, and the like. Our yet unexecuted reel
points, the settle OF which is so necessary 10
good relationship, and propose to inmate with
Mexico negotiations for new and enlarged
treaty oil commerce and navigation.
THE CUTTING CASE
In compliance With a resolution OF the Senate
| communicated to that body on August % last
and also 70 the House of Representatives, the
correspondence in the case of A. X. Cutting. an
American citizen, then imprisoned in Mexico.
charged with the commission OF penal ofense
IN Texas, Of which Mexican citizen was the
object After a demand had been made for his
release the charge against him was amended so
as toinelude violation of Mexican law within
sssd oehs spFO Sge within Opde he Of al
order, special idvestcation Of tho case, pending
has, however disclosed a claim of Jurisdiction
by Mexico novel in our history, whereby any of
tense, committed anywhere by foreigner penal
III tHe pldce Oh us commission and OF which
Mexican Is the object, may. IL the offender be
found in Mexico. be there tried and punished in
conformity with Mexican laws: JURISDICTION
VAS sustained by the courts OF Mexico IN the
Cutting case and approved by the ex-
eeutive branch of that Government upon the
authority of the Mexican statute. The Appellate
Court IN releasing Mir. Cutting, decided that the
abandonment by the Mexican citizens aggrieyed
by the alleged crime "a libelouS publications. re-
moved NOV the basis Of further prosecution, and
also declared justice TO have been satisfied BY
tne enforcement of a small part OF the CT ginal
sentence. The mission OF such z pretension
would DC attended with serious results, invasive
~ the jurisdiction OF this Government. ana
highly dangerous TO our citizens in foreign Iands
therefore L have denied it, and protested
against Its attempted exercise, as. unwas-
and international usages sovereign
has jurisdiction of offences. which take effect
within his territory. although concerted or COM
menced OUTSIDE OF 1t, but the right is denied of
any foreign sovereign to punish citizen of the
United States Tor an ofense consumated on
our soil in violation OF our laws, even though
such sovereign. The Mexican statute in ques-
tion makes the claim broadly, and the principle,
II conceded, would create a dual RESPONSE
fusion. destructive OF that certainty In the law
which is an essential OF liberty. When citizens
OF i tne United States voluntarily go into q for
eign country they must abide by the laws there
IN force, and will not be protected by their own
government from the consequences of an of
Tense against those laws committed in such for.
eign country but watchful care and Interest Of
this government over its citizens are not relin-
qulshed because they have gone abroad, and II
land. a fair and open trial, conducted with
decent regard for justice and humanity. will be
demanded for them. With less than that
TINS government will not be content when
life or liberty oil its citizens Is at stake What
ever the degree TO which extra territoriul GRIM
mai jurisdiction may have been formerly al
ioWeu ny consent and reciprocal agreement
among certain of the European states no such
e9ctrine or practice was ever known to the laws
OF this country or Of that from which our insli-
tutions have manly been derived
IN the case OF Mexico there are reasons espe-
clally strong for perfect harmony In the actual
exercise OF jurisdiction. Nature has made us
irreyocsbly nelghbors, and wisdom and kind
feeling should make us friends. The over
now OF capital and enterprise from the
development OF the resources of Mexico, and in
building up the property Of both countries To
ASSIST TINS good work all grounds of apprehen.
sion Tor the security OF person and property
should be removed and trust that In the interests
OF goad neighborhood the statute referred to
Will be mod ned as 10 eliminate the present pos
sioillties OF danger 10 the peace OF the two
countries.
THE NETHERLANDS.
The Government OF the Netherlands has ex-
Of our tariff laws, which are supposed BY them
10 be simed at class OF tobacco produced In the
Dutch East Indies. Comment would seem TN
necessary upon the unwisdom of legislation ap-
pesring TO have special national discrimina-
tion for Its object which, although unipten-
uOnai, may give rise 10 injurious ret2ilatlOn.
PERSIA.
The establishment. leSs than four years ago
OF legation at Teheran Is bearing fruit IN the
interest exhibited by the Shsh's Government In
the industrial activity OF The United States and
the opportunities Of beneficial interchanges.
PERU.
Stable government is now happily restored in
Peru by the election OF constitutional Presl.
dent. and PERIOD OF rehabilitation is entered
upon; bur recovery IS necessarily slow from the
exhaustion caused by the late war and civil dis
furbances, convention TO az ust by arbitra-
ton the claims OF our citizens has been promised
and Is under consideration.
THE TESTIMONIALS SENT TO SIBERIA.
The naval officer who bore 10 Siberia the test.
monials bestowed BY Congress In recognition OF
the aid given TO the Jeannetle survivors, has sue.
cessfully accomplished his mission. His inter.
eStlng report will be submitted. II Is pleasant
to know that this marx Of appre istion has been
welcomed by the Russian Government and peo-
pie as belts the traditional friendship of the two
countries
THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.
Civil perturoations in the Samoan Islands
nave during the past Few years been q source of
considerable embarrassment to the three gov