Omaha daily bee., 1890-02-25
ANOTHER DIPLOMATIC SUCCESS.

ANOTHER DIPLOMATIC SUCCESS.
The present administration has al
ready made a record for successful
diplomatic Negotiations which will give
1t honorable distinction in the history
of the country. The agreement en-
tered into with Germany and England
regarding Samoa is conceded by all
fair-minded men to have been a most
creditable victory for this country, Sc
curing to us every right In Samoa to
which we laid claim and providing the
most ample guarantee against any
future controversy regarding those
islands between the powers to
the agreement. The arrangement of
n new extradition treaty with Great
Britain, free from the Objectionable
features which the minister TO England
under the previous administration said
that government would insist on as a
condition to entering into a new agree
ment, was another notable success to
the credit of the present head of the
state department. 1t is now reported
that Secretary Blaine and the British
minister at Washington have come to
an amicable agreement upon the
Behring sea fishery controversy. The
nature of the agreement is of
course not made public, but suf-
ficleut is learned to warrant the state
ment that our government has made no
surrender that will permit foreigners
to devastate the seal fishery portions of
Behring sea to which this country has
a rightful claim. What was expected
to be u prolonged and perhaps acri-
monious controversy, sharpened and
Intensified from time to time by incl
dents of aggression OF the part OF depre-
dators in the fishing waters over which
the United States claims jurisdiction,
appears to be in fair way of quiet
and honorable settlement. The fact
that negotiations were in progress was
generally understood, but the country
has heard none of the sensational talk
about it that marked most of the ne
gotiations under Mr.. Blaine's prede-
cessor.
Those people who professed to fear
that the policy Of the present secretary
of state would be one tending to con-
stantly ~irritate foreign powers and to
threaten the peaceful relations between
the United States and other nations
can now see how utterly mistaken they
were in their estimate of Mr..
Blaine. Certainly no other secretary
of state in the history of the country
showed a higher sense of the dignity
and responsibilities Of the po-
s%ition, and there has been no
single instance in which Mr.. Blaine
has manifested the slightest spirit
of that jingoism with which his
enemies have charged him. While
firmly insisting upon every reasonable
right of this country, he has impressed
foreign governments with the sincerity
of his desire to effect a settlement of con-
| troversies fairly and honorably, and the
wholesome influence of this impression
is shown in the results. There has
been no display OF diplomatic verbos-
ity, no bidding for popular applause,
but negotiations have gone forward
quietly and seriously, as BELTS a great
government.
The commendable course of the pres
ent administration with respect to in
ternatIonal affairs has won the respect
and confidence OF other nations, and
made stronger the bonds of friendship
between the United States and the
countries of the world. IL has taught
our own people, also, that while every
right of the country and its citizens
will be carefully guarded by this adj
m~inistration, there is no danger that
anything will be done to disturb the
peaceful relations with other nations
which it is our inclination and interest
to maintain and cultivate.
CONTROL OF RAILROADS.