The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-12-07
NO FOREIGN ADVERTISEMENTS.
Nearly All Contentious Adjudicated-The Hawaiian Matter Awaiting Advices-- The, Treasury, the Post ohice,
 the Military, Etc.


 president from time 10 time to give to the con crcss information Of the state of the union and recommend to their consideration such meas. ures as he shall judge necessary and expedient, is Httincly entered upon by commenting to the congress careful examination of the detailed statement and well supported reeommenda. ,tDrs contained in the reports Of the heads of lcplrtments who are chiefly charged with the executive work of the government In an eff fort 10 abridge this communication as much a, is consistent with it's purpose, 1 shall supplement- briet reference to the contents of these departmental reports by the mention of such executive business and incidents as are not embraced there and by such recommendations as appear to be at this particular time appro- priate While our foreign relations have not at all times during the past year been entirely free from perplexity no embarrassing situation remains that will not yield to the spirit of fair ness and love Of justice, which joined with con- sisteut fairness characterizes a truly American foreign policy.
 Foreign Affairs.
 My predecessor having accepted the ohice of arbitrator of the long standing bound ary disputes, tenderet to the president by the Argentine republic and Brazil, 1t has been my agreeable duty to receive the special envoYs commissioned bY those states to lay be- fore me evidence and arguments in behalf of their respective governments The outbreak Of domestic hostilities in the republic of Brazil found tn United States alert to watch the interest of our citizens in that country with which we carry on important commerce Sev- erll vessels of our new navy are now, and for some time have been stationed at Rio de Janeiro The struggle being between the es tablished government which controls the machinery of administration. and with which we maintain friendly relations and certain officers of the navy employing ~ FNnIr and lt taaly upon the national capital and chic. seaport and lacking, as iI does, the elements of divided administration, 1 have failed to see that the insurgents can reasonably claim recognition as beligerants. This far the position Of our goy- ernment has been that of an attentive but an impartial observer Of the unfortunate conflict In passing,our fixed policy of impartial neutral fly in such a condition of affairs us now exists, I deem 1t necessary to disallow in a manner not 10 be misunderstood the unau thorized acton Of our late naval commander in those waters in saluting the revoluiionist Bra zilian admiral, being indisposed 10 countenanee an act calculated to give gratuitous sanction 10 the local insurrections
 The convention between our government and Chill having for its object the settlement and adju tmsnt of the de- mauds of the two count ies against each other has been made effective by the organizl. ton ot the claims commission provided for The two governments failing to agree upon the third member Of th commission the good oiiiCes of the president of the Swiss republic were invoked, as provided in the treaty, and the selection of the Swiss repre- Isentauve to this country was gratifying alike to the United States and Chill and the vexa- tious question of so-called legation asylum for offenders against the state and its laws was presented anew in Chih by the unauthorized action Of the late United States minister in receiving into his official residence two persons who had just failed in an attempt at revolution and against whom criminal charges were pend ng, growing out of former abortiye disturbance, and the doctrine of asylum as applied to this case is not sanctioned by the best ,precedents and, when allowed, tends to encourage sedition and strife Under no circumstances can the representatives, of this government be per mitted unde.' the illdefined fiction of tra- ter ritoral jurisdiction to attempt the administra- tion of criminal just ce in the countries to which they are accredited A temperate de mand having been made by the Gillian govern ment for the correction of this conduct in the instance mentioned the minister wa, instruct ed no longer to harbor the offenders
 The legislation of last year known as the Geary law, requiring the registration of all Chinese lahorers entitled to residence in the United States and the deportation of all not comply iLg with the provisions of the act within the
 
 from Chinamen in this country Actinr upon the advice Of eminent counsel that the l was unconstitutional, the great mass of the Chinese laborers pending judicial inquiry as to Its va lidlty, in good faith declined to apply for the certificates required by its provisions test case upon proceeding by habeas corpus was brought before the supreme court and on May l5 1893 decision was made by that tribunal sustaining the law.
 Itis believed that under the recent amend ment of the act extending the time Of registra- ton, the Chinese laborers thereto entitled who desire to reside in this country will now avail themselves of the renewed privilege thus af' torted Of establishing by lawful procedure their right 10 remain and that thereby the ne cessity of enforced deportation may be to a great degree avoided
 It is devolved upon the United States min lste- at Pekin as dean of the diplomatic body and in the absence of representative oi Sweden and Norway to press upon the Chinese government reparation for the recent murder ol swedish missionaries at Tong, but this ques lion Is of vital interest to all countries whose citizens engage in missionary work in the in terior
 Our relations with the French republic con tinue to be intimate and cordial sincerely nope that the extra .ition treaty with that country, as amended by the senate, will soon Dc operati C.
 . naturalized citizens returning to the lano Of their birth have arisen in our inter course with Germany our relations with Una co ntry continue satisfactory.
 . The questions affecting our. relations witf Great Britain have been treated in spirit ol q irendliness. Ne citations are In progress be tween the two governments with view tt such concurrent action aB will make the aware and regulations agreed upon by the BehrinI sea tribuoal of arbitration practically effective and it is not doubted that Great Britain VII cooperate freely with this country for the ac complishment of that purpose The disput @ growing out of the discrimination tolls imposed in the Welland canal upon cargoe Of cereals bound to and from th lake ports of the United States, was adjusted # tne substitution of more 'equitable sched ule of charges and my predecessor thereupol suspende his proclamation imposing oiscrimi < hating tolls upon British transit th ough ou canals A ,qrest for additions to the list O < extraditable ofenses covered by the existin X treaty between the two countries is under con sideration
 f# During the past year an American Cit < zen employed in a subordinate commercial position in Hayti, after suffering protracte < Imprisonment on an untounded charge of smus Fling was finally liberated on judicial examina ton.
 Upon receiving authentic information of tn