The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-12-05

proclamation imposing discriminating
tolls upon Br.'sh transit through our
canals.
4 request for additions to the list Of
ex,radltRoe oaenses covered by the ex-
isIins treaty bfiweon the two countries
Is under consideration.
lAY4I MUST DO BETTER.
During the past year an American
citizen cmployad in subordinate com
marcial position in llayt, after suffer
iDg A pro,rar.,d imprisonment on an
uniounIed charge Of smuggling. was ii.
nallv liberated on judicial examination.
Upon uFggu. representation to the
Haitian government, n suitable indem-
nifty was paid % the sufferer By law
OF ilay'i q sailing vessel having dis
charged her rgrgo il refused clearance
until the dates on such cargo have
been paid. TIE hardship OF this meas
ure upon american shipowners, who
conluc. the JgllJ OF the carving trade
of that coHa.ry has been insisted OH
with view %! securing the removal OF
tho cause Of complaint.
uoSuuaAs RgGaers THE SHOT,
Upon receiving authentic iniorma.
ton OF tho Gring upon an American
steamer tough.ug at the port of Amap.
MIA, because her CAPTAIN refused to de.
liver w passenger IN transit from Nj
caragna to Guatemala upon the de-
nand o! the Undergraduates of Hon
dura., our minister to that country
under instructions protested against the
wanton act AND demanded satisfaction.
The government OF Honduras, actunted
by Il sense oil Justice and in n spirit OF
the utmost ir.endship, promptly disa-
ayowed the Illegal conduc. OF its officers
and espresso! sincere regret for the oc-
currcncc. II IS confidently anticipated
that satisfactory adjustment will be
coon reached Of the questions arising
Of the seizure nd use OF American ves-
sells by lu3ur@nts in Honduras aud tho
subsequent, dcnia! by the successful
government OF commercial privileges TO
these vessels Oh tina: account.
SLICE OFF LIBERIA.
A notable part OF tho sou,heasterly
coast OF Liberia, between the Cayally
and San Pedro rivers, which for nearly
half a century has been generally recog.
nized rs belonging to that republic by
ccssion and purchase, has been claimed
TO be under the proteCtorato of France
in virtue Of gGrcem1nIs entered into by
the native tribes over whom Liberals
control has no. been well maintained.
More recently negotiations between the
LIbrrinn representative and the French
government, raiu,ed in the signature at
Paris OF q treaty whereby, as an ADJUST
mcnt, certain Lberian territory is ceded
to France. Ills convention at last adj
vices had moi been ratified by the Libe-
ran legislature and executive.
Feeln. q sympathetic interest in the
fortunes OF The little commonwealth,
the establishment and development oil
which wer, largely aided by the benevo-
lence OF our countrymen, aud which
constitutes the only independently
sovereign stale on the west coast OF
Africa, this government has suggested
90 the French goyernment'its earnest
concern los, territorial impairment in
Liberia should take place without her
unconstrainci consent.
THE MEXICAN FRONTIER.
Our relations with Mexico continue
TO be Of that close and friendly nature
which should always characterize the
intercourse OF two neighbDring repub-
lies. The wor, oil relocating tue monu-
meuis markiu. the boundaries between
the two countries, from Paso del Norte
to the Pacific, i, nov nearly COMPLETED.
Tho commission recently organized
under the conventions OF 1854 and 1889,
it is expected will speedily settle dis
uulGs growing out OF the shifting cur
rents OF the Rio Grauia river east OF
FL Pago.
NICARAGUA AND THE CANAL.
Nicaragua has recently passed
through two revolutions, the party at
first successful having in turn been dis
placed By another. Our newly APP
pointed minister, by his timely good
offices, aided IN Il peaceful adjustment
OF the controversy Involved in the first
conflict. The large American interests
established in THAT country in connect
ton with the Nicaragua canal were not
molested.
The canal company has, unfortu-
nalciy, become financially seriously EN-
barrassed, bu. generous treatment has
beer extended to 1t by tho government
oil Nicaragua. THIS United States are
especially interested in the successful
achievement ot tho vast undertaking
this company has in charge. That 1t
should he accomplished under distinct
lively American auspices, and its enjoy
ment assured nor ouiy to the vessels OF
this country as 4 channel OF commune
cation between our Atlaatic aud Pacific
seab1arIs. but to the ships OF the world
in the interests Of civilization, i4 a
proposition which. in my Judgment
does not admit OF question.
JOINT PRoTgeroENrE OVER SAMOA.
Led by desire to compose differ
ences and contribute to the restoration
of order in Samoa, whichfor some years
previous had been the scene OF conflict
ing forci.npre.entions and native strife,
the United States, departing from lis
policy conscrrated by century OF OBJ
servancc. entered four years ago into
the treaty Of Berlin, thereby becoming
Jointly bound with England and Ger
many to cstab,ishandmaintain Malietoa
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