The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-12-14
THE CIVIL WAR IN BRAZIL.

My predecessor having accepted the
Office of arbitrator of the long standing
missions boundary dispute rendered to
the President by the Argentine Re-
public and Brazil, it has been my
agreeable duty to receive the special
| ENJOYS commissioned by those States
to lay before me evidence and argu-
ments in behalf of their respective
/ governments.
The outbreak of domestic hostilities
III the republic of Brazil found the
United States alert to watch the
interests of our citizens in that country,
with which we carry on important
commerce. Several vessels of our new
navy are now, and for some time have
been stationed at Rio de Janelro. The
struggle being between the established
government, which controls the
machinery OF administration, and with
which we maintain friendly relations,
and certain officers of the navy en-
ploying the vessels of their command
in an attack upon the national capital
and chief seaport, and lacking, as 1t
does, the elements of divided admins
tration, have failed to see that the
insurgents can reasonably claim recog-
milton as belligerents.
Thus far the position of our govern
mcnt has been that of an attentive but
| impartial observer of the unfortunate
conflict. Emphasizing our fixed policy
of impartial neutrality in such con-
dition of affairs as now exists, | deemed
it necessary to disavow, in manner not
to be misunderstood, the unauthorized
action Of our late naval commander in
those waters in saluting the revolted
Brazilian admiral, being indisposed to
| cOuntenanCe an act calculated to give
gratuitous sanction to the local insur-
reCtlOn.
TIE EGAN POLICY IN CHILL REPUDIATED.
The convention between our govern
ment and Chill, having for its object
the settlement and adjustment OF the
demands Of the two countries against
each other, has been made effective by
the organization of the claims COM
mission provided for The two gov
ernments failing to agree upon the
| third member of the commission, the
| good offices of the President of the
Swiss republic were invoked, as pro-
vided in the treaty, and the selection
of the Swiss representative in this
country to complete the organization
was gratifying alike to the United
States and Chill.
| The vexatious question OF so-Called
legation asylum for offenders against
the State and its laws was presented
anew in Chilli. 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
pending growing out Of former
abortive disturbance. 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 circum-
stances can the representatives of this
government be permitted, under the
ill-defined fiction of extra terrltoriality
to interrupt the administration o
criminal justice in the countries tc
which they are accredited. A temper
! ate demand having been made by the
Chilian government for the correction
.. of this conduct in the instance
mentioned. the minister was instructed
.. no longer to harbOr the offenders
The AMENDED GEARY LAW
The legislation of last year known
| as the Geary law, requiring the regis