The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-12-09
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dent OIeyelan b Annual Mes.
s. B, sage to Congress.
Hawaiian Affairs to Be the Subject Of :
Special Message.

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aSt So 5iiEs 4tSs III
Effect Of the Repeal Of the Silver
Purchasing Clause. /.
4 Reform Of the Tariff Policy an Abso-
lutte Necessity.
AsLENGTHY DOCUMENT
& WASHINGTON, Dec. A. President
Cleveland transmitted his message to
congress to-day. He begins by saying:
The constitutional duty which: requires the
president from time to time to give TO the con,
gress information OF the state OF the untan. ana
recommend to their consideration such meas.
.ures az he shall judge necessary and expedient
is ittingly entered upon by commencing, to the
congress careful exam nation OF the deealied
statements and well supported recOmmenda-
fions contained In the reports OF the heads OF
departments, who are chiefly charged with the
executive work Of the government
Peaceful Foreign Relations.
While our foreign relations have not at all
from perplexity, no embarrassing sttuations
remain tn will not yield TO the spirit Of fair'
ness and love Of justice. which, joined with con-
elstent firmness characterize truly American
foreign policy.
Chinese Registration.
The legislation Of last year. known as the
Geary law requiring the regsttfaon o. 81, FL
United States. and the deportation OF all not
complying with tn. provisions OF the act within
the time prescribed, met with much opposition
from Cinnamon in this country Acting upon
the advice Of eminent counsel that the law was
Unconstitutional the great mass Of Chinese
!aborers pending judicial inquiry as TO us val s
sess Case upon pro sedns By hsbeas
corpus was brought before the supreme court,
that tribunal sustaining the law 1t is believed
that under the recent amendment OF the act
extending the time for registration the chi.
lese laborers thereto entitled who desire to re.
side in this country will now avail themselves
Of the renewed privilege thus afforded OF estab-
fishing by lawful procedure their right TO re-
main, and that thereby the necessity OF en-
forced deportation may to great degree BE-
avoided.
The French Republic.
Our relations with the French republic con-
tinue to be intimate and cordial Isincerely
hope that the extradition treaty with that
country, as amended by the senate, will soon be
operative eff' 10 =
While occasional questions. affecting our
AaturaliZed citizens returning TO the land OF
their birth, have arisen in our intercourse with
Germany. our relations with tina country con-
tinue satisfactory. !.sE.
Great Britain.
The questions affecting our relations with
Grea*Britain have been treated in spirit or
tween the two governments with view 70 such
concur ,nt action rs will make the award and
regulations agreed upon by the Behrlng sea
and 1t is not doubted that Great Britain will
cooperate freely with this country for
the accomplishment OF that purpose The
i dispute ,os i@possd in int the Wsaad
canal, upon cargoes Of cereals bound to
and from the lake ports OF the United States.
equitable schedule Of charges, and my prede-
cessor thereupon suspended his proclamation
imposing discriminating tolls upon British
dittons TO the list OF extraditable ofenses COW
cred by tho existing treaty between the two
countries is under consideration
t Honduras.
1t is confidently anticipated that salts
factory adjus tment will soon be reached o, the
questions arising out of the seizure and use of
American vessels by insurgents in Honduras
government of commercial privileges to those
vessels on that account
@.. Mexico.
Our relations with Mexico continue to be OF that
close and friendly nature which should always
characterize the intercourse Of two neighboring
republics The work OF re- coating the monu-
ments marking the boundary between the
now nearly completed. The commission re.
Gently organized under the conN. ntions OF 1884
and 1889 It is expected will spec. ~ SETTLE dis
putes growing out of the shifting currents OF
the Rio Grande river east OF FL Paso
Nicaragua and Guatemala.
Nicaragua has recently passed through two
revolutions. the party at 6rst successful hav-
ing in turn been displaced by another. Our
newly appointed minister, by. his timely good
Offices, aided in . peaceful adjustment OF the
controversy involved in the first conflict The
country in connection with the Nicaragua canal
were not moles ted. The canal company
has, unfortunatel become financially seriously
embarrassed, but = generous treatmen. has
been extended TO it by the government OF MIC
aragua The United States are especially in
teres ted in the successful achievement of the
That it should be accomplished under distlnc-
lively American auspices, and Its enjoyment
assured, not only to the vessels of this country
Iantic and Pacific seaboards, but to the ships
Of the world in the interests of civilization, is
proposition which, in my judgment, does not
Guatemala has also been visited by the po-
itical vicssitudes which have afflicted her
Central American neighbors. but the dissolu-
ton Of her legislature and the proclamation OF
Q dictatorship have been unattended with civil
war.
1, ,Extradition with Norway and Russia.
An extradition treaty with Norway has re-
Gently been proclaimed and exchanged
. The extradittOn tre0tv with Russia signed In
March, 1887, and amended and confirmed by the
senate in February last was duly proclaimed
Relations with Spain.
More than fifteen years ago this government
preferred claim agains Spain In behalf Of one
Of our citizens, for proper seized and con1is-
Gated in Cuba: In 1885 the claim w.s adjusted,
fair Indemnity. II, 505,O 600 A respectful but
earnest note was recently addressed to the
2ilmeht Of its long neglected obligation. Other
claims preferred by the United States against
Spain, In behalf OF American citizens for prop
erty confscated in Cuba, have been pending for
many years i$
. The reproduced caravel, Santa Maria built
by Spain and sent to the Columbian exposition
has been presented to the United States In
token or snity and IL commemorati0n OF the
event II was designed to celebrate I recon-
mend that. In accepting this gift congress
make grateful recognition Of the sincere friend
ship which prompted 1T y*
The Outrages In Turkey
Important matters have demanded attention
In our relations with the Ottoman porte The
firing and partial destruction. by IN unre.
strained mob OF one OF the school buildings OF
Anatolia college, established by citizens Of the
United States ct Marsovan, and the apparent
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