Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15

tween ehotW0 9ovelnMenes With avioW 20 gach
IeSulation. sssssd upon by ths Rshrlne SEA
and 4 e not doabted that Great
Try for the accompiishmento Of that 'St purrose.
tolls IMPOSED n the Welland Canal upon car
goes OF cereals bound ), and from the lake
ports Of the Unit. d States was adjusted by the
substitutton OF more equitable schedule Of
nen9ed is SaG sms-
canals.
traditable onenses covered by the existing
treaty between the two countries is under
consideration.
During the past year an American citizen,
employed In subordinate commercial posi-
tion In Haytt. after suffering protracted tn-
prlsonment prise on an untounded charge Of SNUG
gtny, was finally liberated on judicial exam
ination. Upon urgent representation to the
Haytian Government, q suitable indemnity
was paid to the sufferer.
Upon receiving authentic information of the
firing upon an American mail steamer touch
ing at the port OF Amapala, tie. ause her cap
Nicaragua to Guatemala, ul.on demand of the
military authorities OF HorAuras, our Minister
to that country under instructions protested
against the wanton act and demanded sntis-
faction The government of Honduras, actu-
ated by sense of Justice, and in q spirit of
the ea aGs sonscs 81 nsS@py 5
sincere regret for the occurrence.
Interest In Liberia.
notable part of the southeaster,y coast of
Liberia tctwcen the Caval!y and San Pedro
Rivers, which for nearly halt q century has
republic by cession and purchase. has been
claimed TO be under the protectorate Of
eea into the nasve an rSss over
whom Liberals control has not been well
maintained More recently negotiations be-
French Government resulted in the sianature
ut Pari- of a treaty whereby as an adjustment
certain liberian territory is .cedtd to France.
This convention at last atlyiccs had not been
ratified Dy the Libcrian Legislature aud eX-
ecutlve.
Our relations with Mexico continue to he of
that close and iricndly nature which should
always characterize the intercourse of two
neighboring republics. The work of relovat-
between the countries from Paso del Nurl to
the Pacific is now nearly completed. The COM
mission recently organized under the conven-
lily settle disputes growing out of the shifting
currents cs the lilo Grandc River cast OF FL
PasO.
Nicaragua and the Canal.
Nicaragua has recently passed through two
revolutions, the party ut nrst successful hav-
ing in turn been displaced by another. Our
offices, aided in peaceful adjustment of the
controversy INVOLVED in the first conflict. The
large @ American l.. interests established in
Nicaragna canal were not mol moiested. ed
The canal company has unfortunately be-
come financially seriously embarrassed, but
generous treatment has been extended to it
by the Government of Nicaragua. The United
States are especially interested in the SUCCESS
full achievement of the vast underta aking this
company has in charge. That it should be ac-
complished under distinctivcly American aus
ptces, and its enjoyment assured not only to
the vessels of this country as a channel of
communication between our Atlantic and Pa
cific seaboards, but to the ships of the world
in the interests of civilization, is proposition
which, in my judgment, does not admit of
question.
Guatemala has also been visited by the po-
litical vicissitudes which have afflicted her
tion Of its legislature and the proclamation Of
dictatorship have been unattended with civil
war.
Gently been exchanged and proclaimed. The
eXtradition treaty with Russia signed in
March. 1887, and amended and confirmed by the
Senate In February last. was duly proclaimed
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