The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-04

| ~ oit dttt9DpA 10 murQel lntIeupC1l
was constrained to direct his release
for the reason that an attempt to muir
der was not one OF the crimes charged
against him and upon which his sur
render to the Saivadorian authorities
mad been demanded.
Relations With spain
Unreasonable and unjust fines i'm
posed by Spain on the vessels and COM
nerce of the United States have de-
nianded from time TO time during the
last twenty years earnest remonstrance
| on the part Of our government. In the
| immediate pass. exhorbitant penalties
have been imposed upon our vessels
and goods by customs authorities of
Cuba and Porto Rico for clerical errors
OF the most trivial character in the
nlanifests or bills of lading. In some
cases fines amounting to thousands OF
dollars have been levied upon cargoes
or the carrying vessels when the goods
IN question were entitled to free entry,
fines have been exacted even when the
error has been detected and the Span
fsh authorities notified before the ar
rival of the goods in port. This con-
duct is in strange contrast with the
lconsiderate and liberal treatment ex-
tended to Spanish vessels and cargoes
in our ports in like eases. No satisfac-
tory settlement of these sexatious ques-
tons has been yet reached.
! The Mora case referred to in my last
annual message remains unsettled.
From the diplomatic correspondence on
this subject, which has been laid be-
fore the Senate. If will be seen that
/ this government has offered to con-
! clude convention with Spain for dis
posal by arbitration of outstanding
/ Claims between the two countries. ex-
| cept the Mora claim, which, having
| been long ago adjusted. now only
awaits permits as stipulated. and Of
course it Gould not be included in the
proposed convention. 1t was hoped
that this offer would remove parlia-
| mentary obstacles encountered by the
Spanish government in providing pay
| inent Of the Mora indemnity. I regret
| % say that no definite reply to this Of
fer has vet been made and all efforts
| 70 secure payment.of this settled claim
have been unavailing.
| Relations With Turkey.
In my last annual message, advert
ed to the claim. on the part of Turkey
| OF the right to eXpel as persons unde-
sfrable and dangerous. Armenians ma
turalized in the United States and re-
turning to Tprkish jurisdiction. Nu-
merous questions in this relation have
arisen While this government acqui-
l
IL would not consent that Armenians
may be imprisoned or otherwise pun
ished for no~other reason than having
| acquired without imperial consent
American citizenship.
Three of the assailants of Miss Mel
ton. an American teacher in Mosul,
nave been convicted by the Ottoman
courts and | am advised that an ap-
| peal against the acquittal of the re-
manning five has been taken by the
Turkish prosecuting officer
| Convention With Venezuela.
A convention has. been concluded with
venezuela for the arbitration of a
| long-disputed claim growing out of the
seizure of certain. vessels. the property
OF citizens of the United States. AL
| though signed. the treaty of extradi-
uon with Venezuela is not vet in force.
owing 20 the insistance of that govern
ment that, when surrendered, its citi-
zens shall in no case be liable to capt.
tai punishment
The Maritime Confer, nee.
The rules for the prevention of col
hslons at sea, which were framed by
the Maritime conference, held in this
city in 1883, having been concurrently
Incorporated in the statutes of the
united States and Great Britain. have
been announced to take effect March
/ 1885, and invitations have been ex-
TENDED to all maritime nations to adj
mere to them. Favorable responses
nave thus far been received from Aus
/ ira, France, Portugal, Spain and
Sweden.
| Ahnirs in SomOa UnsutisfactDry.
In my last annual message 1 referred
piefiy to the unsatisfactory state of
SIIairs IN Samoa under the operation
OF the Berlin treaty as signally illustrat-
ing the impoliey of changing alliances
Win foreign powers; and on MAY 8.
| 1894, in response to a resolution Of the
Senate l sent a special mesa ga md
documents to that body on the s.me
subject which emphas sized my previous
~ expressed opinions, Later occur
rences, the correspondence in regard TO
which viii be laid before Congress
fGrIher demonstrate that the govern
nlent which was advised By the three
powers and forced upon the Samoans
against their inveterate hostility, can
be maintained only by the continued
presence of foreign military force
and at no small sacrifice of life and
treasure. The suppression of the Ma
tate irsurrectlon by the powers and the
subseq dent Punishment Of the leader
and eleven other chiefs, as recited in
my last message, did not bring lasting
peace to the islands. Formidable up
riSings continued and finally a rebellion
| broke out in the capital island, Upolul,
headed by Aana. i'll the western district
Iiby the younger Tamasese and in Atua,
the eastern district, by other leaders.
Inc insurgents ravaged the country
land fought the governments troops up
to the very doors of Apia. The king
again appealed to the powers for hep,
! , nd hi aJ 18Th
naval forces reduced the Atuans TO APP
parent subsection, not. however. with
out considerable loss to the natives. A
few days later Tamasese and his ad-
herents, fearing the ships and the ma
rines, professed submission. Reports
received from our agents at Apia do
not justify the belief that the peace
thus brought about will be of long du-
ration. 1t is their conviction that the
natives are al heart hostile to the pres
ent government, that such of them
from fear of the powers and that
it would speedily 60 10 pieces
if the war ships were with
drawn. In reporting to his government
on the unsatisfactory situation since
the suppression of the late revolt by
foreign armed forces, the German con-
sui at Apia stated that peace will be
lasting is hardly to be presumed. The
lesson given by firing on Atua was not
sufficiently sharp and incisiye to leave
q lasting impression on the forgetfu!
Samoan temperament. II fact. condi-
tons are existing which show that
peace Will not last and is not seriously
intended. Malieto, the king. and his
chiefs are convinced that the departure
Of the war ships will be a signal for a
renewal of war. The circumstances that
| the representatives of the villages that
| all the districts which are opposed to
| the government. have already with
drawn to Atua to hold meetings, and
that both Atua and Aana have forbid
den the inhabitants of these dictricts
| which fought ON the side of the gov