The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-12-06

Though the participation of American ex-
raor o Is la Gsi neeputyp end indus
trial achievements yet II was quite cred
liable In view of the brief time allowed for
preparation.
1 have endeavored to impress upon the
Belgian government the needlessness and
positive harmfulness of Its restrictions
upon the importation Of certain Of our food
products and have strongly urged that the
rigid supervision and inspection under our
laws are amply sufficient to prevent le me
cattle and unwholesome meat.
Peace in BRAZIL.
The termination of the civil war in Bra
zil has been followed by the general preya-
lance Of peace and order. 1t appearing at
an early stage Of the Instruction that Its
course would call for unusual watchfulness
ON the part of this government our naval
force in the harbor of Rio de Janeiro was
strengthened. This precaution am salts
| fed tended to restrict the issue TO simple
trial of strength between the Brazilian gov
eminent and the insurgents and to avert
complications which at times seemed immi-
nent. Our firm attitude of neutrality was
maintained to the end The insurgents re-
ceived no encouragement of eyentuai asy"
lum from our commanders ana Sucn oppo-
sition as they encountered was for the pro-
lection of our commerce and was fully JUS
| titled by public law.
The commission organized under the con-
| vention which we had entered into with
| Chile for the settlement of the outstanding
claims of each government against the otn-
err. adiudged at the end of the period stipu-
| lated for its continuance, leaving underter-
mined q number OF American cases which
| had been duly presented. These claims are
| not barred and negotiations are in progress
| for their submission to a tribunal.
The Eastern War.
The 18th of March last the new treaty
| with China in further regulation was signed
| at Washington and on Aug. 13 it received
| the sanction of the senate. Ratihcation on
the part Of China and formal exchange
are awaited to give effect to this benehelal
convention.
A gratifying recognition of the uniform
impartiality of this country towards all
| foreign states was manifested by the com,
pany incident to requests of the Chinese and
| Japanese governments that the agents OF
/ the United States should within proper
| limits afford protection to the s1h1eets @. OF
each during the suspension OF diplomatic
| relations due to state OF war rms DEL
| icate office was accepted, and a misappre-
hension which gave rise to me oeleT tha1
| our agents would exercise the same au-
| thority which the withdrawn agents OF the
belligerents had exercised, was promptly I,..
| corrected. Although the war between China
| and Japan endangers no policy OF the
/ United States, it deserves our grayest con.
sideration by reason OF Its disturbance +o on
/ two countries and the increased dangers
| which may result in our citizens domiciled or
/ sojourning in the interior Of China
ORer to Mediate.
| Acting under a stipulation in our treaty
| with Corea (the first concluded with West
ern power), l felt constrained at the begin
ming of the controversy to tender our gooo
| offices to induce an amicable arrangement
4 of the initial difficulty growing out or the
/ Japanese demands for administrative re-
i forms in Corea: but the unhappy precipita-
/ tion of actual hostilities defeated this
i kindly purpose. Deploring the destructive
war between the two most powerful or the
Eastern nations, and anxious that our COM
i mcrcial interests in those countries may be
4 preserved, and that the safety OF our c1tl-
| zens there shall not be 1eopardized, would
not hesitate to heed any intimation that our
| friendly aid for the honorable Termination
of hostilities would be acceptable to both
4 Convention has been finally concluded
| for the settlement by arbitration OF the pro-
| longed dispute with Ecuador, growing out
of the proceedings against Emliie c santos
| naturalized citizen of the United states.
Needless Prohibition of Cattle.
Acting on the reported discovery of Texas
| fever in cargoes of American cattle the
German prohibition against importations
of live stock and fresh meats from this
country has been revived. Il Is hoped that
| Germany will soon become convinced that
the prohibition Is as needless as 1t IL
| harmful to mutual interests. The German
! poy eminent has protested against that pro-
| Vision of the customs tariff act which i'm.
poses discriminating duty OF one-tenth OF
| cent a pound on sugars coming from
countries paying an export bounty d the, dnt5
Is in cni Il ayention Of articles five and nine
| of the treaty of 1923 with Prussia In
tn, interests of the commerce OF Dotn co Gun,
of treaty violation, | recommend the repeal
| of 81 much of the statute that imposes that
duty and ! invite. attention to the accom-
| panying report of the secretary of state
Containing discussion Of the questions
raised by the German protests
The Boring Sea Agreement.
Early in the present year an agreement
was reached with Great Britain concerning
instructions to be given to the naval COM
manders of the two governments in Ber-
| ing sea and the contiguous North Paclhc
ocean for their guidance in the execution
of the award OF the Parls Irlosn al Oh arn,-
tions therein prescribed, for the protection
of seal life in the waters mentioned. An
understanding has also peen Teac le s15 Iol
600 in full satisfaction of all claims which
may be made by Great Britain Tor damages
growing out Of the controversy as to f u
vessels engaged in taking seals In these
waters. The awards and findings OF the
Paris tribunal to a great. extent deter
these claims should be adjusted and they
have been submitted by both governments
to thorough examination upon the princ1
pies, as well as the facts wnich they In
| yolyed / am convinced that a settlement
| upon the terms mentioned would be. az
equitable and advantageous one. and J
Il
| prompt payment of the stated sum- Thus
| far only France and Portugal have signihe6
| their Willingness to adhere to the reguia
| lions established under the award of the
| Paris tribunal of arbitration. Preliminary
l surveys Of the Alaskan boundary and pre-
| paratory examination of the question o.
| protection Of food fish in the contiguous
waters Of the United States and the Domin
ion of Canada are In progress.
The boundary of British Guinea still re
venezuela. Believing that It's early settle
| ment on some Just basis alike honorable z
both parties is in the line of our establishet
| policy to remove from this hemisphere al
causes of difference with powers beyond thu
sea- shall renew the efforts heretofor
made to bring about restoration or dip
lomatic relations between the dlsputants
| and to induce a reference to arbitration,
resort which Great Britain so conspicuonsl!
fsvors In principle and respects In practice
Regarding Hawaii.
Since communicating the voluminous cor
respondence in regard to Hawaii and the
| action taken by the senate and house of rep
resentatiyes on certain questions submitted
to the judgment and wider discretion OF
congress, the organization of government
in place of the provisional arrangement
which followed the deposition Of the queen
has been announced with evidence OF its
effective operation. The recognition usual
| in such cases has been accorded the new
The BIuenc1dsp Incident.
Prominent among the questions Of the
| year was the Bluefelds' incident In what Is
known as Che MOSQUITO Indian strip, Dor.
I'll dering on the Atlantic ocean and within the
| Jurisdiction of Nicaragua. By the treaty OF
1860 between Great Britain and Nicaragua
the former government expressly recognized
the sovereignty of the latter over the STRIP
and a limited form of self-goyernment was
| guaranteed to the Mosquito Indians, to be
exercised according to their customs, for
/ themselves and other jewellers within Its
limits. The so called native government
| which grew to be largely made up Of aliens
for many years disputed the sovereignty Of
| Nicaragua over the strip and claimed the
| right to maintain a practically independent
| government. Early in the past year efforts
1 of Nicaragua to maintain sovereignty oyel
| the Mosquito territiry led TO serious dis
turbanees eliminating In the suppression
| of the native government ana the attempted
| substitution Of an impracticabe composite
| administration in Nicaragua and alien resi-
dents were to participate. Failure was Eel
lowed by an insurrection which for time
| subyerted Nicaraguan rule, expelling her Of
fcers and restoring the old organization