Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-12-06

lative hall of those charged with the duty
of making laws for the benefit of a gener-
Gus and free people impressively suggest
the exacting obligation and memorable re-
spCnsibility involved in their task. At the
threshold of such labor now to be under
taken by the congress of the United States
and in the discharge of anexecutive duty en-
joined by the constitution | submit this
communication, containing brief state
ment of the condition of our national
affairs, and recommending such legislation
as seems 10 me necessary and expedient.
Foreign Relations.
The history of our recent dealings with
other nations, and our peaceful relations
with them at this time additionally demon
strate the advantage of consistently adj
herring to firm but just foreign policy, free
from envious or ambitious national schemes
and characterized by entire honesty and
sincerity.
, 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 pre-
vent the expectation from this country of
diseased cattle and unwholeSome meat.
A gratifying recognition of the uniform
imt artiolity Of this country toward all
foreign states was manifested by the coin
cident request of the Chinese and japanese
governments that the agents of the United
States should within proper limits, afford
protection to the subjects of the other dur
ing the suspension of diplomatic relations
due to state of war. This delicate office
was accepted, and o misrepresentation
which gave rise to a belief that in afford
ing this kindly unofficial protection our
agents would exercise the same au-
thority which the withdrawn agents of
Holt 70 hOI NU0
corrected, Although the war between
China and japan endangerS no policy of
the United States, it deserves our grave>t
consideration, by reason of its disturbance
of our growing commercial interests In the
two countries and the increased dangers
which may result TO our citizens domlcliel
or sOjOurning in the interior of China.
Acting nnder stipulation in our treaty
with Korea (the first concluded with a
western power felt constrained
at the beginning of the controversy
to tender our good offices to induce
an amicable arrangement Of the initial
difficulty growing out of the Japanese
demands for administrative reforms in
Korea, but the unhappy precipitation of
actual hOstilities defeated this kindly pur-
pose
Deploring the destructive war between
the two most powerful of the eastern ma
tions and anxious that our commercial in
terests in those countries may be preserved
and that the safety of our citizens there
shall not be ieOpardized, | would not hest
tate to heed any intimation that our
friendly aid for the honorable termination
of hOstilities would he acceptable to both
beligerentS.
France and Germany.
Our relations with the republic of France
continue to be such as should exist between
nations so long bound together by friendly
sympathy and similarity In their form or
government.
The German government has protested
against that provision of the customs
tariff act which imposes a discriminating
duty of one tenth of a cent pound on
sugars coming from countries paying an
export bounty thereon, claiming that the
action of such duty is in contravention of
articles five and nine of the treaty of 1928
with Prussia.
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 Behring
Sea.and the contiguous North Pacific Ocean
for their guidance in the execution of the
award of the Paris tribunal of arbitra-
ton and the enforcement of the regula-
lions therein prescribed, for the protection
of seal life in the waters mentioned. An
understanding has also been reached for
the payment by the United States of $425,-
UUU, IN IuIl satisfaction Oh All cIalillS "nlcn
may made by Great Britain for damages
growing out of the controversy as to fur
seals in Behring sea, or the seizure of Brit
ish vessels engaged in taking seal in those
waters.
Thus far only France and Portugal have
signifed their Willingness to adhere to the
regulations established under the award of
the Paris tribunal of arbitration.
Since communicating the voluminOus
correspondent. 0 in regard to Hawaii and
the action taken by the senate and house of
representatives on certain questions sub
mitted to the judgement and wider discre
ton of congress, the organization of gov
eminent in place of the provisional
Arrangement which followed the deposition
of the queen has been announced with evil
dence of its effective operation. The re-
cognitiOn usual in such cases has been &C
corded the new government.
Good will, fostered by many interests in
common has marked our relations
with our nearest southern neighbor,
Peace being restored along her northern
frontier, Mexico has asked the punishment
of the late disturberS of her tranquility.
There ought to be new treaty of COM
merce and navigation with that country to
take the place of the one which terminated
thirteen years ago. The friendline.s of the
intercourse between the two countries is
attested by the fact that during this long
period the commerce of each has steadily
increased under the rule OF mutual conSid-
GRAFTON, being neither stimulated by cou-
iventional arrangements nor retarded by
Jealous rivalries or selfish distrust
The problem of the storage and use of
the waters of the Rio Grande for irrigation
should be solved by appropriate concurrent
action of the two interested countries.
The BlucfieIds Incident.
Prominent among the questions of the
wear was the Biuefields incident, in what is
known as the Mosquito Indian strip, Dor
dering on the Atlantic ocean and within
the jurisdiction Nicaragua. By the treaty
of 1860 between Great Britain and Nicara-
qua the former government expressly
recognized the sovereignty of the latter
over the strip and limited form of self
government was guaranteed to the Mos
quito Indians. to be exercised according to
their customs for themselves and
other dwellers 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 therein
practically independent municipal gov
ernment Early in the past year efforts of
Nicaragua to maintain sovereignty over
the Mosquito territory led to serious dis
turbances, eliminating in the suppression
of the native government and the at
tempted substitution of an impracticable
composite administration, in which Mica
ragua and alien residents we're to partici
pate, Failure was followed by an in
surrection which for q time substituted