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been Impossible BY reason OF his Night beyond

Nlearaguan jurisdiction
The Nicara-uan authorities having given
notice OF forfeiture OF their concession to
the canal company on grounds purely
technical and not embraced in the
contract receded from tlat position
Peru. regret to say. shows symptoms OF
domestic disturbance, due probably TO the
slowness OF her recuperation from the war OF
1851 Weakened in resources. her difficulties
In facing international obli cations invite our
kindly sympathy and justify our forbearance
In pressing lons pending claims I have felt
constrained to testify this sympathy in con-
n5ctlof with certain DEMANDS urgently pre-
ferred by other powers
The recent death OF the car OF Russia cliled
forth appropriate EXPIRE ssions of sorrow and
sympathy on the part of our government with
his bereaved family and the Ru sian people
AS further demonstration of respect and
friendship our minister at St. Peter sbury was
directed TO represent our government at the
funeral ceremonies
Under our pre-ent treaties OF extradition
with Italy miscarria~es of justice have oc-
CURED owing 10 the refusal of that govern
ment to surrender its own subjects. Thus
far our efforts 10 neg6tiate an amended con-
tehton obviating this difieulty have been tiii-
availing.
Apart from the war In which the island en-
pire is engaged Japan attracts increasing at
tention In this country by her evident desire
to cultivate more liberal intercourse with us
and seek our kindly aid in furtherance of her
laudable desire for complete autonomy in h er
domestic affairs and full equality In the family
OF nations The japanese empire of to-day is
no longer the Japan of the past and our rela-
tions with this pro ;ressive nation should not
be less broad and liberal than those with
other powers.
Relations WITH Mexico.
Good will fostered by many interests in
common has marked our relations with our
It 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 commerce and
navigation with that country to take the
place OF the one which terminated thirteen
years ago The friendliness OF the inter
course between the two countries Is attes ted
by the fact during this long period The COM
merce OF earh has steadily increased un der
the rule Of mutual consideration, being neither
stimulated by conventional arrangements nor
retarded by jealous rivalries or selfish desires.
An indemnity rendered by Mexico as
gracious act for the murder in 1887 of Leon
Baldwin, an American citizen by band Of
marauders in Durango. has been accepted and
Is bein paid in instlllments
The problem of the STORAGE and use Of the
waters OF the Rio Grande for irri ration
should be solved by appropriate concurrent
action OF the two interested countries Ris-
Ing in the Colorado heish the stream flows
intermittingly. yeldin, little water durln:
the dry months to the irri eating channels
already constructed along it's course. This
scarcity is often severely felt in the regions
wnere the river forms common bound
ary Moreover the frequent changes
in its course through level sand often raise
embarassins questions of territorial iurisdio-
ton
Right of Asylum for salvadorans.
The government of Salvador having been
overthrow by an abrupt popular outbreak
certain of its military and civil ofacers while
hotly pursued by infuriated insurgents sought
refuge on board the United States war ship
Bennington. then living in Salvadoran port.
Although the practice or asylum Is not IA
Vored by this government yet in view OF the
imminent peril which threatened he fuZitives
ana solely from considerations OF humanity,
they were afforded shelter by our naval COM
mander and when afterwards demann ed under
our treaty OF extradition with Salvador for
trial on CHARGES of murder arson and
robbery. I directed that such of them
as had voluntarily left the ship be conveyed
70 ono OF our nearest ports where hearing
could be had before a judicial oficer in COM
pi1ance with terms of the treaty. On their
arrival at San Francisco such a procee ding
was promptly ius tituted before the United
States district judge who held that the acts
constituting the ailsgea offenses were politi-
Clenfueguos. who was held for an attempt to
murder Thereupon l was constrained to
direct his release, for the reason that an at
tempt to murle was not one OF the crimes
char ed against him and upon which his sur
render to the Salvadoran authorities had
been demanded
A convention has been concluded with Vene-
zuela for the arbitration of long disputed
claim growing out OF the seizure OF certain ves-
sells, property OF citizens OF the United States
Although signed, the treaty OF extradition
with Venzuela is not yet in force. owing to the
insistence Of that government. that when sur.
rendered its citizens shall in NO case be liable
to capital punishment
The rules for the prevention of collisions
at sea which were framed at the maritime
conference held in this city in 1882 hav
been concurrently incorporated in the stat
utes OF the United States and Great Britain.
have been announced to take effect March 1
1893, and invitations have been extended to ali
maritime nations to adhere to them Favora-
BILE responses have thus far been received
from Austria, France, Portugal, Spain and
Sweden
The sealing interests OF Russ Ia in Behring
sea are second only to our own modus
Vivendi has therefore been concluded with
the imperial governmen mt restrictive of poach-
Ing on the Russian rookeries and Of sealing in
waters which were not comprehended in the
protected area defined in the Paris award
Occasion has been found to ur.e upon
the Russian government equality of
treatment for our great life Insurance
companies Wnose operations have
been extended throughout Europe
Admitting. as we do foreign corporate ons to
transact business in the United States, we
naturally expect no less tolerance for our own
in the ample fields of competition abroad
But few cases of inte rference with natural
ized citizens returning to Russia have been
reported during the current year. One
krzemin XII was arrested last summer in O
Polish province on a reported charge OF un-
permitted remuneration of Russian allie glance
but it trans pred that the proceedings origin.
ated In alleged malfeasance committed by
Krzeminski while an imperial o11cial a mum.
Der OF years ago. Efforts for his rele ase
which promised to be successful were in
progress when his death was re ported.
Treasury Department.
The secretary Of the treasury reports that
the receipts of the government from all
sources of revenue during the fiscal year end
ing June 80 1884, amounted to S72,sJ2 $50 y
and its expenditures to S442 sos 75S g. leaving
a deficit OF &c., SOB 2sl 5S There was a de-
crease Of ,952 ga 66 in the ordinary expenses
of the government, as compared with the
fiscal year 1898
There was collected from customs e13i, ,S16 .
$50 81, and from internal revenue Sl47 1884,
Ii3Sl The balance of tie ineeze-o 4sr the
from the sales of lands and other sources
The value of our total dutia BILE imports
amounted to s215 19 L083. being sl46 657 625 less
than during the preceding year and tbs i'm
portatfons free of duty amounted to to79, 49,
5s6 being s6l 74S 675 less than during the pre-
ceding year. The receipts from customs
were H3.5S64 4s6 II less and from internal rev.
enue s13, 1886 $50 81 less than in 1898
The total tax collected from dis stilled
spirits was sS5. 259, 2502L ON manufactured
tobacco SS 6l7.s9S6s aud on fermented
liquors s31.4l4,7Ss o.
Our exports of merchandise, domestic and
foreign. amounted durn the year to 1892, 14l-
572, being an increase over the preceding year
of IA. .lo5, 37s
The total amount of gold exported during
the fiscal year was $40 S9S.O6i, as against xlOs,-
6S9, ,444 during the fiscal year 1893 The amount
imported was s7s AIS. Il9 as against ssI, ,I7I ssI
durin. the previous year The imports Of
silver were Sl3, .s6552 and the exports were
, 50 45l 265
The total bounty paid upon the production
OF su sar in the United States for the fiscal
year was az, ioJ. 298s9. being an increase OF