Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-05
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

Message to the con yresS of the United
States: The assemblage within the nations
| legislative halls OF those char ked with the
duty OF maxim , laws for the benefit OF q gen.
| erous and free people impre >sively suggests
| the exactinZ obli alton and IN exorable re-
| sponsibilty involved in their task At the
| threshold OF such labor no W to be undertaken
| by the congress Of the u nited States and in
the dischIr of an executive duty enioined
by the constitution, I submit this communi-
cation contIinin, q brief state ment of the
| condition OF our nLtio Ial affairs and recon-
mending such lie islatlon as seems to be neces-
| sary and ex pedient.
The history of our recent dealings with
other nations and our peaceful relations with
| them at this time additionally demon
strate the advant ntage OF cons is tently adhering
to q frm but just foreign po hey free from
| enVlous or ambitious national schemes and
| characterized by entire honesty nj sine Gritty
| During the past year, pursuant 10 q law OF
congress, commissioners were appointed to
the Antwer Industrial exposition hough the
participation of American e exhibit ors fell far
short OF comp etely lu5trating our natl onal
| ingenuity and indu trial ACHE Voments vet IL
was quite ere litable In view OF the brief time
allowed for preparation
The termination of the civil war in Brazil
mas been followed by the general prevalence
| OF peace and ofler It appearin. at an earlv
stare OF the inSurrection that it's course would
call for unusual watchfulnes5 on the part OF
this government our naval force In the harbor
OF ho dc Janoiro WAS streny ythened This
precaution am sItisfe1 tended to restrict
the issue to a simple trial of strength bet ween
the Brazilian government AMI the In sur gents
and TO avert complications which At time,
seemed imminent Our firm attitude of neu.
sraiity was maintained to the end, the in.
surgents resolved no announcement of event
ual asylum from our commanders and such
oppositson as they encountered was for the
protection of our commerce and was CLEARLY
JuStlned by public law serious tension of
relations havin: arisen at tho close OF the
war between Brazil and Portugal by reason
oI tne escape OF the insurgent Ad miral De-
rama and his followers The friendly orices
OF our representatives to those countries
were exerted FOR the protection OF the sub
1ects OF either within the territory OF tho other
| Although the government OF Brazil was duly
notified that the commercial arranRements
existing between the United States and that
country based on the third section OF the
| tarln act OF 1890 was abroga.ed on Aug %
1894. by the taking effect OF the tariff law now in
iorce' tnat government subsequently notified
US OF It's intention to terminate such arrange
ment on the first day of January, 1895, In the
| exercise OF the right reserved in the agree.
ment between the two countries Invite
mention to the correspondence between the
| secretary OF state and the Brazilian minister
on this subject
The China-Japan War.
| AGratifyinE re cog gnition OF the uniform i'm.
states was man ifested by the coincident re.
qnest or the Ch inese and Japanese govern.
ments that the arents of the nited States
should within proper limits afford protection
TO the subjects OF the other during the sus-
pension OF dip lomatic re lations due to a state
OF war I his delicate ofIlce was accepted
| and misapprehenson which gave ri, q to t:,c
belief that in afIording this kindly unofficial
prote ctton our ents would exercise
! the S"me authority which the with
| urAWn AGENTS of TIM baI u 4
exercised as promptly corrected Although
'no war between Chi ma and Japan endangers
no policy OF the United States it deserves our
rraVest consideration by reason of its dis
Eur oance OF our growing commercial interest
In the two countries and the increased dangers
winch may result to our citizens domicfled or
so)ournlnE In the int rior OF China Acting
| unoer stipulation in our treaty with Korea
| (the hrst concluded with Western poverl
felt constrained at the begi nnirg of the
controversy to tender our good of1ces to
induce an amicable arrangement of the
| lnlual olmculty growing out OF the Japanese
demands for sd minstrstive reforms in
horea but the unhappy precipitation OF
actual nostllltles defeated this kindly purpose
Dep Ioring the destructive war between the
Two most powerful of the Eastern nations
and anxious that our commercial interests in
those countries may be preserved and that
the safety OF our citizens there shall not he
| Jeopardized would not hesitate to heed anv
|
honorable termination OF hostilities would be
acceptable to both belligerents
he German Meat Prohibition.
acting upon the reported discovery OF Texas
| IeVer In cargooS OF American cattle the Ger
man prohibition against importations of live
STOCK ana fresh meats from this country has
been revived 1t Is hoped that Germany will
soon become convinced that the inhi oition is
as needless as 1t is harmful to mutual in
| terestS
The German government has protested
against that provision OF the customs tariH
act which imposes a discriminating dutv of
one-tenth OF one cent pound on su ars COM
Ing from countries paying an export bounty
tnereon. claiming that the exacton of such
outy Is In contraven tion OF articles five and
nine OF the treaty OF 1923 with Prussia In the
| interests of the commercs OF both countrie,
and to avoid even the accusation of treaty.
violation recommend the repeal of so much
OF the statute as imposes that duty and 1 in.
v1te attention to the accompanying report of
the secretary OF state contain in a discussion
OF the questions raised by the German pro.
! tests
The Hawaiian Incident.
Since communicating the voluminous cor
| reNpondence in re gard to Hawaii and the ac-
ton taken by the senate and house OF repre-
sentatives 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 an.
nounced with evidence of its effective opera
tlon The recognition usual in such cases
has been accorded the new government
Bluehslds Affair.
prominent amonH the questions Of ter
rttortal Jurisdiction OF the year W as the Blue
nelds incident-in what is known as the
mosquito Indian strip, bordering on the At
1antlc ocean and within the jurisdiction of
NICARAGUA BY the treaty of 1850 between
Great Britain and Nicaragua the former
government expressly recognized the SOW
ereisnty OF the latter over the strip and a
limited form of self government was
guaranteed to the Mosquito Indians TO be
exercised ACCORDING to their customs for
themselves and their dwellers within its
limits The so-called native government
"nlcn lcn grew to be LARGELY made up of
ahens Tor MANY years disputed the SOW
ereignty OF Nicaragua over the strip and
Claimed the rtZht to maintain therein a pra-ti-
cally independent municipal government
Cariy In the past year efforts OF Nicaragua to
MAINTAIN sovereignty over the Mosquito ter
r1tory led to serious distur Dances culmiuating
IN she suppression Of the native government
ana the attempted substitution OF an impract-
lcaole compact administration in which Nicar.
aqua and alien residents were to participate
rsuure was followed oy an insurrectlon which
Tor time subverted Nicaraguan rule exneli-
Ing her oflcers and RESTORING the
old organization This in turn gave
way TO the existing local govern meut
established and upheld by Nicaragua
Although the alien interests arrayed against
NicaraZua in these transactions have been
largely American and the commerce OF that
rezion for some time has been aud still is con-
trolled by our citizens We cannot for that
reason challenge the rightful sovereignty of
Nicaragua over this important part of her
domain For some months on and during mart
OF the term. two OF our naval ships have been
stationed at Bluedelds for the protection OF
al legitimate interests OF our citizens In
September last the government at Managua
expelled from its territory twelve
or more foreigners including two
Americans for alleged partici patton in the
seditious or revolutionary movements ag ainst
the republic NJ Blue6elds already men
TONED Through the earnest demonstration OF
this governments the two Americans have been
permitted to return to the peaceful manage
ment Of their business Our naval commanders
At the scene OF this disturbance by their con-