The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-03

regret to say that no definite reply to this
oder has vet been N ade and all Efforts to Sc
cure payment Of this settled claim have
been unavafIfng.
In my last annual message adverted to
the claim the part Of Turkey OF the right to
expel as persons undesirable and dangerous
Armenians natura1ized in the United states
and RETURNING to Turkish Jurisdiction NJ
mercus ques tons IN this relation have arisen
While this govern ment acq uiesc8s In the as
serted rfzht Of expulsion il will not consent
that Armenians may be I'm prisoned or other
wise punished for no other reason than hay
ing acquired. without i'm perial consent {, Amer
can citizenship Three Of the assa1lants OF
Mss Melton an American teacher At Mosul
have been convicted By the Ottoman courts
and am advised that an appeal against the
acquittal OF the remaining i've has been taken
By the Turkish prosecuting oneers.
The Samoan Troubles
In my last annual message referred briefly
to the unsa tisfactory state OF affairs in samoa
under the operation OF the Berlin treaty as
sienaIly illustrating the policy OF entanzing
alliances with foreign powers and May 9.
1894, in resi- onse TO a res olution OF the senate
I sent a special message and documents to
that body the same subject which empha~
sized my previously expressed opinions
Later occurrences the correspondence in re-
gard to which viii be laid before cong ress,
further demonstrated that the government
which was devised BY the three powers and
forced upon the Samoans against their invet-
crate hostility can be maintained only BY the
continued Dresen q of fOrei military forces
and Ii small sacrifice OF life and treasure
The suppression Of ths Mataafa insurrectiou
Ds 'ns IT. en- II
f+z - - - -, i, IA nj 4,-Irsy 1asf
ing peace 10 Islands Forunid bic pris-
fnrs continued and finally a rebellion broke
out in the capital island Upolu headed IN
Aana the Western district by the youn GER
Iamasese. and in Atua the Eastern District
~ o--- VT z -
.AV eoi-A1Ny 4uu -o1s-~ 80 -
troops up to the very doors or Ap1a
- - = 81 81 ,et,+ I5-5@st h s,,5
lor hoip anu sn7 eoiAo'iI
appAtehl ? 4olScllou no. Hoe1fVl As.-o-- go go
siderable loss 70 the natives = le~ says
ltler Aalaaa7e77 4i- Z III Isllss l14iLAa sL
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PorO7 received ron or az a. $50
40 not Ju ilIy the u-liSl tA@1 lA5
peace thus brought about viii be OF long dura-
ton 1t is their conviction that the natives
are at heart hostile 90 the present Govern
lnent that such Of them AZ probe ioyalty ~ ~
do 80 from Year OF the powers ana lhat II "olia
sp1euitF 20 20 pieces Il INC val 7i-- p 49,
Withdrawn IN repor1An 10 Ms government
on the unsatisfactory SITUATION SINCE the
suppression OF the late revolt Dy foreign armed
forces the German vi at Apia tated that
that peace Will D9 lasting IS hardly 10 Pc pre-
sumed The lesson given by firing On Atua
~ls "ol 1870 10. -is $3.50, a. a. 30 g1,S+.,,I
samoan temoeranent In fact conditions
are t.rist5nr which show that peace will not
last ana is not seriously intended AIalIetoa
the lzins and his chiefs ere convinced that the
departure 81 the war 81 tps will be a signal
for a renewal OF war The circumstances
rbar the renreseuret- res OF the VILLAGES
Of all the districts saich we're opposed
TO the government have already with
drawn to Arua to hold meeting and
tbat hotb Atua ana Aana have forbidden in
l,at,iru1ts 81 those districts ,vhfca fou 1T on
rhe sac Of the s-rvernrnent u return to their
villa ..s M nave already partlv burned down
the latter in dicates that real consultation OF
the parties Is Still far on And in a note OF
the 10th ut inclosing copy OF that report
for the Information OF the government the
German ambassador said The contents of
the reports awakened the imperial govern
ment' s aDpre hension that under exis ting cir
cumstances the peace concluded with the
rebels Will afford no assurance Of the lasting
restoration OF tranouilitv in the Islands
The present government utterly failed to
correct II indeed it has not d -eravated the
very evils it was intended TO prevent. IL has
not stimulated Our commerce with the
islands Our partlcI patton IN lis es1ab1s n
menr alnst the W shes OF the natives " as IN
plain de lance OF the conservative teachings
and warnings OF the wise and Da triotIc men
VINO laid the foundation OF our free institu-
tons. and I invite and expression of the
judi -Inent Of congress- On the propriety Of
steps beinc taken by this Government lookins
to the withdrawal from It's engase nents with
the other powers on some easonaole terms
not pre1udlclal to any OF our existing rights
Treasury Tenart.ne,t
-, 49, a.
the reeeipls ol me RoNerhul1ne rom al
sources q II ven uS .11lilS 'H9 - a y V1i M y
ing june So 1851 aAuou 1l7u 70 - 80 100 -
anu II eNpsn1.e tlsS 20 60 ~. o. 1eAFlns
ceAc4. % -oS, ., - o mere "aS &c
crease OF sl2-s'- o. + % "a 1ne oloilaIy eApehses
nscal year 1922
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