Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-12-03

the secretary of state and the Brazila
minister on this subject.
The commission organized under tn
conference which had been entered int
| with Chill, for tho settlement of the out
standing claims of each governmen
against the ether, adjourned at the en-
OF the period stipulated for it's continu
ance, leaving undetermined number o
American cases which had been duly pre-
sented. These clalmR are not barred an
negotiations are in progress for their sub
mission to a new tribunal.
On the 9th of March last
NEW TREATY WITH CHINA
in further regulation of emigration wa
signed at Washington and on August Il
it received the sanction of the senate.
Ratification or the part of China ani
formal exchange are awaited to give of
feet to this mutually beneficial convention
A gratifying recognition of the uui
form impartiality of this country to
wards all foreign states was manifested
by the coincident request of the Chinese
and Japanese governments that thu
agents of the United States within hel
proper limits should afford protection te
the subj jects of the others during the aus.
pension Of diplomatic relations due to 9
state of war. THE delicate office was &C
cepted and Misrepresentation which
gave rise to the belief that, in affordinl
this kindly unofficial protection, oul
agents would exercise the same authority
which the withdrawn agents Of the belig-
erents had exercised, WAS promptly cor
rected. Although the war between China
and Japan endangers no policy of the
United States, it deserves our gravest
consideration, by reason of its disturb
ance of our growing commercial interest
in the two countries and the increased
danger which may result to our citizens
dsmiciled or sojourning in the interio,
of China. Acting under stipulation in
our treaty with Korea, (the first concluded
with 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 demand for administrative re-
forms in Korea, but the unhappy precipi.
tation of actual hostilities defeated this
kindly purpose. Deploring the destruct
i've war between the two most powerful
of the eastern nations, and anxious that
DUR commercial interests in those couu-
tries may be preserved, and that the safe
ty of our citizens there shall not be jeop.
ardized, would not hesitate to heed any
intimation that our friendly aid for the
honorable termination of hostilities
would be acceptable to both belliger-
ents.
A convention has been finally con-
cluded for the settlement by arbitration
of the prolonged dispute with Ecuador,
growing cut of the proceedings against
Emilio Santos, naturalized Citizen Of
the United States.
Acting upon the reported discovery of
Texas fever in cargoes Of American cat
tie, the German prohibition against i'm
portations of 1.-Two stock and fresh meats
from this country has been revived. It
is hoped that Germany will soon become
convinced that the inhibition is as need
less as it is harmful to mutual interests.
The German government has protested
against that provision of the customs tar
iff act which imposes discriminating
duty of one-tenth of l cent pound on
sugars coming from countries paying an
export bounty thereon, claiming that the
exaction of such duty is in contravention
of articles and of the treaty of 1928
with Prussia. In the interests of the
commerce of both countries and to avoid
even the accusation of treaty violation, I
recommend the repeal of SO much of the
statute as imposes that duty and I invite
attention to the accompanying report of
the secretary of state containing u dis
cussion of the questions raised by the
German protests.
The boundary of British Guinea still
remains in dispute between Great Britain
and Venezuela. Believing that its early
settlement on some just basis alike hon
orable to both parties is in the line of our
established policy to remove from this
all causes of difference with
powers beyond the sea, shall renew the
efforts heretofore made to bring about q
of diplomatic relations lie.
tween the disputants and to induce ref
erence to arbitration, a recourse which
Great Britain 50 conspicuously fayors in
principle and respects in practice and
which is earnestly sought by her weaker
adversary.
Since communicating the voluminous
IN REGARD TO HAWAII
and the action taken by the senate and
mousse of representatives on certain ques-
ions submitted to the judgment and
wider discretion of congress, the organ
izatien Of government in the place of
the provisional arrangement which fol-
lowed the deposition of the queen has
been announced, with evidence of it's
effective operation. The recognition
usual in such cases has been accorded the
new government.
Under our present treaty of extradition
with Italy, miscarriages of justice have
occurred, owing to the refusal of that
government to surrender its own sub jects.
Thus far our efforts to negotiate an
amended convention, obviating this diff
ficulty, have been unavailing. Apart
from the war in which the island empire
is engaged, Japan attracts increasing at
tention in this country by her evident
desire to cultivate more liberal inter-
course with us and to seek our kindly aid
in furtherance Of her laudable desire for
complete autonomy in her domestic af-
fairs and equality in the family of ma
ticns. The Japanese empire of to-day is
no longer the japan of the past and cur
relations with this progressive nation
should net be less broad and liberal than
those with other powers.