The Portland daily press., 1894-12-04

| tation CT live stock and fresh meats nom
| this country has been revived. IT Is hopea
| that Germany will soon become convinced
| that the inhibition is as needless as IL is
| harmful to mutual interests. The herman
| government has protested against tnat pro-
| vision of the customs tariff ACT WnIcn In =
poses discriminating duty OF one teht ~ VI
| one cent pound on sugars coming llo,ai
| countries paying an export bounty thereon
claiming that the exaction OF such auty -
| in contravention of articles five ana nlnb
| of the treaty of 1873 with Prussia. In Inc
interests of the commerce of both countries
and to avoid even the accusation OF treaty
violation ! recon mend the repeal OF So
much of the stature that imposes that duty
and invite attention to the accompany
ing report of the secretary OF State contain
ing a discussion of the questions raised by
the German protests.
THE SEAL FISHERIES.
Early in he 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 arbitration
and the enforcement of the regulations
therein prescribed for the protection OF
seal life in the waters mentioned. An un-
derstanding has also been reached for the
payment by the United States OF S42o,o ou
in full satisfaction of all claims which may
be made by Great Britain, for damages
growing out of tho controversy as 70 inr
seals in Behring Sea or the seizure OF Britlsh
vessels engaged in taking seal IN those
waters. The award and findings of the iarls
tribunal TO "A great extent determined the
facts and PRINCIPLES upon whlfhs these
claims could be adjusted and they have
been subjected by both governments to a
thorough examination upon the principles
we'll as the facts which they involve; l
,1N1 hat -aff 1anao ont a
terms mentioned would be an equitable and
advantageous one, and l recommend that
provision be made for the prompt payment
of the stated sum. Thus far. only France
and Portugal have signified their Willingness
TO adhere TO the regulations established un-
der the award OF the Paris tribunal of ar
bitra tioL. Preliminary surveys of the Alas
kan boundary and preparatory examlna,
tion of the question of protection Of food
fish In the contiguous waters of the united
States and the Dominion of Canada are
in progress.
BRITISH GUIANA BOUNDARY.
The boundary of British Guiana still
remains in dispute between Great Britain
and Venezuela. believing that its early
settlement, on some Just basis alike honor
able to both parties, is in the line of our es-
tablished policy TO remove from this heniis-
phere all causes of difference with powers
beyond the sea / shall renew the efforts
ton of diplomatic relations between the dis
putants and to induce a reference to arbl-
tration. a resort WHICH Great Britain SO
conspicuously favors in principle and re-
spects in practice and which is earnestly
sought by her weaker adversary.
HAWAII.
Since communicating the voluminous
correspondence in regard to Hawaii and
the action taken by the Senate aid House
of mt tai in aStin inns
submitted to the government and wider
discretion of Congress, the organization of
a government in place Of the provisional
arrangement which followed the deposition
of the Queen has been announced with evil
dence of it's effective operation. The recog-
milton usual in such cases has been accorded
the new government.
EXTRACTION WITH ITALY.
Under our present treaties.of extradition
with Italy miscarriages of justice have oc-
CURED, owing to the refusal of that govern
ment to surrender it's own subjects. Thus
far our efforts to negotiate an amended
convention obvlatlng this dlmculty nave
been unava1llng.
RELATIONS WITH JAPAN.
Apart from the war in which the island
empire is engaged, Japan attracts increas-
ing attention in this country by her evident
desire to cultivate more liberal intercourse
with us, and to seek our kindly aid in fur
therance of her laudable desire for complete
autonomy in her domestic affairs and full
equality in the family of nations. The
japanese Empire of today is no longer the
Japan of the past, and our relations with
this progressive nation should not be less
broad and liberal than those with other
powers.
RELATIONS WITH MEXICO.
Good Will fostered by many interchanges
in common has marked our relations with
our nearest southern neighbor. Peace be-
ing restored along her northern frontier,
Mexico has asked the lunishmentof the late
disturbers of her tranquility. There ought
TO be new treaty of commerce and naviga--
ton with that country to take the place OF
the one which terminated thirteen years
ago. The friendliness of the intercourse
between the two countries is attested BY
the fact that during this long period the
commerce of each has steadily increased un-
der the rule of mutual consideration. being
neither stimulated by conventional arrange
ments nor retarded by jealous rivairies or
selfish distrust. An indemnity rendered by
Mexico as a gracious act for the murder IN
1888. of Leon Baldwin, an American cit1Zen,
by band of RAIDERS in Durango has
been accepted and is being paid in INSTALL
ments.
The problem of the strange use. of
the waters of the Rio Grande for 1rrlga-
ting should be solved by appropriate con-
current action of the two interested coun-
tries. Rising in the Colorado heights, the
stream flows internationally. yielding little
water during the dry months to the 1rriga-
ting channels already constructed along
it's course. This scarcity is often severely
felt in the regions where the river foIms
common boundary. Moreover the fire.
quent changes in its course through level
sands often present embarrassing ques-
lions of territorial jurisdiction.
THE BLUFlELDS INCIDENT
Prominent among tine questions of the
year was the Bluefields incident, in what
is known as the Mosquito lndian strip
bordering on the Atlantic Ocean and with in
the jurisdiction of Nicarauga. By the treaty
of 1860 bet ween Great Britain and Nicaragua,
the former government expressly recog-
n1zed the sovereignty of the latter over the
strip, and a limited form of self-govern-
ment WAS guaranteed to the Mosquito In
dams to be exercised according 10 their
customs for themselves and other jewellers
within it's limits. The so-called Lative
government which grew to be largely made
up of aliens, for many years disputed the
severe integrity of Nicaragua over the strip
and claimed the right to maintain therein
"a practically independent municipal gov
erument. Early in the past year the
efforts of Nicaragua to maintain sovereign
ty over the Mosquito territory led to seri-