The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-04

standing claims between the two coun-
tries, except the Mora claim. which having
been long ago adjusted, now only awaits
payment as stipulated and OF course 81
could not be included in the proposed con-
Vention. 1t was hoped this offer would
remove parliamentary obstacles encoun-
tered by the Spanish government in pro-
vidiug payment OF the Mora indemnity
/ regret TO say that no definite reply to
this offer has yet been received. and all
EFFORTS to secure payment OF this settled
claim have been unavailing.
In my last annual message. I adverted
TO the claim on the part Of Turkey of the
right to expel, as persons undesirable
ana dangerous. Armenians naturalized in
the United States and returning to Turk
ish jurisdiction. Numerous questions in
this relation have arisen. While this gov
eminent acquiesces in the asserted right
Of expulsion. it will not consent that Ar
menians may be imprisoned or otherwise
punished for no other reason than hav-
ing acquired, without imperial consent
American citizenship Three of the as
sailants of Miss Melton, an American
teacher in Mosul, have been convicted by
the Ottoman courts. and am advised that
an appeal against the acquittal of the re-
naming five has been taken by the Turk
ish prosecuting officer.
A convention has been concluded with
Venezuela for the arbitration of a long dis
puted claim, growing out of the seizure Of
certain vessels, the property of citi-
zens of the United States Although
signed, the treaty of extradition with
Venezuela is not yet in force. owing to the
insistance of that government that. when
surrendered, its citizens shall, in no case,
be liable to capital punishment.
The rules for the prevention OF collis-
ions at sea which wer framed by the
maritime conference held in this city in
1889 having been concurrently incorpor-
ated in the statutes of the United States
and Great Britain, have been announced
to take effect March l. 1895. and invita-
lions have been extended to all maritime
nations to adhere TO them. Favorable re-
sponses have been received from Austria,
France. Portugal, Spain and Sweden.
In my last annual message 1 referred
briefly TO the unsatisfactory state of af-
fairs in Samoa. under the operation of
the Berlin treaty, as signally illustrat-
ing the impolicy Of entangling alliances
with foreign powers, and on May 9. 1894,
in response to a resolution Of the Senate.
1 sent a special message and documents
to that body on the same subject, which
emphasized my previously expressed
opinions. Later occurrences, the corre-
spondence in regard to which will be laid
before congress, further demonstrates
that the government which was devised by
Samoans, against their inveterate hostil-
ity, can be maintained only by the con-
tinued presence of a foreign military
force and at no small sacrifice of life and
treasure The suppression Of the Mataafa
instruction by the powers, and the sub
sequent Punishment of the leader and
eleven other Chiefs as recited in my last
message, did not brins lasting peace to
the islands. Formidable uprisings con-
tinued and finally a rebellion broke out
in the capital island, Upolu, headed In
Aana, the western district by the young
Tamasese, and in Matua, the eastern dis
trict by other leaders. The insurgents
ravaged the country and fought the gov
ernments troops up to the very doors Of
Apia. The king again appealed to the
powers for help, and the combined British
and German naval forces reduced the
Atuans to apparent subsection. not, how
ever. without considerable loss to the ma
tives. A few days later. Tamasese and
his adherents, fearing the ships and the
marines, professod submission. Reports
received from our agents at Apia do not
Justify the belief that the peace thus
brought about will be of long duration. 1t
is their conviction that the natives are at
heart hostile to the present government;
that such of them as profess loyalty to It
do so from fear of the powers, and that
it would speedily go to pieces IL the war
ships were Withdrawn. In reporting to
his government on the unsatisfac-
tory situation since the sup
preston of the late revolt, by for
eign armed forces, the German consul at
Apia stated: THAT peace win be lasting
is hardly to be presumed. The lesson
given by firing on Atua was not sufficiently
sharp. and incisive to leave a lasting i'm
preston on the forgetful Samoan tenn
permanent In fact, conditions are exist
ing which show that peace will not last
and il is not seriously intended. Malie-
toa, the king, and his chiefs are convinced
that the departure of the war ships will be
a signal for a renewal of the war The
circumstances that the representatives Of
the villages of all the districts which We're
opposed to the government have already
withdrawn 20 Atua to hold meetings. and
that both Atua and Aana have forbidden
the inhabitants of those districts which
fought on the side of the government to
return to their villages, and have already
partly burned down the latter, indicates
that a real Cancellation of the parties is
still far off" And in a note of the 18th
ultimo, inclosing copy of that report for
the information Of this government, the
German ambassador said: 1.-THE contents
of the report awakened the imperial gov
ernments apprehension that under exist
ing circumstances the peace concluded
with the rebels will afford no assurance Of
the lasting restoration Of tranquility in the
islands,"
The present government has utterly
failed to correct, if indeed it has not
aggravated, the very evils it was intended
to prevent. 1t has not stimulated our com
merce with the islands. Our particfpa-
ton in Its establishment against the
wishes of the natives was in plain defiance
of the conservative teachings and warn
ings of the wise and patriotic men who
laid the foundations Of our free institu-
tons, and I invite an expression of the
judgment of congress on the propriety
of steps being taken by this government
looking to the withdrawal from its en-
gagements with the other powers on some
reasonable terms not prejudiclal to any
of our existing rights
The Secretary of the Treasury reports
that the receipts of the government from
all sources of revenue during the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1894, amounted to
1912, s02, 1922 and its expenditures to s442,-
COS, 1881 leaving a deficit of 500, 500. 260. 58
There was a decrease Of SIC, 952, 674. as In the
ordinary expenses of the government as
compared with the fiscal year 1893. There
was collected from customs $l31, s1s. $50 g.
and from internal revenue s147, 16s, 44s. TO-
The balance of the income for the year.
amounting to S93,S15,517.97, was derived
from the sales of lands and ofhar cos,roac