Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-04

I J, I5J0, | 10 all maritime nations to adhere to them. 1 Favorable responses have thus far been re- ceived from Australia, France, Portugal, l Spain and Sweden.
 l In my last annual message l referred l briefly to the unsatisfactory state Of affairs | in Samoa, under the operations of the Der | lin treaty, as signally Illustrating the im- l policy of entangling alliances with foreign l powers, and on May 9, 1894, in response 10 l a resos ution of the senate, 1 seut a special | message and documents to that body on the | same subject winch emphasized my pre- l viously expressed opinions. Later occur | renees, the correspondence in regard to | which will be laid b-f)re congress, further 1 demonstrates that the government which | was devised by the three powers and forced l upon the Samoans against their inveterate 1 hostility eau be maintained only by the l continued presence of foreign force and at l no small sacrifice of llfo and treasure. The
 suppression of the Mataafa instruction by | the powers and the subsequent banish- | ment of the leader and eleven other chiefs, | as recitad in my last message, l did not bring lasting peace to the islands. l Formidable uprsings continued, and | finally rebellion broke out In tue capital is-
 land. The insurgents ravaged the coun- | try and fought the government troops up
 to the very doors of Apia. The king again l appealed to the powers for help, and the | combined British aud German naval forces 1 reduced the Atuans to apparent subjection,
 not, however, without considerable loss to
 the natives. few days later Tamaness and his adherents, fearing the ships and
 marines, pro.essed submission. Reports | received from our agents at Apia do not | jlstiiy the belief that the peace thus l brought about will be of any duration. It l is their conviction that the natives are al | heart hostile to the present. government;
 that such of them as profess loyalty to it do
 so from fear of the powers, aud that It
 would speedily go to pieces If the warships
 were withdrawn. In reporting 10 this | Dnt a m sf situation l since the suppression of the late revolt by | foreign armed forces the German consul at Apia stated that he did not believe peace | was permanent. That peace will be lasting | Is hardly to be presumed. The lesson l given by firing on Atua was not sufficiently | sharp and incsve to leave lasting im- I pression on the forgetful Samoan tempera-
 ment. In fact conditions are exist | ing which show that peace will
 not last, and it is not seriously intended. | Malietoa, the king, and his chiefs ara con- | vnced that the departure of the warships | will be signal for q renewal of war. The | circumstance that the representatives of the | villages Of all the districts which were op- l posed 10 the government have already | withdrawn to Atua.to hold meetings, and 1 that both Atua and Aana have forbidden | inha abitants of those districts which fought
 on the side of the government to return o
 their villages and have already partly | burned down the latter, indicates real | conciiation of the parties Is still far off. | And in a note of the 18th ultimo, inclosing | a copy of that report for the information of | this government, the German ambassador | said: 1.-The contents of the report awak- | ened in the imperial government apprehen- | sion that under existing crcumsta nces the
 peace concluded with the rebels will af- l ford no assurance of the lasting restora- | tion of tranquility in the islands. | The present government has utterly failed
 10 correct-ii indeed it has not aggravated | the very evils 1t was intended 10 prevent. { l. st.~.., ,l.&1 xl-
 the islands. Our participation in its es-
 tablishment against the wishes of the na- 1 tives was in plain def ince of the conserva- l tive teachings and warnings of the wise and patriotic men who laid the founda- tions of our free institutions, and invite | an expression of the judgment of congress | in the propriety of steps being taken by | this government looking to the withdrawal
 from it's engagements with the other powers on some reasonable terms not | prejudicial to any of our existing rights.''
 FINANCE AND COMMERCE..
 The secretary of the treasury reports that | the receipts of the govern ment from all
 sources of revenue during the fiscal year
 ending June 30, 1894, amounted to S372, SOP, 463. 20, and its ex xpendiures to,s4i2 6J5,
 758. S7, leaving deficit of ;69, ,SJ3 26) 5S. | There was decrease of S15, 952, ,674 66 in the
 ordinary expenses of the govern ment, as
 compared wlth the fiscal year 1895. There
 was collected from customs S13l ,Sl8, ,530 62, | and from internal revenue $147, l6S, ,4i9. 70. | The balancs of the income for the year,
 amounting to s93, ,815, ,517. 97, was derived | from tho sales of lands and other sources. | The value of our total dutiabe imports
 amounted to S275, 199 ,0S6, being Si45, ,657,
 625 less than during the preceding year and l he importations free of duty amounted io
 s379, ,795, ,536, being s64, 74s, 675 less than
 during the preceding year. The receipts | from customs were $73, ,526 4S6 Il less and
 from internal revenue SIS, ,63o, ,539 97 less
 than in 1893. The total tax collected from
 distilled spirits was $85, 259, ,25o. 25; on
 manufactured tobacco, s2S ,6l7 ,698 63, and
 on. iermented liquors, ssi ,4l4, 7sS o4. Our
 exports of merchandise, domestic and | foreign, amounted during the year to 1884, | 140, ,572, being an increase over the preced
 ing year of S4i ,495 ,3.S.
 The total amount of gold exported during | the fiscal year was $76, S95 ,061, against
 s10S, ,630, ,4i4 during the fiscal year 1893. | The amount imported was S72, 4i9, ,119,
 against s21, 174, ,3S1 during the previous
 year. The imports of silver were SIS ,2S6.- | 552 and the exports were $5o 451 ,265.
 The total bounty paid upon the production
 of sugar in the United States for the fiscal l year was Sl2, 100, 168 S9, being an increase
 of $2, ,725 ,U7S.0l over the payments made
 during the preceding year. The amount of
 bounty paid from July l, 1894, to August | 28, 1894, the time when further payments
 ceased by operation of law, was 1866, 1S5 ST.
 The total expenses incurred in the pay ment
 of the bounty upon sugar during the fiscal |
 It is estimated that upon the basis of | present revenue laws the receipts of the I government during the current fec T year
 ending June 30, 1895, will De S424 427 SiS Al, 1 and it's expenditures s444, 427, 14S A, re- l sultiug n deficit of S20 ,00J, 900. 0l the l 1st day of November, 1854. the total stock l of money of all kinds in the country WAS
 S2, ,249, 773. .8S8, against S2 204, 661 900 on the l 1st day Of November, 1893, and the money l oi all kinds in circulation not included 1 in the treasury holdings was II SIP ,093 APP, l Or $24. 27 per capita upon an e5timIte1 pop
 ulation of 6S, 1887 1000. At the same date I there was held ID tue treasury gold ullion amounting to l,6l5, IF. .55, and silver l bullion which WAS purchased at a cost of I S127 ,779, ,98S. The purchase of silver bullion under the act of July IA, lS9), ceased ou l the 1st day of November, 1SJ3, and up to l that time there had bsen purchased during the fiscal year Il ,9l7 659. IS fine ounces, at cost o $8 ,715 52l .32, average cost Of 1913 l per fine ounce. The total amount of sl- yer purchased from the time that the law l took effect until the repeal of the purchas- l.. ..o1