Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-03

UOuuNCllOu WIN CtANhiN HN.NAu 20
urgently preferred by other power.
The recent death VI the car Of
Russia called forth appropriate cx.
rrctsions OF sorrow and sympathy on
thp mart of our government with his
brrsayeI family aud the Russian poo.
pie. A further denomination Of
reciprocal friendship, our minister at
81. Petersburg was directed % represent
our government at the funeral oere-
monies.
The scaling iutorests OF Russia In
Befing sea are second Only 90 CUT own.
a nsds uIUsHdi was therefore con.
CIuued with the imperial government
restrictive OF poaching on tue Russian
foCketics anu Of sealing in waters
which were not COmprohuudOd In tue
| protected area defined Ia tue Paris
| award.
Occaalon has been found 10 urge upon
| the Russian government equality VI
| treatment for our great life Insurance
O mpanlos whose operations nave
/ been extended throughout Europe.
| Admitting, ~ We do, foreign corpora
! lions ~ transact business ia tue UuitOl
| States, VIC naturally expect no luHs
| tolerance for our own 100 the ample
| ields oi competition abroad.
Hut few cases Uf Interference with
! nntufallzud CIT zuna returning 10 Rus.
tiH have buUu reported during the cur.
| rent year. Quo klzuminsN was ~.
rested last summer la P0liah province,
ON q reported charge Of unpBrmltt8d
| remuneration Of Russian allegiance,
but II tfauspirod that the proceedings
originated IN alleged mAlirasauco com.
mitluu by lti1eminaki while an i'm.
/ petial oiiicor number VI years ago.
| Efforts Tor his release, which promised
70 DO successful, were IL progrUss when
hit death was reported.
The government OF Salvador having
boon ovcrthrOwu by an Abrupt popular
outbreak, certain 0i milit.ty anu civil
officers while h0tly puuuui 10y iufuu-
atUd Insurgents s0ugnt refuge on board
thu UnltUu States Watshlp bennington,
thcn lying In South American ports.
| Although tbs practice VI aylum Is not
favored by this government, Jet In
view Of tue immiuout peril which
threatened tho tugiuvea, ami solely
rom considerations Of humanity, they
were afforded shelter by cur nRvAi
commander, ana when afterwards de-
muuuUd under cur treaty VI uxtTauiiion
/ with Salvador lot trial on ChErgtB
Of murder arson aud robbery,
| / directed that tuol OF thvm
US had not yOlu nthrily lef tho ahip be
conveyed 10 oue Of our nearest port
where n hearing could bo had before a
Judicial UtiiCer iu COMPLIANCE with the
! terms OF tuu treaty. On tuOlr arrival
at san Francisco such proceeding
was promptly instituted before the
Uuitud states district Judge, VINO held
| that tue acts constituting tue alleged
yiirnto were political aud discharged
all the accused except oLg Cltu.uugos,
who was ucld Tor an attempt 81 muf.
der. ThereupUn | was C0usifained TO
direct hia release for the reason that an
attempt 10 murder was not 0u0 OF the
crimes charged against him anu upon
which his surrender 10 the 5AlvndofiAn
authorities had been demanded.
Unreasonable and unjust fues I'm
fosed by spain on thr ~espelh aud
commerce VI the United States have
demanded from time 10 tine during
the last twenty years earnest rem3u.
slfancs on the part Of our government.
In the inmudiate past, eEOrbitAnt
penalties have been imposed upon our
vessels ond goods by the customs au.
thUTltiel OF CUBA aud Porto Rico Tor
clerical errors Of tho mOst trivial char
/
ing, Ia some casob hnes amounting 10
thousands Of dollArs have been levied
upon cafgous or the carrying vessels
when the goods Ia question were enu.
/ tied 10 free entry. Fines have breu ox.
acted oven when the error has been
detected an1 the Spanish authorities
notified before tho arrival Of tue goods
| In port. This conduct 10 In strange
contrast with the confederate anu Id.
urHl treatment extended 20 Spanish
vessels and caTgoes IN our ports iu ike
| casel, No satlaiaclOty settlement vi
| these veXatlOuu quustlOna has been
/ yet reached. The Mora case, referred
| ~ In my last annual message, remains
Unsettled. From the diplomatic cor.
rcspOndeuoe on this sul Jsot which has
been laid before toe Senate, It will DO
seen that this government has al rcd
10 conclude convention with spain
| Tor tue disposal by arbitration OF cut.
standing claims between the two
cOuutIlrs, except the Mora claim,
which, having been long ago o. justed,
now only awaits permits NJ stipulated
and VI c0uTso II could not be Included
ia tho proposed convention. It was
hoped that this der would remove the
| parliamentary obstacles encountered
| by the Spanish government Ia provid.
| lug payment OF the Mora indemnity.
regret TO say that no detiuite reply to
THE offer has yet been male ana all
efforts " secure payment OF this settled
claim have been unavRiling.
In my last annual message Rdyetlsi
| 10 tue claim on tue part OF Turkey OF
the right to expel, as pcrsons undesir-
aUlu anu dangerous, Arnenians naluT.
allied In the United states and roturn-
ing to Turkish jurisdiction. Numerous
| questions Ia this relation have arisen.
While this government acquiesoBs IA
the asserted right OF expulsion, II
would not cousent that AfmeniRns
may be imprisoned or otherwise
punished for no other reason than nav.
ing acquired, without imperial con.
sent, American citizenship. Three o.
the nssAilants uf Mics Melton, an
American teacher I'm Aiosul, have been
convicted by tbs ottoman courts, and
( am advised that an appeal against
the aCquittal Of tho remaining i've has
been taken by the Turkish prosecuting
officer.
A convention has been concluded
with Venezuela i0r tho arbitration OF a
long disputed claim growing out tue
seizure OF certain vessels, the property
" citizens OF the United States.
Although signed, tho treaty OF extra.
d.tiOu with Venezuela IL not yet In
force, owing 10 the instance OF tina
government that when surrendered,
| itg ritiyeua shall ia no case be- liable In