Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-12-08

lor.h the appropriate expires sions of snrro,,
ana sympathy on the part of our pover',nou,
Wins Nin nus uereaVed FAMILY and the Russian neo.
tiv, ue a aturthcr demonstration of respect nnd
tii,icn.snip our minister at st. Petersburg was
urecteu To represent our government a. thn
funeral Ceremonies "' wv
RUSSIA IN BEHnlNa SEA,
The sealing interests of Russia IN pebri,,,
sea are second only to our own A tnnd,,s
viVenui mas therefore been concluded with
the imperial government restrictive of nonch
ins vi lhe RUSSIAN rockerles and of sealing in
nrn,ec,ad mnarn arn were we're hot comprehended in the
pio'oe'oa AREA uenheu IN the Paris award.
THE tzETA CASE,
The president briefly reviews The ease nj ,ho
Salvadorean refugees Gen, Ezeta ana V, cn,n ,no
panlOns, with the action of this Government L.
the premises, '''N'0i' IL
SPANISH INJUSTICE.
Attention is called to the exorbitant and nm
lust penalties inflicted by the Spanish authori-
ties III Cuba against American vessels ana their
carRoes on the most trivial pretexts The
Mora Indemnity has not yet been paid and there
ing 1T.
TtRkY AND THE ARMENIANs
IN my last annual message adverted to the
claim on the part of Turliy of the right to eypel
as persons undesirable and dangerous Ar
mehlans naturalized in the United States and
returning to Turkish Jurisdiction. Numerous
questions IN this relation have arisen. While
mis- government acquiesces in the asserted
right OF expulsion it will not consent that
Arnenlans may be imprisoned or otherwise
punished for no other reason than having
acquired without imperial consent American
citizenship. Three of the assaiants OF Miss
Meltoh' an American teacher in MoSul, have
Deen convicted by the Ottoman courts, and |
am advised that an appeal against the aequittal
of tbe remaining five has been taken by the
turkish prosecuting oflcer
ouR RELATIONS WITH VENEZUELA.
n convention has been concluded with
venezuela for the arbitration of a long dis
puted claim growing out of the seizure Of GER
tain vessels, the property of citizens of the
United States Although signed the treaty of
eStradition with Venezuela is not yet in force
owing to the insiStenCe of that government
that when surrendered its citizens Shall in no
case be liable to capital punishment,
SAMOAN AFFAIRS
In my last annual message ! referred briefly
TO the unsatisfactory state of affairs In Samoa
under the operation of the Berlin treaty, as
signally illustrating the lmpolcy of entanglng
alliances with foreign powers; and on May 9,
1874 IN response TO a resolution of the senate,
sent Il special message and documents to that
body on the same subject which emphasized
my previously expressed opinions. Later oc-
currenceS the correspondence In regard to
which Will be laid before congress, further
demonstrate that the government which was
devised by the three powers and forced
upon the Samoans against their inyeterate
hostility can be maintained only by the
Continued presence of foreign military force
aud at no small sacrifice Of life and treasure
The suppression Of the Mataafa nsurrection by
the powers and the subsequent Punishment of
the leader and eleven other chiefs, as
reciied in my last message did not
bring. lasting peace to the Islands,
and formidable uprislngs have continued,
The present government utterly failed to cor
rect, H. indeed, it has not aggravated, the very
evils 1t was intended to prevent. 1t has not
stimulated our commerce with the islands.
Our participation in its establishment against
the wishes of the natives was in plain defiance
Of the conservative 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 on the
propriety of steps being taken by This govern
ment looking to the withdrawal from its en-
| gagements with the other powers on Some rGa-
| sonable terms not prejudical to any Of our
existing rights