Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-12-06

the Mora claim, which having been
long ago adjusted, now only awaits pay
as stipulated, and of course it
could not be included in the proposed
convention. 1t was hoped this offer
would remove parliamentary obstacles
by the Spanish government
providing payment of the Mora in
demnity. regret to say that no def
mite reply to this offer has yet been
made and all efforts to secure payment
of this settled claim have been %unavail- J
ing. I
In my last annual message, 1 adverted |
to h claim on the part of Turkey of
the right to expel, as persons undesira-
BILE and dangerous, Armenians natural
lied in the United States, and returning
to Turkish jurisdiction. Numerous
questions in this relation have arisen.
While this government %acquiesces in
the asserted right of extradition, it will
not consent that Armenians may be
imprisoned or otherwise punished for
no other reason than having acquired
without imperial consent American
citizenship. Three of the a~ssailants of
Miss Melton, an American teacher in
Mosul, nave been convicted by the OF
toman courts, and | am advised that an
appeal against the %acquittal of the re-
naming five has been taken by the
Turkish prosecuting officers.
A convention has been concluded
with Venezuela for the arbitration of a
long-disputed claim growing III of the
seizure of certain vessels, the property
of citizens of the United States. AL
though signed, the treaty of extradi-
ton with Venezuela is not yet in force,
owing to the insistence of hat govern
ment that, when surrendered, its citi-
ZenS shall in no case be liable to CAPT
tai punishment.
The rules for the prevention of col
lisions at sea which were framed by the
maritime conference held in this city
in 1889, having been concurrently in
corporated in the statutes of the United
States and Great Britain, have been an
nounced to take effect March 18th,
1895, and invitations have been ex-
tended to all maritime nations to ad-
here to them. Favorable responses
nave thus far been received from Aus
tria, France, Portugal, Spain and Swe-
| len.
In my last animal message l referred
briefly to the unsatisfactory state of
affairs in Samoa n the opera
ton of the Berlin treaty as sig
nally illustrating the impolicy of en-
tangling alliances with foreign powers,
and on May 8, 1894, in response to a
| resolution of the Senate | sent a special
1 message and documents to that body
on the anne subject, which emphasized
my previously expressed opinions.
| Later occurrences, 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 Sa-
means against their inveterate hostility
can De maintained only by the con
tinued presence of foreign military
force and no small sacrifice of life and
treasure. The suppression of the
Mataafa insurrection by the powers,
and the subsequent Punishment of the
leader and eleven other chiefs, as re-
cited in my last message. did not bring
lasting peace to the islands. Formula.
BILE uprisings continued and finally re.
bellion broke out in the capital island
UpOlu, headed in Aana, the western
district, by the younger, Tamasese, and
in Matua, the eastern district, by other
leaders. The insurgents ravaged the
country and fought the government
troops up to the very doors of Apia
The King again appealed to the power.
for help and the combined British ant
German naval forces reduced the AT
uans to subsection, not, however, with
out considerable loss to the natives. A
few days later, TamaseS and his adher
ents, fearing the ships and marines
professed submission. Reports received
from our agents at Apia do not justif,
the belief hat the peace thus brough
about will be of long duration. 1t il
their conviction that the natives are a
heart hostile to the present government
that such of them as profess loyalty t.
it do so from fear of the powers ant
that it would speedily go to pieces i
h war ships were withdrawn. In re
porting to his government on the unsat
isfactory situation since the suppress
sion of the late revolt, by foreign arme,
forces, the German consul at Api;
stated: "That peace will be lasting i
hardly to be presumed. The lessor
given by firing on Atua was not suffi
GENTLY sharp and incisive to leave
lasting impression on the forgetful Sa
moa temperament. In fact, condi
tions are existing which show tina
peace will not last and it is not serious
ly intended. Malietoa, the King, an,
his chiefs are convinced that the depart
ure of that warship will be a signal 70
Il renewal of war. The circumstance
that the representatives, of the village
of all the districts which were oppose,
to the government have already with
drawn to Atua to hold meetings an,
that bot Atua and Aana have forbid
den inhabitants of those districts whicl
fought on the side of the government
to return to their villages and have al
ready partly burned down the latter
indicates that a real Cancellation of tn,
parties is still far off" And in a note O
the 18th ult., lnclosing a copy of tina
report for the information of his gov
eminent, the German ambassador said
1.-The contents of the report awakene,
the imperial governments apprehen
sion that under existing circumstance
the peace concluded with the rebel
will afford no assurance of the lastin,
restoration of tranquility in the islands
The present government has utterl,
failed to correct, if indeed it has no
aggravated, the very evils it was in
tended to prevent. 1t has not stimu
lated our m with the islands
Our participation in its establishment
against the wishes of the natives wa
plain defiance of the conservative teach
ings and warnings of the wise and pa
triotic men who laid the foundation O.
our free institutions and I invoke al
expression of the judgment of Congress
on the propriety of steps being taken b,
this government looking to the with
drawal of it's engagements with tn
other powers on some reasonable term
not prejudicial to any of the existing
rights.
THE OF THE TREAsURY's RE
PORT
The Secretary of the Treasury re
norris that the receiDtS of the govern