The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-06
BRATTLEBORO VERMONT. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1895.
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
AGAINST GREENBACKS AND FOR
NATIONAL BANKS.


/ AGAINST GREENBACKs AND FOF
| NATIONAL BANKS.
hese Purposes-Argument Against sil.
YER Creditabie showing Of Foreign Re
! The presidents message, sent tC
congress Tuseday is broadly divided
into two topics-forcign relations anC
domestic finance, without the usua
perfunctory review of departmental
business and reports, which he leaves
to speak for themselves. In this way
the message is devoted to the topic.
that most interest the public.
In reviewing foreign affairs ht
naturally takes up South American
topics first and observes with gratifica
tion that the Argentine Republic, rec
ognizing the value of the large marke,
opened to the free importation Of itt
woods under our last tariff act, has ad
mitted certain products of the United
States to entry at reduced duties. As
to the boundary dispute between
Venezuela and British Guiana he
says, this government last July ad
dressed a despatch to the British min
lister setting forth fully and distinctly
our position under the Monroe
doctrine, that the traditional and
established policy of this government
is firmly opposed to a forcible increase
by any European power of its territor-
ial possessions on this continent
that this policy is as we'll founded in
principle as it is strongly supported by
numerous precedents: that as conse-
quencc the United States is bound tc
protest against the enlargement Of the
area of British Guiana in derogation
Of the rights and against the will OF
venezuela; that considering the dis
parity in strength Of Great Britain and
Venezuela the territorial dispute be
tween them can be reasonably settled
only by friendly and impartial arbitra-
| tion, and that the resort to such arbi-
tration should include the whole con-
troyersy, and is lot satisfied if one of
the powers concerned is permitted to
draw an arbitrary line through the
territory in debate and To declare that
it will submit to arbitration only the
portion living on one side of it. And
it called upon the British government
for definite anwscr to the question
whether it would or would not submit
the territorial controversy between
itself and Venezuela in its entirety to
impartial arbitration. The answer
has not yet been received, but il is
expected shortly. when further com
munication on the subject viii prob
ably be made 10 the congress.
In the Corinto incident between
England and Nicaragua he intimates
an idea that England was right, but
anyhow il was not matter for MS to
meddlc with AS no territorial cXpan
sion was contemplated. And the ditli-
Guilty is escaped for the future because
the Mosquito Indians have now in
corporated themselves in Nicaragua,
The waller Case.
He rccites the facts about the arrest,
the alleged causes and the 20 years
sentence and says this government re-
questcd record Of the proceedings.
This request has been complied with
to the extent of supplying a copy of
the official record, from which appear
the constitution and organization Of
the court. the charges as formulated
and the general course and result of
the trial. and by which il is shown
that the accused was tried in open
court. and was defended by counsel
But the evidence adduced in support
of the charges which was not received
by the French minister for foreign
affairs, till the first week IN October
has thus far been withheld. the French
government taking the ground that its
production in response to our demand
would establish bad precedent. But
it is hopec that a satisfactory solution
will be reached.
In agreeable contrast 10 the differ
ence above noted respecting matter
of common concern whore nothing is
sought except such a mutually salts
factory outcome az the true merits of
the case require. is the resolution of
the French chambers favoring the con
clusion of permanent treaty Of arbi-
tration between the two countries.
The Bering Sea Question
He is still of the opinion that il is
best to pay the lump sum of $4,000
damages agreed upon between Secre-
tary Gresham and the British minister
for the seizure of Canadian sealers
decided by the Paris arbitration to be
illegal, but if congress will not APP
prove of this. it certainly will hardly
dissent from the proposition that the
is bound by every consid-
GRAFTON of honor and good faith to
provide for the speedy adjustment of
these claims by arbitration as the only
other alternative. A treaty of arbitra-
ton has. therefore. been agreed upon
and will be Immediately laid before |
the senate so that in one Of the modes |
final settlement may be
reached.
The insufficiency of the British |
patrol of Bering sea. under the regula- |
tions agreed on by the two govern |
ments. has been pointed out. and yet |
only two British ships have been on
olice duty during this season in those
waters.
The need of a more effective enforce
nent of existing regulations. as well
as the adoption of such additional
regulations as experience has shown TO
DC absolutely necessary to carry out
he intent of the award, have been
earnestly urged upon the British gov
but thus far without effec
i've results. In the meantime the de-
,letion of the seal herds by means of
,elagic hunting has so alarmingly pro-
,ressed that unless their slaughter is
It once effectively checked their ey-
inction within a few years seems To
,e matter of absolute certainty. The
Russian attitude on the subject, how
yer. is entirely fair and satisfactory.
She has welcomed in principle our
for modus vivendi. to
mbrace Great Britain and Japan.
,ol< inc tO thp hettpr preservation of