Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-12-06

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| eminent has proposed a joint delimitation
| of the 141st meridian by an International
commission Of experts which. If congress
therefor. can be accomplished with no UNI
reasonable delay. 1t is impossible to over
work already entered upon, and supple.
menting it by further effective measures
| looking to the exact location of this en-
| tire boundary line.
Needs Immediate Attention.
Il call attention to the unsatisfactory de-
Of the United States and the Dominion of
proaches to the narrow waters that con-
freauented by fishermen Of both i.'G nati one
Antics ana their nets are there used, Owing
to the uncertainty and ignorance as to the
true boundary. vexatious disputes and in
furious seizures Of boats and nets by Ca
madam cruisers often occur. while any
positive settlement thereof by an accepted
standard is not easily to be reached. A
those quarters, on practical basis. by
measured m, aSn courses following range marks
olate provision should be made.
Venezuelan Dispute.
1t being apparent that the boundary dis
pute between Great Britain and the repub-
lie Of Venezuela concerning the limits OF
British Guiana was approaching an acute
stage, a definite statement Of the Interest
and policy of the United States as regards
both on its own account and in view Of It's
relations with the. friendly powers directly
concerned. In July last, therefore, q dis
London for communication to the British
government. In which the attitude Of the
United States was fully and distinctly set
Monroe Doctrine Upheld.
The general conclusions therein reached
and formulated are IN substance that tho
tTaditlonaa and established policy Of this
Increase by any European power of its ter
fitorial possessions on this continent; that
this policy. is as well founded in principle
as 1t Is strongly supported by numerous
precedents: that as a consequence the Unit
ed States is bound to protest against the
in Delegation Of the rights and against the
Will Of Venezuela; that. considering the
disparity in strength of Great Britain and
Venezuela, the territorial dispute between
them can be reasonably settled by friends
and impartial arbitration. and that the re-
sort to such an arbitration should include
II one of the powers concerned is permitted
to draw an arbitrary line through the ter
ritory In debate and to declare that 1t will
on one side of it.
In view of these conclusions, the dispatch
ment for a definite answer to the Question
whether or not 1t would submit the terri
torial controversy between itself and Ven
ton. The answer Of the British govern We
ment has not yet been received, but is ex-
pected shortly, when further communities
to the congress.
Relations with Hawaii.
Early In January last an uprising against
suppressed. Martiai-iaw was ass forthRitG
proclaimed and numerous arrests were
made of persons suspected of being in SYM
0 snensp e Of he AHm neds
States. who were either convicted by a
military court and sentenced to death. Inn
out trial. The United States, while deny
ing protection to such as had taken the
Hawaiian oath of allegiance, insisted that
Justice could not supersede Justice itself
and demanded stay of execution until the
proceedings had been submitted to this
therefrom that our citizens had received
commuted or were RENTED on condition
| Of leaving the islands. The cases of GER
tain Americans arrested and expelled by
trial have had attention, and in some in
| stances have been found to justify renon-
STRANGE and claim for indemnity which
1 Thurston, the Hawaiian minister having
furnished this government abundant rea-
son for asking that he be recalled. that
| course was pursued, and his successor has
| lately been received.
Padrono System Should Re Uprooted.
The .deplorable lynching of several Ital-
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lowed by. international representations.
and am happy to say that the best efforts
of the state In which the outrages occurred
ish the authors Of this atrocious crime.
\ The dependent families Of some of the UNI
able condition gracious provision for their
| needs. These manifestations against help
less aliens may be traced through success
which, unchecked by our immigration and
| contract labor statutes, controls these
workers from the moment Of landing on
| our shores, and farms them out in distant
and often rude regions, where their cheap
ening competition in the fields of bread
winning toll brings them into collision with
While welcoming, as we should. those
| who seek our shores to merge themselves
petence by honest effort we cannot regard
such assemblages of distinctively allen
laborers, hired out in the mass to the prof
1t of alien spectators, and shipped hither
and thither as the prospect of gain may in
dictate, as otherwise than repugnant to the
vidual advancement, and hindrances to
the building of stable communities resting
upon the wholesome ambitions Of the citi-
the prosperity and progress of our nation
II legislation can reach this growing evil
4 it certainly should be attempted
1 Japan Eulogized.
Japan has furnished abundant evidence
Of her vast gain in every trait and charac-
teristic that constitutes nations great.
ness. We have reason for congratulations
In the fact that the government of the
United States, by the exchange of liberal
treaty stipulations with the new Japan,was
and to extend to her the consideration and
confidence due to her national enlighten.
ment and progressive character.
ened. to embroil Guatemala and Mexico
has happily yielded to pacific counsels, and
Its det oq has by the Joint
sole arbitration of the United States min
lister to Mexico.
The commission appointed under the con-
vention of February IS. 1883, to set new
he United States and MEXICO has compiet.
In Humanity's Name.
AS sequel to the failure of scheme
for the colonization in Mexico of negroes
mostly emigrants from Alabama under
contract, great number of these helpless
and suffering people, starving and smitten
with contagious disease, made their way
wretched plight, they were quarantined
by the Texas authorities. Learning OF
their destitute condition, directed rations
to be temporarily furnished them through
the war department. AT the expiration OF
their quarantine they were conveyed by
the railway companies at comparatively
nominal rates to their homes in Alabama
upon my assurance in the absence of any
fund available for the cost Of their trans
portation that would recommend to con:
now strongly urge upon congress the pro-
prtety OF making such an appropriation.
1t should be remembered that the measures
taken were dictated not only by sympathy
and humanity, but by conviction that It
was not compatible with the dignity OF
our dependent citizens should be thrown
for relief upon the charity Of q neighbor-
ing state.
The Mosquito Affair.
In last years message, I narrated at
some length the jurisdlctional questions
then freshly arisen in the Mosquito In
dian strip of Nicaragua. Since that time