The Penn's Grove record., 1895-12-06

suited In Mr.. Walters condemnation. This
request has been complied with to the ex-
tent of supplying a COPY of the official
record, from which appear the constitu-
ton, organization of the court, the
charges as formulated. and the general
course and result of the trial. and by which
1t 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 proposition in
response to our demand would establish a
bad precedent. The efforts of our Ambas-
sador to procure 1t, however, though i'm
peded by recent changes in the French
Ministry. hav not been relaxed, and It is
confidently expected that some satisfactory
solution of the matter will shortly be
reached. Meanwhile, 1t appears, that Mr..
Walters confinement has every alienation
which the state of his health and all the
other circumstances of the case demand or
permit.
An agreeable contrast to the differences
above noted respecting a matter of COMMON
concern where nothing is sought except
such a mutually satisfactory outcome as
the true merits of the case require, is the
recent resolution of the French Chambers
f~avoring the conclusion Of a nermanent
treaty of arbitration between the two coun-
tries.
Frances Big Exposition.
An invitation has been extended by
France to the government and people of
the United States to participate in a great
international exposition in Paris in 1900
as a suitable commemoration of the close
of this, the worlds marvellous century of
progress. I heartily recommend its accep-
lance, together with such legislation as will
adequately provide for a due representa-
ton of this government and it's people on
the occasion.
Our relations with the States Of the Ger
man Empire are, in some aspects, typical OF
things elsewhere found in countries whose
productions and trade are similar to our
own. The close rivalries of competing in
d~ustries, the influence of the delusiye doc
trine that the international development
of a nation is promoted and the wealth in
creased by a policy which, in undertaking
to reserve its home markets for the ex-
elusive use of it's own producers, neces-
sarily obstructs their sales In foreign mar
kets, and prevents free access to the pro-
ducts of the world-the desire to retain
trade in time-worn ruts regardless OF In
exorable laws of new needs and changed
conditions of demand and supply, and our
own hating hardness in inviting q free
exchange of commodities, and by this
means imperilling our footing in the exter-
nal markets naturally open to us, have ere
ated a situation somewhat injurious to
American export interests, not only In
Germany, where they are perhaps most
noticeable, but in adjacent countries.
The exports affected are largely Amer
lean cattle and other food products, the
reason assigned for unfavorable discrim-
nation being that their consumption Is
deleterious to the public health. This is
all the more irritating in view of the fact
that no European State is as jealous of the
excellence and wholesomeness of its ex-
ported food supply as the United States,
nor so easily able, on account of inherent
soundness, to guarantee those qualities.
Nor are those difficulties confined to our
food products designed for expectation.
Our great insurance companies, for exam
pie, having built up a vast business abroad,
and invested a large share of their means
in foreign countries in compliance with the
local lags and regulations then existing,
now find themselves within a narrow Hrcle
of onerous and unforeseen conditions, and
are confronted by the necessity of retire
ment from a field thus made Improbable.
if. indeed, they are not summarily expelled,
as some of them have lately been from
Prussia.
international Trade.
1t is not to be forgotten that ~interna-
tional trade cannot be one-sided. Its cur
rents are alternating and its movements
should be honestly reciprocal. Without this
1t almost necessarily degenerates into a
device to gain advantage or a contrivance
to secure benefits with only the semblance
of a return. In our dealings with other
nations we ought to be open-handed and
scrupulously fair, This should be our
policy as a producing nation, and it plain
~ becomes us as a people who love gen.
crosby and the moral aspects Of national
good faith and reciprocal ~forbearance.
These considerations should not. however,
constrain us to submit to unfair discrimina-
ton nor silently to acquiesce in yexatious
hindrances to the enjoyment of our share
of the legitimate advantages of proper
trade relations. If an examination of the
situation suggests such measures on our
part as would involve restrictions similar
to those from which we suffer. the way to
such a course is easy. 1t should, however,
by no means be lightly entered upon,
since the necessity for the Inauguration Of
such a policy would be regretted by the
best sentiment of our people, and because
it naturally and logically might lead to
consequences of the gravest character.
1 take pleasure in calling to your atten-
ton the encomiums bestowed on those yes
sells of our new navy which took part In
the notable ceremony of the opening of the
Kiel Canal. 1t was fitting that this ex-
traordinary achievement of the newer Ger
man nationality should be celebrated in
the presence of Americas exposition of the
latest developments of the worlds naval