The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-04

allen laborers, hired out in mass to the profit of alien spectators and shipped hither and thither as the prospect of gain may dictate, otherwise than, re- pugnant to the spirit of our civilization deterrent to individual advancement, and hindrances to the building up of stable communities resting upon the wholesome ambitions of the citizen and constituting the pecu prime factor in the prosperity and progress of our na- tion. If legislation can reach this growing evil, 1t certainly should be att tempted.
 UNFORTUNATE NEGROES.
 As sequel to the failure to scheme for the colonization in Mexico of ne- gres mostly immigrants from Alabama, under contract, a great number of these helpless and suffering people, starving and smitten with contagious disease, made their way or. were assisted to the frontier, where in wretched plight, they were quarantned by the Texas author- ities. Learning of their destitute con- dition I directed rations to be tempo rarily 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 Ala bama upon my assurance, in the ab- sence of any fund available for the cost of their transportation, that I would recommend to congress an appropria- tion for its payment, I now strongly 1,rora ,pOp cOoorass the rrOpriat1y of making such an appropriation. It should be remembered that the meas ures taken were dictated not only by sympathy and humanity, but by con viction that it was not compatible with the dignity of this government that so large body of our dependent citi- zens should be thrown for relief upon the charity of a neighboring state.
 In last years message I narrated at some length the jurisdictlonal questions then freshly arisen in the Mosquito In dian strip of Nicaragua
 RUSSIAN tCONSULS.
 Correspondence is on foot touching the practice of Russian consuls within the Jurisdiction of the United States to interrogate citizens as to their race and religious faith, and upon ascertainment thereof to deny to Jews authentication of passports or legal documents for use in Russia. Inasmuch as such a pro ceeding imposes a disability-which in the case of succession, to property in Russia may be found to infringe the treaty rights of our territorial jurisdic- tion, it has elicted fitting remonstrance, the result of which 1t is hoped will re- move the cause of complaint.
 SEALING VESSELS.
 The pending claims of sealing vessels of the United States seized in Russian waters remain unadjusted. Our recent convention with Russia establishing a modus vivendi as to imperial iurisdic- tion in such cases has prevented fur ther difficulty in this nature. The Rus sian government has welcomed in prin- cile our suggestion for a modus vivendi to embrace Great Britain and Japan, locking to the better preservation of seal life in the North Pacific and Behr- ing sea, and the extension of the pro- tected area defined by the Paris Tribun- al to all Pacific waters north of the thirty-ffth parallel. It is especially noticeable that Russia favors prohibit tion of the use of firearms in seal hunt ing throughout the proposed area and a longer closed season for pelagic seal ing,
 THE CUBAN SITUATION.
 Cuba is again gravely disturbed An insurrection in some respects more ac- tive than the last preceding revolt, now exists i'm a large part of the east ern interior of the island. Besides dam aging the commercial exchanges of the island, of which our country takes the predominant share, this fragrant con- dition of hostilities. by arousing senti- ment-sympathy and melting an adven- turous spirit among our people, has en- tailed earnest effort on the part of this government to enforce obedience to our neutrality laws and to prevent the ter ritory of the United States from being abused as a vantage ground from which to aid those in arms against Spanish sovereignty. Whatever may be the traditional sympathy of our countrymen as individuals with a peo- pie who seem to be struggling for larger autonomy and greater freedom, deepened as such sympathy must be in behalf of our neighbors, yet the plain duty of this government is to ob- serve in good faith the recognized obli- gations of international relationship. The performance of this duty should not be made more difficult by disre- gard on the part of our citizens of the obligations growing out of their aIlegi- anee to their country, which should re- strain them from violating as individ- uals the neutrality which the nation of which they are members is bound to observe in it's rela ations to friendly sov ereign states. Though neither the warmth of our peoples sympathy with the Cuban insurgents, nor our loss and material damage consequent upon the futile endeavors thus far made to re- store peace and order, nor any shock, our human sensibilities may have re- ceived from the cruelties which appear to especially characterize this fiercely conducted war, have in the least shaken the determination of the gov ernment to honestly fulfill every inter national obligation, yet it is to be ear nestly hoped, on every ground, that the devastation of armed conflict may speedily be stayed and order and quiet restored to the distracted island, bring ing in their train the activity and thrift of peaceful pursuits.
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