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

The energetic steps We have thus ta- ken are all the more likely to result in future safety to our citizens in China, because the imperial government is, I am persuaded, entirely convinced that We desire only the liberty and protec- ton of our own citizens and redress for any wrongs they may have suffered and that we have no ulterior designs or objects, political or otherwise. China will not forget either our kindly ser vice to her citizens during her late war nor the further fact, while furnishing all the facilities at our command to fur ther the negotiation of a peace between her and Japan, we sought no advan- tages and interposed no counsel.
 The governments of both China and Japan have in special dispatches trans mitted through their respective diplo- matic representatives expressed in 8 most pleasing manner their grateful appreciation of our assistance to their citizens during the unhappy struggle and of the value of our aid in paving the way to their resumption of peaceful relations.
 The customary cordial relations be- tween this country and France have been undisturbed, with the exception that full explanation of the treat ment of John L. Waller by the Fxpedi- tionary military authorities of France still remains to be given. MT Waller, formerly United States consul to Tama- tave remained in Madagascar after his term of office expired, and was apparently successful in procuring business concessions from the Ho- vas of greater or less value. After the occupation of Tamative and the declaration of martial law by the French, heswas arrested upon various charges, among them that of communi- eating military information to the enc mics of France, was tried and convicted by military tribunal, and sentenced to twenty years Imprisonment. Fol lowing the course justified by abundant precedents this government requested from that of France the record of the proceedings of the French tribunal which resulted In MT. Walters condem- nation. This request has been com piled with to the extent of supplying a copy of the official record, from which appear the constitution and organiza- tion of the court, the charges as for mulated, and the general course and re- suit of the trial, and by which it is shown that the accused was tried in open court and was defended by coun- sel But the evidence adduced in sup port of the charges-which was not re- ceived by the French minister for for eign affairs till the first week in Octo- Iber-has thus far been withheld, the French government taking the ground that it's production in response to our demand would establish bad preced- ent. The efforts of our ambassador to procure it, however, though impeded by recent changes in the French minis try, have not been relaxed, and it is confidently expected that some satis- factory solution of the matter will shortly be reached Meanwhile it ap- pears that MT. Walters confinement has every al1eviation which the state of his health and all the other circum- stances of the case demand or permit,
 In agreeable contrast to the difference above noted repecting matter of com HUI lOIlSCII1 WllCIG iIOllIilIS IS SJuSllI except such a mutually satisfactory outcome as the true merits of the case require, is the recent resolution of the French chambers favoring the conclu- sion of a permanent treaty of arbitra- fion between the two countries. An in vitation has been extended by France to the government and people of the United States to participate in a great international exposition at Paris in 1900 as suitable commemoration of the close of this, the worlds marvellous century of progress. I heartily recom- mend it's acceptance, together with such legisla tion as will adequately pro- vide for a due representation of this government and it's people on the occa- sion.
 Our relations with the states Of the Germany empire are, in some aspects, typical of a condition of things else where found in countries whose produc- tions and trade are similar to our own. The close rivalries of competing indus- tries: the influence of the delusive doc Urine that the internal development of nation is promoted and it's wealth in- creased by a policy which in undertak- ing to reserve it's home markets for the exclusive use of it's own producers ne- cessarily obstructs their sales in, for eign markets and prevents free access to the products of the world; the desire to retain trade in time worn ruts re- gardless of the memorable laws of new needs and changed conditions of de- mand and supply, and our own halt ing tardiness in inviting freer ex- change of commodities and by this means importing our footing in the ex- ternaI markets naturally open to us have created stua tion somewhat in- furious to American exports interests not only in Germany, where they are cent countries. The exports affected are largely American cattle and other food products the reason assigned for unfavorable discrimination 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 ex- cellence and wholesomeness of its ex- ported food supplies as the United States, nor so easily able, on account of inherent soundness, to guarantee those qualities.
 Nor are these difficulties confined to our food products designed for expor- tation. Our great insurance compan- ies for fxa n1DIe having blIiIt lIp a vast