Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-12-04
Grover CIeveIand's Recommendations to
The Nations Lawmakers.

nationalities than our own. it plainly
behooves this Government to take the
most prompt and decided action to
guard against similar or perhaps more
dreadful calamitles Detailing the hun.
dreds of American mission stations
which have grown up throughout the
interior of China under temperate rule
of liberation. custom and imperial
edict.
The demands of the United States
and other powers for the degradation
and punishment Of the responsible
officials Of the respective cities and
provinces who by neglect. or other
wise. had permitted uprisings. and for
the adoption of stern measures by the
Emperor's Government for the proteo-
tion of the life and property of foreign
ers were followed by the disgrace and
dismissal of certain provincial officials
found derelict in duty and the punish
ment by death of number of those
adjudged guilty of participating in the
outrages.
This Government insisted that
special American commission should
visit the Province where the first dis
turbances occurred for the purpose of
investigation. This latter commission,
formed after much opposition. has gone
overland from Tien Tsin, accompanied
by suitable Chinese escort, and by its
demonstration of the readiness and
ability of our Government to protect
its citizens will act. it is believed.
as most influential deterrent of any
similar outbreaks. The energetic steps
we have thus taken are all the more
likely to result in future safety to our
citizens in China because the Imperial
Government, is I am persuaded, en-
tirely convinced that we desire only
the liberty and protection of our own
citizens and redress for any wrongs
they may have suffered, and that we
have no Interior designs or objects,
political or otherwise.
BERING SEA TROUBLES.
Our relations with Great Britain.
always intimate and important. have
demanded curing the past year even
greater share of consideration than is
usual.
Several vexatious questions were
left undetermined by the decision of
the Bering Sea arbitration tribunal.
The application of the principles laid
down by that august body has not been
followed by the results they were in
tended to accomplish, either because
the principles themselves lacked in
breadth and de6niteDess, or because
their execution has been more or less
imperfect. Much correspondence has
been exchanged between the two gov
ernments on the subject of preventing
the exterminating slaughter of seals.
The insufficiency of The British
patrol of Behring Sea, under the regu-
lations agreed on by the two Govern.
ments has been pointed out and yct cEly
two British ships have been on police
duty during this season in these wat
ers. The need of more effective en-
forcement Of existing regulations, as
we'll as the adoption of such additional
regulations as experience has shown to
be absolutely necessary to carry out
the intent of the awards. have been
earnestly urged upon the British Gov.
renment. but thus far without effective
results.
In the meantime. the depletion of
the seal herds by means of pelagic
bunting has so alarmingly progressed
that unless their slaughter is at once
effectively checked their extinction
within a few years seems to be mat
ter of absolute certainty.
The understanding by which the
United States was to pay and Great
Britain to receive lump sum of $425.
900 in full settlement of all British
claims for damages arising from our
seizure of British sealing vessels, un.
authorized under the award of the
Paris tribunal of arbitration. was not
confirmed by the last Congress. which
declined to make the necessary appro-
priation.s Tam still of the opinion
that this arrangement was a judicous
and advantageous one for the Govern
ment and earnestly recommend that
it be again considered and sanctioned.
II. however, this does not meet with
the favor of Congress. it certainly will
hardly dissent from the proposition
that the Government is bound by every
consideration of honor and good faith
to provide for the speedy adjustment
of these claius by arbitration as the
only other alternative. A treaty of
arbitration has therefore been agreed
upon, and will be Immediately laid
before the Senate. so that in one of the
modes suggested final settlement may
be reached. -
THE ALASKAN BOUNDARY,
The completion of the preliminary
survey of that Alaskan boundary which
follows the contour of the coast from
the soutbernmost point of Prince of
Wales Island until it strikes the one
hundred and forty first meridian at or
near the summlt of Mt. st. Elias
awaits further necessary appropriations.
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