Connecticut western news., 1895-12-05
HIS ANNUAL MESSAGE
cIEvELAND,S REcoMMENDATIoN TO
 THE FIFTY-FoURTH CONGRESS.

cLEvELAND's RECOMMENDATION TO
 THE FIFTY-FoURTH CONGRESS.
 IL Discusses Our Foreign Relations and
 Our Financial Afairs-The Retirement
 and Cancellation of Greenbaoks Advised.
 Recommends Bond Issues
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-The presidents message, submitted to congress at noon today. is about equally divided between the treatment of foreign and financial subjects. It is a voluminous document, containing about 15 900 words, and dis cusses at length the matters in which the American people are now especially inter- ested. The following extracts cover tho most important matters regarding foreign affairs:
 The customary cordial relations between this country and France have been undis- turbed, with the exception that a full ex- planation of the treatment of John L. Waller by the expeditionary military au- thorities of France still remains to be given. MT. Waller. formerly United States consul at Tamatave, remained in Madagascar after his term of office expired and was apparently successful in proour- ing business concessions from the Hovas of greater or less value. After the oocu- patton of Tamatave and the declaration of martial law by the French he was arrested upon various charges, among them that of communicating military information to the enemies of France, was tried and convicted by military tribunal and sen- tenced to go years Imprisonment.
 Following the course justified by abun- dant preoedents, this government request ed from that of France the record of the proceedings of the French tribunal which resulted In Mir Walters condemnation. This request has been complied with to the extent of supplying a copy of the off, cial record, from which appear the oonsti- tuition and 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 adduoed in support of the charges-which was not re- oeived by the French minister for foreign affairs till the first week in October-hAs thus far been withheld, the French gov ernment taking the ground that it's pro duction in response to our demand would establish a bad precedent. The efforts of our embassador to procure it, however. though impeded by recent changes in the French ministry, have not been relaxed. and 1t Is confidently expected that some satisfactory solution of the matter will shortly be reached Meanwhile 1t appears that Mir. Walters confinement has every alleviation which the state of his health and all the other circumstances of the case demand or permit
 The venexusian Dispute.
 It being apparent that the boundary dispute between Great Britain and the re- public 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 the controversy seemed to be required both on its own account and in view of its relations with the friendly powers directly concerned In July last, therefore, a dispatch was addressed to our ambassador at London for communication to the British government, in which the attitude of the United States was fully and distinctly set forth The general oon- olusions therein reached and formulated are in substance that the traditional and established policy of this government is firmly opposed to forcible increase by any European power of its territorial pos sessions on this continent; that this policy is as well founded in principle as it is strongly supported by numerous preoe dents; that as a consequence the United States is bound to protest against the en largement of the area of British Guiana in derogation of the rights and against the will of Venezuela; that considering the disparity in strength of Great Britain and Venezuela, the territorial dispute be- tween them can be reasonably settled only by friendly and impartial arbitration, and that the resort to such arbitration should include the whole controversy aud is not satisfied If one of the powers concerned Is permitted to draw an arbitrary line through the territory in debate and to de olare that 1t will submit to arbitration only the portion lying on one side of 1t. In view of these conclusions, the dispatch in question called upon the British gov ernment for definite answer to the ques- tion whether it would or would not sub init the territorial controversy between itself and Venezuela in its entirety to i'm partial arbitration. The answer of the British government has not yet been re oeived.
 The Cuban Rebellion.
 Cuba is again gravely disturbed. An insurrection, in some respects more active than the last preceding revolt, which con- | tinued from 1868 to 1878, now exists in a large part of the eastern interior of the | island, menacing even some populations on the coast. Besides deranging the com | mercial exchanges of the island, of which our country takes the predominant share this fragrant condition of hostilities, by arousing sentimental sympathy and melt | ing adventurous support among our peo- | pie, has entailed earnest effort on the part | of this government to enforce obedience to our neutrality laws and to prevent the territory of the United States from being abused as a vantage ground from which