The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-12-04

directed fatluuS 10 NC temporarily fur
nished them through the war department
At the expiration of their Quarantine.
they were conveyed by the railway com
NAMES at comparatively nominal rates to
their homes in Alabama upon my assur-
ance, in the absence of any fund ayajla
BILE for the COST of their TRANSPORTATION.
that / would recommend to Congress an
appropriation for its payment l now
strongly urge upon Congress the mo-
priety of making such an appropriation.
II should be remembered that the meas
ures taken were dictated not only by
sympathy and humanity, but by a conyic-
ton that 1T was NOT, compatible with the
dignity of this government that so largo
q body of our dependent citizens should
be thrown for relief upon the charity of
a neighboring state.
NICARAGUA AND THE MOSQUE
TOES.
In last years message l narrated at
some length the jurisdictional questions
then freshly arisen in the Mosquito In
dian strip of Nicaragua. Since that
time. by the voluntary act of the Mos.
quito nation the territory reserved to
them has been Incorporated with Nicar-
aqua, the Indians formally subjecting
themselves to be governed by the general
laws and regulations of the republic in
stead OF by their own customs and regu-
latlons. and thus availing themselves of
privilege secured to them by the treaty
between Nicaragua and Great Britain Of
January rs, 1860 After this extension of
uniform Nicaraguan administration to
the Mosquito strip, the case of the British
vice-consul, Hatch, and of several of his
countrymen who had been summarily
expelled from Nicaragua and treated with
considerable indignity, provoked claim
by Great Britain upon Nicaragua for pe-
cuniary Indemnity, which, upon Ncara-
guas refusal to admit liability, was en-
forced by Great Britain. While the SOW
ereignty and jurisdiction of Nicaragua
was in no way questioned by Great
Britain, the formers arbitrary conduct
in regard to British subjects furnished
the ground for this proceeding. A British
naval force occupied without resistance
the Pacific seaport of Corinto, but was
soon after withdrawn upon the promise
that the sum demanded would be paid.
Throughout this incident the kindly
offices of the United States We're invoked
and We're employed in favor of as peace
full a settlement and as much considera-
ton and Indulgence toward Nicaragua
as were consistent with tn nature of the
case. Our efforts have since been made
the subject of appreciative and grateful
recognition by Nicaragua.
CORONATION OF THE GAR.
The coronation of the Gear of Russia
at Moscow in May next invites the cere-
monial participation of the United States
and in accordance with usage and diplo-
perial Court has been directed to repre-
sent our government on the occasion.
Correspondence is on foot touching the
practice of Russian consuls within the
jurisdiction of the United States to in
terrogate citizens as to their race and re-
ligious faith, and, upon the ascertain
ment thereof, to deny to Jews, anthem
tication of passports or legal documents
for use in Russia. Inasmuoh as such
proceeding imposes a disability which in
the case of succession to property in Rus
STA may be found to infringe the treaty
rights of our citizens, and which is an
invasion of our territorial juris
diction, it has ELECTED a fitting renlon-
STRANGE. the result Of which, it is hoped,
will remove the cause of complaint.
The pending claims of sealing vessels
of the United States seized in Russian
waters remain unadjustad Our recent
convention with Russia establishing
moaus yivendi as to imperial jurisdiction
in such caeses has prevented further diff
Guilty of this nature. The Russian gov
eminent has welcomed in principle our
suggestion for Inodus vivendi, to en-
brace Great Britain and Japan, looking
to the better preservation of seal life in
the North Pacific and Behring sea, and
the extension of the protected area defined
by the Paris Tribunal to all Pacific waters
north of the thirty fifth parallel. 1t is
especially noticeable that Russia favors
the prohibition of the use of firearms in
seal hunting throughout the proposed
area and longer closed season for
pelagic sealing.
THE SAMOAN AGREEMENT.
In my last two annual messages, I
called the attention of Congress to the
position we occupied as one of the parties
to treaty or agreement by which we
became jointly bound with England and
Germany to so interfere with the govern
ment and control of Samoa as in effect
to assume the management of its affairs
On the 9th day of May, 1894, l transmit
ted to the Senate special message with
accompanying documents giving infor-
nation on the subject and emphasizing
the opinion l have at all times enter
tanned that our situation in this matter
was inconsistent with the mission and
traditions of our government, in violation
OF the principles we profess, and in all its
phases mischievous and vexatious. l
again press the subject upon the atten
ton of the Congress and ask for such
legislative action or expression as will
lead the way to our relief from obl1ga-
tions both irksome and unnatural.
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 1875 now exists in
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,
it this fragrant condition of hostilities.
by arousing sentimental sympathy and
melting adventurous support among our
people, has entailed earnest effort on the
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