Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-06
RIGHTS OF AMERICA
vigorously Insisted on By The United
States Government
IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH FRANCE
Regarding the Cattle EIport-Reialia'
ton Threatened in a "fierJ"
Protest.

wAsuINoroN, May 5.-Nowhere In
the whole Of the correspondence which
the United States had during the year
with the countries Of Europe, which
correspondence Ia just now becoming
public property through advance sheets
Of the United States Rcd Book, Is there
exhibited more vigorous insis,ence
ON tho rights VI America than In the
course VI the negotiations with France
respecting the exclusion by the govern.
mont Of that country OF American
cattle. The President himself dictated
small but most important portion Of
the correspondence In its earlier stagos,
and the concluding chapters oontriuut-
% by Secretary Olney sweep away like
cobwsbs the spsoigus explanations put
forward to Justify the exclusion and
make II plain that retaliation may be
expected ~ the unjust restrictions are
not Abated or justified. 10 March OF
last year, Just alter tho fact that the
exclusion order had been Issued wns
mAde known 10 tho state department
through Mr.. Nignaud, our charge Ut
Paris, Secretary dtesham cabled that
officer that he had failed TO state thu
reasons for it, issue; that tho secretary
OF agriculture has asserted our cattle
were entirely freo from disease, anu
that ''ln Wow OF these statements tue
PiOsldent directs that you inform the
French government that the United
States regards this prohibition a. n
needless amt uufriendly interiorenoe
with an important branch Of legiti.
mate trade, anu that you femonttTAls
the pfoprieiy Of modifying ", on nc
count OF other facts entering into the
negotiations, but another cable NEE
sage from Secretary Gresham three
days later Lett him no recourse,
aud when he did submit u, oveH the
French minister Of foreign ansifs nd.
miltsd that tho protest was little
nerv.p
Negotiations at length onsued, 10 the
course OF which EmbassadoT Eubtis,
by instructions Of the state department,
pressed the French government TOT n
statement Of H. reasons for tho Issue Of
tne order OF exclusion and showed
that these reasons were not based on
actual bona fije cases OF disease In
any American cattle that had entered
France, but apparently were founded
ON n desire 10 exclude American cattle
from competition with the French
farmers. Finally Secretary Olney
summed up tho position Of his govern
meni In letter dated October 18th
LAST, showing that the French argu.
ment was based almost entirely upon
newspaper publications.; that this gov
grnment had n iust ground for com.
plant on that score, In view of the
care II had exercised 10 secure the in-
spection Of tho cattle exported, ana
finally winding up by an intimaiion
that n the French government persist
ed In regarding II ~ necessary tot the
protection OF their cattle to exclude tbs
herds VI the United States, tho same
process Of reasoning would make II
equally essential To the protection Of
the cattle OF tho United States that
French stock, especially the Norman
breed, which IL now attracting %
much attention here, should be- oxclud.
ed from tho United States.
From the coTrHsI ondenee, which
closed soon after this passage, II APP
peaTs that the secretary was prevented
from making good this implied threat,
owing TO representations that new
Wrench ministry would be more favor.
Nble to the United States.