The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-12-06


sian ambassador IN this country mas
since presented his credentials
CEar's Disbursement PROPOSAL
The proposal OF the car for a general
reduction OF the vast military estao-
Ilshments that weigh so heavily upon
many people In time OF peace was COM
inundated TO this government. win 81
earnest invitation Ia be represented IN
the conference, which II Is contemplated
to assemble with view Of discussing
means OF accomplishing so Desirable q
result. His Majesty was AZ once m
formed OF the cordial sympathy Of this
government with the principle involved
in his exalted proposal and OF tne Ieealy
ness OF the UnilRd States 10 take part
in the conference. The active military
force Of the United States, az measures.
by our population, territorial area ana
taxable wealth. Is, under any concetVAs
BILE prospective conditions must continue
TO be, IN time OF peace, so conspicuously
legs than that OF the armed powers 10
whom the cars appeal u especially I'D
dressed, that the question can have for
US no practical Importance. save as
marking an suspicious step toward the
betterment Of the condition OF the con-
dillon OF the modern peoples, and the
cultivation OF peare and good VIII
among them; but in this View It be-
hooves us as a nation to lend counten-
ance and aid to the benehcent project.
The claims Of owners Of American
sealing vessels Tor seizure by Russian
cruisers in Bering Sea are being pressed
to a settlement. THE equities OF the cases
justisfy the expectation that q measure
OF repnratlOn will eventually be accord
ed IN harmony with precedent and IN the
light Of the proven facts
The Recommendation made IN my
special message OF April "a. last y re-
newed. that appropriation be made to
reimburse the master and owners OF the
Russian bark Hans for wrongful arrest
OF the master and7detenton OF the ves-
sci In February. 1885, by Officers OF the
United States district court for the
southern district OF Mississippi. The
papers accompanying my said message
make out a most meritoriouS claim, and
Justify the urgency with which II has
been presented BY the government of
Russia
Nailetoa Laupepa, king Of Samoa,
died on August 2Sd last. According 70 ar
tIcle /, OF the genral act OF Berlin treaty
His successor shall be duly elected ae-
cordiug to the laws and customs OF Sa-
moa." Arrangements having been
agreed upon between the signatorles Of
tho general act for the return of Ma
taafa and the other exiled Samoan
chiefs, they were brought from Jaluit by
q man OF war vessel and landed at Apla
on September IS. last.
Whether the death of Malistoa and che
return Of his old-time rival Mataata, viii
add to the undesirable eompll cations
which the execution OF the tripartite
general act has heretofore developed re-
mains 10 be seen, the efforts OF this
government will, as heretofore, be adj
dressed toward a harmonious and exact
fultillment OF the terms OF the tnterna.
tional engagement to which the United
States became party in 1889
The Cheek claim against Slam, after
five years Of controversy, has been adj
iusted by arbitration under an nSfee-
ment signed july 6, 1887, an award OF
TO6. 791 tlelIs (abOut SlSi,9SD with re-
lease OF the Cheek estate from mort
gage claims. having been rendered
March q, 1895. in favor of the claimant,
by the arbitrator, Sir Nicholas John
Hammer, British chief justice for China
and Japan.
An envoy from Slam has been acered-
tied to this government and has presents
ed his credentials.
WORK OF lla h0n Gfotts
Immediately upon the outbreak of the
war with Spain the Swiss government,
fulfilling the high mission It has dessFy-
ediy assumed as the patron OF the Inter-
national Red Cross, proposed to the
United States and Spain that they
should severally recognize and carry
Into execution, as o modus vivendi. dur
- lssRkg1tkNn-9 the
additional articles proposed by the In
ternatIonai conference OF Geneva, octo-
her 90. 1865. extending the effects OF the
existing Red Cross convention OF 1854 TO
the conduct OF naval war. Following
the example set by France and Ger
many In 1870 In adopting such a modus
viyendl and in view OF the csSslon OF the
United States to those additional ar;i--
cfes In 1852, although the exchange OF
rltiflcations thereof still remained un-
effected, the SwisS proposal was prompt
Is and Cordially accepted by us, ana,
simultaneously, by Spain.
This government: feels a keen salts
faction In having thus been enabled TO
testify It's adherence to the broaaest
principles OF humanity even amidst the
clash OF war, and It is to be hoped that
the extension Of tke Red Cross compact
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may soon become an accomplished faet
through the general PRONUNCIATION OF the
additional naval Red Cross articles by
the maritime powers now parties to the
convention OF 1894.
The important question OF the claim
OF Switzerland 10 the perpetual cantonal
allegiance OF American citizens or SWISS
origin has not made hopeful prsgress
toward a solution. and controversies IN
this regard still continue.
The newly accredited enVby OF the
United States 10 the Ottoman Porte car
rles instructions looking to the disposal
OF matters In controversy With Turkey
for a number OF years, He is especially
charged TO press for q just settlement oil
our claims for indemnify by reason OF
the destruction Of the property OF Amer
lcan missionaries resident In that cOun-
try during the Armenian troubles OF
1895, ns well ns for the recognition OF
older claims OF equal Iustues5,
He Is also Instructed 70 seek an adj
justment OF the dispute growing out OF
,he refusal OK Turkey 20 recognize the
acquired citizenship OF Ottoman.born
persons naiuralized In the United States
since 1895 without prior imperial con-
sent: md in the same general relation he
Ia directed 10 endeavor TO bring about :
solution OF the question which has more
or less acutely existed since 1863 con-
corning the jurisdic;ionai rights OF the
United States IN matters OF criminal
procedure and punishment under artiele
Nv nf she treaty OF 1850. This latter dit
hculty grove out Of a verbal difference
claimed by Turkey 10 be essential, be-
tween the original Turkish text and the
promulgated transition. After more
than two years from the appointment OF
. consul OF this country to ErzerOum, he
hla received hLs eXequalur.