Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-12-09

change OF messages over connecting Caples
may be regulated on a fair basis of uni,
formity The world has seen the postal
system developed from a congeries indie
ppeerad Of heb found
the manifold benefits. Ii would be strange |
were the nations not In time brought to
realize that modern civilization, which |
owes so much of its progress 10 the ami
hilation of space by the electric force. de.
mdnds that this all-important means OF
communication, heritage of all peoples,
to be administered and regulated in their
common behoof. A step in this direction
was taken when the International conven-
ton of 1854. for the protection of subma-
rine cables was signed. and the day is. l
trust, not far distant when this medium for
land may be brought within the domain
of International concert as completely as
Is the material carriage of commerce and
correspondence upon the face OF the waters
that divide them.
The claim of Thomas Jefferson Page
against Argentina, which has been pend
sum awarded by the congress of Argen-
tina was $4,242.35.
Austria-Hungary.
The sympathy Of the American people
has Justly been offered to the ruler and
Of the aftiictlon that has lately befallen
them in the assassination of the empress
aYeen of Of that sb h af 1897 con-
a body of striking miners and the sheriff
which 2Sminers We're Killed and a wounded
of which 10 of the killed and Y of the
wounded were Austrian and Hungarian
aroused the ssolicitude. of the Austro-Hun-
garian government. which. on the assump;
ton that the killing and woundng iny ol,.,
f apart from the seareRng
ties Of Pennsylvania, the federal execu-
tive took appropriate steps to. learn the
merits Of the case in order to be In a po,
friendly power. The sheriff and his dep
titles, having been indicted for murder,
tried and acquitted 5 after
Ing was in the line of their official duty to
od law peD o the
partment of Justice attended the trials re-
porting its course fully With all the facts
In It's possession, this government expects
to reach harmonious understanding on
the subject with that Of Austria Hungary,
notwithstanding the renewed claim Of the
for Indemnity for Its injured subjects
International Expositions.
DESPITE the brief time allotted for prep
; aration, the exhibits of this country at the
7 enioyed the singular distinction of larger
! proportion of awards. having regard 70
the number and classes of articles entered
. than those of other countries The worth
t of such result in making known our ma
Q tional capacity to supply the worlds mar
: kets Is obvious. Exhibitions OF TINS inter yer
e national character are becoming more ire
quent as the exchange of commercial coun-
9 tries grows more intimate and varied
Hardy year pa that s
d some important foreign center but OTTER
i on TOO short notice TO permit of recourse
n to congress for the power and means TO g. &c
It So NY predecessors have suggested the
e advisability of providing, by general en-
II actment and standing appropriation, 10
accepting such invitations and for repre-
Y, sentation of this country by commission
g This plan has my cordial approval.
,e belgian Restrictions.
In trust the Belgian restriction on the i'm
A. portations of cattle from the United States
lie Originally adopted as sanitary preeau
e ton, will at an early date be satisfied a
to their present and future Of hardship an
discrimination SO as to admit live cattl
under due regulation of their slaughte
after landing. am hopeful, too, OF "a
" vorable change in the Belgian treatme e,
= of our preserved and sailed meats. Tn
growth of direct ira de between the tw
tn countries. not alone for, Belgian consumI
es ton and Belgian pr9ducas but by May
sn states. has been both encouraging an
ne beneficial. No effort will be spared to el
" large Its advantages by seeking me s,, g e
ms moVal of needless impediments and by a.
ng engagements for increased commercial e.
lie changes.
Central American Affairs.
* The year events in Central America d.
he serve more than passing mention.
~ nenacing rupture between Costa Rica az
20 20 Nicaragua was happily composed by Y
~ signature of a convention between u
,ta parties with the concurrence or the Qua Z
~ maian representative as a mediator II
~. act being negotiated and signed on boal
no the United States steamer Alert, then !
,n. ing in Central American waters. 1t is b
81, lieved that the good offices OF our enVt
tic and commander of that vessel contribute
ar toward this gratifying outcome.
Ct In my last annual message the Sltuatl'
Il
10 matte representation of this goyernme
,er in Central America, created by the ass
citation of Nicaragua, Honduras and SaiV
,rn | dor under the title of the Greater Repub
ri of Central America and the delegation
M their international functions to the al
81. thereof. While the representative cha
en- acter Of the diet was recognized by 4
a az my administration by receiving its q
credited envoy and granting exqnators
-, | consuls commissioned under its authorl1
liz that recognition, was qualified by the d
no tinct understanding that the responsible
ar. Of each Of the component sovereign
~ ! publics toward the United States remain
,su Wholly unaffected. This proviso was nee
,e6 republics was at the outset an assoclati
m whereby certain representative 1unctlc
Ign were delegated to a tripartite commlssl'
nod rather than a federation possessing &C
tralized powers of government and adm
the istration. In this view of their rela ton
nv nv the relation of the United States to 81
we eral republics, change In the represen
I'M was neither recommended by the eXecutl
80 nor initiated by congress; thus leaving 9
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