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o,n FOREIGN RELATIONS.
Aside from the War with spain they
Arc Very C0rdinI.

with the execution OF tho rupture with
spain, the intercourse OF the United states
with the great family OF nations mas peeh
ma rl;ed with cordiality and the close OF the
eventful year finds most OF the issues that
necessarily arise Ia the complex relations
of sovereign states adjusted or presenting
no scrious obstacle 20 aJust ana hohorapio
solution by amicable agreement.
A long unsettled dispute as 70 the eN-
tended boundary between the AiEehthe
Republic and chilli streten,htng a hordor s NJ
Inc Atarama desert 20 Magellan straits,
nearly third Of the length OF the Soutn
American continent assumed an aSnte
etane i'm the early part OF the year and az
forced 20 this government occasion 70 eA-
press the hope that ne rSSo -, 70 con-
ventions between the parties, might pfeval
despite the grave dlthculties arising ia lts
applicRton | am happy 10 say lnht ar
Taneements TO this end have been perfect
cd the questions OF fact, upon WhlSn tne
acree beinr In course OF reference 20 her
Eritnrnic majesty for determination;
residual difference touching the northerh
boundary line across the Atocama eesert,
for which existing treaties provided no
adequate adjustment, bids fair 10 ne set
tied d N Yb IKE ne en lste9 States Minister at
Bucnos Ayrcs has been Invited 70 serve as
umpire IN the last resort. ,, 49,,
Argentine government with view 10 re-
moving differences OF rate charges I'M
nosed upon the cables OF az American cor
nor9tion IN the transmission between
Buenos Ayres and tho cities OF Uruguay
and Brazil OF through MESSAGES passing
from and 10 the United States Although
the matter "a complicated by exclusive con-
cessions by Uruguay and lirazll 70 iorelgn
companies there y strong ho6g 1 M that me
important channels OF commercial comnu-
nicaton between the United states ana me
Atlantic cities OF South America may oe
freed from an almost prohibitory dlscrim-
In This relation I may be permitted 20 ex-
Il N Ntnc&S
| tcrnational agreement whereby the inter-
! change OF messages over connecting caples
| may be regulated on fair basis or UNI.
| formity. The world has seen the postal
! system developed from a congcries inde-
! pendent and exclusive service into Wen,
! ordered union OF which all countries found
| the manifold benefits. II would be strange
were the nations not IN ume orought 70
/ owes so much OF It's progress TO the ami
| hilatlon 81 space by the electric force, DE.
! mands that this all-lmportant means or
! communication. a heritage OF all peoples.
| to be administered and regulated In their
! common behaof 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 Isl /
| trust, not far distant when this medium for
the transmission OF thought from land TO
| land may be brought within the domain
of international concert az completely az
! Is the material carriage Of commerce and
| correspondence upon the face OF the waters
that divide them.
against Argentina. which has been pend
ing many years has been adjusted The
sum awarded by the congress OF Argen-
Austria-uunGary.
The sympathy OF the American people
has Justly been offered to the ruler ana
the people of Austria-liungar by reason
! them IN the assassination OF the empress
queen of that historic realm. -
nct took place at Lattimer, Pa, between
a body OF striking miners, and the sheriff
OF e county ana ns ddas "a d
OF which 10 Of the killed and u OF the
wounded were Austrian and Hungarian
| subjects. This deplorabie event naturally
aroused the sollcitude OF the Austro-Hun
| garian government. which, on the assulnp-
ton that the killing and wounding involved
claimed reparation for the sufferers.
Apart from the searching Investigation
and the percmptory action OF the authori-
! ties or Pennsylvania. the federal eXecu-
! tive took appropriate steps 10 learn Ine
siton to meet tn. urgent compaint OF a
| friendly power The sheriff and his dep
uties haying been i1dicted Tor mur s,eI
proceedings and the hearing OF hundreds
: Of witnesses, on the ground that the Kill IL
: | Ing was In the lire OF their official duty 70
Y uphold law and preserve public order In
! the state. a representative or the de-
partment OF Justice ATTENDED the trlalS, re-
: porting les course fully With all the facts
I, | In its possession. this govcrnme nj expects
\ TO reach a harmouious understanding on
|
I, Notwithstanding the renewed claim Of the
Z latter, after learning the result Of the trial.
; for Indemnity for It's injured subjects
international Expeditions.
= Despite the brief time allotted for prep
: aration, the exhibits OF this country at tns
y Universal exposition az BRUSSELS ln 1870,
enjoyed the singular dlstinction or = inrse 81
!, the number and classes OF articles entered
u than those OF other countries. The worth
A, Of such a result In making known our ma
u | tional capacity to supply the worlds mar
: kets IS obvious. Exhibitions OF this inter
e national character are becoming more fire.
7 quent as tho exchange OF commercial coun.
p | tries grows more intimate and varied
- Hardly year passes that this government
Is not invited TO national participation al
some important foreign center, but OTTER
IL on too short notice TO permit or recourse
Al to congress FOR the power ana means 10 ~
Ne so. My predecessors have suggested the
10 ACCESSIBILITY OF providing. by general en-
h. actment and standing appropriation, TO
In accepting such invitations and for repre-
~ sentation Of this country by a commission
N This plan has my cordial approval.
er Central American Affairs.
r, The year events in Central America de
~ serve more than passing mention.
81 monaclng rupture between Costa lica an
y Nicaragua was happily composed by IN
80 signature or "a convention between tn
~ parties with the concurrence OF the Guata
~ malan representative az n mediator tn
act being negotiated and signed on boar
the United States steamer Alert, then ~
he ing In Central American waters II IS be
" lcvcd that the good Offices Of our enYo
x / and commander or that NCsSCl contribute
~ | toward this gratifying outcome.
e. IN my last annual message the situatio
On / was presented with respect 20 the diplo
d. matte representation Of this goyernmen
tt | IN Central America. created by the asac
RS citation OF Nicaragua, Honduras and SALIVA
IN. | dor under the titlc or the Greater ltcpubli
e OF Central America and the delegation
to their international functions Go the die
he thereof While tho representative char
ng acter 81 the diet was recognized by m
predecessor and has been confirmed dnrln
my ADMINISTRATION by receiving It's a,
credited envoy and granting cNunatora I
consuls commissioned under its nuthorit
m, that recognition was qualified by the ~
tincf understanding that the Responsible
az each Or the component sovereign r,
n publics toward the United states RENAME
ms wholly unaffected. This provlHo was nce'
no ful innsmuch as the compact of the .thrs