Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-12-16

Reid to be the peace commissioners on
the part of the United States. Proceeding
In due season to Paris, they there me-
on the LIST of October FIVE commissioners
similarly appointed by Spain. The nego.
tiations have made hopeful progress, So
that l trust soon TO be able to lay a def
mite trcaty of peace before the Senate,
With Il review of the steps leading to its
signature.
do not discuss at this time the govern
mcnt or the future of the new posses
siOnS which will come to us us the result
of the war with Spain. Until the Com
gress has lcgislatcd otherwise, it will be
my duty to continue the military govern
ments which have cNistal since our occu-
patton and government of the people, Sc
curlty i'll life and property, and encour-
ascmcnt under n just and beneticent rule.
AS soon as we are in possession of
Cuba and have pacitied the island, it will
pc necessary to give mid and direction to
lts people TO form a government for them
selves. This should be undertaken at the
earliest moment consistent with safety
ana assured success. Until there is com
piete tranquility in the island and a sta
cupation will be continued.
Relations with Other Countries.
With the exception of the rupture with
Spain, the intercourse of the United
States with the great family of nations
has been marked with cordiality and the
close OF the eventful year finds most of
the issues that necessarily arise in the
complex relations of sovereign states adj
Justcd or presenting no serious obstacle
10 u just and honorable solution by anli-
cable agreement.
A long unsettled dispute MS to the cx-
tended boundary between the Argentine
Republic and Chill assumed an acute
stage. in the early part of the year. and
afforded to this government occasion to
express the hope that the resort to arbi-
tration, already contemplated by existing
conventions between the parties, might
prevail despite the grave difficulties aris-
ing in its application. 1 am happy to say
that arrangements to this end have been
perfected.
have found occasion TO approach the
Argentine Government with u view to
removing differences of rnte charges inn
posed upon the cables of IN American
corporation i'll the transmission between
Erenos Ayrcs and the cities of Uruguay
and Brazil OF through messages passingg
from and to the United States. Although
the matter il complicated by exclusive
concessions by Uruguay and Brazil to
foreign companies, there is strong hope
Observation-Disclosures will be reached.
In this relation l may be permitted to
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tcrnational agreement whereby the inter-
change of messages over connecting ca
bles may be regulated on n fair basis of
uniformity.
The sympathy of the American people
has justly been offered to the ruler and
the peopls Of Austria Hungary, by reason
OF the affection that has lately befallcn
them in the assassination of the En-
press-Queen of that historic realm.
The Lattimcr Affnir.
On the 10th of September. 1897. a con-
fict took place at Ilattimcr, Pa, between
a body of striking miners and the sheriff
of L,lzerne County and his deputies, in
which twenty-five miners were killed and
forty-four wounded, of whom ten of the
killed and twelve of the wounded were
Austrian and Hungarian subjects. This
deplorable event naturally aroused the So
licitude of the Austro Hungarian Govern
ment. which, OH the assumption that the
killing and wounding involved the unjus-
tiiiable misuse of authority, claimed rep
aration for the sufferers. Apart from the
searching Investigation and the peremp-
tory action of the authorities of Pennsyl-
yania, the Federal Executive took appro-
PIRATE steps to learn the merits of the
case. i'll order to be in n position 10 meet
the urgent complaint of a friendly pow
or. The sheriff and his deputies, having
been indicted for murder, were tried and
uC'luillSu ultcf ulOtIHClCu proceedings.
A representative of the department of
justice attended the trials and reported
possession, this Government nj expects to
reach q harmonious understanding on the
subject with that of Austrin-Hungary
Despite the brief time allotted for prep
a%ration, the exhibits of this country ut
1897 enjoyed the singular distinction of
q larger proportion of awards, having re-
gard to the number and classes of articles
entered. than those of other countries.
Hardly n year passes that this Gov
eminent is not invited to national particle
patton at some important foreign center,
but often on too short notice to permit
of recourse to Congress for the power
and means TO do so. My predecessors
have suggested the advisability of pro-
viding by Il general enactment and q
standing appropriation for accepting such
invitations and for representation Of this
my cordial approval.
1 trust the Belgian restriction on the
importations of cattle from the United
States, originally adopted as a sanitary
%prccaution, will at an early date be salts
fled as to their present and future Of
hardship and discrimination so as to adj
their slaughter after landing. l nm hope
full. too, of n favorable change in the
Belgian treatment of our preserved and
sailed meats.
The years events in Central America
deserve more than passing mention. A
mcnacing rupture between Costa Rica
and Nicaragua was happily composed by
the signature of a convention between
the parties, with the concurrence of the
G%uatenlalan representative as a media
tor, the act being negotiated and signed
on board the United States steamer
Alert, then lying in Central American
waters.
United States of Central America.
In. my last annual message the situation
was presented with respect to the diplo-
matte representation of this Government In
Central America, created by the association
Of Nicaragua, Honduras and Salvador under
the title Of the Greater Republic Of Central
America. and the delegation Of their inter-
nal functions TO the diet thereof. While the
representative character Of the diet was
recognized by my predecessor and has been
confirmed during my administration by re-
ceivins Its accredited envoy and granting
cxequaturs to consuls commissioned under
Its authority, that recognition was qualified
by the distinct understanding that the re-
enonstItlttvp ~ nonI, ne fl,o OrrNrnfnnk cnror.