The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-09

not taken thereon during the late ses-
sion. / cordially urge that the recon-
mendation receive at your hands the
consideration which its Importance and
timeliness merit.
CHINESE ACTS OF HOSTILITY To-
WARD FOREIGNERS.
Meanwhile there may be just ground
for disquietude in view Of the unrest
and revival of the old sentiment of
opposition and prejudice to alien peo-
pie which p~ervades certain Of the Chi
nese provinces. AS in the case of at
tacks upon our citizens in SZechuan
and at Kutien in 1895, the United
States minister has been instructed to
secure the fullest measure Of protec-
ton, both local and imperial for any
menaced American interests and 10 de-
mand, in case of lawIess injury to per-
son or property. instant reparation ap-
propriate to the case. Warships have
been stationed at the Tconstine for
more ready observation of the disOr-
ders which have invaded even the Chi
nese capital, so as to be in a position
to act should need arise. while a guard
Of marines has been sent to Pekin TO
afford the minister the same measure
Of authoritative protection as the rep
res~entatives of other nations have been
constrained to employ.
| THE PARIS EXPOSITION OF 1900.
There is now every prospect that
! the participation Of the United States
in the Universal Exposition to be held
in Paris in 1900 will be on a scale COM
mensurate with the advanced position
held by our products and industries in
the worlds chief markets. The pre-
! liminary report Of Mr.. Moses P. Han
dy, who under the act approved July
19, 1897, was appointed special COM
missioner, with a view to securing all
attainaDle Information necessary to a
full and complete understanding by
congress in regard to the participation
Of this government in the Paris expo
sitiOn, was laid before you by my mes
sage Of December 6. 1897, and Showed
the large opportunities opened to make
known our national progress in arts,
science and manufactures, as we'll as
the urgent need Of immediate and ade-
quate provision to enable due advan-
tage thereof to be taken. Mr.. Handy's
death soon afterwards rendered it
necessary for another to take up and
complete his unfinished work, and on
January 18th last Mr.. Thomas w.
Cridler, third assistant secretary of
state, was designated to fulfill that
task. His report was laid before you
by my message of June IA, 1898, with
the gratifying result Of awakening re-
newed interest in the projected dis
play. BY a provision in the sundry
civil appropriation act Of July !. 1898.
a sum. not to exceed $3.50. 600. was al
lOtted for the organization of a COM
mission to AXE care for the proper
preparation and installation of Amer
lean exhibits and for the display of
suitable exhibits by the several execu-
tive departments, particularly by the
department of agriculture. the fish
commission and the Smithsonian in
stitutiOn, in representation of the gov
inner of the United States.
Pursuant to that enactment. I ap-
pointed Mr.. Ferdinand w. Peck. of
Chicago. COMMISSIONS general with an
assistant commissioner general and a
secretary. Mr.. Peck at once proceeded
to Paris, where his success in enlarg-
ing the scope and variety of the Unit
ed States exhibit has been most graft
flying. Notwithstanding the
lively limited area of the exposition
site-less than One-half that of the
worlds fair at Chicago-the space as
signed to the United States has been
increased from the absolute allotment
!, of l57,4O3 square feet reported by Mr.
!, Handy to some POP, 900 square feet
with corresponding augmentation Of
/, the field for a truly characteristic rep
resentatiOn of the various important
branches of our country's develop.
ment. Mr.. Peck's report will be lait
2, before you. In my judgment it:
recommendations will call for YOU
=, early consideration, especially as re
CARDS an increase of the appropriation
to at least 81 900. 900 in all. so that no
, only may the assigned space be FULL
! taken up by the best possible hib
in every class. but the preparation ar,
installation be on so perfect a seal
o as to rank among the first in that I'm
paralleled competition of artistic an,
o inventive production and thu counter
! balance the Disadvantages with whici
We start as compared with other III
: t"ieS whose appropriations are on
more generous scale and whose p"era
! rattOns are in g state Of much great
= sorwdGiress th&n our own.
. Where our artisans have the I'd
& mitted capacity to excel. where our in
q v%entive genius has Initiated many o
= the grandest discoveries of these lat
o ter days of the century and whare tn
f native resources O1 our land Gre Il
= lin.;lltss as thay ara valuable to sup
Ny &ho worlds needs. it is our prov
n inre. as it should be IN earneSt care
: to lad in the march Of human pr)G
e ress and not rest content with an
secondary place. Moreover. if This Il
4 due TO ourselves. it is no less to tn
GREAT French nation whose guests "
v become and which has in so man
IS ways testified it's wish and hone thu
our participation shall befit the p1aC
the two peoples nave won IN the fel
of universal development.
RECIPROCITY AGRFEMENTS
II WITH FRANCE.
: Tho commercial agreements mad
..e with France on the 2Sth of May. 1S9
under the provisions Of Sect II ; Of III
= tariff act OF 1897 went into effect o
> the 1st day of June following. It ha
: relieved a portion of our export trad
- from serious embarrassments. Furtht
NEGOTIATIONS are now pending undc
II Section ! % the same act, with a vie
u to the Increase of trade between II
y two countries to their mutual advar
It tag. Negotiations with ether govern
- rHent; III Fart interrupted by the VIZ
= with Spain. are in progress under bot
~ sections Of the tariff act. | hope 10 ;
IL ~blC 10 S:TC' rec some Of the reSui
10 81 :heso i'cot'2tiOns Gl.'nc he re
lu en- session Of congress.
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