The San Francisco call., 1898-12-06

born citizens naturalized in the United | States since 1869 without prior imperial | consent, and in the same general relation he is directed to endeavor to bring about solution of the question which has more | or less acutely existed since 1S69 concern | ing the Jurisdiction and rights or the | United States in matters of criminal pro- | cedure and punishment under article " | of the treaty of 1S30 This latter difhculty grows out of a verbal difference, claimed l by Turkey to be essential, between tne | original Turkish text and the promulgated 1 translation.
 After more than two years from the ap- pointment of a Consul of this country to l ErZeroum he has received his exequatur.
 The arbitral tribunal appointed under the treaty of February, 1898, between Eugland eZuela to determine the boundary between the | and latter and the colony Of | British Guiana is to Venezuela. convene at Paris during the present month. It is source of much grati1cat1on to tnlss | Government to see the friendly resort or | arbitration applied to the settlement or l this controversy, not alone because oI tle l earnest part we have had in bringing | about the result. but also because the two | members named on behalf or enezueild, MT. Chief Justice Fuller and MT. Justice 1 Brewer. chosen from our highest court appropriately testify the continuing lnter. | est we feel in the definite adjustment or 1 the question according to the strlctesI i Lord Herschei and Sir Richard Collins, are jurists of no less exalted IeputeI ] while the fifth member and president or | the tribunal, M; F. de Martens, mas 1 earned a worldwide reputation as an au- i thority on international law.
 The claim of Felipe Scandella against Venezuela for arbitrary expulsion ana ln- 1 jury to his business has been adjusted py | inc revocation of the order or eXpulsion 1 and by the payment of the sum of $l6,0OO | have the satisfaction of being able 1 to state that the Bureau of American Re- l pubIics created in 1890 as the organ TOT promoting commercial intercourse ana 1 fraternal relations among the, countries or | the Western Hemisphere, has become | more efficient instrument of the wise pur- l pose of it's founderS/and is receiving the l cordial support of the contributing mem 1 bers of the international union Wmch are actually represented in its board or man- agement A commercial directory in two | volumes containing a mass of statistical matter, descriptive of the industrial ana l commercial interest of the various coun- | tries has been printed in English, span | ish, Portuguese and German, and a monthly bulletin, published in these four | languages and distributed in the Latin | American countries well as in the l United States has proved to be a valu- l able medium for disseminating informa. l tion and furthering the varied interests or 1 the international union.
 ! During the past year the important 1 work oT collecting information of practical benefit to American industries and trade 1 through the agency of diplomatic and con- sular officers has been steadily advanced. l and in order to lay such data before the | public with the least delay the practice i was begun in January, 1898. of issuing the 1 commercial reports from day to day as they are received by the Department of | State. It is believed that for promptitude, i as well as fullneSs of ton, the service thus supplied to our merchants and manufacturers will be found to show sensible improvement and to merit the | liberal support of Congress.
 The experiences of the last year bring 1 forcibly home to use a sense of the bur-
 dens and the waste of To Render war. We desire in com
 mon with most civilized
 war Less nations, to reduce to the | no:L1 lowest possible point the AeAA1DA0' damage sustained in 1 time of war by peace able trade and commerce. It is true we J may suffer in such cases less than other | communities, but all nations are damaged | more or less by the state of uneasinesS ! and apprehension into which an outbreak l of hostilities throws the entire commercial i world. It should be our object, therefore, to minimize, so far as practicable, this l inevitable loss and disturbance. This pur- i pose can probably be best accomplished by an international agreement to regard all private property at sea as exempt from capture or destruction by the forces Of belllgerent powers. The United States | Government has for many years advo- cated his humane and benefcent princi- pie and is now in position to recommend 1t to other powers without the imputation of selfish motives. 1, therefore suggest for your consideration that the Executive be authorized to correspond with the Gov ernments Of principal maritime powers
 With view Of incorporating into the
 permanent law of civilized nations the principle of the exemption of all private property at sea, not contraband of war l powers.
 1 The Secretary of the Treasury reports that the receipts of the Government
 from all sources during
 Revenues the fiscal year ended
 of +ba June 30: 1898, including
 oi Ine $S4 751, ,223 received from
 Governner+ sale of Pacific railroads. o, o. and it's expenditures to toms $l49, ,575 062. and from internal reve- nue $17O900,641. Our dutiable imports amoHnted to $S24, 5,479, a decrease of s5S.- 1 6,69O over the preceding year, and i'm portations free of duty amounted to $291,- 414,175, a decrease from the preceding year of $9O, ,O6S Internal revenue receipts exceeded those of the preceding year by $24, ,212,06S.
 The total tax collected on distilled spir- its was $92, ,546 999, on manufactured tobac- co $36, ,230 522 and on fermented liquors $39,- 515,421. We exported merchandise during the year amounting to $1, ,231 4S2 ,330 an in- year.
 It is estimated upon the basis of present revenue laws that the receipts of the Gov ernment for the year ending June 30, 1899. 1 will be $577, ,607, and it's expenditures S6S9, ,S74,647 resulting in a deficiency of
 On the 1st of December 1898, there was held in the Treasury god coin amounting to $13S. Al ,547; gold bullion amounting to $13S, ,502. .545; silver bullion amounting to $93, 3,359 ,25O. and other forms of money amounting to $451 963 ,9S1.
 On the same date the amount of money of all kinds in circulation or not included in Treasury holdings was S1 :s36. .S79,5O4 an | increase for the year of $165 794, ,966.
 Estimating our population at "a. .104 900 at the time mentioned, the per capita circu- lation was S25 09.
 On the same date there was in the
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