The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-08
CARS PEACE PROPOSAL.
An Assurance Given of Our Read In es
to Take Part i'm the Convention.

An Assurance Given of Our II en- ii In ess
to Take Part i'm the Convention.
The proposal Of the czar for q general re-
duction of the vast military establishments
that weigh so heavily upon many peoples
IN time OF peace, was communicated to this
government, with an earnest invitation to
be represented in the conference which it
Is contemplated to assemble with view
to discussing the means of accomplishing
so desirable result. His majesty was at
once informed of the cordial sympathy Of
this government with the principle in
VOWED in his exalted proposal. and of the
readiness of the United States to take part
IN nth the conference. The active military
our population. territorial area. and tax
able wealth, Is, and under any conceivable
prospective conditions must continue to be-
that of the armed powers to whom the
cars appeal is especially addressed, that
the question can have for US no practical
Importance save as marking an suspicious
step toward the betterment Of the condition
OF the modern peoples, and the cultivatio
Of peace and good will among them: but in
this view 1t behooves us as nation to1end
countenance and aid to the beneticent
project.
Claims Against Turkey.
The newly accredited envoy of the United
States to the Ottoman porte carries in
structions looking to the disposal Of mat
Der of years. He is especially charged to
press for just settlement of our claims for
indemnity by reason of the destruction of
the property of American missionaries
resident in that country during the Ar
menian troubles of 1895 as we'll as for the
recognition of older claims of equal just
justment Of the dispute growing out of the
refusal of Turkey to recognize the acquired
citizenship of Ottoman-bor persons natur-
allied in the United States since 1859. with
ivDorN oil sy,t t,oc
general relation he is directed to endeavor
to bring about a solution of the question
which has more or less acutely existed
rights of the United States in matters OF
criminal procedure and punishment under
article Nv of the treaty of 1890. This latter
difficulty grows out of a verbal difference,
claimed by Turkey to be essential, between
the original Turkish text and the pro-
| mulgated translation. After more than
two years from the appointment of a consul
of this country to Erzeroum he has re-
| ceived his exeQuateur.
Great Britain and Venezuela.
The arbitral tribunal appointed under the
| treaty Of February, 1897, between Great
Britain and Venezuela to determine the
boundary line between the latter and the
Paris during the present month. 1t is a
source of much qualification to this gov
eminent to see the friendly resort of arbi-
tration applied to the settlement of this
est part We have had In bringing about the
result, but also because the two members
named on behalf of Venezuela, Mr.. Chief
Justice Fuller and Mr.. Justice Brewer
chosen from our highest court, appropri-
ately testify the continuing interest we feel
in the definitive adjustment of the ques-
ton according to the strictest rules of JUS
| tice. The British members, Lord Herschell
| and Sir Richard Collins are jurists of no
less exalted repute, while the fifth men,
| Der and president Of the tribunal, NJ. F. De
| Martens, has earned worldwide reputa-
| ton as an authority upon international
| law.
Burdens and Waste of War.
| forcibly nome to us sense of the burdens
and tine waste of war. We desire in COM
| mon with most civilized nations,to reduce
to the lowest possible point the damage
| trade and commerce. 1t is true we may suf-
| fer in such cases less than other commu-
mites, but all nations are damaged more
or o less by the state Of uneasiness and ap-
tilities throws the entire commercial world.
1t should be our object, therefore, to min
i in, as far as practicable, this inev-
| able loss and disturbance. This pur-
pose can probably be best accomplished
| by! an international agreement to regard
| all private property at sea as exempt from
capture SaRtu or destruction n, by the forces OF
government has for many years advocated
this humane and benefcent principle, and
| Is now in position to recommend it to other
| powers without the imputation of selfish
sideration that the executive be author
| lied to correspond with the governments
If the principle maritime powers with a
view OF incorporating into the permanent
the exemption of all private property al
sea, not cortraband of war, from capture
or destruction by belligerent powers.