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forts were lent to bring the parties TO
harmonious agreement as to the eXecu-
tion of its provisions.
A naval demonstration by Italy resulted
in On engagement to pay the Liabilities
| cla ] upon their ascertainment; but
( this aren't disposition of the contro-
/ versy was followed by a rupture of dip
! lomatic intercourse between Colombia and
/ Italy which still continues. although for
/ tunately without acute symptoms having
supervened. Notwithstanding this, efforts
! are reported to be continuing for the as
certainment of Colombia's contingent LA
! bilty on account OF Cerrutis debts, under
/ the fifth article of the award.
| a claim of an American citizen against
! the Dominican Republic for public
J bridge over the Ozama River, which has
| been in diplomatic controversy for sever
! al years has been settled by expert ar
! bitration and an award in favor of the
| claimant amounting to about $4,000. 1t
however remains unpaid despite urgent
! demands for its settlement according to
! the terms of the compact.
THE PARIS EXPOSITION
There is now every prospect that the
! participation of the United States in the
| Universal Exposition to be held in Paris
in 1900 win be on scale commensurate
with the advanced position held by our
products and industries in the worlds
chief marts
The preliminary report of Mr.. Moses p.
Handy who under the act approved July
H. 1885,, was appointed Special Commits
sioner with a view to securing all at
tainable information necessary to full
and complete understanding by Congress
In, to I,. 5cin Of
ernment in the Paris Exposition, was laid
before you by my message of December
6. 1897, and showed the large opportunities
opened TO make known our national pro-
gresS i'm arts. science and manufactures
as We'll as the urgent need of immediate
and adequate provision to enable due adj
vantage thereof TO be taken. Mr. Han
dy's death soon afterwards rendered ii
necessary for another To take up and
complete his unfinished work. and on Jan
uary II last Mr.. Thomas w Cridler,
Third Assistant Secretary of State was
designated to fulfil that task His report
was laid before you by my message of
June II. 1885. with the gratifying result of
awakening renewed interest in the pro-
jected display. BY a provision in the
sundry civil appropriation act of July J.
1898, sum not TO exceed $3.50 600 was al
lotted for the organization of a COM
mission 10 care for the proper preparation
and installation Of American exhibits
and for the display of suitable exhibits by
the several Executive Departments. par
ticularly by the Department of Agricult-
ure, the Fish Commission, and the Smith
Sonian Institution, in representation of
the Government of the United States
Pursuant to that enactment / appoint
ed Mr. Ferdinand W. Peck, of Chicago
ommissioner-General. with an Assistant
Commissioner-General and d Secretary
Mr. Peck at once proceeded to Paris
where his success in enlarging the scope
and variety of the United States exhibit
has been most gratifying. Notwithstand-
ing the comparatively limited area of the
Exposition site-less than one-half that
of the Worlds Fair at Chicago-the space
assigned TO the United States has been in
creased from the absolute allotment OF
I57 4ls3 square feet reported by Mr. Handy
to some 202, 900 square feet. with CORE
spending augmentation of the field for a
truly characteristic representation of the
various important branches of our coun-
try's development. Mr.. Peck 5 report will
be laid before you. In my judgment its
recommendations will call for your early
consideration, especially as regards an in
crease Of the appropriation to at least one
million dollars in all. so that not only may
the assigned space be fully taken up by
the best possible exhibits in every class,
DuI the preparation ana lilSlalldllOn Dt
on 50 perfect a scale as 10 rank among the
first in that unparalleled competition of
artistic and inventive production, and thus
cOuntsrbalance the disadvantage with
which We start as compared with other
countries whose appropriations are on
more generous scale and whose prepara-
tions are in a state of much greater for
waTdness than our own.
AMERICAN INVENTIVE GENUS.
Where our artisans have the admitted
capacity to excel, where our inventive
genius has Initiated many of the grand
est discoveries of these later days of the
century, and where the native resources
| of our land are as Iimiuess as they are
valuable 10 supply the worlds needs, It
is our province, as il should be our earnest
care, To lead in the march Of human prog
ress and not rest content with any second
airy place. Moreover, if this be due to our
selves. il is no less due to the great
French nation whose guests we become,
and which has in so many ways testified
its wish and hope that our participation
shall beft the place the two peoples have
won in the field Of universal development.
TRADE WITH FRANCE.
The commercial arrangement made with
France on the 2Sth of May, 1898, under
the provisions of section 5 OF the Tariff
Act Of 1885,. went into effect on the 1st
day Of June following. 1t has relieved
a portion OF our export trade from Sc
rious embarrassment Further negotia-
tions are now pending under section of
the same act, with a view to the increase
Of trade between the two countries to
their mutual advantage. Negotiations
with other governments in part inter-
| rupted by the war with Spain, are in
progress under both sections of the Tar