Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-12-08
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
No dispute of Serious Character With
Any Government,

"p~te OF serious Character With
Any Government.
a review of our relations with foreign
rs presented. with such recon-
~ as are deemed appropriate.
!" my last annual message l adyerted
70 the claim of the Austro- Hunpar
government for indemnity for the killing
" certain Austrian and Hungarian suh
yee.s py the authorities OF the state of
rehnsyVania at Lattimer, while sup
pressing an unlawful tumult of miners.
oeptemoer ~. 1897. In view OF the verd ct
=. aSqu,.tai rendered by the court before
wnicn the sheriff and his deputies were
.rieo Tor murder. and following the estab-
Hsneo doctrine that the government NAV
NOT De held accountable for Injuries suf
iereo by individuals at the hands OF the
pubic authorities while acting In the line
VI uuty IN suppressing disturbances of the
puoic peace. this government, after due
TRANSFORMATION OF the claim advanced by
Tue Austro-H Hungarian government, was
constrained to decline liability to indem-
nifty the sufferers.
II IL gratifying to be able to announce
tnat the Belgian government has mitigated
the restrictions on the Importation of
cattle from the United States, to which
referred In my last annual message.
HaVing been invited by Belgium to par-
ticipate In congress held at Brussels to
revise the provisions of the general act
or July 2, 1890. for the repression of the
AIrlcah slave trade, to which the United
states was a sgnatory party, this gov
erhment preferred not to be represented
ny plenipotentary but reserved the
r,sht OF accession to the result. Notable
changes We're made, those especially re-
ierrins to this country being in the line
OF increased restriction of the deleterious
trade In spirituous liquors with the ma
1--WE tribes which this government has
from the outset urgently advocated. The
amended general act will be laid before
the senate with the view to its advice and
consent.
discussion OF the questions raised by the
action OF Denmark in imposing restric-
tions on the importing of American meats
mas continued without substantial result
in our favor.
South America.
Inc long-pending boundary DISPUTE be-
tween the Argentine Republic and Chile
was settled In March last by the award
OF an arbitration commission, upon which
the United States minister at Ruenos
Ayres served as umpire.
Progress has been made toward the ron.
ciusion OF convention OF extradition with
the Argentine Republic. Having been ad-
vised ana consented to by the United
states senate and ratified by Argentina It
only awaits the adjustment OF some slight
e"a"ses III the text before exchange.
Central America.
The experimental association of Nicara-
qua. Honduras and Salvador, under the
tue OF the Greater Republic of Central
america. when apparently on the thresh-
OLD OF a complete federal organization by
the adoption of a constitution and the
formation of national legislature, was
disrupted In the last days of November.
1898, by the withdrawal Of Salvador.
Ihereupon Nicaragua and Honduras
abandoned the joint compact, each re-
Stunning Its former Independent sovereign
". This was followed by the recep-
ton of Minister Merry by the republics of
Nicaragua and Salvador, while Minister
Hunter In turn presented his credentials
to the government of Honduras, thus re-
Vert'ng to the old distribution of the dip
lomatic agencies of the United States in
central America, for which our existing
statutes provide A Nicaragua envoy
mas been accredited to the United States.