The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-06

Ties while acting I'm the line of duty in supprcSsng
disturbance Of The public peace, this Government
! after due consideration Oi the claim advanced by
! the Austro- Hungarian Government, was con
| strained 10 decline Liability to indemnify the
| sufferers
II is gratifying to be able 10 announce that the
Belgian Government las miiigntcd the rrs'tir
, tons on the importation OF cattle from the ntcI
States, 10 which ] referred in my last Annual
! Mess AIsc.
Having been invited by Belgium To participate
! In congress held at Brussels tu revise the pro
visions u the General act Of July ., 1900. for the
repression Of the AiticHn slave trade To- "hirh
Government preferred not To- be- represented by .
pcnipoientiary, but reserved tiic right Of aces.
sion TO the result Notable changes were mahc,
those especially concerning this country being
in the line Of tho increased restriction Of the DE-
lctcrious trade IN ,spirituoua liquors with the
I tho outset urgently advocated. The amended
General act will be laid before the Senate with II
! view 10 its advice ana consent
, Early in the year the peace Of Bolivia was dis.
| tiitbcd by successful instirreCliOn. Tho United
States minister remained al his post, attending
10 the American interests in tha, quarter and
Of iPS INTERESTS q British nbjccts in ,hs SbacnrS
! Of their national representative. On the cSiab.
/ lsbment Of the new Government our minister
was directed to enter into r,lrtionS herewith.
| Gen Pando was elected President Of Bolivia on
our representative has been instructed to use
| all permissible friendly cndcavors 10 induce the
! Government W Bolivia To amend its marriage"
laws So as to give legal status to thc non Catholic
and civil marriages Of aliens within it's iurisdic
4
! Bolivian law in this regard viii BE- brought as
| was that Of Peru some years ago. into harmony
4 convention 81 cxtradition With itaIil, signed
May u, 1897, has been ratified by the brazilian
! Legislature
| during the past summer two national ships
NJ the United States have visited BRA allan ports
on friendly mission and been cordially received.
| The voyage of the Wilmington mp the .Nmnhon
| River gave rise 20 q pasSinL: misunderstanding,
| owing TO confusion IN obtaining permission to
visit the interior and make surveys IN the general
| interest in Navigation. hIt the incident found
| ready adjustment In harmony with the close re-
lntions Of emi'y which this Government ,hNs al
| comnionwcalthS 81 the Western Continent
Tho claim growing out of the seizure Of the
and HerIii by the authorities II Colombia has
been settled. after controversy Of several lars.
| by an agreement ASSESSING. NJ S3O.tDD the in.
drmnty To h. paid by the Colombian Govern.
mont in three nslallmcnts of $1,000 chch
,. ne soTd WI, 81 o""plne ,owntd our r"mn,ry
| 81 facilities To- tho NicaraEuau canal Commission
| IN their approaching investigation of tho Panama
Canal AMI other projected routes across the 18th
:. Toward the end of October an irsurrcc,iorery
This movement haP thus far not attained any
| decisive result aud Is SUI in prrErcsg
| Discussion Of the questions raised by the action
NJ Denmark IN imposing restrictions on the i'm
porta'inn ot american ncatP Ina continued with.
gu, substantial rcsul: IN our favor
Tho ncightoruC island Republic 81 SNnio
Domingo has lately been tho scene " revolution.
following long rcrmi Of tranquility. Il h,E1n
last, and eliminated in the REIMBURSEMENT by tho
succeeding vice president Of the r"ins ~ govern
mrnt to the insurgents. The first net 81 the
provisional government wns tho calling ~ prcsi
DENTAL and constituent election; Juan lsIdro
inaugrratcd on the lith Of November Relations
have been entered into with the newly established
Government.
The experimental association Of Nicaragua
Honduras and Salvador. under the title Il the
Create, Republic 81 Central America; when, an
rnrenty on N" threshold 81 n Compc'" federal
organization nN the nloptluu Of d futtpu
nnd Ne toImn'iGn If . nHu.nni Legislature. was
, , IN 1S ,H'' nHyS % N9Trnhrr iSS by
ragua and Honduras abandoned the Joint com.
rnct, each rcsrmnr IT. former INDEPENDENT soy.
Minister Merry by the Republics ~ Nicaragua
and Snyador. while M.ni,tr Hunter in turn pr
sentcd his credentials a. the Guycmmcnt ~ Hon.
durnS ihus rcvrr'in- Ia The ol1 distribution II
n" diplomatic aC"nc."s = the United State" m
Central America .ur which our existing statutes
PROVIDE y NlCafagurr envoy las hc'I re
credited 70 the United States
:, An insurrrchonary movement, under General
REYES broke nut at Blucnclde IN February last
and for i'm" exercised actual control in ilr
Mesquite Territory. Tho ie''oi was promptly
sont thithcr for the protection IT Amcricrn in.
tercsts Nfcr 'rs weeks the Reyes government
renounced the conflict giving Eocc 10 the restored
nun, ~.ytin ,rii, A. "a ,cc,,i,S ,r
guam law were collected from American merchants
by The au'h"rlu"s 10y the I'm" hing N cE'"uv"
men' r"gainir" power Second payment ~ ,hrSc
dues was demanded. CONTROVERSY aroSn touch
debt 10 the d, '1rio regent Il dc icrr.,ry An
Arrangement ives effected in Nurii last by the
mn"d S,e'Ss 9nriCr and III" oc'Fn sccTcTy
cate payments were deposited With The Finish
consul pending an adjustment q thc mnti"r by
United States ann Nicaragua. The controversy
Is still unsettled.
TuF NICARAGUA CANAL
The conuac, Of the Maritime Canal Comranv
OF Nicaragua was declared forfeited by the Nica-
raguan Government on N" 10th Of October on tho
ground Of non. fulhllmcn, within the ten years
term stipulated in IN" contract The Maritime
Canal Company has lnd.,"d u protest against
this action. alleging rlch,, in the premises which
mont expects TINT Nicaragua will AFFORD the pro.
tcstants iul! and fair hearing upon the merits 81
the case,
The Nicaragua Canal Commission. which had
been engaged upon the work Of examination and
survey for shipcanm route across Nicaragua.
dissolved May ~. and on June 10 a new
commission known as the lFthninn canal Com
mission, was organized under the terms Of the act
approved March s. 1890. fpr the purpose Of cy
aiming the american ls,hm,s with view 10
route for, ship canal across Tint Isthmus with
it,, nrobahl" cost, aud other essential details
This dr%mnT, "m TSGt 'hc prCsiacnGy q
entered promptly upon N.r work ntrustcd 20 IT,
and y now cattyinE o., organizations in Nicara
naricn from the Atlantic. in the n"irhhorhood IL
the Mrato River to the Bay Of Panama, on Tho
Pacific slic Good prostcs+ has been made
investigation Is called Tor, which will require
much labor and considerable time for its accom-
plshmcnt Tn" work viii he prosecuted ~ IS. |
pcdiliouslY MS possible and n report made at the
earliest pracucablc date.
The great lmporanc" Of this work can not be |
too often or too strongly pressed upon the aitcn
ton OF the Congress In my Message Of n year |
ago expressed ny View" Of the ncGcsSity q. a |
canal which would link the two great oceans 10 !
which again lnNit" your consideration The |
reasons th'n presented for carly Hcncn arc even I!
stronger now
\ pleasing incident IN the relations Of this Gov
ernncni with that Ut Chile occurred IN the grucf
uU" assistance given 10 lhr wHrslip Nrldrk when |
Ia distress IN tml"ua NGt"TS. Not alone IN tins 1
Nay has the friendly disposition 81 chic found |
expression. That country has Ncrcdcd IT, the con !
Ncnilon for the establishment ol the Bureau ui |
the American Republics, IN which organization |
every independent STATE III the comment rrw |
shares.
The exchange Of ratiGcatous 81 n convention |
for tlic revival al The nitrd States and Chilean.
Claims Commission Hud 'pr the adjudication ~ !
claims heretofore" presented lul moi dcl rII,inrd |
during the life -! ihr pT,"IuuS Commission has |
been delayed 10y reason Oi thu necessity 81 fresh |
action bY IN" thilrap Senate Ulun the amend |
mcntS attachr 4" the ratification ut the rrrnty by
the ni"d Sletci S"n.ir. THIS lormHty Is SOON |
Ia be- accomplished !