The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-06

A review OF our relations with foreign
states is presented with such recommen-
dations as are deem
Nearby States ed appropriate.
The long-pendtng
0""" boundary dispute be-
Friendly Feeling. tween the Argentine
Republic and Chile
was settled In March last by the award
of an arbitration commission, on which
the United States minister at Buenos
Ayres served as umpire. Progress has
been made toward the conclusion of 4
convention Of extradition with the Ar
g9ntine Republic. Having been advised
and consented to by the United States
and ratified by Argentina, 1t only awaits
the adjustment of some slight changes In
the text before exchange.
II my last annual message / adverte1
to the claim of the AustrO-Hungarian
government for indemnity for the killing
of certain Austrian and Hungarian sub
Pennsylvania at Lattimer while suppress
sing an unlawful tumult of miners Sept.
10. 1897. In view of the verdict Of acuuit-
tai rendered by the court before which
the sheriff and his deputies were tried for
murder. and following the established doc
trine that the government may not be
held accountable for injuries suffered by
individuals at the hands of the public
authorities while acting in the line of
duty in suppressing disturbance of the
public peace, this government. after due
consideration of the claim advanced by
the Austro-Hungarian government, was
constrained to decline liability to indem-
Nifty the sufferers.
1t is gratifying to be able to announce
that the Belgian government has miti-
gated the restrictions on the importation
Of cattle from the United States, to which
l referred In my last annual message
Having been invited by Belgium to par
ticipate In a congress held at Brussels to
revise the provisions of the general act
of July g 1890, for the repression of the
African slave trade. to which the United
States was a signatory party this gov
eminent preferred not to be represented
right Of accession, to the result. Notable
changes were made. those especially con-
corning this country being in the line Of
the increased restriction Of the deleterious
trade in spirituous liquors with the native
tribes. which this government has from
the he 80. outset 9ut urgently advocated. The
amended general act will be laid before
the senate. with view to It's advice and
consent.
Early in the year the peace of Bolivia
was disturbed by successful insurrec-
ton The United States minister re-
mained at his post. attending to the
American interests In that quarter, and
using. besides. his good offices for the
protection of the interests of British sub
jects in the absence of their national
representative. On the establishment Of
the new government our minister was di-
rected to enter into relations Herewith
Gen. Pando was elected president of BO-
livia on Oct. q. Our representative has
been INSTRUCTED to use all permissible
friendly endeaVOrS to induce the govern
ment of Bolivia to amend its marriao a
laws so as to give legal status to the
nOn-Catholic and civil marriages Of
aliens within it's jurisdiction, and strong
hopes are entertained that the Bolivia n
law In this regard will be brought as
was that of Peru some years ago, into
harmony with the general practice of
modern states VI
A convention of extradition with Rra-
I'll, signed May IA, 1887 has been ratified
by the Brazilian legislature During the
past summer two national shiDs of the
United states have visited Brazilian nortS
received: The voyage of the Wilmington
up the Amazon river gave rise to a pass
ing misunderstanding, owing to confusion
In obtaining permission to visit the in
terror and make surveys in the general
interest of navigation. but the incident
round ready adjustment in harmony
with the close relations of amity which
this government has always sedulouslv
sought to cultivate with the common
WealthS of the Western continent
ne claim growing out of the seizure
| 81 tne American-owned newspaper, the
Eahama Star and Herald, by the au-
| thorlties of Colombia has been settled
| after controversy Of several wears nv,
an agreement assessing at $50 600 the in
demhlty to be pad by the Colombian GOV
ernment, in three inStallments of Si6 O0O
each The good will of Colombia toward
our country has been testified anew by
the cordlat extension of facilities to the
NIcardsu an canal commission in their
approaching investigation of the Panama
canal and other projected routes across
the 1SthmuS of Darien. Toward. tho and
OF october an fnsurrectionary disturha nee
developed In the Colombian republic. This
movement mas thus far not attained any
decisive result, and is still in progress
Discussion OF the questions raised bv