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same time the American West Indies
cuba and Porto Rico-aSr dobarrcd IRON
having trade treaties aud are COMPELLED
TO pay higher rates than the foreign COO
mics. This is recognized in official circles
To he serious menace to the success of
the treaties. In effect, the conventions
give m advantage to the products of
those islands which compete with cuba
and Porto Rico. 20 that when the Tinted
states is engaged in the task of recon-
structing the two islands il at the same
time establishes by treaty trade discrim-
nations against them. The treaties with
British Guiana and Jamaica are particd-
larry open to this objection. Guiana 5
chief product is sugar, and by the i.caty
Guiana sugar gets a considerable rcduc-
ton. As result the British sugar VIII
come in at a lower cate than the sugar of
''ulN and Porto Rico, and will enjoy this
much ADVANTAGE
The samoan treaties ar, three in mum
Der, but while the United States signs
two of these it is only Indirectly concern
ed In the third. Tho main treaty is that
parutioring the islands. This is short
document of three or four articles in
which Great Britain and Germany re~
nources all claim to tn islands Of Tu-
tuila, and the United states and Great
Britain renounce all calm to Urolu and
Savali The second treaty is between
Germany and Great liritlin Gxinr tho
neutral hts and interests in the Tonga,
Solomon and other islands, transferring
tie islands of Choiscl and YsabCl from
GERMANY TO Great Rritain r,,novinr, G.~
man consular representation from Zanzi-
bar. and establishing the boundary lirn
between the German and british torritor
les in Northwest Afrir, Tho thi,d troo,,.
is between the th,nn povernn,,nte and
leaves To King Oscar tho settlement Of
the claims arising from tho bon,hnrd,ncnt
in winch Admiral KaItz of the Philadol-
phia and cant Sturdeo Of tho Rritish var
shin Fornoise nasti,inatod This reror-
cncc TO King Oscar may oxcitc onnosi,i n
in the S,nafo Tho Swedish eovoreign
was named i'm tho R,itisb- American an
hitration treaty vbicb failed in tho S4n-
ate. and the opposition to King Oscar was
enc of tho factors in tbat result Willie
th.ro could he mo norsonaI criticism of
this benirn monarch vet there has al
WAYS boon a Iatent r,oIinr AGAINST making
a Eus.opcan monarch arbitrator oe Arncri-
can Interests The terms of This tr,,tv
may also excite onnosition as If contoirs
a clauso uuon only tboso claims erwin,
out of the necessary naval and military
onerations leaving to King oscar to saw
how far Admiral Kautz ara CANT SIM
doo's actions were necessary and iusfid-
abe
The Alaskan ,ood,e t. mot q +r.,tv but
an executive agreement reached affar an
exchange of notes hetveen tho two pov-
ernments Rut there arc a number of san-
ators from the northwest who are deenIv
interested in the question. and thov may
supyost that IL Is not for he cxecutivn
branch TO make aranreuents having the
binding force of treaties unless tho Sem
ate as mart of the treaty-makinr mower
has some word to saw on the subject
yechnically however this convention does
not go TO the Senate and the Alaskan
Question will he kent ont of the Senate
deliberations unless a reouest is made on
the State dapartment for the papers The
treaty with Argentine relates to commerce
and II is under the reciprocity clause of
the Dinglov act The chief ADVANTAGES If
secures for the United states are on mm-
her timber and certain manufactured
products This IL is considered as adj
vantapeous 10 this country ia shown nv
the recent agitation i'm Rritish trade inul.
nails to compel Areeutino to give to Brit-
ish merchants the same concesiors which
had been allowed to Americans The nov