Warren sheaf., 1899-12-14

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sservance Of the salutary rules to which I
The whole question Is so important and
fsr-reac ching that I am sure no part Of It
Wi! be lightly considered, but every phase.
of it will have the studied jdeliberation Of
the congress, resulting in wise and judi
ciouS action.
Our Foreign Relations.
Our foreign relations are treated ex-
haustively, and a general state Of tram
quillity is shown with all countries. In
this connection he notes that the contract
between the Maritime Canal company and
the Nlcaraguan government has been de-
ciared forfeited by the latter, and then re-
commission and dwellS on the Importance
Of the undertaking to this country, and
reneWs his recommendations ~ a year ago,
OF which he says the reasons then present
ed for early action are even Stronger now.
The showing this country will make at
the Paris exposition Of next year is treated
1000 exhibitors from this country.
Attention is called to the fact that Ger
many declines to ecognize the excellence
Of our food products, but predicts a sat
isfactory settlement of the question. OF
this he says.
The several governments of the empire
seem reluctant to admit the natural ex-
cept the evidence we constantly tender of
the care with which their purity is guard
ed by rigid inspection from the farm,
ing establishments, to the port of ship
ment. Our system of control over ex-
ported food Staples invites examination
from any quarter and challenges respect
by it's efficient thoroughness -
Efforts to obtain for American life insur-
ance companies full hearing as to their
business operations in Prussia have, after
several years of patient representation,
happily succeeded and one of the most i'm
portant American companies has been
granted concession to continue business
I am also glad to announce that the Ger
man insurance companies have been read
mitted by the superintendent of insurance
to do business in the state of New York,
Satisfactory progress is reported in the
work of the Alaskan boundary commis-
sion and hopes that the negotiations now in
progress will end in a satisfa ctory agree
ment.
The necessity of Pacific cable to Manila
is alluded to, and he recommends that in
case congress fails to provide for such COM
powered to call for competitive bids for the
esta blishment of the cable. .=.
The Samoan Question.
The entire history of the Samoan question
is gone over exhaustively, and of the recent
conference between Great Britain and Ger
many he says: --ss.
The arrangement under which Samoa
was, administered had proved imprac-
tlcable and unacceptable to all the pow
ers concerned: To withdraw from the
agreement and abandon the islands to Ger
many and Great Britain would not be
compatible with our interests in the archi-
pelago, TO relinquish our rights in the
in the Pacific, the occupancy of which had
been leased to the United States in 1878
by the first foreign treaty ever concluded
as regards the needs of our navy or the
interests of our growing commerce with
the east We could not have considered
tripartite control which did not confirm
US in all our rights and safeguard all our
nationa! interests in the islands:
other powers. A satisfactory arrangement
was concluded between the governments
OF Germany and of England by virtue of
which England retired from Samoa, in
view of compensations in other directions,
and both powers renounced in favor of the
United States all their rights and claims
over and in respect to that portion Of the
group lying to the east of the one hun
dred ard seventy-first degree of west
longitude, embracing the Islands Of Tu-
tuila, Ofoo,, Olosenga and Manua. I
transmit to the senate, for it's constitutional
sides the provisions above mentioned, also
guarantees US the same privileges and con-
mercial vessels in all Of the islands of
Samoa as those possessed by Germany. =
Relations to Cuba.
OF our relations to Cuba during the year
he recalls the withdrawal of the Spanish
garrisons and the establishment of Ameri-
the peops Were eanab nn5 o esrn
and maintaining a government of their
own: He says that our pledge to Cuba to
establish an INDEPENDENT government is Of
be sacredly kept OF the progress being
made in the island he says:
believe that substantial progress has
istrative measures adopted in Cuba have
aimed to fit it for a regenerated exist tence
by enforcing the supremacy of law and
justice; by placing wherever practicable
the machinery of administration in the
hands of the inhabitants; by instituting
needed sanitary reforms; by spreading ed
ucation:; by fostering industry and trade;
ESort Gy pK pabc morality and
the Cuban people to attain to that plane of
self-conscious respect and self-reliant
unity which fits an enlightened community
for self-government within its own
sphere, while enabling it to fulfil all out
ward obligations. -
This nation has assumed before the world
a. grave responsibility res % for the future good
trust the fulfllment of which calls for the
sternest integrity Of purpose and the ex-
ercise Of the highest wisdom. The new
Cuba yet to arise from the ashes of the
past, must needs be bound to us by ties of
singular intimacy and strength if it's en-
during welfare is to be assured. Whether
those ties shall be organic or conventional,
the destinies of Cuba are in some rightfui
form and manner irrevocably linked with
our own, but how and how far is for the fu-
ture to determine in the ripeness Of events
Whatever be the outcome, we must see to
it that free Cuba be reality, not name
perfect entity, not hasty experiment
bearing within itself the elements of fail
ure. Our mission, to accomplish which we
took up the wages of battle is not to be
fulfilled by turning adrift any loosely
framed commonwealth to face the vicissi-
tudes which too often attend weaker states
whose natural wealth and abundant re-
sources are offset by the incOngruities of
their political organization and the re-
curing occasions for internal rivalries to
sap. their strength and dissipate their en-
come to Cuba is the restoration Of her agri-
cultural and industrial prosperity, which
will give employment to idle men and re-
establish the pursuits of peace. This is her
chief and immediate need.
Census of Cuba Being Taken.
On the 18th Of August last an order was
made for the taking of the census in the
island, to be completed on the 30th of No
vember. By the treaty of peace the Span
ish people on the island have until April II,
1900 to elect whether they will remain citi-
zens of Spain or become citizens of Cuba.
Until then it cannot be definitely ascer-
tanned who shall be entitled to participate
in ho oof nf h0 orny arYY ONT Of