The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-12-07

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ara tho oneniny NJ IN. norts ~ NanLinV
T.,nc-Tan Ikiao Chao, and Ta-JJen-Wan
10 fore,yp troda aud settlement will
douhtIess a afyord anv entcrnr,se additional
facilities and new Acids NJ which n will
not no s,ow m toke ndvantaye
renau tho roromm.pd,,ior mad. to
the sneaker OF the house of representa-
tiyes nv the secretary Of the treasury on
The l4th Of June ISas for an appronrin
lion for n commission TO study the COM
nercial and Industrial conditions IN the
chinese emoire and report as IN the on
rortuniti.s for and tho obstacles to the
enlarrement of markets In China for the
raw products and manufacturers of the
limited States
Referring to our exhibits Mt the Paris
exposition the president saws:
I am Informed by our commissioner
general that we shall have in the Ameri-
can sections at Paris over 200 exhibitors
from every state in our country, a num-
her ten times as great as those which
were represented at Vienna in 1873, six
times as MANY as those in Paris in 1878
and four times as many as those who ex-
hibIted in Paris in 1889 This statement
does not include the exhibits from either
Cuba. Porto Rico or Hawaii, for which
ARRANGEMENTS have been made
Our relations with Germany continue
to be most cordial. The increasing in
timacy OF direct association has been
marked during the year by the granting
permission In April for the landing on
our shores of a cable from Borkum Em-
dem. on the North sea. by way Of the
Azores and also by the conclusion on
Sept. 2 Of a parcels rort convention with
the German empire In all that promises
closer relations of intercourse and COM
merce and a better understanding be-
tween two races having so many traits in
common. Germany can be assured of the
most cordial co-operation of this gov
ernment and peopIe.
The several governments of the empire
seems reluctant to admit the natural ex-
cellence of our food productions and To
accept the evidence we constantly tender
OF the care with which their purity Is
guarded by rigid inspection. Our sys-
tern of control over food staples invites
examination from any quarter.
II is to he hoped that I'm time the two
governments will act in common toward
the realization Of their common nurpose
to safeguard the public health and To
insure the purity and wholesomcncss of
all food products imported by either coun-
try from Se other
The president declares that although
our government has maintained an ntti-
tude of neutrality in tho South African
war II is asserted that the good Offices
of the United States to preserve the peace
would have been freely given. The work
OF our own consul as n guardian of
British interests 10 commended
Tho nres,dent deoIs NJ ,epytb with tho
Ivncbinu NJ Italians nj ToIIulab In and
urgently recommends action nv the pres
emf congress- To preyent these distress
inc Neutrality-suspicious..
The treaty OF commerce and nayigs-
tion between the United States and japan
on Nov % 1894 took affect In accordance
with the terms OF its sixth article ON the
I'm NJ Ju,v last simujtaneouslv with tho
enforcement OF like treaties with the
other powers except Franco whose con-
yen,jon did NOT 90 into oneration until
AUG A tho limited St.tes he,nu how
aver granted IN IN that date all the
nr,viIepes and rights accorded IN French
cnizens under the old French treaty. By
this notable convention reform Japan's
po.itiop n. n S,,,Iv ipdanendant sovereipn
mower 4, assured
Without repeatinp the obseryations OF
nv specioI message Of Feb 10 1899 con-
cerninp the necessity OF a cable TO Man
lila. respectfully invite attention to IL.
7 recommend that I'm case the congress
should not take measures to bring about
this result by direct action OF the gov
ernment the postmaster general be nu-
thorized 10 invite competitive bids for the
establishment of q cable.
A chanter on our relation, with Mex-
,co is foilowed hi, reference TO the claims
growing out OF me seizure of American
sealing vessels in Berinp sea by Russia.
with "the recent bonnv resuIt Of an
agreement "a submit them 70 the decision
of n single arbitrator" Then come, ref
erence TO samoa. After referring to tho
aholitIon NJ the kinpshin and the oppoint
ment of tho ioint commission md the
new nart,tiop ~ tho samoan Islands tho
president refers to the war claims made
by residents OF Samoa. which will be re-
ferred to n neutral arbitrator.
The withdrawal OF the authority OF
Spain from the Island OF Cuba was ef-
fected by the first OF January. so that the
full re-establishment OF peace found the
relinouisbed territory held by us in trust
for tho Inhabitants maintaining under
the direction OF the executive. such gov
ernment and control tberein M should
conserve public order restore the produc-
tive conditions of peace so long disturbed
and build nm thai tranouIl development
of the domestic state whereby alone can
be realized the high purpose. as pro-