Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-12-07
WOODBURY., N. j, THURSDAY, DECEMBER T. 1899

within Its Jurls1lcuon, ana str0ng
hopes are entertained that the Bolivian
law in this regard will be brought, as
was that of Peru some years ago, into
harmony with the general practice of
modern states.
Extradftion Treaty with Brazil.
A convention of extradition with
Brazil, signed May IA, 1897, has been
ratified by the Brazilian legislature.
The claim growing out of the seiz-
ure of the American owned newspa-
per, the Panama Star and Herald, by
the authorities of Colombia has been
settled, after a controversy of several
years, by an agreement assessing at
$4,000 the indemnity to be paid by the
Colombian government. The good
will of Colombia toward our country
has been testified anew by the cordial
extension of facilities to the Mica
raguan canal commission.
Discussion of the questions raised
by the action of Denmark in imposing
restrictions on the importation of
American meats has continued with
out substantial result in our favor.
President Mckinley then refers to
the assassination of President Heure-
aux and the establishment of a new
government in Santo Domingo under
President Jiminez, the feature of the
Greater Republic of Central America
Nicaragua, Honduras and Salvador)
the BluefieIds outbreak of February
last, the declared forfeiture of the
contract of the Maritime Canal COM
of fI1, -
the company against the action of the
Nicaragua government. The dissolu-
tion of the Nicaragua canal commits
sion and the organization of the
Isthmian canal commission under the
presidency of Rear Admiral Walker
is then referred to. and on this sub
ject the president says:
The great Importance of this work
cannot be too often or too strongly
pressed upon the attention of the con-
gress. In my message of a year ago
l expressed my views of the necessity
of canal which would link the two
great oceans to which / again invite
your consideration. The reasons then
presented for early action are even
stronger now.
Our interests in China
After short chapter on our cor
dial relations with the government of
Chile the message proceeds to dis
eussion of our interests in China, as
follows:
In view of disturbances in the popu-
lous provinces of northern China,
where are many of our citizens, and of
the imminence of disorder near the
capital and toward the seaboard, a
guard Of marines was landed from the
Boston and stationed during last win
ter in the legation compound at Pc
king. With the restoration of order
this protection was withdrawn.
Adequate protection has been Sc
cured for our missionaries and some
injuries to their property have been
redressed.
American capital has sought and
found various opportunities of com
peting TO carry out the internal inn
provements which the imperial gov
ernment is wisely encourag, and our
trade with China has continued to
grow.
The extension Of the area open to
international foreign settlement at
Shanghai and the opening of the ports
of Marking, Tsing-Tao (Kiao Chao)
and Ta-Lien-Wan to foreign trade and
settlement will doubtless afford any
enterprise additional facilities and new
fields, of which it will not be slow
to take advantage.
In my message to congress of Dec.
5, 1898. urged that the recommended
tions which had been made to the
speaker of the house of representatives
by the secretary of the treasury on the
14th of June, 1898, for an appropriation
for commission to study the COM
mercia1 and industrial conditions in
the Chinese empire and report as to
the opportunities for, and obstacles to,
the enlargement of markets in China
for the raw products and manufac-
lures Of the United States, receive at
your hands the consideration which
its Importance and timeliness merited,
but the congress failed to take ac-
tion.
/ now renew this recommendation,
as the Importance of the subject
has steadily grown since it was first
submitted to you. and no time should
be lost in studying for ourselves the
ican trade and enterprise.
The Paris Exposition.
Preparations for the representation
of the industries, arts and products of
the United States at the Worlds ex-
position to be held in Paris next year
continue on an elaborate and compre-
hensiVe scale, thanks to the generous
appropriation provided by congress
and to the friendly interest the French
government has shown in furthering
a typical exhibit of American prog
ress.
There has been allotted to the Uni
ted States a considerable addition of
space, which, while placing our coun-
try in the first rank among exhibitors,
does not suffice to meet the increas-
fngly urgent demands of our manu-
features.
The American exhibit at Paris
should. and / am confident will, be an
open volume, whose lesson of skill
fully directed endeavor, unfaltering en-
ergy and consummate performance
may be read by all on every page, thus
spreading abroad a clearer knowledge
of the worth of our productions and
the instice of our claim to an import
ant place in the markets of the world,
I am informed by our commissioner
general that we shall have in the
American sections at Paris over 1000
exhibitors from every state in our
country, a number ten times as great
as those which were represented at
Vienna in 1873, six times as many as
fhosa in Paris in 1879 and four times
as many as those who exhibited 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 grant
ing permission in April for the land
ing on our shores of a cable from Bor-
KUN Emdem, on the North sea, by way
of the Azores. and also by the conclu-
sion on Sept of a parcels post con-
vention with the German empire In
all that promises closer relations OF in
tercourse and commerce and better
understanding between two races hav-
ing so many traits in common, Ger
many can be assured of the most cor
dial cooperation of this government
and people We may be rivals in many
material paths, but our rivalry should
be generous and open, ever aiming to-
ward the attainment of larger results
and the mutually beneficial advance
ment of each in the line of its special
adaptabilities.