Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-05

between Vsuezuea and British Guiana is
.,.,...u.nsd thus ending a controversy
yg.. p has existed for the greater part of
iE-. a.u.ury. The award. as to which the
s--s.:fr..r..rs yvar. unanimous, while not
r,s. .Fra tH. extreme contention of either
party. give Go Great Britain large share
oT the interior territory in dispute and to
Yer azgtIa the entire mouth of the Orinoco,
iaCfud.uE Earima Point and the Caribbean
IstraraE for some distance to the eastward
Tn de, sion appears to be equally satis-
factory to- both parties.
Venezuela has once more undergone
revolution. The insurgents, under General
Castro. after a soUEuiuary engagement IN
" rfrn they suffered much loss. rallied IN
tia. mountains interior and advanced to-
wTrI the capital The bulk of the army
having sided with the movement. fItS- zen.
Nudr@ic quilted Caracas, where General
Castro set M q provisional government
with which our minister and the repre-
utatiVss Of 9th. r powers entered lEto
diplomatic relations on the 10Th OF NoVem-
t,r 1-gg
proved July 2lth- 1891, appears to provide
only for commercial treaties which should
b. entered into by The President and also
ratified by tine Senate within two years
from its paSsaGa- Owing to delays inevita-
hIe la u,Eutil ions of this nature. none of
the treaties initiated under that section
could rs concluded in time for ratification
,
I ne 4th Of March last Some of the pend
ing uegotiaj ions. however. were near CON
CLus:,n a. that time. and the resulting con
veltious have since been signed by the
picnipot entidries- Others, within both the
third and fourth sections Of the act. are
still under consideration. Acting under the
constitutional power of the Executive in
respect to treaties. | have deemed II my
duty while observing the limitations of
concession provided by The fourth sec
ti"u. to bring to a conclusion all pending
negotiations. and submit them TO the SEN
at" for Us advice and consent
Conventions of reciprocity have been
signed during the Congressional recess with
Great Britain for the respective colonies OF
BRUSH Guiana, Barbados, Bermuda. ia
IniIca. and Turks and taiccs Islands, ana
with the Republic of Nicaragua
Important reciprocal conventions have
also been concluded with France and with
Tho Argentine Republic
In my last AInua. Message the progress
rotei IN the work of the diplomatic and
consular officers in collecting Information
as - the Industries and commerce of other
countries, and in the care and prumpt1tude
WITH which their reports are printed and
dist ributed. has continued during the past
year. with increasingly valuable results In
suggesting rev sources of demand for
American products and in pointing out the
obstacles still to be overcome in facilitating
the remarkable expansion of our foreign
trade. It Will doubtless be gratifying TO
Congress 70 learn that the various agencies
in these endeaVOrS with zeal and effet tive
ness which are not only receiving the cor
dial recognition of our business interests,
but are exciting the emulation OF other gov
ernments In any Encouragement of the
great and complicated work Of obtaining
official data of an ecOEomic character which
Congress may undertake it is most i'm
pOrtart, in my judgment, that the results
already secured by the efforts Of the De-
Iartment of State should I've carefully con-
sid"red with a view to a judiciOus develop
me1t and increased utility TO our export
trade.
Union of American Republics.
The interest taken by the various States
forming the International Union of Ameri-
can Republics in the work of its organic
bureau Is evidenced by the fact that for
the first time stree its creation in 1890 all
the republics of South and Central America
are now represented in it.
The unanimous recommendation OF the
American Conference, pro-
vidiug for the International Union Of
American Republics stated that it should
continue in force during a term of ten
sears from The date of its organization
AMI no country becoming member of the
.u.IU should cease 20 be u member until
iE- end of said period of ten years, and
unless twelve months before the expiration
o. -l-t period majority Of the members
% the union had given 10 the Secretary of
So. 81 the United States official notice
o. tat.r wish to- terminate the union at the
cll ~ lis first period, that the union
s -rI-t continue To be maintained for an
other period Of ten years, and thereafter
10 der the same conditions, for successive
periods Of ten Years each
tn" period for notification expired on
July H. lN!r without any OF the members
having gwen the necessary notice OF with
1ra wal It's maintenance is therefore as
su-sd for the next ten years In view of
~ Nc q ions
Of general interest and common benefit to
al gt the republics Uf America. some of
witch wer@ considered by Tie first Inter
l. llnna! American Conference. but not final
Is settled, ana others VIII oh have since
then GROVE to Importance. il would seem
that the various Republics con-
s,i-uunE The Union should he invited to
hold al an early date another conference
in the capital of one Of the countries other
Than the United States. which has already
enjoyed this honor.
The purely international character of the
work being done by the Bureau and the
appreciation Of lis value are further en-
plasiZed by the active cooperation which
the various governments Of the Latin
American Republics and their diplomatic
representatives in this capital are now ex-
hibiting and the jealous endeavors they
are making to extend its field Of usefulness
to promote through it commercial inter
and confidence between its various members
and the nations Of this continent.
Pan-American Exposition.
The act to encourage the holding of the
Pan-AmeriCan Exposition on the Niagara
frontier, within the county Of Erie or Nj
agara, in the State of New York, in the
year 1901. was approved on March 3, 1899
This Exposition, which will be held in
the city of Buffalo. in the near vicinity of
the great Niagara cataract, and within a
days journey of which reside 10000, 900 OF
our people. will be confined entirely to this.
Western Hemisphere. Satisfactory assur-
ances have already been given by the dip
loWauc representatives of Great Britain
Mexico, the Central and South American
republics, and most Of the States of the
Jnited States that these countries and
states viii make an unique. interesting
anu Instructive exhibit. peculiarly iIlustra-
tive Of their material progress during the
century which is about to close
IN" law provides appropriation Of
5000" Tor IN" purpose Of making an ex-
iltit at TIM Exposition by the Government
o. the United States from its F,xeruti,.,.
Departments aud from the Smithsonian In
SN'Htlrn and National Museum the United
states Commission Of Fish and Fisheries
the department Of Labor. and the Bureau
81 the American Republics. To secure a
complete and harmonious Arrangement If