The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-06

| to be equally satisfactory to both par
| ties.
Venezuela has once more undergone
| a revolution The insurgents, under
! General Castro. after sanguinary en-
| gaRemert i'm which they suffered much
| loss, rallied In the mountainous coun-
/ try and advanced toward the Capltul'
The bulk of the army sided with the
movement: President Andrade quilted
| Caracas, where General Castro set up
a provisional government. with which
our minister and the representatives OF
other powers entered into diplomatic
relations on Nov. 20, 1899.
| The fourth section of the tariff act,
! approved July "a. 1897, appears to pro-
! vide only for commercial treaties which
should be entered into by the president
and also ratified by the senate within
two years from it's passage. owing TO
| delays inevitable in negotiations of this
nature. none of the treaties initiated
under that section could be concluded
in time for ratification by the senate
prior TO its adjournment on March
last. Some of the pending negotia-
| tions, however were near conclusion
at that time. and the resulting conven-
tions have since been signed by the
plenipotentiaries. Others, within both
the third and fourth sections of the
act are still under consideration. Act
ing under the constitutional power OF
have deemed 1t my duty, while observ-
ing the limitations of concession pro-
vided by the fourth section, to bring to
a conclusion all pending negotiations
and submit them to the senate for its
advice and consent.
| Conventions of reciprocity have been
signed during the congressional recess
| with Great Britain for the respective
colonies of British Guiana, Barbados,
Bermuda, Jamaica and Turks and Cal
cos islands and with the republic of
Nicaragua.
Important reciprocal conventions
have also been concluded with France
and with the Argentine Republic.
Consular Reports.
In my last annual message the prog
ress noted in the work of the diplomat
ic and consular officers in collecting in
formation as to the industries and
commerce of other countries, and in the
care and promptitude with which their
reports are printed and distributed has
continued during the past year with in
creasingly valuable results in suggest
ing new sources of demand for Ameri-
can products and in picking out the
obstacles still to be overcome in fa-
Cilitating the remarkable expansion of
our foreign trade. 1t Will doubtless be
| gratifying to congress to learn thai
the various agencies of the depart
ment of state are cooperating in these
| cndeaVorS with a zeal and effectiveness
which are not only receiving the cor
dial recognition Of our business inter-
ests, but are exciting the emulation Of
| other governments. In any rear
rangement of the great and complcat-
ed work of obtaining official data of
an economic character. which congress
may undertake it is most important In
my judgment that the results already
secured by the efforts of the depart
ment of state should be carefully con-
sidered with view to judiclous de-
Velopment and increased utility to our
export trade.
The American Republic.
The interest taken by the various
states forming the international union
of American republics in the work OF
its organic bureau is evidenced by the
fact that for the first time since It's
creation in 1890 all the republics OF
South and Central America are now
represented in it,
The unanimous reCOmmenda tiOnS q
the International American cOnferenc,
providing Tor the international bureau
Of American republics all stated that i
should continue in force during tern
of ten years from the date of its or
Ganization and no country becoming
member of the union should cease to b
a member until the end of said period o
ten years, and unless twelve months
before the expiration of said period,
majority of the members of the uniol
had given TO the secretary of state o
the United States official notice of thei
wish TO terminate the union at the enC
of its first period, that the union shoult
continue to be maintained for anothe
period of ten years and thereafter, un
| der the same conditions, for SquCceS
! sive periods of ten years each.
The period for notification expire,
on July IA. 1899. without any of tn
members having given the necessar.
notice OF withdrawal Its maintenance
is thus assured for the next ten years
In view of this fact and the numer
/ Gus questions of general interest an,
COMMON benefit to allof the republics o
America, some of which were consid
cred by the first International Ameri
can conference, but not finally settled
p and others which have since the
: grown to Importance, il would seen
; | eXpedient that the various republic
; | constituting the union should be invit
[ | ed to hold at an early date another con
| ference in the capital of one of tn
countries other than the United States
which has already enjoyed this honor
= The purely international characte
of the work being done by the burea
: and the appreciation of its value ar
) further emphasized by the active co
: operation which the various govern
/ mentS of the Latin American republic
! and their diplomatic representatives i
; the capital are now exhibiting and tn
% Jealous endeaVors they are making {
extend its field of usefulness and L
promote through ii commercial inter
n course and strengthen the bonds q
?. amity and confidence between its var
s ious members and the nations of thi
= continent.
= Pan American Exposition.
= The act to encourage the holding c
e the Pan-American exposition on tn
Niagara frontier, within the county c
v Erie or Niagara, in the state of Ne'
20 York in the year 1901, was approved o
e March 3. 1899
o This exposition. which will be hel
n in the city of Buffalo in the nea
e vicinity Of the great Niagara catarac
a, and within days journey of whic
r reside several million of our people
= will be confined entirely TO the west
II ern hemisphere. Satisfactory assur
n ances have already been given by tn
g diplomatic representatives of Grea
q Britain Mexico, the Central and SOut
Y American republics, and most of tn
d states of the United States that thes
countries and states will make a
70 unique, interesting and instructive eX
n hibit peculiarly illustrative of their ma
>, terial progress during the centur
e which is about to close. The law pro
It vides an appropriation of 100000 fo
e the purpose of making an exhibit a
[, the exposition by the government of tn
d United states for its executive depart
= ments and from the Smithsonian insti
Il tuition and National museum, the Unit
d ed States commission of fish and fish
Q cries, the department OF labor and IN
d bureau Of American republics. To Sc
n cure a complete and harmonious al
- | rangemenL of This nnNnrnmAnl nNhihl