The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-12-07
IBERIA to American missionaries fieein
from Manchuria.
SPAIN AND UNITED STATES.
Progress Toward Treaty of General Friend
ship and Intercourse.

ErOSrSsS Ao"dru AreaCy Oh Venerdl Erl0nu-
ship and Intercourse.
Satisfactory progress has been made
toward the conclusion of a general
treaty of friendship and intercourse
with Spain, in replacement of the old
treaty, which passed into allegiance by
reason Of the late war A new conven-
ton of extradition is approaching COM
pletion, and 1 should be much pleased
were commercial arrangement to fol-
low. feel that we should not suffer to
pass any opportunity to reaftirm the
cordial ties that existed between us and
Spain from the time of our earliest in
dependence, and to enhance the mutual
benefits of that commercial intercourse
which is natural between the two coun-
tries.
BY the terms of the treaty of peace
the line bounding the coded Philippine
group in the southwest failed to in
clude several small islands lying west
Of the Sulus, which have always been
recognized as under Spanish control.
The occupation of Sibutu and Cagayan
Sulu by our naval forces ELECTED a
tial equity of which could not be gain
said. In order to cure the defect of the
treaty by removing all possible ground
of future misunderstanding respecting
the Interpretation of its third article,
/ directed the negotiation of supple
with laid before the senate, whereby
Spain quits all title and claim Of title
to the islands named as we'll as to any
and all islands belonging to the Philip
pine archipelago lying outside the lines
described in said third article, and
agrees that all such islands shall be
comprehended in the cession Of the
archipelago as fully as if they had been
expressly included within those lines.
In consideration of this cession the
United States is to pay to Spain the
sum of 100000.
A bill is now pending to effect the
recommendation made in my last an
nual message that appropriate legisla-
ton be had to carry into execution ar
ticle seven of the treaty of peace with
Spain, by which the United States as
sumed the payment of certain claims
for indemnity of its citizens against
Spain. I ask that action be taken to
fulfill this obligation.
The king of Sweden and Norway has
accepted the joint invitation of the
United States, Germany, and Great
Britain to arbitrate claims growing out
Of losses sustained in the Samoan ISL
ands in the course of military opera
lions made necessary by the disturb
ances Of 1899.
We await the fulfillment Of the prom
Use of the sultan to make reparation
for the injuries suffered by American
citizens in Armenia and elsewhere in
the Turkish empire. His majesty's good
disposition in this regard has been
evinced by the issuance of an trade for
rebuilding the American college at Har-
poot.
The failure Of action by the senate at
its last session upon the commercial con-
ventions then submitted for its consid-
Grafton and approval, although caused
by the great pressure of other legisla-
tive business, has caused much disap-
pointment to the agricultural and in
dustrial interests of the country, which
hoped to profit by their provisions. The
conventional periods for their ratif1ca-
ton having expired, it became neces-
sary to sign additional articles extend
ing the time for that purpose. This was
requested on our part, and the other
governments interested have concurred
with the exception Of one convention. in
respect to which no formal reply has
been received