The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-04

As an incident Of the brief revolution. In
the Mosquito district CT Nicaragua. cary
in 1898 the Insurgents forcibly. coIlecta
from American merchants duties upon m
ports. On the restoration Of order the
Nicaraguan authorities demanded a sec
ond payment Of such duties on The
ground that they were due 10 the tltular
\ government and that their diversion had
aided the revolt. This position was not
accepted by Us. After prolonged discus
sion compromise was Effected under
which the amount Of the second pay
ments was deposited with the British
consul at San Juan Del Norte in trust.
until the two governments should deter
/ mine whether the first payments had
been made under compulsion Il a d.
facto authority. Agreement as to this
was not reached and the POINT was
waived by the act Of the Nicaraguan gov
eminent in requesting the British conzu,
/ to return the deposits TO the merchants
Menacing differences between several
! Of the Central American states have been
accommodated. our ministers rendering
good Offices toward an understanding
Matter Of Oceanic canal.
An all important matter OF an inter
/ oceanic canal has assumed a new phase
/ Adhering 10 its refusal TO reopen the
/ question Of the forfeiture of the contract
/ Of the Maritime Canal company. which
. was terminated for alleged non-execution.
/ in October. 1889, the government of Near
aqua has since supplemented that action
| BY declaring the so-styled Eyre era min
option void for non-payment Of The slip
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! these acts have been filed in tae stare
! department and are under c)nsiderlli1n
! Deeming itself relieved from existing en-
| gagements, the Niearaguan government
shows a disposition to deal freslv with
the canal question. either IN the way Of
| negotiations with the United S,ates or rs
i taking measures to prom lte the wafer
way.
Overtures for a convention TO erect the
! building a canal under the auspices If
/ the United States are under c0nsidera-
/ ton IN the meantime the view Of cen
! gress upon the subject, in the hgh- CT tie
/ report of the commission appointed To eX-
anime the comparative merits II the va
rious traas-isthmian ship canal projects.
may be awaited.
| I commend to the early attention OF tae
/ the senate the convention with Great
! Britain TO facilitate the construction OF
such a canal and to remove any objection
which might arise out OF the convention
! treaty
The long standing contention with For
tugal growing out Of the seizure Of the
! Delagoa Bay railway. has been at las
deterined by a favorable award II the
tribunal arbitranon at Ee-7e. to which Il
was submitted The amount Of the awar
which was deposited in I,oldon AWAITING
arrangements by the government o. The
United States and Great Britain for IT'S
disposal has been recently paid over TO
the two governments.
A lately signed convention Of ext-aGl-
ton with Peru as amen led By the SEN
ate has been ratified by the Peruvian
congress.
Another illustration Of the policy os
this government to refer in.eraauor al
disputes to impartial arbitration IS seen
in the agreement reached with Russia to
submit the claims on behalf Of American
sealing vessels seized in Behring sea. to
determination by Mr. T. NJ c. Asser.
distinguished statesman and iurist Of the
Netherland
The thanks are due to the imperial Rus
sian government for kindly al re2Iere
by its authorities In eastern Siberia 10
American missionaries fleeing from Man
churia
Friendship OF Spain Re-Establ, sbed.
Satisfactory progress has been mace
toward the conclusion Of a general treaty
Of friendship with Spain, in repllcs nent
Of the old treaty which passed into abey-
ance by reason of the late war
A new convention Of extraditi5n is ap-
preaching completion and 1 should le
much pleased were commercial arrange /
ment to follow. 1 feel that we should not
suffer to pass an oppor. unity to re- tfHrm
the cordialiues that existed between us
and Spain from the time Of our e,.rl'e-t
independence and TO enhance the .uueua
benefits Of that commercial intercourse I
which is natural between the two c3un-
tries.
BY the terms OF the treaty Of peace the /
line bounding the coded Philippine group
IN the southwest failed to include several
small islands lying west Of The suIus
which have always been recognized as
under Spanish control The oce IDation /.
of sibutu and Cagyan Sulu By our nsva I.
forces elected a claim ca the part Of
Spain, the essential equity of which could
not be Eainsaid. in order 70 cure he &c
feet az the treaty by removing aU POS /
be ground Of future misunderstanJ re- 4
specting the Interpretation ~ fts Third .
artiIe, 7 directed the nsgouation ~ a ruD-
Elementary treaty. which wiz be forth 4
with Lard before The senate whfreov (
Spain quits ALI tiGe and cia.m ~ TITLE 70 /
the Islands named as wei - 10 any ana +
All islands belonging ~ the Philippine .
archipelago living outside the lines des-
orbed in said third article ard agrees
that all such islands shall be cemprz-
hsnded ia the ce7si3u NJ the archipelago
as fully as IL they bad reea eEe-sig
included within those lres IL rar-
s5eratIou - this csl1u che
states IS % pay spain rhe sum Or reeo
A bu IS now pending IL eft abe
recommendation made fn NY at mex
sage that sr1-1pri tion leisti1r bad
~ carry - ezsegtian sraee VIII ~ ae
treaty ~ peace wiLh s
the rited States payment
~ certain claims Pr Indemnity
iz against S- ak fF
taken - fu th obligation
King ~ Sweden and N
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states Ge-uerr arc c
arhit~ste 8 Inns growing
sts-e5 ir the s- ~
ce--s ~ military
ss the disturbance
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