The Forrest City times., 1900-12-07

l
 In this relation I may refer again to the
 need of definitely marking the Alaskan
 boundary where it follows the one hundred
 and forty-first meridian convention tc that end has been before the senate for some two years. but no action has been
 taken l contemplate negotiating a new con
 nenlGa TOT ]oiht Ii lnt
 These. it Is believed. will give more ae- i curate and unquestionable results than the | sidereal methods heretofore independently followed which, as is known. proved dis l crepant at several points on the line. al- though not varying at any place more than 700 feet
 The War In south Africa.
 A review of the incidents connected 1 with our shipping to South African 1 points IS given, and he says that in 1 this connection vexatious questions arose 1 through Great Britain's action in respect | to neutral cargoes, not contraband in 1 their own nature, shipped to Portuguese | South Africa on the score of probable or l suspected ultimate destination to the Boer 1 states.
 or the final settlement of this question he says:
 Such consignments in British ships, by | which alone direct trade Is kept up be- | tween our ports and Southern Africa, 1 were seized in application of a municipal l law prohibiting British vessels from trad i ing with the enemy without regard to any l contraband character of the goods. while cargoes shipped to Delagoa Bay in neu- l tral bottoms were arrested on the ground l of alleged destination to enemy's country. l Appropriate representations on our part l resulted in the British government agree I ing to purchase outright all such goods l shown to be actual property of American citizens, thus closing the incident to the i satisfaction of the immediately interest l ed parties, although. unfortunately, with out broad settlement of the question of neutrals right to send goods not | contraband per SC to a neutral port ad- | Jacent to beiligerent area.
 Relations with Italy.
 The lynching of the Italians in Louisi- l ana Is the one question standing between i this government and Italy. That coun- try is still waiting for the punishment of the parties guilty of that crime. The presi- dent says that successive grand juries have failed to find indictments, and says
 Setting the principle at issue high above
 all consideration of merely pecuniary in- identification, such as this governmen;
 made in the three previous cases, Italy
 has solemnly invoked the pledges of ex- | isting treaty and asked that the justice
 10 which she is entitled shall be meted
 in regard to her unfortunate countrymen in our territory with the same full meas. ure she herself would give to any Amer ican were his reciprocal treaty rights con
 temned.
 I renew the urgent recommendations made last year that the congress appro-
 priately confer upon the federal courts ! Jurisdiction in this class of internationa
 cases where the ultimate responsibility oi
 the federal government may be involved
 and invite action upon the bills to accom-.
 plish this which were introduced in the
 senate and house. It is incumbent upon u.
 to remedy the statutory omission whici
 has led, and may again lead, to such un
 toward results. l have pointed out tn,
 necessity and the precedent for Legislation l of this character. It's enactment Is a sim
 pie measure of previsory justice toward the | nations with which we as a sovereign equa
 make treaties requiring reciprocal observ
 ance.
 While the Italian government natural,
 regards such action as the primary, and
 Indeed, the most essential element in tn.
 disposal of the Tallulah incident, I ad
 wise that, in accordance with precedent
 and Tn view of the improbability of tha
 particular case being reached by the bill
 now pending, congress make graciou!
 provision for indemnity to the Italian
 sufferers in the same form and propor
 ton as heretofore.
 Lynching.
 In my inaugural address I referred t,
 the general subject of lynching in thes words:
 "Lynching must not be tolerated in great and civilized country like tn United States; courts, not mobs, mus execute the penalties of the law; Tn preservation of public order. the right O , discussion, the integrity of courts, an, the orderly administration of justic must continue forever the rock of safet, rests"
 } This most urgently reiterate, an, } again invite the attention of my coun trymen 10 this reproach upon our civiliza tion.
 Ratification of Hague Convention. The ratification of The Hague peac 1 convention is referred to as follows: It is with satisfaction that I am able t z l announce the formal notification at Tn l Hague, on September 4, of the deposit o notifications of the convention for the pa
 cifc settlement of international disputes b
 i6 powers. namely: the United States Aus
 tria, Belgium. Denmark. England, France , Germany, Italy, Persia, Portugal, Rou 2 mania, Russia, Siam Spain, Sweden an | | Norway, and the Netherlands. Japan als f has since ratified the convention. The Nicarauguan Canal. l He advocates the speedy building o
 the ratification of the Hay-Pauneefot
 treaty. On this subject he says: . The all-important matter of an inter oceanic canal has assumed a new phase
 Aohering to its refusal to reopen the ques tion of the forfeiture of the contract C the Maritime Canal company, which wa terminated for alleged non-exeeution | . october, lS99 the government Of Nicara qua has since supplemented that actio
 by declaring the so-styssd Eyre-Crami : option void for nonpayment of its stipu { | lated advance. Protests in relation | s these acts have been filed in the state de { partment and are under considerati tior s | Deeming itself relieved from existing eI ] 1 gagements, the Nicaraguan governmen shows disposition to deal freely with tn l canal question either in the way of ne 1 gotiations with the United States or b ! taking measures to promote the waterway ] Overtures for a convention to effect tn | building Of canal under the auspice g | of the United States are under considera tion. In the meantime the views of tn . congress upon the general subject, in tn } l light of the report of the commission ap l l pointed to examine the comparative merit = | of the various trans-is thmian ship-cana | projects, may be awaited.
 l l commend to the early attention of tn | senate the convention with Great Britai | to facilitate the construction of such { canal and to remove any objection whic { | might arise out of the convention com l | monly called the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. New Treaty with Spain. 2 Of our relations with Spain he says [ | new convention of e5stradition is ap 7 preaching completion and trusts that { 1 commercial convention may follow O i | Spains claim to a number of the is f lands in the Philippine group not covere, 2 1 by the Paris treaty he says: f By the terms of the treaty of peac ? 1 the line bounding the ceded Philippin i l group in the southwest failed to incfud several small islands lying west of tn
 Sulus, which have always been recoe nized as under Spanish control. The oc 1 | equation of Sibutu and Cagayan SuIu b f l our naval forces elicited a claim on tn ' 1 part of Spain, the essential equity o , | which could not be gainsaid. In order [ 2 | cure the defect of the treaty by remoy f ing all possible ground of future mis f understanding respecting the interpreta