The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-12-07

- ssa,rel1a se,y tnkeelare4 TIyeels -
thooEk anfastnataly without . bsoea ~.
tlemeak q The question Of = neutrals right
b nna goods not cantrAhAnat per - ~
Aeut1al pert adjscent 70 = belllgsreAt are.
TAe woek 81 nAFi.ing certAin provlaAoeei
beuadaEy RelntA fer ceaseniesos g aa-
ninlktxakson. around the heaA 81 Lynn
canal. n accardancA With thu temporary
arrSneemene Of October. 1899. was coma
piete6 By lolnt survey Ia July last The
modun vlyandi has ~ tar worked without
frictkoa, and the dominion gcyernment has
nfpyR6Sa roles and regulations for securing
b oar ratipens the banefe Of the rectpro-
I'll s&dpulatlon that the cltisens. or subjects
4 elthAr power tound BY that artangenent
witAla the tenporary 3uftsdiUtioa q I've
ether shall suffer no dinainutien e TIE
rights and pdyileEes they have a..ses.e
enjoyed But, however necesNAty sucn an
s1peaienf may have been TO tide ever TIE
crave emsrgsnoiesi OF the situauen, Y -
at bsst bat an unsatisfactory mAksAhift.
which aAouid nst be suffered 70 delay the
speedy and complete establlshment % The
frontanF lins To which we are entitled on-
der the Russo American troaty tof the Co.
aoa Of Alaska
In tAls rolstionI may refer 70 the need
q dednstely mArting the AlaSkan boundary
where II fnlIowS tho one hundred and
end hiss been before the senate for some
two yearu, but % no action has been taken
contemplate pegotiating a new conyen-
don for jolnt detemln alton OF the meridian
by telaeruphic observattonA. These, ie 70
believed. viii giYe more unquestionAble re-
sults, m the 6idareal methods heretofore
Independently followed, which. ~
known. proved dIscrcpant At several points
on the line, although net varying At any
place more than 100 feet
ITALY.
Rexpec.fui refevncs 10 made 70 the as
sassnatton or King Humbert- Renewed
Recommendation 10 made that congress
should confer on federal courts Jurisdiction
in International cases, ~ In me case Q.
the nyp italinps lynched ut Tailulah, and
the paseass OF pendlng bills to that end
Is urged Incidentally. on the subject OF
lynchInE, the president quotes and reiter-
atcs his utterances on the subject In his
inaugural address. III.
Relations with Japan and Mexico arc dis
cussed, showing satisfactory conditions
THE HAGUE CONVENTION.
II Ia with satisfaction that am able to
announce the formal notincations At The
Hague. Sept 4, Of the deposit Of ratihcas
tons Of the convention for the pacific set
Element OF the Information disputes by
10 powers. namely, the United States,
Austria, Belgium, Denmark. England.
Fnnce, Germany, Italy, Persia, Portugal.
Roum., MIA. Russia, Slam. Spain, Sweden
and Norway and the Netherlands 1apAa
also has since ratined the convention.
The adminlstntivc council of the per
monent court Of arbitration has been or
eanlzed. and has adopted rules OF order
and u constitution for the International
arbitra ton bureau, In accordance with
Article NXlII, providing for each sigma
tory power In questions OF International
law as nrbItratoS, J have appointed ns
members OF this court. Hon. BenJniin
Harrison OF Indiana. ex-president; Hon.
Melville w Fuller of Illinois. chief jus
lion Of the United States; Hon. J. W. GrlGgs
of New Jersey. attorney general of the
limited Stgtes and Hon. George Gray of
Delaware. Judge OF the circuit court Of the
United States.
NIcARAGuAS CANAL.
The all Important matter OF IN INFER
ocennI, canal has assumed u new phase.
Adherlng 10 It's refusal TO reopen the qucs-
linn of the forfeiture OF the contract OF the
Maritime Canal company, which was ter
minated for alleged n0neNecution IN Oclo-
her. 1890. the government Of Nicaragua
hns .ucc supplemented that action by de
clnrlng the ro-styled Eyre-Crainin optioa
vnpee Protests In return 10 those acts
have been iiled In the state department.
and ace under consideration, Deeining IT.
self relieved from existing engagements,
the Sitirngtian government shows a dis
positiot, to deal freely with the canal qu"s-
lion. either in tile way of negotiations
with The United States or by taking meas
urc4 to promote the waterway.
oyertiIreS for . convention TO examine
~. - sr...t.. Nm,
nc.s Of III. United States are under con
slderattou. In the mfAnitln" the Views Of
,onsre,. ul.on the subject. IN che lishl ~
tbc report Of the commission appointed TO
examine the comparative merits OF the
various translsthmhn ship canal projects,
may be- awaited
i cn,n.nend 10 the early attention Of the
srnate the convention with Great Briisun
IA facilitate the construction ~ such
canal and 20 remove uuy objection which
might arisr ont Of the convention com
mnuIy called the clayton I;ulwcr treaty.
Attention is given the recent settlement
NJ me Tong standing contention with ror,
tuei by the payment of the pciagoa bay
award Russia IL thanked for aid In 81
IBERIA TO American missionaries fleeing from
MnnehurtA The recent purchase for 500.
900 Of two islands In the Philippine group,
moi Included In tho ttitty Of peace wilh
SDniu VIII be NuDHlllFu 70 AbN N'lNAN A'A
rntiu,s,tjon The samoan claims are pend
Ina nrhitratIou Reciprocity treaties With
Portugal. italy and Germany have been
proclaimed
RECIPROCITY
The policy OF reciprocity so mnnifcstlS
rests upon the principles OF International
equity aud has been 50 repeatedly alt-
proved by the people Of tie United States.
thnt there ought TO be- no hesitation in
either branch OF the congress In giving to
It full effect.
This eovernmen, desires TO preserve the
most just aud anlcable commercial rcia-
lions with Ill foreign countries. unmoved
nv the Industrial rivairies necessarily de
yeloped in the expansion OF International
trade. 1t Is believed that the foreign gov.
ernments generally entertain the same pur-
pose. although In some instances there are
clnmorous demands upon them for legis
laton specifically hostile TO American in
tetests. should these demands prevail
shall communicate with the congress with
the view Of advising snoh legislation as
may be necessary to meet the emergency
The president expresses qualification over
the progress being made for the Pan.Amer-
lean exposition at BufHnio next year. The
work Of the bureau Of American republics
Is approved The consular service ls coni-
tnended for Its efficiency.
NAN