The Worthington advance., 1900-12-07

|Ssontraband character of the goOds, While
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of alleged destinetion to snemys country;
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citixens. thus closing the incident to tho
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of !. nsutrsl's risht to send goods not
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Relations with Italy. b
The lynehing of the Italians in Louisi-
ana = the one question standing between
this government and Italy. That coun-
psrtis. suiity & III that G es,me The pres T.
have have failed to md indictmenfHs, e an and sy :ays:
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%ade sn the three previous m cases. italy
istins treaty and asked that the justice
| to which she II entitled shah be meted
In regard to her unfortunate countrymen
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lean were his reciprocal treaty rights con--
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made la last Yea year t6at the congress appro. }.
3urisdiction in this class Of International
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and invite action upon the bills to accom-
plish this which were introduced in the
to tore remedy the statutory omission whici,
has led. and may again lead. to such un-:
toward results: have pointed out the
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pie measure Of previsory justice toward the
nations with which We as a sovereign equal
make treaties requiring reciprocal observ-:
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While the italian government naturally
regards such action as the primary. and,
disposal Of the .Taiiuiah incident. I ad-
wise that In accordance with precedent.
and in view Of the improbability Of that
particular case being reached by the bill
now pending, congress make gracious
provision for indemnity to the Italian
sufferers In the same form and proper
ton as heretofore. ~. -.
LynchinE: "
In my inaugural address I referred to
the general subject of lynching in these
SEynchins must not be tolerated in a
execute the penalties Of the law: The
Of public Gsder the right Of
the orderly administration of Justice
| must continue forever the rock Of safety
upon which our government securely
| rests
This I most urgently reiterate, and
again invite the attention of my .coun-
tEymen t'9nt to this reproach upon our civiliha-
! To Regulate the Liquor Tramc.
We have been urgently solicited by Bel
GUM to ratify the international convention
of June. 1889. amendatory of the previous
ton Of the ii qaor H s9
pliance was necessarily withheld, In the
absence Of the advice and consent of the
senate sen thereto: The principle involved has
which in the revisionary negotiations ad-
vocated more drastic measures, and
would gladly see its extension. by interna-
liquor trafiic with all uncivilized peoples.
especially In the western Pacific.
Japan's Advancement.
o, The closing year has witnessed q de-
eabsf Of
functions under the treaties which took
Il 1885, has WITH
foremost place among the modern peo-
In the treatment Of the difficult Chinese
problems. Japan has acted in harmonious
concert with the other powers, and her
the joint relief Of the beieaguered lega-
tions in Pekng and in bringing about an
understanding preliminary to q settle-
ment Of the issues between the powers
Japan's declarations in favor of the in
tegrity OF the Chinese emperor and the
with have been frank and positive. As
terests Of peace. order and fair commerce
cam hardly be overestimated.
American Indemnity Claims.
The pending claim of r. H. May against
the Guatemaian government has been set
tied by arbitration, Mr.. George F. B. Jen-
ner, British minister at Guatemaia, who
awarded S14s, s,75o,7 ,7a in gold to the claimant.
Various American claims against Hayti
have been or are being advanced to the re-
sort Of arbitration.
AS the result Of negotiations with the
government Of Honduras In regard to the
indemnity demanded for the murder of
Frank H. Pears in Honduras, that govern
ment has paid $4,000 in settlement Of the
claim Of the heirs.
=. The assassination of King Humbert
called forth sincere expressions of sorrow
from this government and people, and oc-
casion was fitly taken to testify to the
for the memory Of the iamented ruler.
DelaEoa Bay Award.
The long-standing contention with Por-
tugal,' growing out of the seizure of the
Delagoa Bay railway, has been at last
tribunal Of arbitration at Berne, to W Which h
it was submitted. The amount of the
award, which was deposited in London
|
ments Of the United States and Great Brit
ain for its disposal, has recently been paid
over to the two governments.
Ratification OF Hague Convention.
The natihcation Of The Hague peace
1t Is with satisfaction that am able to
announce the formal notification at The
Hague, on September 4. Of the deposit of
cihc settlement of international disputes by
10 powers. namely: the United States, Aus
trla, Belgium. Denmark, England, France,
mania, Russia. Siam. Spain, Sweden and
Norway. and the Netherlands. Japan also
has since ratified the convention.
The N1carauguan Canal.
He advocates the speedy building Of
the ratification Of the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty. On this subject he says:
The all-imPortant matter OF an inter-
Adhering to its refusal to reopen the ques-
ton Of the forfeiture Of the contract Of
the Maritime Canal company, which was
October, 1899, the government of Nicara-
qua has since supplemented; that action
by declaring the so-styled Eyrs-Cramin
lated advance. Protests in relation to
these acts have been filed In the state de-
Rartment ,.aS. and are s.as under considsration
gagements, the Nicaraguan government
shows disposition to deal freely with the
canal question either IN the way Of ne
gottations with the United States or by
taking measures to promote the waterway.
Overtures for a convention to effect the
building Of canal under the auspices
tion. In the meantime the Views Of the
congress upon the general subject, in the
Light Of the report Of the commission ap-
Of the various ,trans-isthnaian ship-canal
projects. may be awaited. -
/ commend to the early attention Of the
l convention with nvSk -
to facilitate the construction Of such q
canal and to remove any objection which
1 might arise out Of the convention COM
monty called the Clayton.B Bulwer treaty.