Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-12-05

and urges such action as shall def
| nitely settle this vexing question by say
| ing:
| need Of definitely marking the Alaskan
| boundary where it follows the one hundred
and forty-first 1eridian. A convention to
that end has been before the senate for
some two years, but as no action has been
taken I contemplate negotiating new con
vention for joint determination OF the
These, it is believed, will give more &C
curate and unquestionable results than the
sidereal methods heretofore independently
followed, which, is known, proved dis
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
points is given, and he says that III
this connection veXatious questions arose
| through Great Britains action in respect
to neutral cargoes, not contraband in
their own nature, shipped to Portuguese
South Africa, on the score of probable or
suspected ultimate destination to the Boer
| states.
Of 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,
| law prohibiting British vessels from trad
| ing with the enemy without regard to any
contraband character Of the goods, VINE
| trail bottoms were arrested on the ground
| of alleged destination to enemy's country:
| Appropriate representations on our part
| resulted in the British government agree
| ing to purchase outright all such goods
shown to be actual property Of American
| satisfaction of the Immediately interest
| ed parties, although, unfortunately, with
Of a neutral's right to send goods not
| contra band per Sc to a neutral port ad-
| jacent to a belligerent area.
| Relations with Italy.
The lynching of the Italians in Louisi-
| ana is the one question standing between
| 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
| made in the three previous cases, Italy
| has solemnly invoked the pledges of ex-
listing treaty and asked that the justice
to Which she is entitled shall be melted
| in regard to her unfortunate countrymen
in our territory with the same full meas
| ure she hersef would give TO any Amer
| lean were his reciprocal treaty rights con-
| temned.
| 1 renew the urgent recommenda lions
made last year that the congress appro-
| Jurisdiction in this class of international
| cases where the ultimate responsibility of
|
and invite action upon the bills to accom-
| plish this which were introduced in the
! senate and house. 1t is incumbent upon us
/ to remedy the statutory omission which
| has led, and may again lead, to such I'M
| toward results. l have pointed out the
| necessity and the precedent for legislation
! Of this character. Its enactment is a sim
| pie measure of previsCry justice toward the
| nations with which we as a sovereign equal
| make treaties requiring reciprocal observ-
ance.
| While the Italian government naturally
regards such action as the primary, and
| indeed, the most essential element in the
| disposal of the Tallulah incident, I adj
| 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 heretofore.
| Lynching.
! In my inaugural address l referred to
| the general subject of lynching in these
| words:
'Lynching must not be tolerated in a
United States; courts, not mobs, must
| execute the penalties of the law The
preservation Of public order the right Of
| the orderly admi4listra ton 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-
|
| ton.
| Ratification of Hague Convention.
The ratification of The Hague peace
| convention is referred to as follows:
1t is with satisfaction that am able to
| announce the formal notification at The
| Hague, on September 4, of the deposit of
| Publications of the convention for the pa
| chic settlement of international disputes by
| 16 powers, namely: the United States, Aus
| tria, Belgium, Denmark, England, France,
| Germany, Italy, Persia, Portugal, Rou-
Norway, and the Netherlands. Japan also
| has since ratified the convention.
| The Nicarauguan Canal
He advocates the speedy building of
the Nicaraguan canal and recommends
| the ratification OF the Hay-Pauncefote
| treaty. On this subject he says:
The all-important matter of an inter
| oceanic canal has assumed new phase
| ton OF the forfeiture of the contract of
! the Maritime Canal company, which was
! terminated for alleged non-eXecuton IN
| October, 1899, the government Of Nicara-
| qua has since supplemented that action
| oy declaring. the so-styled Eyre Cramin
| option void for nonpayment of its stipu-
! lated advance. Protests in relation to
| these acts have been filed in the state de-
| partment and are under consideration.
| Deeming itself relieved from existing en-
| gagements, the Nicaraguan government
| shows a disposition to deal freely with the
| gotiations with the United States or by
| taking measures to promote the waterway.
OvertureS tor a convention to effect the
! building of a canal under the auspices
of the United States are under considera-
| ton. In the meantime the views Of the
| congress upon the general subject, in the
! light of the report Of the commission ap-
| pointed to examine the comparative merits
| of the various trans-isthmian ship-canaI
| projects, may be awaited.
| l commend to the early attention Of the
| senate the convention with Great Britain
| to facilitate the construction Of such
canal and to remove any objection which
might arise out of the convention COM
| monty called the Clayton-B ulWer treaty.
| New Treaty with Spain.
Of our relations with Spain he says a
| new convention Of eXtradition is ap-
| preaching completion and trusts that
commercial convention may follow. Of
SPANS claim to number of the is
| lands in the Philippine group not covered
| by the Paris treaty he says:
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
Sulus, which have always been recog-
| nized as under Spanish control. The oc-
cupation Of Sibutu and Cagayan Sulu by
| our naval forces elected claim on the
part Of Spain, the essential equity of
| which could not be gainsaid. In order to
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