Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-12-07

nm commune, rne war IN sourn AREA
|rintroduoed important Questions. A con-
dillon UNUSUAL in international wars was
presented IN tiat while one belligerent
mad ma control Of N. seas. the other had
no ports, shsi n3g or direct trade hut
WAS only accessible through the terri
tory Of ! ncu., l. rexatious questions
arose thrcu,rh Goat iiritain's action in
respect 10 r.atra, ,argoes, not contra band
ll tneIr own nature. shipped to Portu-
gnese south Africa. on the score of prob
the Boer states.
Such consignments in British ships, by
which alone direct trade is kept up be-
were seized in application of a municipal
law prohibiting British vessels from trad
ing with the enemy without regard to any
eargoes shipped to Delagoa Bay in I
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 ali such goods
s sh9wm to be aetusl 2,
satisfaction OF the Immediately interest
cd parties. although unfortunately, with
ovt broad settlement of the question
OF neutrars right to send goods not
jacent to belligerent area.
The Alaskan boundary,
The work Of marking certain provisional
boundary points. for convenience of adj
canal. in accordance with the temporary
arrangement OF October. 1899, was complet-
ed by a Joint survey in July. last. The
friction, and the dominion government has
provided rules and regulations for securing
to our citizens the benefit of the reciprocal
either power found by that arrangement
within the temporary jurisdiction of the
other shall suffer no diminution of the rights
ana privileges they have hitherto enjoyed.
however nv
may have been to tide over the grave emer-
gencies of the situation, 1t is at best but
an unsatisfactory makeshift, which should
not be suffered to delay the speedy and
complete establishment OF the frontier line
to which we are entitled under the Russo
American treaty for the cession of Alaska.
need of definitely marking the Alaskan
boundary where 1t follows the one hundred
and forty-first meridian. A convention to
that end has been before the senate for
some two years. but as no action has been
taken contemplate negotiating a new con-
yention for Joint determination OF the
meridian sssn by r,eiss,aph , observations
curate and unquestionable results than the
sidereal methods heretofore Independently
followed. which. as is known, proved dis
crspant at several points on the line, al
though not varying at any place more than
American Indemnity Claims.
The pending claim Of R. H. May against
the Guatemalan government has been set
ner. British minister at Guatemala who
ay.rdsd siss.iSo;7s in soid 70 the 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 governs
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-
s.aI; was flsiy taken to testify to the
for the memory of the lamented ruler
Relations with Italy.
In my last message l referred at consid-
cradle length to the lynching of five Ital-
l sns,. at Tai ISl Notwithstanding the
production Of evidence tending to incu ne
pate the authors of this grieyous offense
against our civilization. and the repeated
Of the state of Louisiana. no punishments
have followed. Successive grand juries
have failed toHndict. The representations
Of the Italian government In the face Of
this miscarriage have been most temper
ate and just.
Setting the principle at issue high above
Identification. such as this government
made In the three previous cases. Italy
mas SOlemnly invoked the pledges of eX-
listing treaty and asked that the justice
in regard to her unfortunate country men Il
In our territory with the same full meas
ure she herself would give to any Amer
lean were his reciprocal treaty rights con-
temned.
renew the urgent recommendations I
| made last year that the congress appro-
priatelS confer upon the federal courts
cases where the ultimate responsibility of
the federal government may be involved.
and invite action upon the bills to accom-,
pltsh 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 un-
toward results. l have pointed out the
necessity and the precedent for legislation
OF this character. Its enactment Is a sim
pie measure of previsory justice toward the
nations with which We as sovereign equal
make treaties requiring reciprocal obsery-
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. / adj
wise that. In accordance with precedent
and in view of the improbability of that
particular case being reached by the bill
provision for. indemnity to the Italian
sufferers in the same form and propor
ton as heretofore.
Lynching.
In my inaugural address l referred to
the general subject of lynching in these
words:
''Lynch!ng must not be tolerated in n
great and civilized country like tho