Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-04


China itself than immediatelv hencf;c;,
to the powers.
Ratl'icatiohs OF treaty of extraditiol
win the Argentine Republic were OK
changed on June 2d last.
W hiie the Austro-Hungarian Govern
ment mas IN the many eases that hay,
6ccn reported OF the arrest OF our natu
ralized citizens for alleged evasion o,
military service faithfully observed tn,
provisions of the treaty and released
such persons from military obligations. il
has in some instances expelled thos,
whose presence in the community of tbei,
origin was asserted to have a perniciou.
influence. Representations have hecu
made against this course whenever its
adoption has appeared undnly onerous.
We have been urgently solicited by Bel.
GUM to ratify the International Conrep.
ton Of June. 1899, amendatory of the pre.
vions Convention Of 1890 in respect n
the regulation Of the liquor trade in Az.
RIGA. Compliance was necessarily with.
held. in the absence of the advice am,
consent Of the Senate thereto. The prin.
ciple involved has the cordial sympath,,
of this Government. which in the rcvi.
~ionary negotiations advocated more
drastic measures. and | would gladly SEQ
its extension. by international agree
ment, To the restriction of the LIQUOR traf
fic with all uncivlizcd peoples. especially
i'll the Western Pacific.
\ conference will be held ut Brussels
December 18th. 1900. under the Conycn
ton for the protection of industrial prop
crty, concluded ut Paris March Goth
1885,. TO which delegates from this conn
Try have been appointed. ANY lcssenip-
of the difficulties that our inventors on
counter in obtaining patents abroad for
their inventions and that our farmers
manufacturers, and merchants may hare
in the protection of their trade marks is
worthy OF careful consideration. and your
attention will be called to the results OF
the conference at the proper time
in Tia" interest OF expanding trade be-
tween this country and South America.
efforts have been made during the past
year 10 conclude conventions with the
southern republics for the enlargement
Of postal facilities. Two such agree
ments were signed with Bolivia on April
9th. OF which that establishing tho
money-order system is undergoing certain
changes suggested by the Post Office Do
par,meiit. a treaty of extradition with
that country. signed on the same day. is
before the Senate.
y boundary dispute between Brazil
and Bolivia over the territory of Acre is
in n fair way of friendly adjustment. n
protocol signed in December. 1899 hav-
in: agreed ON a definite frontier and pro-
vided for its demarcation by n joint COM
mission.
Conditions in Brazil have weighed
heavily on our export trade to that coun-
Try in marked contrast TO the favorable
conditions upon which Brazilian products
are admitted into our markets. Urgent
representations have been made to that
Government on the subject and some
anelioration has been effected. We rely
upon the reciprocal justice and good will
of that Government to assure to US a
further improvement in our commercial
relations.
The Convention signed May "a. 1897
for the final settlement Of claims left in
allowance upon the dissolution of the
Commission of 1895. was at length rati
fed by the Chilean Congress and the
supplemental Commission has been or
canized.
pirate for the necessary expenses of the
Commission.
The insurrectionary movement which
dist urbcd Colombia in the latter part Of
1899 has been practically suppressed. al
though suerEillas still operate in some de-
partmcnts. The executive power of that
Republic changed hands in August last
by the act of President Marroquin
in assuming the reins of government dur
ing the absence of President San Gle
mentc from the capital The change met
with no serious opposition. and following
the prcccdcnts in such eases. the United
States minister entered into relations
with the new de facto Government on
September 18th.
II is gratifying to announce that the
residual questions between Costa Rica
and Nicaragua growing out of the Award
of President Cleveland in 1883 have been
adjusted through the choice of an Amer
lean engineer. General l.. +. Alexander.
as umpire to run the disputed line. His
task has been accomplished Ia the salts
faction of both contestants.
\ revolution in the Dominican Rcpub-
liz toward the close of last year resulted
in the installation of President Iimencz.
whose Government was formally recog-
nized in January. Since then final pay
ment has been made Of the American
claim III regard to the Ozama bridge
The year of the Exposition has been
fruitful in occasions for displaying the
good will that exists between this coun-
fry and France. This great competition
brought together FROM every nation the
best in natural productions. industry. sci
ence. aud the arts. submitted in generous
rivalry to il judgment made all the more
searching because OF that rivalry. The
extraordinary increase of expectations
from this country during the past three
years and the activity with which our in
vcntions and wares had invaded new
markets caused much interest to center
upon the American exhibit. and every en-
coura cement was offered in the way cf
space and facilities to permit of its being
comprehensive as 4 whole and complete
in every part.
1t was. however, not an easy task to
assemble exhibits that could fifty illus
trate our diversified resources and man
ufactures. Sinsularly enough our ma
ticnal prosperity lessened the incentive
to exhibit. The dealer in raw materials
knew that the user must come to him:
the great factories were contented with