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OREGON COURIER A, W. CIIKNKV, l-ublUher. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Foreign Relations and Financial Question. the KKTIBEMENT OF GREENBACKS Washington, Doc. 8. President Cleveland's first message to the Fifty' fourth congress was presented to and read ia the two houses today. It is as follows: The present assemblage of the lcgii lative branch of our government occurs at time when the interests of onrpeo- pie and the needs oi the oonntry give especial prominence to the oondition of our foreign relations and the ei igenoies of oar national fluanoes. The reports of the heads of the government departments folly and plainly exhibit what has been accomplished within the aoope of their respective duties, and present snob, recommendations for the betterment of onr country's conditions as patriotic and intelligent labor and observation suggest I therefore deem my eieoutive doty adequately performed, at this time, by presenting to congress the important phases of oar situation, as related to onr intercourse with foreign nations, and a statement of the flnanoial prob lema wmon confront us. omitting, ex cept as they are related to these topics, any reference to departmental opera tions. I earnestly invite, however, not only the oareful consideration, but the severely critical scrutiny of the congress and my follow countrymen to the reports concerning these depart mental operations. If justly and fairly examined, they will furnish proof of assiduous and painstaking care for the public welfare. I press the recommendations they contain upon the respectful attention of those obarged with the doty of leg ialation, because I believe their adop tion would promote the people's good. FINANCIAL QUESTION. A BlaotlHlon of tha Situation and Home Recommendation. Aa we turn to a review of our na tional flnanoial situation, we are im mediately aware that we approach a abject of dumestio concern more im portant than any other wbioh can en gage our attention, and one, at present, in such a perplexing and delicate pre dicament as to require prompt and wise treatment, We may well be enoonr. raged to earnest effort in this direction when we recall the stops already taken toward improving our eoonomio and flnanoial situation and when we ap preoiatehow well th way has been prepared for further progress by an aroused and intelligent popular inter' eat in these subjects. By command of the people a oustoms revenue system, designed for the pro' teotion and benefit of favored classes, t the expense of the great mass of our countrymen, and which, while in emoient lor the purpose or revenue, curtailed our trade relations and im peded our entranoe to the markets of the world, has been superseded by tariff policy, which, in priuoiplo, is baaed npon a denial of the right of the government to obstruct the avenues of oar pooplo's ohoup living, or lesson their comfort and oontoutmout for the sake of. aooording espooinl advantages to favorites, aud which, whilo encour aging our intercourse and trade with other nations, recognizes the faot that American self-reliance, thrift aud in genuity oan build up our country's in duatries aud develop its resources more surely than enervating paternalism. xne compulsory puronase and coin age oi silver oy tne government, un oheokod and unregulated by business conditions and heedless of our our jrenoy needs, which for more than fif teen years diluted our circulating mod turn, unnerniinea ooundouoe abroad in our flnanoial ability, and at last oul minated in distress and panic at home, baa been recently stopped by the re peal of laws whioh forced this reckless soheine upon the country. The things thus accomplished, notwithstanding their extreme importance aud beuoflcout effects, full far short of coring the monetary evils from which we Buffer aa a result of long indulgence in ill-ad vised financial expedients. The currency denominated United Biaiea notes, ana oommouiy icuown as greeeubaoks, was issued in large vol ume during the late civil war aud was intended originally to meet the exi genoiea of that period. It will be seen uy a roioreuoe to tne debates in congress at the time the laws were paaaod, authorizing the issue of these notes, that their advocates declared they wore iutended for only temper ary use and to meet the emergency of the war. In almort, if not all the laws relating to them, some provision waa made contemplating their volun tary or compulsory retirement. A large quantity of them, however, were kept on foot and miuglud with the currency of the oonntry. so that at the close of the year 1874 they amounted to $381,91)9,078. Immediately after that date, and in January, 1375, a law waa passed providing for the resump tion of specie payments, by which the secretary of the treasury was required, whenever additional circulation was issued to national banks, to retire United States notes equal in amount to 80 per oent of such additional bank cir culation until such notes were reduced to 1300,000,000. This law further provided that, on and after the first day of January, 1879, the United State notes then outstading should be redeemed in coin, and in order to pro Tide and prepare for such redemption . 1 . m . ) the secretary or the treasury was an thorized, not only to use any surplus revenues of the government, but to sue bonds of the United States aud (lis poso of them for coin, and to nso the proceeds for the purposes contemplated by the statute. In May, 1878, and before the day thus appointed for the redemption and retirement of these notes, another stat ate was passed forbidding their fur thor . cancellation aud retirement. Some of them bad, however, boon previously redeemed and cauoelled upon the issue of additional national bank circulation, as permitted by the law of 1875, so that the amount oat standing at the time of the passage the act forbidding their further retire' ment was $340,081,010. The law of 1878 did not stop at dis- tinot prohibiting, but contained in ad dition the following express provision "Ana when any oi said notes may be redeomed, or bo received into the treasury, under any law from any source whatevor, aud shall belong the United States, they shall not be retired, cancelled or destroyed, but they shall be reissued and paid out again and kopt in circulation." This was the oondition of affairs January 1, 1879, which bad been fixed upon four years bofore as tho date for entering upon the redemption and re tirement of all these notes and foi whioh such abundant means hud been provided. The government was put in the an omalou situation of owing tho lend ers of its notes debts payable in gold on domand, which could neither be re' tired by receiving such notes in dis oharge of obligations doe the govern ment, nor cancelled by actual payment in gold. It was forced to redeem with out redemption and to pay without ac quittance. There had been issued and sold $95,- 500,000 of the bonds authorized by the resumption act of 1875, the proceeds of whioh, togother with other gold in the treasury, oreated a gold fond deem ed sufficient to meet the demands which might be made npon it for the redemption of outstanding United States notes. This fund, together with such gold as might be from time to time in the treasury available for the purpose, has been since onr gold re sorve, and $100,000,000 has been re garded as an adequate amount to ac complish its object This fund amounted, January 1, 1879, to $114,- 193,800, and though, thereafter, con stantly fluctuating, it did not fall be low that sum until July, 1892. In April, 1898, for the first time since its establishment, this reserve amounted to less than $100,000,000, containing at that date only $97,01 1,330. In the meantime, in July, 1890, an aot had been passed directing larger government monthly purchases of sil ver than had been required under pre vious laws, and providing that in pay ment for Buoh silver, treasury notes of the United States should be issued payable on demand in gold or silver coin at the discretion of the secretary of the treasury. It was, however, de olared in the act to be "the establish ed policy of the United States to main tain tbe two metals on a parity with each other, upon the present legal ra tio, or suoh ratio as may be provided by law." in view oi this declaration it was not doomed permissible for the secre tary of the treasury to exercise disore tion in terms conferred on him by re' fusing to pay gold on those notes when demanded, because by suoh discrimina tion in favor of the gold dollar the so oallod parity of the two metals would be destroyed and grave and dangerous oonsequeuoes would be precipitated by affirming or aooontuatiug the constant ly widening disparity between thoir ao tual valuos under the existing ratio, It thus resulted that the treasury notes issued in payment of silver purchases, under the law of 1890 were necessarily treated as gold obligations at the op tiou of the holdor. The notes on November 1, 1893, when the law compelling the monthly purchase' of silver - was repealed, amounted to more than $155,000,000, The notes of this description now out standing, addod to the United States notes still undiminished by redemption or cancellation,' constitute a volume of gold obligations amounting to nearly f 500,000,000. These obligations are the instruments, which, ever since we have had a gold reserve, have been UBod to deplete it The reserve, as has boou stated, had fallen in April, 1893, to $97,011,830. It has from that time to the present, with very few and unimportant up ward movements, steadily decreased, except it has been temporarily replen ished by the sale of bonds. Among the causes for this constant aud uni form shrinkago in this fund may be mentioned the groat fulling off in ex ports uudor the operation of the tariff law, until recently in force, which crippled our exchange of commodities with foreigu natious, and necessitated to some extent the payment of our bal ance in gold. The unnatural iufluxiou of silver into our country and the in creasing agitation for its free and un limited coinage, which have created pprehension as to our disposition or ability to continue gold payments, the consequent hoarding of gold at home, and the stoppage of investments of for eigu capital, as well as the return of our securities already sold abroad, and the high rate of foreigu exchange, hich induced the shipment of our gold to bo drawn against, is a matter of speculation. In consequence of these conditions the gold reserve, ou February 1, 1894, as reduced to $83,438,377,' having lost more than $31,000,000 during the preceding n'ue months, or since April, 893. Its replonuhment being neces sary, and no other manner of accom plishing it being possible, resort was had to the issue and sale of bonds, provided by the resumption art of 1875. Fifty millions of these bonds were so'd, yielding $1)8,033,305.71, which was added to the reserve fund of gold then ou hand. As a result of this operation this reserve, whioh had suffered oonstuut aud large withdraw als in the meantime, stood, March 0, 1894, at the sum of $107,440,803. Its depletion, however, was immediately therafter so accelerated that on June 80, 1894, it hud fallen to $04,873,025, thus losing, by withdrawals, more than $43,000,000 in five mouths, aud dropping slightly below its situation when the sale of $50,090,000 in bonds waa effected for ita replenishment. This deprossed condition grew worse, and November 24, 1894, our gold re serve, being reduced to $57,609,701, it became necessary to strengthen it. This was done by another sale of bonds, amounting to $50,000,000, from which there was realized $58,538,500, with which the fund was increased to $111,421,021 December 4, 1894. Again disappointment awaited the anxious hope for relief. There was not even a lull in the exasperating with drawals of gold. On the contrary, they grew larger and more persistent than ever. Uetween December 4, 1 894, and early in February, 1895, a period of scaroely more than two months after the second reinforcement of oar gold reserve by the sale of bonds, it had lost, by such withdrawals, more than $09, 000,000, and had fallen to $41,340,181. Nearly $45,000,000 hud been with drawn during the month immediately preceding this situation. - In anticipation of pending trouble I had, January 28, 1895, addressed a communication to congress, folly set ting forth oar difficulties, and danger ous position, and earnestly recommend ing that authority be given the secre tary of the treasury to issue bonds bearing a low rate of interest, payable by their terms in gold, for tho purpose of maintaining a sufficient gold re- derm ines the fonudatious of honest en terprises. 1 have ventured to expross myself on this subject with earnestness and plain ness of speech because I cannot rid my self of the belief that there lurks in the proposition for tho free coinage of silver, so strongly approved aud so en thusiastically advocated by a multitude of my countrymen, a serious meuaoe to our prosperity aud an insidious temptation of our people to wander from the allegiance they owe to publio and private integrity. It is because I do not distrust the good faith and sin. cerity of those who press this scheme that I have imperfectly, but zealously submitted my thoughts upon this mo mentous subject I oannot refrain from bogging them to re-examine their views aud beliefs in tbe light of patriotio reason and famil iar experience, and to woigh again aud again tbe consequences of such legislu tion as their efforts have invited. Even the continued agitation of the subject adds greatly to the difficulties of a dan gerous flnanoial situation already forced npon us. OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS. mid QuoRtlom at Inane lletween ThU Other Government, By mandatory tariff legislation, iu January last, the Argentine Republic, recognizing the value of the large mar ket opened to the free importation of its wools under our lust tariff aot, has admitted certain products of the United States to enter at reduoed -duties. It is pleasing to note that the efforts we have made to enlarge the exchanges of trade on a sound basis of mutual bene fit, are in this instance appreciated by the country from whioh our woolen factories drew their needful supply of raw materials. The missions boundary dispute be tween the Argentine Konublio aud serve, and also for the redemption and Brazil roferred to the president concellation of outstanding United States notes and treasury notes issued for the purchase of silver under the law of 1890. This recommendation did not, however, meet with legislative approval. In February, 1895, there fore, the situation was exceedingly critical. With a reserve perilously low and a refusal of congressional aid everything indicated that the end of gold payments by the government was imminent. The results of prior bond issues had been exceedingly unsatisfao tory and the large withdrawals of gold, immediately succeeding their publio sale in open market, gave rise to a rea sonable suspicion that a large part of the gold paid into thv treasury npon sales was promptly drawn out again by the presentation of United States notes or treasury notes and found its way to the hands of those who had only temporarily parted with if in the purchase of bonds. In this emergency, and in view of its surrounding perplexities, it became entirely apparent to those npon whom the struggle for safety was devolved, not only that our gold reserve must, for the third time in less than thirteen months, be restored by another issue and sale of bonds bearing a high rate of interest and badly suited to the pip pose, bnt that a plun must be adopted for their disposition promising .better results than those realized on previous sales. An agreement was therefore made with a number of financiers and bankers wherby it was stipulated that the bonds described in the resumption act of' 1875, payable in coin thirty years after their date, bearing interest at the rate of 4 per cent per annum, aud amounting to $62,000,000, should be exchanged for gold xeoeivable by weight, amounting to, a little more than $05,000,000. This gold was to be delivered in such installments as would complete its delivery within about six mouths from the date of the Contract, and at least one-hulf of this amount was to be furnished from abroad. It was also agreed by those supplying this gold that during tbe continuance of the contract they would by every means in their power proteot the government against gold withdraw als. The contruot also provided that if oongress would authorize the issue of bonds payable by their torms iu gold and bearing interest at the rate of 8 por oent per annum they might within ten days be substituted at par for the 4 per cent bonds described in the agree ment, un tne day. the contract was made the terms wore communicated to oongress by special exeoutive message, in which it was stated that more thun $10,000,000 would be saved to the gov ernment u gold bonds bearing 3 per cent interest were authorized to be sub stituted for those mentioned in tbe con traot Congress having declined to grant the necessary authority to secure this saving, tbe contract, unmodified, was carried out, resulting in a gold reserve amounting to $17,671,330 July 8, 1895. The performance of this coutract not only restored the reserve, but checked for a time the withdrawal of gold aud brought on a period of restored confi dence aud such peace aud quiet in bus iness circles as were of the greatest possible benefit in every interest which affects our people. I have never had the slighetest mis giving concerning the wisdom or pro priety of this arrangement, aud am quite willing to answer for my full share of the responsibility for its pro motion. I believe it averted disaster, the imminence of which was fortunate ly not at the time generally understood by our people. If a fixed and stable, standard is maintained, such us the magnitude and safety of our commercial transactions aud business require, the use of money itseir is conveniently minimized. Every dollar of fixed and stable value has. through the agency of confident credit, an astonishing capacity of mul tiplying itself in financial work. Every unstable and fluctuating dollar fails as a basis of credit and in ita use begets gambling speculation and un- rr i,A TT., ; ct..tM .... . . ui wjo vuirou uutwo aa uiuibiui'Ur uui ing the term of my predecessor, and which was submitted to me for deter mination, resulted in un award . in fa vor of Brazil, upon the historical aud documentary evidence presented; thus ending a long-protracted controversy, and again demonstrating the wisdom and desirability of settling interna tional boundary disputes by recourse to friendly arbitration. Negotiations are progressing for a revival of the United States and Chil ean claims commission, whose work was abruptly terminated last year by the expiration of the stipulated time within which amends could be made. Chile is a step of great interest aud importance, both in its direct conse quences upon her own welfare, and as evinoing che asoendenoy of sound finan cial priuciples in one of the most in fluential of the South Amerioan republics. Chinese Outbreaks. The close of the momentous struggle between China and Japan, while re lieving the diplomatic agents of this government from the delicate duty they undertook, at the request of both countries, of rendering suoh service to the subjects of either belligerent within .the territorial limits of the other as onr neutral position permit ted, developed a domestio condition in the Chinese empire which has caused much anxiety aud called for prompt and careful attention. Either as a re sult of a weak control by the central government over the provincial admin istrations, following a diminution of the traditional governmental authority under the stress of an overwhelming national disaster, or as a manifesta tion, upon good opportunity, of the aversion of the Chinese' population to all foreign ways and undertakings, there have occurred, in . widely sepa rated provinces, of .China, serious out breaks .of the old fanatical spirit against foreigners, which, unchecked by the local authorities, if not actually oonnived at by them, have culminated in mob attadks on foreign missionary stations, causing much destruction of property, and attended with personal injuries as well as loss of life. Al though but one American citizen was reported to have been actually wound ed, and although the desttuction of property may have fallen more heavily upon the missionaries of other nation alities than our own, it plainly be hooves this government to take the most prompt and decided action to guard against similar, or, perhaps, more dreadful calamities befalliug the hundreds of Americana in that country. The demands of the United Stutes and other powers for the degredation and punishment of the responsible officials of the respective cities and provinces who, by neglect or otherwise, had permitted uprisings, and for the adoption of stern measures by the em peror s government for the protection of the life and property of foreigners, were followed by the disgrace and dis missal of certain provincial officials fonnd derelict in duty, and the punish ment by death of a number of those adjudged guilty of participating iu the outrages. China will not forget either our kindly service to her citizens during her late war. nor the further fact that, while furnishing all the facilities at onr command to further the negotia tions of a peace between her and Ja pan, we sought no advantages, and interposed no counsel. The govern ments of both China and Japan have in special dispatches, transmitted through their respective diplomatic representatives, expressed in a most pleasing manner their grateful appreci ation of our assistance to their citizens during the unhappy struggle and of the value of our aid in paving the way to their resumption of peaceful relations. ary military authorities of France still remain to be given. Mr. Waller, for merly United States oousul at Tama tivo, romained in Madagascar after his term of office expired, and was, appar ently, successful iu procuring business concessions from the Hovas, of greater or less value. Aftor the occupation of Tamative aud the declaration of martial law by the French, he was arrested upon various charges, among thoni that of communicating military in formation to the enemies of France was tried and oouviotod by a military tribunal and sentenced to thirty years' imprisonment f ollowing tbe course justified by abundant precedents, this government requested from that of France the record of the proceedings of tbe i reuch tribunal, which resulted in Mr. Waller's condemnation. This re quest has been complied with to the extent of supplying a copy of the of tidal record, from whioh appear the constitution and organization of tbe court, the charges as formulated aud tbe general oourse and result of the trial, and by which it is shown that the accused was tried in open court and was defended by counsel; but the evidence adduced in support of the ohargos, which was not reoeived b the French minister for foreign affairs till the first week in October, hus thus far been withheld, the Frenoh government taking the ground that its production in response to our demand, would es tablish a bad precedent The efforts of our ambassador to secure it. how ever, though impeded by reoont changes in the French ministry, have not been relaxed, and it is confidently expected that some satisfactory solution of the matter will be shortly reached. Moan while it appears that Mr. Waller's con finement has every alleviation whioh the state of his health and all the other circumstances of the Cise demand or permit An agreeable contrast to the differ ence above noted, respecting a matter of common concern where nothing is sought except such a mutually satis factory outcome as the true merits of the case require, is the reoent resolu tion of the French ohambers favoring the conclusion of a permanent treaty of arbitration between the two countries. An invitation hus been extended by France to the government and the poo pie of the United Stutes to participate in a great international exposition at Paris in 1900, as a suitable commem oration of the close of this, the world's marvelous century of progress. I heartily recommend its acceptance, to gether with such legislation as will ad equately provide for a due representa tion of this government and its people on the occasion. Serenity of tiermany. Oar relations with the states of the German empire are. in some aspects, typical of a condition of things else where found in countries whose pro ductions and trade are similar to our own. The close rivalries tit competing industries, the iufluencei-'of 'the delusive doctrine that the internal development of a nation is promoted and its wealth increased by a policy, which in under taking to reserve its home markets for the exclusive uso of its own1' produoers, necessarily obstructs this olass in for eign markets, and prevents free access to the products of the world; the desire j to retain trade in time-worn ruts, re gardiess of the inexorable luws of new needs and changed conditions of de mand and supply, and onr own halting tardiness in inviting a free exchange of commodities, and by this means im periling our footing in the external markets naturally open to us, have created a situation somewhat injurious to American export interests not only in Germany, where they are perhaps most noticeable, but in adjacent countries. conclusions therein reached and formu lated are in substance that the tradi tional and establihsed policy of this government is firmly opposed to a forcible increaso by any European power of its territorial possessions on , this continent; that this policy is as well founded in principle as it is strongly supported by numerous prece dents; that as a consequence, the United States is bound to protest against the enlargement of area of British Gniana iu derogation of the rights and against the will of Vene zuela; that, considering the disparity in strength of Great Britain and Vene zuela, the territorial dispute between them can be reasonably settled only by friendly, impartial arbitration, aud that the resort to such arbitration should inloludo the whole controversy, and is not satisfactory if one of the powers concerned is permitted to draw an arbitrary line through the territory in debate, and to declare that it will submit to abritration only tbe portion lying on one side of it In view of these conclusions, the dispatch in ques tion called upon the British govern ment for a definite answer to tho ques tion whether it would not submit the territorial contioversy between itself and Venezuela, in its entirety, to im partial arbitration. The answer of the British government has not yet been reooived, but is expected shortly, when further communication on the subject will probably be made to congress.. Lynching- of Italian In Colorado. The deplorable lynching of several Italian laborers in Colorado was nat urally followed by international repre sentations, aud I am happy to say that the best efforts of the state, in which the outrages occurred, have been pat forward to discover and punish the au thors of this atrocious crime. The de pendent families of some of the unfor tunate victims invite, by their deplor able condition, gracious provision for their needs. Japan has furnished abundant evi dence of her vast gain in every trait aud charaoteristio which constitute a nation's greatness. We have reason for congratulation in the faot that the government of the United States by the exchange of liberal treaty stipulations with the new Japan, was the first to recognize her wonderful advance, and to extend the consideration and con fidence due to her national enlighten ment and progressive character. Nicaragua's Internal Trouhles. In last year's message I narrated, at some length, the jurisdictional ques tions then freshly arisen in tho Mos quito Indian strip of Nicaragua. Since that time, by the voluntary act of the Mosquito nation, the territory reserved to them has been incorporated with Nicaragua, the Indians formally sub jecting themselves to be goverened by the general laws and regulations of the republic, instead of by their own cus toms and regulations, and thus avail ing themselves of a privilege seouied to them by the treaty between Nicaia gua aud Great Britain of January 28, 1800 After the extension of uniform Nica raguan administration to the Mosquito strip, tho case of the British vice-consul, Hutch, and of several oountrymen, who had been summarily expelled from Nicaragua and treated with con- " j siderable indignity, provoked a claim by Great Britain upon Nicaragua for pecuniary indemnity, which, upon Nicaragua's refusal to admit liability, was enforced by Great Britain. While the sovereignty and jurisdiction of Nicaragua was iu no way questioned by Great Britain, the former's arbi trary conduct, in regard to British sub joots, furnished the ground for this proceeding. The I'roteotlon of the Sealing Herds. Our relations with Great Britain, always intimate and important, have demanded, during the past year, a greater share of consideration than is usual. Several vexatious questions were left undetermined by the dooision of the Behring seu arbitration tribunal. The application of the principles laid down by that- august body bus not been followed by the results they were in tended to accomplish, either because the principles themselves lacked in breadth and definitness, or because their execution hus been more or loss imper fect. Much correspondence hus been exchanged between the two governments on the subject of preventing the ex terminating slaughter of seals. The insufficiency of the British pa- j trol of Behring sea, under the regulu- j tions agreed on by tne two govern ments, has been pointed out, and yet only two British ships have been on po lice duty during this season in these waters. Tho need of a more effective enforcement of existing regulations, as well as the adoption of such additional regulations as experience has shown to be absolutely necessary to carry out the intent of the awards, have been earnestly urged upon the British gov ernment, but thus far without effective results. In the meantime, the deple tion of the seal herds by means of pel agic hunting has o harmfully prog ressed, that, unless their slaughter is at once checked, their extinction, within a few years seems to be a mat ter of absolute certainty. Relations With Kula. The coronation of the czar of Russia, at Moscow, in May next, invites the ceremonial participation of the United States, and in accordance with usage and diplomatic propriety, our minister to the imperial court has been directed to represent our government on this oc casion. Correspondence is on foot touching the practice of Russian consuls within the jurisdiction of the United States to interrogate citizens as to their race and religious faith, and upon ascer tainment thereof to deny to Jews au thentication of passports or legal docu ments for use iu Russia. Inasmuch as such a proceeding imposes a disability, which, in the case of a succession to lirupeiry iu nussia, may be found to infringe the treaty rights of our citi zeus, and which is an obnoxious in vasion of our territorial jurisdiction, it has elicited fitting remonstrance, the result of which, it is hoped, will re move the cause of complaint The pending claims of sealing vessels of the United States, seized in Russian waters remain unadjusted. Our re cent convention with Russia establish ing a modus Vivendi as to imperial jurisdiction in such cases has prevent ed further difficulty of this nature. Control of Manina. In my last two annual messages I called the attention of congress to the position occupied as one of the partie-t to a treaty or agreement by which we became jointly bound with Encland and Germany to so interfere with the ; bu,ciuuicui, Iliu UUUITUI OamOS MS in Venezuelan itoundarr Di.pute. j effect to assume the management of its It being apparent that the bonndary affairs. May 9, 1894. I transmitted tn dispute between Great Britain and the the senate a special message, with ac republic of Venezuela concerning the i compauying documents, giving infor limits of British Guiana, was approach-! uiation on the subieet anil omnho.;,;.,.. .1 !.. .. . 1 o The Waller Incident In France. The customary cordial relations be tween this country and France have been undisturbed, with the exception that a fall explanation of the treatment of John L. Waller by the expedition- ing an acute stage, a definite statement of the interest and policy of the United States, as regards the controversy. seemed to be required, both on its own account and in view of it relations with the friendly powers directly con cerned. In July last, therefore, a dis patch was addressed to our ambassa dor at London for communication to the British government, in which the attitude of the United States was fully and distinctly set forth. The general mo upiuiun i nave at all times enter tained that our situation in this mat ter was inconsistent with the mission and traditions of our government, in violation of the principles we profess, and in all ita phases, mischievous and vexatious. I again presi this subject upon the attention of congress and ask for such legislative action, or expres sion, as will lead the way to onr lelief from obligations both irksome and un-natuiaL