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Protectorate Said to Have Been
Declared Over Hawaii.
BEfiRDSLEE SAID TO HAVE DOME IT
The Officials at Washington Say
There-Is Jfothing in His Instruc
tions to Justify Such. Action.
SAX FRANCISCO. Feb. 19. The Exam
iner prints a story today from its correspond
ent at Honolulu tbatAdmlralBeardsleehas
taken possession of Pearl harbor and de
clared a protectorate over the Hawaiian
islands. This news came to Victoria by
the steamer Warrimoo.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. The report
that Admiral Beardslee has seised Pearl
harbor and declared a protectorate over
the Hawaiian islands is not believed here.
Neither the state nor navy departments
have any intimation of any such action.
It is stated by both that Admiral Beards
lee's instructions have already been made
public, and there is nothing; in them to
justify such action on his part,
Xo Mention of n. Protectorate.
VANCOUVER. B. C. Feb. 10.-Amons
the passengers by the Warrimoo was F.
H. Holmes, private secretary of Damon,
Hawaiian finance minister, who is en
route to England on a vacation. He says
there has been no change in the situa
tion since the arrival of the last steamer,
but he believed the effectual manner in
which the revolution was quelled will pre
vent any further uprising. The natives
were much disgusted at the fiasco, and
despised Wilcox for his cowardly surren
der. In his opinion, capital "punishment
will not be Inflicted upon the conspirators,
not because the government lacks cour
age, but because the country is free from
grave offenses, and the infliction of the se
verest penalty of the law would be Re
voking to the people. Holmes emphat
ically states that the trials, as conducted
so far, have been eminently fair, and that
the appointment of Judge Whiting as
president of the court, and Lawyer Kenny
as judge-advocate, is considered, favorable
to the prisoners
STATJ35IEXT FROM THURSTOX.
The HaTmiiun Minister Upon Ha
vraii's Troubles.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. L. A. Thurs
ton, the Hawaiian minister, being asked
whether he had any information concern
ing the alleged sentencing to death of
some of the leaders of the late insurrec
tion, and whether, in hi3 opinion, such
sentences, if given, would be carried out,
made the following statement:
"I have received no direct communica
tion concerning the sentences, nor do I
know precisely what action will be taken;
but from my intimate acquaintance with
all the Hawaiian authorities and their
characteristics- and methods, I can state
aposltivelyaH trials 'Will heioppn-.ana fair;
'tfi&tUieaccuseawnr be allowed the as
sistance of counsel of their own choosing,
who will be allowed the fullest right of
cross-examination and of defense; that
there will be no convictions which are not
based upon the clearest evidence.
"If there is any particular policy in
which the Hawaiian government has erred
in the past two years, it has been In hav
ing been too lenient In dealing with those
who have continuously schemed to over
throw it; first, by strategic diplomacy,
and then by force. From Its'inception the
government has exhibited a leniency
toward its enemies that is unparalleled
in history- This extreme leniency has
been a feature of the administration of
President Dole, which has caused criti
cism from many of his strongest support
ers. "I will state a few facts in substanti
ation of what I say:
"The penalty for treason from the foun
dation to the overthrow of the monarchy
was death and confiscation of all prop
erty. January 20, 1893, three days after its
creation, the provisional government
passed an act providing an alternative pen
alty for treason of a fine and Imprisonment
and otherwise mitigated the harshness
of the former law. Was there ever before
known a government, scarcely seated in
power, In the midst of enemies, Involved
in all the multitudinous plans attendant
upon a reconstruction of the entire sys
tem of government, devoting Its first mo
ments to mitigating the penalties which
might be visited upon its enemies if they
undertook to overthrow it?
"Again, although the revolution of ISM
was caused by the attempt of the queen
to abrogate the constitution and disfran
chise nearly every person connected with
the new government, she has since been
treated with the utmost consideration by
the government. She has been allowed to
occupy her comfortable quarters In Hono
lulu, within a block of the executive build
ing, in peace and without molestation, al
though she has unceasingly, publicly and
privately, plotted for the overthrow of
the government, and finally made her
house an arsenal. In which were discov
ered 40 rifles, two dynamite bombs, pistols,
swords, and ammunition in quantities.
"Again, although Liliuokalani has made
no claim for compensation, the annexa
tion commission, in the interest of har
mony and to avoid even the appearance
of harshness, secured the insertion in the
proposed annexation treaty of a clause
giving her an annual pension of $20,000,
and under which she began to openly
work for the overthrow of the govern
ment. The salary which she received as
queen -continued to be paid to her by the
provisional government, and, until Prin
cess Kalulani came to Washington to
work for restoration, she also continued
to receive her allowance. The ex-queen
has twice applied to the goernment for
protection against supporters of the gov
ernment whom she feared might do her
harm, one of the times being when she
was in the act of negotiating with Mr.
Willis for her restoration and the over
throw of the provisional government.
Upon both occasions a squad of police
was detailed to guard her from harm for
as long a period as she desired them. Her
only response to all this treatment has
been the beheading proposition made to
Minister Willis, and a continuous plotting
to overthrow the government, culminat
ing In last month's Insurrection.
"The royalists have bean allowed and
Highest cf all in Leavening Poirer.
Assoisjre! pope
have repeatedly availedghemselves of the
privilege to associatelunmolested in the
public square in frontlpf the executive
building at Honolulu, arid unobstructedly
to pass such resolutions as they chose,
condemning the government, protesting
against annexation, against the constitu
tion and the republlcand declaring in
favor of tho restorationjof the monarchy.
"One of the serious features of the situ
ation in Hawaii is tha'ta number of lead
ing insurrectionists are- what may be
called 'professional revolutionists. The
rank and file are ignorant dupes. Wilcox,
the leader in the last Insurrection, is men
tioned as one of theWleaders. Wilcox's
doings on the island inFthe past decade,
in which he is put down as a turncoat,
ready at any minute 231 support the side
which best suited his purposes, is one of
such a class. This Isil fair sample of
the material cf whichleaders and organiz
ers of the late insurreSlion are composed.
Most of them are foreigners. Their class
and character is thatfklnd which fur
nished the commune in Paris and the
anarchist riots in Chicago.
"What is the government of Hawaii to
do? Is the governmentjto condone every
offense that can be cojtomitted against a
government, and, uponfccapturlng the in
surrectionists In the acfeof shooting down
its citizens, allow theSVto again go free
to repeat the operation at the first con
venient opportunlty?gmid hostile envi
ronment, amid opposition, treachery and
revolution at home andjfaepressing effects
of continuously hostile, influences from
abroad. President Doleand his associates,
to the best of theirllmited powers and
with all the wlsdoigjwith which God
has endowed them, have maintained their
outer breastworks ofZclvlllzation In the
Pacific with a reseijve consisting of a
handful of professlon&fland business men.
mechanics and clerksMThe problem that
hss been forced uponjgresldent Dole, and
which he and his advisers are now forced,
unaided and In the presence of hostile In
fluence, to solve, is on?whlch would prove
a task too great foreman. The policy Is
not how to achieve revenge. It Is how
to prevent Hawaii from gravitating into
the catalogue of chronic revolution.
"How the government of the republic
will sclve the problemjl do not know. The
gospel of forgiveness, and forbearance
has been practiced. Whatever measures
are taken, the white Jmen who organized
the late insurrection and furnished arms
therefor, but had theadroItness to keep
out of sight when there was fighting to be
done, will be held toan equal degree of
responsibility with their native compan
ions, who had, at least? the manliness and
courage to attempt tojearry out their III
conceived plan. Further, I know that
Abraham Lincoln didjnot possess a more
patient, loving, kindly disposition than
does Stanford B. Doje; that there does
not exist in the United States today a
more generous-spirited! peace-loving, for
giving and unrevengeful community than
that residing in Honolulu and furnishing
the leaders of the present government.
God forgive those wno would impute a
sanguinary lust forbIood to as brave,
generous, disinterested Hberty-lovlng and
true a band of patriots as ever honored
Christian civillzatlon.Jpr add to their al
ready heavy burdens or increase the diffi
culties of their already difficult task."
THE DISSATISFIED KNIGHTS
A GntherinKryijgCfrTiiHtlms to Be Prc-
1 iml nn rVMsaj4Ttioa. .
COLUMBUS, tt, Feb. 10. In response
to a call issued by E. C. Martin, of Tiffin,
a conference of dissatisfied Knights of
Labor will be held tJjbrrow. Communications-have
been received by Mr. Martin
from a number of district assemblies,
assuring him that whatever action may
be taken by the convention will receive
their support. The call stated that
the conference would lay the groundwork
for a new organization of the knights.
The gathering's work will be merely pre
llminars' to a convention to be called
later. It Is claimed that a majority of
the Knights of the country are not in ac
cord with the present administration of
the order.
What Sovereigni Says.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 10. "The crisis
Is surely coming," said General Master
Workman Sovereign this afternoon at
Labor Lyceum hall, in an address to the
members of the the local assembly, No.
S721, Knights of Labor, composed of cloth
cutters and shop-tailors. "There will be
a serious upheaval in this country within
12 months. Every move on the social
chessboard indicates It. Capitalistic tac
tics are forcing the Issue and organized
labor will be the victor. It will be a
peaceful revolution, accomplished without
the aid of Winchesters and Gatllng guns.
If ever the fight is over people will say,
when they see a Knight of Labor who
has been steadfast throughout the great
strife: 'There goes an American patriot.
We want you to enlist for the war, to be
come an Integral part of our grand or
ganization; until there is gathered within
our fold sufficient numerical strength to
say to the other fellow: 'This far you
have gone, and by the eternal God you
shall .go no further.' "
These rather formidable concluding re
marks of the general master workman
were prefaced by a much milder discourse,
in which he outlined from a Knights of
Labor standpoint the difference between
capital and labor In the matter of a
proper wage schedule. He said:
"We want the entire abolition of the
wage system. So long as that system
continues, so long will poverty and slavery
run rampant in the land. Wage-system
and slavery are synonymous terms. We
want to consider the establishment of a
co-operative system to supersede the
grinding wage system, and we can have
it by thorough organization and united
action. Our whole social system has
gone all to smash. The common people
and the working people must reconstruct
It."
Mr. Sovereign attacked the trades
unions, saying that they were entirely
too limited In their scope and too selfish
in their alms.
rVegro Women Sold Into Slavery.
GEORGETOWN, Ky., Feb. 10..-A novel
spectacle was furnished the younger gen
eration here yesterday. It was the sale
by public auction of two colored women,
Sara Hackson and Bettle Fishback. They
were convicted of vagrancy in the circuit
court and ordered to be sold Into slavery
for the period of six months. The sale
took place in front of the courthous9
Deputy Sheriff Siiuff being the auctioneer,
and attracted a large crowd. The women
were bought by two colored men, Henry
Jackson and Richard Coleman, and
brought Jl 05 and 52. respectively.
Latest U. S. Gov't Food Report.
TWOOFTHEMRESCUED
One by One the Others Slipped
Into the Sea or Hang Lifeless.
FORTY HOURS IN THE RIGGING
Daring; All the Time the Men. "Were
in the Kopcs, They Tasted Neither
Food Xor Drink.
FIRE ISLAND. Feb. 10. Two men who
clung for 40 hours to the rigging of their
vessel off Fire Island beach were rescued
at midnight by the crew of the Lone Hill
life-saving station. The vessel "was the
.schooner Louis V. Place, Captain Squires,
coal-laden, from Baltimore to New York.
She was wrecked during the gale. Nine
men took to the rigging when the vessel
went down, about an eighth of a mile off
shore, and they clung in the rigging dur
ing the blizzard until, one by one, seven
of them slipped into the sea or hung life
less, bound to the rigging. Two only were
able to endure the terrible exposure. They
are J. S. Nelson and William Stevens.
They are badly frozen. The story of their
rescue Is a tribute to the brave life-savers
who have for the past two days been mak
ing almost superhuman efforts to reach
the wrecked schooner.
It was Tuesday last that the Place was
wrecked. The life-savers sent out life
lines, but not before the seamen were
almost frozen to death and so weak as
to be unable to reach them. They tried
many times to launch a beat, but each
time the breakers drove them back to the
shore. The same attempts were repeated
for two days, while, one by one, the men
in the rigging gave way to the exposure,
When at midnight, last night, the life
savers, under command of Captain Baker,
pushed their boat Into the surf and pulled
like mad to the wreck, there were but
two lives remaining of the nine. During
all that time the men In the ropes had
not tasted food or drink. Just a spark of
life seemed to remain, and, although the
two were able to drop from the rigging
into the lifeboat, they were almost In
sensible. Nelson presented a terrible appearance.
His face, hands and feet were frozen, and
he was unable to speak for several hours.
Stevens had been more fortunate than the
other survivor, who had been kept alive
through, his efforts. Each time Nelson's
head sank on his breast, Stevens would
reach over and pound him into sensibility
again. The latter was soon able to tell
the story of the wreck and the terrible ex
periences of the two men. The dead are:
Captain Charles Squires, 50 years old,
married, New York city; Engineer Charles
Allen, 2S years old, Providence, R. I.;
Mate Jalbie, 41 years old, Norway; Fritz
Ward, seaman, 20 years old, single, Nor
way; Charles Morrison, cook; Gus Olesar,
28 years old," Sweden; August Fullerton,
seaman.
The bodies of the mate and the Swede
were still lashed to the rigging. The oth
ers dropped into the sea.
"- KofcpjifcofatherCrevtSmrol. .
HALIFAX, NS.. Feb. 10. One of the
late arrivals at this port today announced
the loss Friday of the fishing schooner
Clara Frlendr with all on board. The
Friend left Gloucester two weeks ago,
bound for The Georges on a fishing trip
and carried a crew of 14 men. Friday
the terrific storm caught her while oft
Western head, near Liverpool, N. S., and
she was driven on the rocks, going to
pieces soon afterward. Not one of the
crew was saved. Several bodies from the
wreck are reported washed ashore it
Liverpool.
Fonr Supposed to Be Drowned.
GALVESTON, Feb. 10. The tug Sem
inole has just arrived at Sabine pass,
and reports having seen the sloop Scan
dinavia bottom up, 26 miles east of here.
The sloop was undoubtedly wrecked dur
ing the gale. There were on board Captain
Bowlck and a crew of two men, as well
as two caulkers, who had taken passage
from Orange. Today a message was re
ceived from Bolivar point from Captain
Bowlck for medical assistance. The other
men are supposed to be drowned.
The Second Mate Drowned.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19. Second Mate
John Murch, of the schooner Fannie
Adele, was washed from the jlbboom of
the vessel at sea Thursday during a squall
and frowned. During the storm the
schooner suffered considerable damage,
and was forced to return to port for shel
ter in her crippled condition.
NOTHING OF I,A GASCOGXE.
The Blgr French Liner Is Xow Elprht
Days Overdue.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10. The French line
steamer La Gascogne, so far as all sources
of information go, has failed to reach
harbor. The three steamers which ar
rived at this port today have seen tr
heard nothing of her. But the fact that
vessels not nearly so staunch as the
French liner have weathered the gales
which have swept the Atlantic for the
past two weeks has given heart and hope
to those who can view the chances of
the big steamer from an impartial stand
point. La Gascogne is now eight days
overdue. She has faced many a furious
gale in the years that she has crossed the
Atlantic, but never was she so tardy In
reaching port. October 26, 1S91, she came
into New York harbor with 920 souls on
board, salt-incrusted to the top of her
funnels. For four days and nights she
had been In the grip of a hurricane. One
day of such weather would have tested
the staunchness of almost anything that
floats, but La Gascogne reached New
York practically uninjured. It is such ex
periences that has given the agents In this
city confidence that their boat is still
ploughing the seas or safe in some out-of-the-way
harbor. The men in the of
fice of the French liner do not worry
much. None of them believe La. Gas
cogne to be lost. It is the friends and
relatives of passengers that are fearful
of the worst.
The .men who report vessels far down
the bay have kept their eyes sharp toward
the sea in the hope of being the first
to signal the missing vessel. At 7:20 to
night the Hamburg-American liner Dania
was reported off Fire Island. Two hours
later an unknown steamer was reported
passing Sandy Hook lighthouse. There
she is anchored, and it Is believed she
Is La Normandle, a sister ship of La
Gascogne. La Normandle sailed from
Havre February 2, and coming oer the
same course as La Gascogne, It was con
fidently expected she would have tidings
of the other. No signals to that effect,
however, are displayed, and now the
officials of the line fix their hopes on La
Touraine, which sailed from Havre
Wednesday last with Instructions to keep
the strictest lookout for La Gascogne,
and. if necessary, to spend extra time in
making a detour from the regular course.
Just what news the Dania and La Nor
mandle may bring is doubtful, but thy
have given no indication up to the pres
ent time of having spoken the missing
ship. "
SANDY HOOK, Feb. 1L-3 A. M. The
La Normandle is anchored outside. She
was boarded by a reporter and reports
no news of La Gascogne.
Some Comfort for the Anxlons.
PARIS, Feb. 10. The story told by the
Teutonic's captain has given some com
fort to mans persons who are watching
anxiously for news from La Gascogne.
If the Teutonic's speed was 20 knots an
hour, they say La Gascogne's could not
be more than 16 knots. The captain of
La Bourgogne, which sailed from Havre
yesterday, was Instructed to keep a sharp
lookout for the missing vessel, and to
shape his course toward Newfoundland
with a view to getting some trace of her.
The Figaro and Matin assure their readers
that there is no reason for alarm, as many
vessels have come safely into port after
being longer overdue.
Captain Servan, one of the best officers
In the service of the French line, takes a
hopeful view of La Gascogne's delay. Ho
speaks most highly of Captain Bandolen,
whom he regards as one of the most com
petent navigators afloat. The director of
the commercial department of the French
line's Paris office, who Is an ex-captain, ar
trlbuted the delay to a break in La Gas
cogne's machinery. Ho says she probably
will toss about until sighted and taken in
tow. He thinks there is no danger of her
foundering, and she has provisions enough
for three months.
Inquiries at Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 10. The Boston
steamer Parthian and the British steamer
Guildhall from Carthage, and the City
of Newcastle from Calamata. are all
aground off Newcastle, and assistance
has been sent. Every incoming pilot was
piled with questions as to La Gascogne,
but all declared they had not seen any
trace or heard any news. A rumor that
a writing-case had been picked up off
Capo May containing letters and papers
belonging to a passenger on board La
Gascogne caused much excitement in
shipping circles, but it was subsequently
denied.
Cause for Anxiety, Xot for Alarm.
LONDON, Feb. 10. The Daily News, in
a leader concerning the missing steam
ship La Gascogne, says: "There Is a reas
on for the anxiety about La Gas
cogne, but not for the alarm. It is pos
sible, if there has been an accident to her
machinery, that she may need all the
time already lost to make port under sail.
It Is true none of the vessels have sight
ed her. Probably this is due to the preva
lence of fogs and blinding snows. It is
most likely that she Is struggling against
storm after storm, each retarding her,
but none sufficient to overpower so stout
a ship."
Xo Confirmation.
HALIFAX, Feb. 10. Correspondents
have been im-cstigating a rumor here that
the French ilner La Gascogne had been
seen In the vicinity of Sable island. It is
not believed any credence should be put
in the rumor. Sable island can only be
reached at great risk this time of year, if
at all. Such news might come by carreer
pigeon, but none has arrived here, and
it is asserted none would fly In such
weather as prevailed here last week. The
only other way to send out news would
be by signaling a passing vessel, and
that can be done only in fine weather.
The Manitoba. Captain's Views.
NEW" YORft.j.Eeb; 10-. Captain Griffith,
of the American Transport line's Mani
toba, said today he thought La Gascogne
would be first spoken by a vessel bound
from the Mediterranean and eastward
from Gibraltar. He added:
"My opinion is that she broke down
west of the Azores, and was carried by
prevailing currents into Southern lati
tudes." At the Navy Club the officers believe
the vessel will eventually come in.
Captain Bnnilclen in Charge.
LONDON, Feb. 10. Dispatches from
Havre contradict the recent assertion of
the Standard's Paris correspondent that
Lieutenant Deloncle commands the miss
ing steamer La Gascogne. Captain Ban
delen is in charge of the vessel.
the rjnmiA IX PORT.
Her Captain Rescued the Creir of a.
Waterlogged Bark.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10. The Cunarder
umbna, Captain Dutton, which sailed
from Liverpool February 2, via Queens-
town February 3, reached quarantine this
morning. She brings no word of La Gas
cogne. Soon after noon yesterday the
monster ocean greyhound steamer passed
quarantine, her shrouds and part of her
hull covered with Ice and glistening like
myriaus of diamonds. Icicles clun
fore and aft, From the topmost edge of
tne bridge to the deck she was one mass
of glittering ice. It was during the only
spell of good weather on the vessel's voy
age that she was enabled to rescue 14 per
sons wno were adrift in a waterlogged,
helpless bark. Speaking of the rescue,
Captain Dutton said today:
"We had a fairly good voyage after
leaving Queenstown until we struck the
blizzard outside the 'Queen hook' yester
day. Of course, the weather was bad. as
we had heavy seas, but I have had far
worse voyages. It was at 12:14 A. M.,
February 6, that we picked up the cap
tain and crew of the French bark Jean
Baptlste. It was about 11 o'clock at night
when the report was made to me that a
White Star line freighter, supposed to be
the Cevlc, had been sighted. The captain
of the Cevlc is an old friend of mine,
and I sent signals up to let him know
who we were. The Cevic was off our port
side. The signals we sent up were seen
by the French bark, which was over on
our starboard about five miles away. It
was not particularly cold, but there was
a snow storm and a heavy, watery swell.
The distressed crew was displaying red
lights to show the vessel was out of con
trol, and, as we made toward her, three
men went up Into the mlzzen rigging with
torches. The bark was waterlogged.
When our boat reached the distressed ves
sel the men found the crew had launched
two boats and were loading all their ef
fects. Captain Lebot and his son were
the last to leave the Jean Baptiste. They
came away In our boat. The Jean Bap
tlste belonged at Havre, and was from
Halifax to Cork.
"At 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, dur
ing the height of the storm, 2C0 miles east
of Sandy hook, we sighted a four-masted
schooner at anchor, riding very heavily.
She had a flag up and no sails set, I had
the vessel put about and ran down close
to her. We lay to for an hour and a half
waiting for some signal, but none came.
We left them riding at anchor in a heavy
sea in a very unusual place for a schooner
of that character, right in the course of
the ocean steamers. Then we came on to
the harbor and experienced the worst
weather of the whole trip."
THE HirVMAVD'S PASSAGE.
Heeled Down So Far as toMaUe It Dif
ficult to Walk the Deck.
QUARANTINE, L. I.. Feb. 10. Neither
the Atlantic transport steamer Manitoba
nor the Red Star line steamer Rhynland,
both of which arrived at 8 A. M., saw any
thing of the overdue La Gascogne. The
Rhynland, when she arrived, was a mass
of ice on the starboard side and as high
as the lower masthead. All the standing
rigging and the running gear of the fore-
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I NATIONSTO ARBITRATE
Once Again This Matter Has. Eeen
Brought Before Congress.
RESULT OF MR. CREAMER'S YiSIT
Grave Consequences That Might Bo
Expected to Follow the Ratifi
cation of Such a Treaty.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. The recent
vi3lt to Washington of Mr. Creamer, the
British member of parliament who was
charged with the presentation to our gov
ernment of a memorial signed by his col
leagues in parliament, urging the negotia
tion of an arbitration treaty with Great
Britain, has resulted in stimulating inter
est In the project, which had rather lan
guished since the Introduction of the Alli
son resolution, some years ago. In con
gress the proposition has token tangible
shape In a radical joint resolution sub
mitted by Senator Sherman and referred
to the committee ot foreign relations,
fully authorizing the president to move
in the matter. While this resolution has
not been entirely acceptable to the advo
cates of the scheme, it has served its
purpose of formlne: the basis of consider
ation by the committee. But meanwhile
negotiations have been opened, as yet only
preliminary in nature, between our gov
ernment and the British ambassador that
will, it Is said, if they result in the con
summation of a treaty, be fraught with
the gravest consequences so far as the
United States is concerned. In its pres
ent shape the proposition Is extremely
broad, though it may be narrowed as the
negotiations progress, for it contemplates
nothing les3 than a great general treaty,
to which the United States and all of the
great European powers shall be parties,
by the terms of which any matter in dis
pute between any of the signatory powers,
which cannot be adjusted to the ordinary
methods of diplomacy, shall be submitted
to arbitration.
There is nothing substantially new in
the proposition, which has been discussed
for many years in various shapes, but the
fact that negotiations have actually be
gun, and are, at last, really within the
reach of possibility, has had the effect to
draw the attention of certain senators,
who' must pass upon any such treaty, to
the grave consequences that might be
expected to follow its ratification. For
instance, it has been urged that the Mon
roe doctrine, upon which our predomi
nance of this hemisphere depends, would
be speedily dismissed as of no force In
an arbitration. Each of the signatory
powers would be represented upon the ar
bitration commission, and as the Euro
pean powers would be largely in the ma
jority, there could be but one result
should any question be submitted involv
ing the application $ this doctrine, to
which they have never subscribed and
have tolerated only because of the abil
ity of the United States to maintain
against any single powerr Wfc
Another objection which has been ad
vanced is that the arbitration treaty
would absolutely deny the right of revo
lution, and this might be a very serloug
matter. In the event that Canada should
cast off allegiance to Great Britain, it
would probably be impossible for this
country to recognize her independence,
much less annex the dominion even upon
the unanimous application of its people.
Of late years the major part of our nego
tiations with European powers has been
made up of the settlement of difficulties
growing out of our insistence upon the
recognition of the citizenship of natural
ised Americans. Upon this issue the
United States Is at variance with almost
all of the Euroean countries, which have
found it essential to the maintenance of
their great systems of enforced mllltary
service to deny the right of expatriation
to their subjects, and if such a question
were submitted to arbitration the United
States would be certainly defeated In its
contention and there would be no safety
for our naturalized citizens anywhere out
side the United States.
These are a few of the difficulties that
at present beset the pathway of negotia
tions leading to a general arbitration
itreaty, and it Is doubtful if they can ever
be overcome.
In accordance with the act of congress
of May, 1S31, the secretary of agriculture
has Issued to "Managers and Superintend
ents of Railways of the United States,
Stockmen and Others," the usual regula
tions concerning the transportation or
cattle, to be in force from the 15th day of
February to the 5th day of December
next. The principal difference between the
regulations and those of last year lies in
the fact that the Texas fever line, as it
is called, is extended westward to the
Pacific coast. The line from the Pacific
coast to its junction with the old line,
which formerly did not extend beyond
Western Texas, is described as follows:
Running from the extreme western polnc
of the county of Contra Costa, Cal., east
ward along the northern boundaries of
Contra Costa and San Joaquin to
the western boundary of Amador,
thence north along the western
boundary of Amador to the southwest
ern corner of Eldorado, then southwest to
the boundary line of California; thence
southeasterly along the eastern boundary
of California to the western border of
Arizona; thence south along the west
western border of Arizona to the
southwesternm border of the terri
tory, and east along the southern
boundaries of Arizona and New Mexico to
the Rio Grande; southeast along the Rio
Grande to the southwest corner of the
county of Foley, Texas, and northeasterly
along that river to the southwestern cor
ner of the county of Pecos, which was the
western extremity of the old line.
The principal change in the old Texas
fever line affects the territory of Okla
homa, a large portion of the northwest
ern part of that territory, which was for
merly Included within the line being now
left outside. There are also some slight
changes in the line In Missouri, Tennes
see and Virginia. The bureau of animal
industry is preparing the map for 1S53,
showing the Texas fever line in Jts en
tirety under the regulations, and it will
be printed and ready for distribution as
soon as possible. The regulations im
posed upon the transportation companies,
stockmen and others in regard to the re
moval of cattle from the southern line do
not differ from those in force last year.
The greater part of the week in the sen
ate will necessarily be devoted to the ap
propriation bills. The postoffice bill will
be the first remaining unacted upon to re
ceive the attention of the senate. Thi3
bill will, in all probability, develop suf
ficient debate to consume two clays' time
if not more. The Indian bill carries nu
merous amendments. Many of them will
call for explanations, and others will he
attacked. The discussion of this bill will
probably open up the entire question of
the management of affairs in Indian ter
ritory. This is a subject which has re
ceived much attention at the hands of
several senators. It is expected that the
agricultural bill will be taken up when