OONORBSa (THE PiEsiDEirr'8 MESSAGE.) 



ill I Wine Ocean, 

 of the award of 



nbMl of Arbitration and the enforce- 

 ment of U relation* therein prceoribed for the 

 pretcetionof eeal Ufo In the water* meet, ..-I An 

 i eJao bean reached for the payment 

 m of ftiSMNMn full wtu.! 



r be mad- Ilritain 



a* 



ic BMV IT II.H.1. 



ing out of the cootro verav 

 ^ or th**iureof 11. 

 eaal la UMM water*. T 



The award 

 of fee Part* tribunal toagreatc 



fort* and principle* upon which these 



*hoki be adjusted, and thry have IHH-II sub- 

 letted by both government* to a thorough . xnmina- 

 ikw upon the principle* a* well a* the farf. which 

 they involve I am convinced that settlement upon 

 the larnai mentioned would be an equitable and ad- 

 vantnjpron* one, and 1 fioominenn that provision bi 

 mad* for the promt* payment of the stated sum. 



Thu* for onlv Franc* and Portugal hn\e signified 

 their willingnaa* to adhere to the regulation* estab- 

 liahed under the award of the Pari* Tribunal of Ar- 

 bitration. 



Preliminary anrveya of the Alaskan boundary and 

 a wuaratonr examination of the questi 

 tion of food fish in the eontigooua waters of the 

 United State* and the Dominion of Canada are in 



MB Mill remain* in 

 flaps* between Great Ilritain ami \c> 

 fteving that ita early aettlcmcnt, on aome just basin 

 alike honorable to both parties. i* in the line of ,,ur 

 established noUcy to remove from this hemisphere 

 all ceuM* or difference with powers bey<>n<l 

 n-new the eflV-r re made to 



about a reMoration of dilomatic relation* between 

 the diautanta, and to 



induce a reference to arbitra- 



tion a resort which <;n-*t Britain ao conspicuous^ 

 n principle and respect* in practice, and which 

 earnestly sought by her weaker adversary. 

 Since communicating the voluminous correspond 

 in rr*anl to Hawaii and the action taken I 

 itr and Hooae of Representative* on ei-rtain ques- 

 . aabmitted to the judgment and wider discretion 

 of Congrea*, the organiiation of a government in 

 |4acel?the provisional arrangement which followed 

 feedepoeittofi of the Queen ha* been announce 



eridocof ita effective operation. The recount...!. 

 aval in aaoh eaaea haa been accorded the m 



of extradition with Italy 

 of joatice have occurred owing to the 

 'that Government U> * n sub- 



ject*. Thu* far our effort* to negotiate an amended 

 'tion obviating thi* difficulty have been un- 



>T Apart from the war in which the bland empire i* 



.*tft \nprwmm\nm mttt*nt\ n in l) i 



evident deaire to cultivate more lib- 



rhh na, and to aeek our kindly aid 

 of her laudable deaire for complete 

 aatonomv in her domestic affair* and full equ*. 

 the fondly of nation*. The .l*pane*e Kmpire of to- 

 day i* no longer the Japan of the pant, and our rela- 

 tion* with thU pmgre*rive nation *hould not be lew 

 broad and liberal than thoae with other power*. 



fostered by many interest* in common, 

 ha* marked our relation* with our neareat f 

 neighbor. Ptaee being restored akmg her northern 

 frontier, Mexico h* .* 



Ba1niui of her tranquillity. There ought to be a 

 new treaty of commerce and navigation with that 



rovntry to take the place of the one h i.-, terminated 

 thbtoen year* ao. The friend linena of the inter- 

 conrae between the two eonntrie* i* atte*ted by the 

 fact that during thia long period the com 

 each ha* steadily JncreaMd under the rule < 

 wnaideimiori, being neither simulated by 



tional 



: n tfaaj 

 conven- 

 nor retarded by jealoua rivalries 



An indemnity tendered by Mexico, as a graei..us 

 tlie murder in 186T of Leon Baldwin. ;.n 



I l.uii. I ..f iin.nni.i. r> in Du 



rango, baa been accepted and is being paid in in-tall 



-tnrage and u*c of the water* 



of the Hi., (irnn. 1 l.e nolved 



bv appropriate concurrent aeti<>n ..f tli. t- 

 e<I coin -.MI; in the ('<!<. rado hi-i^i 



atream tlo^s int. rmitt* ntl\ . yielding lilt!, uut. T dur- 

 inir the dry month* to the irrigating ehannel.- already 

 OUTSe. This >ear.-ity w often 



severely felt in tlie regions wl , n the river 

 common I... undar\ . Moreover, th tV.-.jUeMt ehan;es 



\ir>e through le\el MM). I- Mt'ti-n rai.sc < 

 ranatnc n- rritorinl juri.-dieti.,n. 



PlOminenl anmnir the <juer.ti<'M> .f the year wan 

 the Hllletields ineidelit. ill what i^ kli"\\n a> t .' 

 juito Indian Stri^. l->rderin^r on the Atlanti. 

 and within the juri-i l'.\ the 



>f 1860 between (ir.at r.ritnin and Nicaragua 

 the former Government e\j.r 



ercigntv of the latter ..v.-r (he Strip, and a limited 

 ("mi of Hclf-govemment wa* Kiiarniit. ,1 t<> the Mos- 



quito Indians, to bo exercised a-rdin^ t<> their eu- 

 rfj and other dweller- within it* 

 The so-culled native government, whieh 

 L'H'W to be largely made uj- of ali.-n>. for many years 

 difjiUted tlie .-overe'i^'iity ,,f Niearairua over tl 

 and claimed the ri^'lit to maintain the rein a )>r. 

 ly independent mimiei]>al government. Karly in the 

 past year cttbrto of Nicaragua to maintain wvereitrnty 

 over the Mosquito territory led to geriouf* diatorb- 

 ances, culminatinjr in the luppreaaion of the native 

 tro\ eminent and tlie attempted fultitntion of an irn- 

 praetieable composite a<lmini>tration. in whie! 

 ragua and alien residents w-re to partieii-ati 

 tire Was followed )-y an iiiMirreetion which for a time 

 huhverted Niearatriian ITlle, expelling her otliecre and 

 restoring the old organization. Thi-. in turn, uave 

 place to the existing local governmtnt e.-ta; 

 and upheld by Nicaragua. 



Although the alien intrrext* arrayed aguii^ 1 

 ragua in theae transaotiona liav- l..en laivel\ 

 ican, and the commerce of that n-L'ion for .-^ome time 

 has been and Htill is chiefly controlled hy our <-iti- 

 rcns, we can not for that reuj*on ehullenge the right- 

 ful sovereignty of Nicaragua over this important j.art 

 r domain* 



For some months one, and during part of the time 

 two. of our naval ships have been stationed at 

 fields for the protection of all legitimate interests of 

 our eitizens. In September \u-\ \ 

 Managua expelled tr-.m it- territory twelve or more 

 fon-ii;ners, including two American!-, for alleged par- 

 ticipation in the seditious or revolutionary move- 

 a^ain-t the republic at Blucticlds already 

 mentioned; but through the earnest remonstrance of 

 . ernment tlie two American- have b-en per- 

 mitted to return to the peaceful mana:/' -ment of tlieir 

 busineaa. Our naval commander- .-ne of 



theae disturbances, by their constant exhil.ition of 

 -x and good judgment, contributed la; 

 \ention of more serious consequence* and to 

 the restoration of quiet and order. I regret that in 

 the midst of these occurrences th< -re happened a 

 moat grave and irritating failure.-: :m jus- 



tice. An American ci: ; Wilson, r- 



at Kama, in the Mosquito territory, was nmni> 

 one Argucllo, the acting governor of the t 

 some delay the murderer was :.rre.-ted. but ao 

 curely confined or guarded t) >d, not- 



withstanding our repeated demands, it i* claimed 

 that his recapture ha* been impossible by reason of 

 hi* flight beyond Nicaraguan jurisdi< t 



Nicaraguan authorities navin^ triven notice of 

 forfeiture of their concession to the. canal company 

 on grounds purely technical and not embraced in the 

 contract, have receded from that position. 



I'eru, I regret to sav, shows symptoms of domestic 

 disturbance, due probably to the slowness of tier re- 



