| Show EJiJI1T w IN UIIlIT omclal uolJ kng It Val IlL Cao or < It TVashlnslon D C Fob 2S Thor Is reason to believe that to prepare Mr the reception of n report that would show the 1lne < < to I be other than the result or an ocel deal tome 5 the olllclul of the ad rlnlrtnillon have been looking up the subject of InJimnltlis BO its to lathe la-the 11t11nKolded case In tho event lL = ho de < lded to resort to that m thod for ottImellt There ors 0 large number ot Preen dm > Unihlih will nM the nulhorltlefl In hplog their action In this direction hen the facts are fully tstabll hed While none of the rases show the fearful fear-ful latter life Mftalnod by the Maine Mplotlon yet they Include many In I ilutn to which the Unlteil States has adopted energetic measures to rcdrer the killing or Amnlall eltlens III ror Plan countries 10 a generlll way these lthods ol redress have IncllldO demands lands for Indimnlt proclamations xcludlrit the warships of the offending Milan from our harbors display of ImenonInterurse withdrawal vr our mlnl tfr nprUal and blockade game ol thnv tiers border very closely on war although thejr are regarded as the mOImts JUNE Iellmloor to actual hontllltlcft and ns amounting to I n threat ihit force will follow It rattan I A not 10010 icpa The ca of the Wntrwlteh b I ridered tn be the mORt anichl9ullp con to IImt of the MoJne shoUI1 It he es tahllhed limit the Bin no dlsll8tr was not tho result of on i celdent The Wnterwltch wno II United St3tes I engaged In 1 IM In I sun e Itll the ship ell tranm to line vf the rivers of 1arn guoy Wlthqut warning and by orders flf Ireldellt Lopez of IuroKUay form of troops opened lire on fie Vn a teriteh killing the noan nt the hlm and wounding ollicro Vntan feeling was nroused In the I ef IttRrr njoin the facts became known The 1reFl dent reported the facts to Congress and In his l mepsage noked authority eH to make a demonstration of force which I 0 mourP OUltnbe reucss In re oponoe to this Congre authorized him to une uch rore M I Is Ileeesry to secure ample reparation Accordingly nn armed fleet Woo hlI ly auwmulnl on n scale which was re JOE rded an lenmrknble for those days The expedition Incln led 19 armed ships 23 heavy guns rEnd 2 MO sailors and ma rlnes Accompanying this formidable outfit were civilian plenipotentiaries prepared to mike the detnnn of the government oM then enforce them hI calling on the armed nnn ships The expo Ell tell made n tormldahle allowing In the South American wnters and limed dnt loleo government win awed Into complete subjection bj Its pre ene eneThe The American oommllonem and nnnl officers were received at Aen Ion fill much honor and every repnr clon with much honor end every rcpa lie was given This included nljje t npology a sweeping dIsavon at and 10 000 for the urterlng front the outrngo As the republic was willing to grant full reparation the naval expedition did not exert the form It wo prepnrd tv use In coo n rofus1 had been of I terClI ilhen the facts of the expedition vvctc reported to the American Con Kress the 1rosldenf slated that the dispatch of this formidable naval fleet halt had n salutary Influence throughout through-out the world and I had convinced foreign for-eign nations that the United States would protect the lives of Its citizens wish nIl the tore ot Its commond The case of the firing on the United States ship Cht np ake by the llrlt fall ship Leopard Is I another case af fording a precedent as to the govern mntt mode or ne I Ion The Cha peal < o was proceeding to sea when she was hailed by the commander of the Leornrd lIh Il lpmn lirltlsh 6merters said to bo In the hold of the Chesapeake IIP I surrendered The American oommond refused to com Ply eupon the leopard first need n shot noroP4 the how of th e Chess peake 011 followed this with tlO brOadsides Tho American com Innnder was severely wounded three sallors were killed outright nnd mnny were wounded Being unprepared for notion It being n time of pence the American commonder hauled donn his colors und surrondeI Tremendou excltCl1Cnt prevailed In the United Stnte over the outrage Ilcsldent Madison speedily Issued a proclamation excluding from American Porto all Ilfltlsh wnrshlpx lie also caused energetic protests and demands to be I presented nt London The British authorities promptly disavowed the nc I tlon recalled the admiral under whom the outrage hall been perpetrated and without requVot tendered indemnity I I I sufflefent to support the wi1 and to famine nf sYm and wounded I killed and i l mounded In n later case the American ship Irometheu was need Upn In the harbor of Creytown The ship had de I cllned to pay exvpmalve Port thllre Imposed by the king cot the Mosquito controlllnir the country under British protectorate The king called upon the Hrltleh wareIp Uxprcss to sustain his demands and the UNpress promptly sent n hroalslde Into the Prometheus There Wert no Per on lllltd but the United States mad n prompt demand for reparation Th Jlrlllsh povcrnment gave tills In T1 fullest manner and without question disavowing thB net and WnfleM111119 the ofllccr of tho Impress Displays of force Were resorted to hy the United Stale In 1852aRUlmt JaPan Ja-pan and In 1858 against Jam In the case of Jopon American liters hall ten severely handled In Japanese Ports nnd the nnUe cvnrta called to glv j adequate redress A naval ftxpidl lion wn Rent to Jarane atern and i this had the pffect ot omitting the full cot apology and l also nn i agement hy which every protectlonwasguarunteod to Arnerl call citizens and Property lit Jaronn In the eno of Java the rtnry of the navy sent a large naval force it the water of Java to demand that the native trial courts should give the fullest full-est Protection to Amorlcnn The ex pedillon woo successful In ItslurllOe and nJl the nurnnre Ielred meib given I In 1815 seven American were killed rind about sixty were wounded whllh they were being detained In the British prison at Dartmoor This was brought vn hI 0 clamor for rations which wIt w-It < I by the prison guard The United Slates demanded satlsfactorj nnd suitable repartition nnd the Jim Ish government complied by an Indemnity 1 In-demnity for the support of the families or those killed n1 wounded Thoro are qulte II number of reent cases the latest being that of the Ger mn occupnUon of InloChouonr the outrages committed byChtneseonCer man mllonorles In that case file nnnun 1Oernment acquired as In denums 0 large portion of Chinese ter rltorjns well as one of the most valuable valu-able strategic ports or rhIna The principle of money Indemnity for the killing of foreigners hal bei n recognized rec-ognized In several recent cases In the United States One of these was the killing of Italians nt New Orleans by n moho In that rasN while the United IItte did not admit the responsibility jf the Federal government fr the ot of n mob yet Indemnity wan had out of the Federal treasury us a matter ol International comity Similar action was taken In Inlemnlfylng China for her citizens kllld nt Lock Spilngs I In the case of the Vlrglnlus a large money Indemnity wn paid Demond by the United State are now vending against Turkey for the hmnlnlf of American mlsslonai property In I hrnk Turkey during the Armelliun out There tire mnny Individual claims ngalnst pain Including the lluU case and that of Dr Delgado now pending PrcKldtnt Iluchnnnn adopted the procedure pro-cedure of reprisal In ISM This Is n measure Just rlort of war Mexico vvns charged at that lime with nssent IIIK to spoliation along the United States border PrcHtnt Buchanan asked Congress for authority to send n military force to secure Indemnity ns dlllomnllc negotiations hod failed to bring redress train Mexico Thli course was adopted by Congress unit the cparatlons for the military re I Irlsol soon brought about a satlsfac tory adjutment I NonIntercourso with nrent IIrltoln woo one of the measures adopted In 1S03 by what la t known ns the nIntercourse oct no It men of stop ping aeoclllon which up to that limn hall Involved many compllcntlon and mhnrroments Imhroe have oleo been resorted to as n rneasure of olTenoe ngulnEt torch nations short af wr the purpose being to prevent the shll Ping ot supplies needed by the offend Ing nation rnbii Land Sale 8totllIs Washington Fell 5Commllonee Herman of the general land l ontc has sent to Senator IVttlgrc of South Dakota who 13 I Interested In i the free homestead amendment to the Indian appropriation bill n letter giving coins tatt ties coo < nlng the lecelpim front the sale of Public londa dnrlo the ten store ended Juno 0th last It shows that the cash sales of such lands for the period referred to alnounted to SJQ C87720 In addition J343S7I5 vvas re cclved In l trust for the 45fijfa from I the sale or lands ceded by them The receipts from fees nnd commission Paid on entries and filings nnd from I rees for reducing testlmonj to writing wcra 1012315M Tin eXINne Inel dntul to the disposal of public lands durIng the saine period amoutlttd it t 1G910IG |
