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Show iii,'i-TH)N wnii rnur.ita. I rlbat to Conml ItaiHt'lea lllepnlet with (anaita-llawall la Willing. Our relation with Oreat llrrtaln have tonllnued on the moat friendly foot. I tg. Aeaentlnc to our request , th pru. notion of Americans and their Interaeta In Hpanlih Jurledlction waa aitumtd by Ihe diplomatic and comular representa. tlvei of Ureal Ilrltaln, who fulfilled thlr delloat and arduoua truat with i tact and teal, llloltlntf high conimonda- i tlon. I may be allowed to makt lit- I ting allusion to the Instance of Mr rtaintden, her majeaty'a conml at Santiago San-tiago da Cuba, whore untimely death, , SV-r dUtingulihed service and untiring erforti after the elege ot that city, wai i lnnee.lv lamented 'I iu ih ei.i i-ii ui April last. pur. uant to a request made at the Inilanse ot tht tecrettry of elate to the Ilrlllsh ambassador at thla canltol, th Canadian Canadi-an government granted facllUUi for tht passage far United States rtv-nui out-teri out-teri from tht grant laket to lh Atlantlo ei I by way ot the Canadian canal and Ht. laawreno river. 'Die vtaeeli hai reaehed Lake Ontario and wtr there av,altlBg the opening of natrtcatlon when wtr wat declared between the Unileil Htatea and Ipaln. Her majetty gevernment thereupon, by a oommunl. eMton of Ih latter part af April, tlat. ed that Ihe ptrmltilon granted before he outbreak of hoillttlet would not bi withdrawn, provided th United Stairs tovernment gave aiaurance (hat tha ,et it I In rjiieatlon would proceed dlnet o a Unlttd Htatet port without in -iglng In any hostile operation. Tht iverament promptly agreed lo tho tlpulated condition. It being underatood hat the vreael would be prohibited from resenting any ho. tile attack. CANADIAN Qtmilli.IM. It will give me spuI saMifvicltoa It I Khali be au homed to oummunloalt to isu a favorable conclusion of tht pending ra-gKltiMna wllh Oreat llrlt. am In reipeit n the DorrnnKen of Can adt. It ta the e.metl Willi of thti povcrnment to remove ult enurrea of iMrcurd nnd Inilutiui In relatione with the nelgijorliur dominion The trade between the two coitmrle li constantly constant-ly IncreealntT, and It la important (o both rountit that all reaeonbal facll. Itles should be granted for Ita develop, ment The government of Oreece atromtly urgea the onerouinen ot thi duty here Imposed upon tht curmnla of that country, amounting to IM prr cent, or more of thutr mirkrt vulue Thli fiilt h aMted to t excluaU-rly n Oreeli product, rot coming 1nt compeetton wllh ny domeellc rfiduct Tlie cue-tlon cue-tlon of reciprocal mmmert'al relation! with nrrece, lr-ludtnsr the reitoratton of currant! to th fit UK, It under m. ntderatlon. The king rlandlrg clitm of rterand Campbell for damiges for Injuries iul Mined from n violent nult commu-(td commu-(td agimvt Mm by mlMoiry attthorltle-i In the Uland of Haiti hia been Milled by Ihe agreement of that republlo tn pay Wm ll CJ In AmtTltvtn gold. Ot thli aum, IS.OOO hni nlrndy been pitd. It la hoped lint other pending cillmt ol A me rim n clllxeni orilMt (had republlo may be amicably adjusted. ANNEXATION OF HAWAII. Pending Ihe comlderarkm by the Ben. nte of the treaty signed June II. 1197, by thi plerrlpotentlertri of the United rVtatei and the Itepubl'.c of llamill, pro. vldlne for the annexation of th Uland, a Joint rrrolutlon to arcompllih tht Sim purpote hy arrepllnR the offtred reislon and Incorporating the ceded ler-ttrory ler-ttrory trrto the Uirtun. waa adopted by th Congrnea und approvM July 7, IHI I thereupon directed th United, Htw.M e'eamer PhltadnpnNi rj oonvcy Heir Admiral V Iter to Honolulu anit entrusted lo hli hindi Ihli Important lealtlatlve ant to be delivered to Ih. president nf the Itepubllc of Hawaii, attli whom th admiral and tha United rVatcs mln'urr er airthorlred t make nppreiprAit rnngrment for tranafir Ing the anvTcigntv of tht Island! to Ih t'retrsd H'A'ea Thlt waa limply bti lmpree4vrty sronmprlthed on the, 12th. day of Augtiat las' by the delivery of a certified copy of th resolution tn Presldn-t Imie whi thereupon yielded, Itp to the repreaentartlve nf the govem-mn( govem-mn( of the 1'r.tted ftitea th rnver-elimty rnver-elimty ard ribiic propenty of the Ha-wntan Ha-wntan lalsndt. Pursuant to Ihe terms nf tha Jalnt rrsoltiHon nd In ejercle of nuthcrlty thereby conferred itrnn rrve, I directed (hi( the rivvi jud'riii nd miyiary poweri theretofore exerrited by the oITU cen of the government of Ihe Itentiblla nf Ilnwall should continue to be exerrited exer-rited by thiie offlcers tntll Oorrrr thall provide a government for Ihe In-corpOTHIed In-corpOTHIed 'erritory auhjert to my power pow-er to remove such nfDcerannd to fill va5 nanctet The preildent. offlceri and! trooria of the republlB thereupon took! the mth of allrrtumv to the United Blalea. Ihut norvkllng for th uranler-rup(ed uranler-rup(ed comlntitnr of all Ihe admlMT tratlve and municipal funcllnna of lh-1 annexed territory until Congrer ihall otherwlie enaot. Pollowlng trie further provlelon oil the Joint roeoluynn. I nppolntevl thet Hvnonblei Rhelhy A. CuOim, of UllJ noli: John T. Morrtn, of AtaMmntF nohert It Hilt, of Illinois! fMnfnrd H.I IV.-. nf Hawaii, nnd AValtir F. Orler.1 cf I rt wmi 1 1. os cnmmlevVinera to confer! and recommend to Cone-rest tuch leg! latlnn concerning (he lliwutfan ItlandJ at thtv should deem tvecetstry or propj er. The nommltslonert, hiving fulJ, filled the mission ivnMnl to Ihem. thelfl rtport wltl ht Veld before you rat art curry dty It It believed tbtt thtlr rrcJ ommendii'ejna will hve th enrnert crnirdemiMon due to fht mngnitudi of the reaponslbllllT renting upon you tn give such thap to (he relationship of llvnte mld-Paciinc landt to our homW urton na will bentftt both In the hlghi est degree, realising tht ntplratlons o( Iht communVy that heii mat Ita tot wltH ui nnd dented to rtiari our political heritage, while, at 1h etmi time, J tea J tUylng the forttlght cf thot who for threo quarler of century have looked: to the imlmllallon of Hawaii as a, rmluml and tnivrabl cnruiiimrnatkin. In learmony wvth our reedt and In ful Cimaie. of nur i htrla' tradHfoni. HAWAII ANI JAPAN. The rjueetlona herntofore pending be tween llaneiU and Jnmn, graadng out of trie alleged mistreatment of Jainnei treaty Immlirratrti, were, I am plMtedT tc ny. adjusted befoi e the aot of tratu. (r by the iiaimrnt of a reasonable Indemnity In-demnity to tli gMvrumtnt ot Japan. Under tin provlilom ot th Joint1 resolution, tlv existing cuttoms reta-tlons reta-tlons of the Hawaiian laktnda with th United RlHtet and with other oouiatrlea remain unchanged until leglekutlon ihall othtrwlet prov-ldt. The coniuU of Hawaii, here and In foreign countries, coun-tries, continue to fulfill trhair commercial commer-cial agenclea, while tin United State consulate at Hmolulu ti malntnlnrd for, nil proper eervliea Iiertalnhtir to trade and the revenue It noukl be desirable tlat all foreign conaul In thi HavvviUnn (standi ah mid receive new ixequatora f i wn thla government. U. B CONBUUATKB OMAHll The wttentlon of Congress la cillcd to th fact that our coraiuktr offioca haling coated to extol In Hawaii, end be'ng sb ut to cease In other oougrtrlsij coming ui dir the sovereignty of tiiq IfnltM P 'es, the provlalona for thej rel.ef anil ranspoCatlun of dastltuta American . nnen in -heiscountrlet unJ dcr our roi.aular ngulatlons, will, In ocnseitUMu e. terminate. It g JaroperJ therefore, that new Irgiekttlon ahouW be enacted iunn thta tubject In order to meet the i ) inged condknei. The Interpi etnt-lon of certain provJ. nlnna of the eatradltlnn .invention of, December It 11(1, baa been ut varloua f lma Ih creation of cnntrovenry wWi tin goverrmrnt or M-xli MKXICAN 1'VTHAHITION. An neirtt dirTtrenre nroae In the cue of the Mixlcan domand for the dellv-er dellv-er of Jetui flutrrera who having lac a Ttraraud'ng- expedlt'on near late border bor-der with tha proclaimed purpoai of In-Klatlng In-Klatlng htiurrett'otv nralmet Preildent Plax. caciped into the United Btatee. Rxtradlrton waa refuted en the ground that Ihe allied nirn .-,- nnlwlnnl within the treaty provlilo of rsm-aur-reraler The Mexk-an oomtccrtlOTi was that th exception nly related to purely pure-ly political often.!, and that as Ouer-rern'aact! Ouer-rern'aact! were admixed with (he common com-mon crime of murder, arson, latdrnp-plmr latdrnp-plmr and robber)-, tti orMrort of tnotv dillvary became void, a pvtKkio whUTj Ihla governmtnt wo unable ) admit, hi view of the received Inte-rnatlor. ijoctrlno ruvd practice In (hi rjwvteri TJi Mexican covernrnen! In vlw of (hli csv turtle on Jama? It, 1J, of the (ermlretlon of the c-wveretion, t tk after twelve merrthi from that d., al th nmi time I not I no- the con-oluikan con-oluikan of a coanrtntlem -heaved which rr-guMallona are n fo-e In h! relation rela-tion I my refer to he Recently of mm imndmiM cf our exltllng extradural ex-tradural statute It li a rnimrn step-uUtiel step-uUtiel of tuch treat that ntHhit party eheli be hound to give up He own cliliir.e, that the AdJI prorltw kn ont of our IreMlei. lhat with Japan, that It mar lurrender If It tee m It li held In Dili eouMry by hit aimon- uniform ejauree of derttfofl that -where a treaty negative! tin obligation eo eurrender, the preeldent la m. IpveKed wKh legal authority to cot The cor,rlrm.iv. f ueh amhorlty would lie la ih; Him of th ound morjrtjr wbteh ihrHikt from rfordlr eerute airlum M (hi author of a hemotii eritn Agiln, statutory provlelon might be well made for what li etyled extradtlon by wit Of transit, whereby fugrt' lurrrn. acred br on foreign ror'ntmiat to r wether may be conveyed aorve thi errllnry ef ;b Urned ntiti n 'ii juriadlofkro ot tht dnmndlrtr tote. A .recommendation Inthlt behalf, rnadt tn .he President' mtnac of till, w ,lot arttd upwt. Th mtttor ! prtsent. jed for )vur cunalJeratlon. BMUOaLINQ LEGISLATION. I The probltm of the Mexican fre Mm h-at bun ettin dbcuaMd with rt gard to Iti Incimvenfance a a prove cat km ot imuggllng tnto the Unllid txt ako( an ixtenslv lln and sJtiray-lVirdid land border. Tht efTcrt Ynaae by tht Joli reeriutton of March I. IMS, to remedy tht butt enlarged by impending th prlvl'ege of .fre Irani- S nation In lmt.d across tht territory tht United Btoti to Mexico failed Of good result aa 1e stated In repsrl No. 701 ot the Itoust of HritMntittvrf, iubmttted In tin lavt aniton, tlaroh . U. Ul. At tht queill&n It ona to be OcemrXiTAly mat by win oonturrmt legislation ot tht two countrlea looking to tht nroteMlon of the rtvtnueji by Jvarrnoneoue meaiurea operating- eiuoJ. ly on alther ride ot thi boundary, ruth. r than by Knrentlontf arranxemerxa I .autfeet that ctt rtta oonalder the .dvlaabllllr of uthrlln and Invlt. htr a mtferenea of nvrnttti of On trtuaury UtparrnttMi of ilw Unetrd eutea and Mexln to conaider tht tub-Ject tub-Ject In all Ml tvmp'tx bearkii or.d make repMrt. m:h veruntis. rtcom-ti)sMtlonf rtcom-ti)sMtlonf to the repei-ihe avvcrn-menu avvcrn-menu for the information wkJ the cua alteration o their csnrrveeee. WATBK IIOUNDARY. Tha Menotn water boundary oommla. Iton ha adjueted all inatian tulinittttd to It to the MtieracMvn ot tth toicrn-tnatna toicrn-tnatna aava In three lniortiit oa that ot Chimtail at M l'aao, Tax., jvhwa tha two oumnitMtoneri filled Ui Icret, and hretn. for thu one only, tin (overnmrnt lua proj.J to Max-loo Max-loo the addition of a third member, tha propoted tUmlnatton of what are known aa "banoot," email laoUted latan.li formed by tha cutting; net of bonda to the Itlti UranJr. from tha epraltoti of the tteatlaa of Hit and M. rarom-mended rarom-mended by the cinindialonera und approved ap-proved by thlt jttiainant, but all'! under ooratdirailnn by tlralco, and thn (Ubjeot of tht .quIMWe dlttnbutlon of nvttra of the nio (Irande " for which the OommieilJiiera rerommended an International In-ternational dam and rervotr. are approved ap-proved by Mexico, hut allll under con-!:drra1lon con-!:drra1lon by thlt rovemmtnt. I'rndlnn twit quaatlont ft It naoaeaary to ex-end ex-end the Ufe ot the oommliaton which aijHrtt beoemhtr SS, next. The aoronallsa of tht yotinr quean ot tilt NethertanJl waa mnd tha oooa-!on oooa-!on of fltbtnr tangmtuiatlona. Tha ejilm ot Victor II. MoOrd falnit Peru, whloh for a number of i-eare hat been prtaaed by thlt avtrn-tnent avtrn-tnent and hae on areral oooar'.'ona at-mated at-mated tha attention of the Cnnirree. til been euHefjetorllr adiunted. A pronprol wa a'jid May 7, lit, whereby, where-by, tha fact of lUMtlty being admitted, Uia queeUon of tha nmount to tx eurrarded wtae aubmltted to tha chief fMttttt of OanaiVi aa aola arbitrator. II U awwrd anta tht Indemnity dm the claimant at 140.000. rcnu AimooATra. The Evtnment nf 1'aru hai given the preacribed notineoAlon ot Ita Intention Inten-tion to abrogato the trty ot friend-Mp, friend-Mp, commerce ni rmvicaUon. concluded con-cluded 'nith thlt country Auguat II, illT. Aa that treaty oontthta many important frovlalona naortiary to tho nialntnuno ef commerce and good relatione re-latione wtfloh ooull Willi dlffloulty ba rplaead by th nomination of renewed rrovlelomi wlthtn tna brief twalva . month Intervening before tha trawty tormfnMea. I hava tnvlied auagrtlont by Prru tat to the ptrtloutar pmvlrtoni It !a deatrad to rmnl In tha hope ot reaching an arrangement whenAy tha f email tng article! may be provisional-t provisional-t y tavad. HB1V AJtllAflflADOrt. ) Ilia m-ajeely, tht cr, haMng an-.nounotd an-.nounotd till puriuta to txilaa tht Ini-Ibirtal Ini-Ibirtal ltuiV.in mltilon ot thla oapital to tht rank ot an enflMiay, I reiponded .Under the authortty conferred by tha sin ot March i, 1111, by roinnrUitonlng and ueorcdltlng the aotuul repreienta-tlva repreienta-tlva at Ht. retenburg In tht oapaolty at ambaiaador extraordlnury and rlnil-.pottRtlary. rlnil-.pottRtlary. Tilt Itutetao umlntaanor 13 , th'j country haa Mnca (maanted lilt Iredentlale. The propoial ot tha cxar for E general reduction of tne vaat miliary mili-ary ftiMbllehmrnte that weigh ao r.wll)' upon ereany p'rl In lima of J-noe waa oommuntmted to thla gov-ernmt-it nvth an aarntat rnXtatlon to te iturewnted It the oonferenea which It 1 mntemplatrd to netenilila with a Mow to dtacuailng lhr meuna of acrom-plilelrlng acrom-plilelrlng ao detlrabla a reault. Ille moJaety T.aa at onoa Informed of tilt cordial lymnaitliy of tlrfa govern-merrt govern-merrt with tha prtnnlpla envolvad an hit txaltad propoial and of the readantat f the United ftlatta to take mrt In tho confer live. The active nymary force cl the United Htatea an moaoured by 'our MPHlaflon. territorial area and tax-aUt tax-aUt wealth tt, and undtr any conoetv-ible conoetv-ible proaptiTtlva oondi-'loni, mult can-UflUO can-UflUO to be In Nma of pewe ao oon-rptououaly oon-rptououaly leu than that of tha armel 'Powara to whom the eaar'a appeal tt ,eapaotaily addreaaad that tht quaattan ban have for ua no praotloaJ Import nee aava at marking an autpldoua ten toward the bettepnwnt of the oon-dttton oon-dttton of the modern peoplea nnd tha ..cultivation of p.t nnd good will among tham, and In thla vlaw It b-ioo b-ioo aa ut at n nation to lend oourrten-arwe oourrten-arwe and aid to tha benellolent pfo-lecU pfo-lecU CI.AI1IS AOA1NST ItUBSIA. Tht oOulma of ownera of Amarlnan airing venl for tetiuro by IttmMn oruhieri In Tiering aa art being preaied (or aaKlement The tqulrlii of t&t ctn Juattfy the expeotatlon that a tneaturt nf reparation would eventually be acoordeil In learmony with pmeiieit ari". The rnolutlon made In my ipee-rx ipee-rx mtff of April S7, lavi li ranewed, Hit apprrprKMIon be mat to rflm-jburit rflm-jburit tht mutter and ownera of the lluttlan bark Hani tar wrAoctnl ar-rtrt ar-rtrt of the mailer and drteuortn of the fVfrrel In February. lt, by ofltiert of the Uiuied Btt dljrl oourt for the evHif' OViiTlct f Mttaleatpn Tha ptpera accompinyltur my inaaiuga 4nak vl apjoit rperllirlouj oetim and mmmmmmmmmmmm itfy the urgenry with whlh Mae Ireen pppientaa by th government ut ttuwla. BAMOAN TltOUHI.K" Matletoa Ijaupepa. king of Samoa, died on Auguvt 11 liat According te artlclf I of the gnera1 act ot llertln, "hli auerrMor ilmll be duly elected an. cording to the Mwa and cuetamn at Ha-rma Ha-rma ' Arrungemnt had been agreed upon between the altnatorlee of the central act fur tha re-turn of Mataata aM the other exiled Samean (ttlefi, They were brought from Jalutt by a Qernein wir vtieal and landed at Apia on Kept It. tart Whether the- death of Malletoa and the return ot hh rkMlmt rlul MUtart. fa, will add to the undealralfo cam-pncatlont cam-pncatlont ahlrh tht execution ot the trlrurnta ginaral net hai hernofort de. vtloped rratalM i h teen TCia ef-forta ef-forta of Ihle arorernment will at hereto-P. hereto-P. re be addraaud toavrda a harmonl oua atAt exact fulfilment ot the term of tbe loVrno'fotial engagumenl to which the United Btutea beoame a party In lltl. OliAIM AOAINST BIAM. The Cheek oltlm aralnat RVam. after aoma five yaara of controveny, hat been adjurted by atbltration under an arreement tlrnid July i, HIT, on uward ,of CI Ml foila (abyut 1117.117), wKh the relraae ot tha Check eilatt from mortgage mort-gage clalmi. had teen rendered MarcC II, l'JI. In rai'or of tfie claimant by the ath'tnator, Blr NlohoWe John lUnrun, Ilrttlah chief juatlce for CMna and Japan. n ihtot from Warn haa been accredited ac-credited to thla government and hat preaented We crteiitlata. rtKD CTIO'S AND BWlT2niU.AND. Immediately upon tht outbreak o tht war with Spain, tht trwltt govern, mint, fuinixwr tho high mlatloo U hat deaervtdry araumeil aa the patron of tht International lied Oroia, propuaed to tha United tttaJrei and Bpilo that 'they ihould temlly recognlit and carry Into execution aa a modue Vivendi Vi-vendi during the corflnuinoo of hottll-Hlea hottll-Hlea tht additional article! propoted by the trrlermtloml conference at Geneva . la. 1M1, erhendlne 1he effect! ot tht txlallng Itfl Croti cemvtnUon of lUt to the conduct of navul war. rol-Vowing rol-Vowing tha examrda art by Franca and Oermary la 17) In adopting auch n-.odtt Vivendi, and In view ot the no ceiln of the UnVed Bs to thoie addvtloMl aptlclt In I'll alionh the exchaeice ot reatlOcatlnn Ihertof atlll re-malerd re-malerd unefftMl. tha flw1a piopoaal aa prompt y and "ordlally aooepted by lie and eitnultMneotMiy by Brain. Thlt gnvfrrmert reela a keeti tatte-faction tatte-faction In having hui been enabled to tcenlfy tla ndhi-.-nta to thi broad prtnnlpla of huma-nrty even amldet the oraih of war, and It to be Jwped rht the exlenalon ot fit tied Crow twm-piot twm-piot o hoetmthi by aw aa well at on Knd may aoon beoene atiaorompllahed faot through the Ret -al promulgation! of additional rnval Hod Croti artlctrt by tho martlmt pwwera now latttta t-i the conmntlon ' 1111 Tht Import' qu-ftvonf Hit claim of Rn-luerland to the perpnuil cantonal can-tonal allegiance f Amerfcar rl-li ia of flwlee origin haa not made hopeful ptocreea toward a aolutlon. ami con-trovrralea con-trovrralea In thla regard at HI rotiUnue. AUMFINIAN TltOUHU:8. Tha nwly accredited awvoy of the United rtiteet to 1ht Ottoman IVjrtt oarrlei tnraniotlona looking to tha dli- ?til of trratlera In corrtrovtray with utkey for a number of yrnra. Ha it etptcUlly chrxed to prtoe for a Juet aettlemiTtt ot our cktlma for IndemnCty by rraaon of the deatructlon ot property proper-ty of American trouble ot 1119 aa well aa for tha recornJttore of older clalmi of equal JuatncM. He II alao Inetrucl-ed Inetrucl-ed to tetk n adjuatment of tha dlepula growing out of tht rafuial of Turkey to recognlie tht acquired cltlier.ehh) of Otroman-llorreeanna natiirallaed In tha UtiHed State etnoe 111! without prior Imperial contnet, and In the eamt J antral relation ht it directed to en-ravor en-ravor to bring about a aolutton of tht quevtlon wtilch haa mora or leaa acutely acute-ly exlrted a-hire 111! concanxng the iurledlctlon euid rlchti ot tht United tKatri In mitltra ot criminal proce-ed-urt and putilehmei. under article IV of th treaty of 110. Thla latter dim-ourty dim-ourty grow out of a verbal dlfftvenoc, oktlmed by Turkey to be eeier.ttal he-twien he-twien tha orlilnal Turklih text arul the promulaated traniutlon. Vn.NKZUBLANNAimiTIlATION. After mure than two ytara from tht appointment of a coraul of thla country coun-try to Urterotmi he hai received hi eiequator. The arbitral tribunal ay potirtmimt utaler -she treaty ot February, Febru-ary, 1117, between (treat Urttaln and Vcncxuela to detetrmlna th boundary between the latter and tha colony of Drltteh Qularra la ro oonvw.. at l'arli during the preaeut month. It I n lourco ot muth gratification to thla govertanent to eta the friendly reaort of arbitration applied to tin aattltmant nf thli coirlroveray, not alone becauat ot the aanirat part we havt had In bringing about tha reault but alM be-Cauie be-Cauie tha two matnbera named on be-hMlf be-hMlf of Veneiuela, Mr ChUf Juttloa Puller and Mr. Jtiirtra Ilrrwar. choaan from our hlgheet coutt appropriately teallfled the sonllnulnr Inttrett wt fell In tha detlnlta adjustment ot tho quel-tlan quel-tlan oocewvllng to the eetrloteat rulei of luntlct. Th Brrtlih mtmbera, Uwd llerachel and Kir Illchard Oolttna, are Jurlat of no len txallad repute, wUle the fifth niMnber and prealdrnt of the tribunal, M V Datnarterw. hai earned a world-wilt reputation aa are auttior-Ity auttior-Ity upon International law. Tha okatmof PeMpe HoandelU aralnat Veneiuela. fur arbitrary expulalon and Injury to hli buaknea Im been adjuited by tho ravocatton of tht order uf x-pultlon x-pultlon and by tha payment of tho aunt ot 111,000. WKflTMIlN oaMiinncK. I have the wllafaotlon vt being ablt to atate that the bureau of the American Amer-ican r'Ublli creuced In UM aa tha or-Can or-Can for lavmotineg oamnvardal Intw tvurae and ruternal ralatloaa among the vountnea ot the Weataru Ilaaaa-phert, Ilaaaa-phert, hai boinn a more arnslaut In-atrumeeit In-atrumeeit of tht wlee purpoaa of In foundera and I rccatvlng tht oordlal upirt ot the otuttriuutlng mambeti of tla Interruillonal union nhluh ure actually reprwentad In It board of management. A commercial directory In tno volume rwMalnli,g a maaa o Itatratlcal tnaittr. dtaorlptlva ot the in-duetrlal in-duetrlal and Lummenlal InUieataof the tarloui eourutilee, lue betti printed In KngHih, Bianah, liitugal and German and a monthly bulletin puhllihd In theeo four tifisuacta and dl" nbuted In tha 1-atln-Ameflruu luuntrlei aa well aa In tho United Htitea haa proved to ta a valimlsll medium foi uf ainenlnattng Information and furihertna' tha taned Intereets of the International union. During the paan fir the Immrtanl work of collecting tofurmatlon of prao Ural benefit t Atnerti n tnduititei and trude through the agency of diplomatic and oonauiir nfllcan haa been tteadlly adtmnoad, amd In ardor to lay iucn Atf tf . tk"- - - '.-. dery tJt itwui, waa orgun in Jan-ieay, Jan-ieay, Its, of laiutng the coenmcVal re-porta re-porta from day la day a they are ra eelved by tha department ot mala. It li baHevtd tint tor promptitude aa well a Inline e rf entarrngtltn Qw ecrvlee thtia tuppaed to cttr mrtic(-i and mamtfaageie-eni wtll be found to tho (eiariblt Improvement and to rarrtt the liberal aupport ot Cunereaa, |