Mr. Seward to the consular officers in Great Britain, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, Austria, and Germany.
Mr. Seward to consular of ficers in Great Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden and Norway, and Denmark. Mr. Seward to consular officers in Great Britain, France, Switzerland,
Italy, Austria, Belgium,
and Germany.
Mar. 18 Requiring reports showing the prices at which actual sales are made within their several dis- tricts, to other countries, of the leading articles of export to the United States. In the case of staple goods, the reports should show the value of raw materials, cost of labor, and whole cost of manu- facture.
Requiring reports as to rates of wages; cost of living of laboring classes; relative rates for five years past; state of trade; character of circu lating medium; relation born by paper to coin; business habits and systems.
Apr. 15 Requiring that samples of goods exported to the United States shall be sent to the proper cus toms officers at the port of final destination of goods, instead of to those at the port of first arrival.
Mr. Seward to diplomatic Aug. 21 and consular officers at
Requiring sanitary and commercial reports for the use of the Surgeon-General of the Marine-Hos- pital Service.
Mr. Evarts to consular of Sept. 23 Requiring consular officers to exercise vigilance in
Revolution in province of San Juan: Government troops to sustain the governor of the province : partisans of D. C. Sarmiento engaged in the revo- Mail and telegraph service: 4,530 miles of wire, partly owned by government; 7,500,000 letters and papers sent through the mails during the current year; service not self-sustaining. Strength of the army, 12,300 men; of the navy, 31 vessels of war; commercial marine, 1,562 ves- sels, with aggregate tonnage of 43,000 tons; In- dian frontier less troubled. Attention called to the deep-water channel up the Parana and Uruguay Rivers surveyed by Capt. Hunter Da-
Congress adjourns: Bills passed establishing a mint at Buenos Ayres to coin gold and silver; abolishing the old Spanish system of weights and measures and adopting the decimal system; and granting aid to the Trans-Andine Railway. Amnesty accepted by revolutionists of 1874: Gen- eral Mitre and other officers restored to the army; changes in the cabinet in consequence.
Boundary dispute with Chili still unsettled: The surrender of the Sandy Point mutineers to Chili refused; their trial for the murder of some of their comrades while in Argentine territory ordered.
Revolution in Corientes: Governor Durqui to be sustained: rebels defeat state troops; propose a compromise in the nature of a new election: reconciliation with the Mitre party not so com- plete as supposed; rumored trouble in Santa Fé.
Revolution in Corientes over: April 1 the Argen- tine Republic enters Postal Union under treaty of Berne. Crisis in the cabinet: Representatives of the Mitre party withdraw; trouble apprehended; revolu- tionary movements in Corientes and Santa Fé. The President opens Congress: Foreign relations satisfactory; the boundary dispute with Chili to be submitted to arbitration; peace restored to the country; national debt, $61,277,802; re- duction during the year, $4,000,000; finances in a satisfactory condition; immigration maintains its volume.
Asking attention to dispatches from his gov ernment respecting the reconciliation effected with the revolutionary party; intimating that the boundary question with Chili will be ami- cably settled; and expressing the hope that friendly relations with the United States may be maintained.
Reciprocating the friendly sentiments expressed in the above note.
Mr. Garcia to Mr. Evarts.... Mar. 23 Requesting the appointment of March 25 to de
liver the memorial, documents, charts, and books relating to the boundary question with Para- guay, to the President, to whose arbitration it has been submitted.
Submitting papers in the arbitration Acknowledging their receipt.
14 Mr. Evarts to Mr. Garcia....
Acceding to the above request
Mr. Garcia to Mr. Evarts.. Mr. Evarts to Mr. Garcia...
Disastrous effect of the free-trade treaty with Ger many upon Austrian industry: The treaty de- nounced; a new tariff proposed: effect of the silver standard upon customs receipts; and of the suspension of specie payments upon national industry: conclusions based upon present indus- trial and commercial conditions; that customs- dues should be collected in the best and least variable standard money; that customs barriers should be sufficiently high to protect domestic industry; that the "most favored nation" clause is the safest basis for commercial treaties; that for special relations and countries, "reciprocity treaties" may afford means for the development of special interests. (See dispatch March 4, 1878.)
Dec. 14 Meeting of the "Delegations," the common legis. lature of the empire: The organization of the Austro-Hungarian Empire illustrated: the East- ern question; a revision of treaties to be the re- sult of the war; the three Emperors acting in unison; Count Andrássy explains the policy of Austria to be "the protection of Austrian in- terests."
silver in excess of customs receipts; debt bear- ing silver interest chiefly held abroad: views of Baron von Hoffman; gold ultimately to be the standard: the present relationship susceptible of establishment by international agreement: without such agreement, countries of the higher standard will absorb the better money.
4 Tendency of legislation in the direction of higher duties: Free-trade theories giving place to those of protection; extract from proposed French tariff; the danger to our industries from this movement in Europe, respecting a home ten- dency toward free trade. (See Mr. Noyes's dis- patch of March 28, 1878.) The desirability of a common unit of money for international account and use: The submission of the question to the monetary conference sug- gested.
Mr. Evarts to Mr. Kasson... June 18 Mr. Kasson to Mr. Evarts.. June 29
Forwarding map of Turkey as affected by the treaty of San Stefano: Uneasy feeling respect- ing war between England and Russia; the aims of England in the Levant. (See Mr. Maynard's dispatches of April 3 and 29.) Invitation to monetary conference given Austrian intervention in Bosnia probable. Efforts to maintain peace; positive gains made by Eng- land in consequence of her decided policy. Dip. lomats reticent.
Appeal from Mussulmans of Silistria. Turkey the field of diplomatic intrigue; dissatisfaction with the treaty of San Stefano. Count Schonvaloff's mission thought to have been successful; the meeting of the congress proba- ble interest manifested in our ability to main- tain strict neutrality in the event of war; the effect of the "three rules" clause of the treaty of Washington, and the right to buy ships and munitions of war in our ports, pending hostili- ties, discussed.
Hungary accepts invitation to monetary confer
June 5 Suggesting that the recognition of Roumanian in dependence should be conditioned upon the ac- cordance of equality of rights to the Jews. Monetary conference to be held at Paris: Invita- tion accepted by leading powers. Constitutional questions, until recently pending between Austria and Hungary, adjusted. Cus toms tariff to be raised; Austrian Bank debt to be assumed; quota of each toward national ex-; penses determined. The Imperial Government strengthened by the agreement. Austrian policy respecting the Eastern question based upon two principles: Hostility to Sclavic influence; and the extension of commercial re- lations. Her action at Berlin to be guided by these principles. Bosnian occupation the first step. Austria supported by England. Results of the policy. Influence of existing railways. The Shah of Persia visits Austria: Changed for the better since his last visit; more inclined to adopt Western ideas; accompanied by his chiefs of administration; Austrian mission to be es tablished in Persia; trade statistics; chance of introducing American products into Persia; a favorable commercial treaty could be negotiated; foreign trade of Persia estimated at $18,000,000 per annum.
Invitation to monetary conference accepted Same subject: Programme of proceedings desirable. Treaty of Berlin: Items, Bulgaria, autonomy con- ceded, with right to negotiate; treaties to re- main in force: Roumania, independence granted, with full treaty-making power: Servia, existing treaties in force: Montenegro, independence granted, but commercial association with Aus- tria established. Necessity for consular repre- sentatives at Bucharest, Belgrade, Antivari, and other points indicated. A thorough examination of existing treaties recommended. For text of treaty see Mr. Maynard's dispatch, September 28.
Trade with Brazil: We import largely from, but export little to Brazil; American products are shipped to, and sold in, England, reshipped to Brazil, and resold at advanced rates; steamship lines established with Europe, but none with the United States; the need of such line indi. cated; the Emperor favors its establishment. Contract for monthly steamers to the United States entered into: Mail subsidy of $100,000 for ten years granted by Brazil; the question deter- mined by the intervention of the Emperor; in- creased steam communication with Brazil recom- mended to attention of Congress.
Resignation of the ministry: Parliament not in session; temporary appointments to be made; American influence extending.
Arrival of the City of Rio: Ceremonies upon the occasion of the visit of the Emperor and empress; return cargo, 37,000 sacks of coffee, valued at $700,000; the largest and most valuable single cargo ever shipped from Brazil.
Mr. Seward to Mr. Borges.. Apr. 30 Requesting a letter commending the commander
of the Madeira River surveying party to the con- sideration of the authorities of Para. Inviting suggestions relative to a common mode and form of procedure respecting consular cer- tifications to port clearances.
Ceremonies upon the delivery of the awards of the Centennial Exposition.
Commander Rodgers's action respecting the Punta Arenas revolt approved; no more convicts to be sent to that settlement; claims commission ap pointed. Jan. 31 Adjournment of Congress; commercial depression continues; state of the finances unsatisfactory; deficits, for 1876, $2,000,000; for 1877, $3,000,000; probable deficit for current year, $2,000,000; bonds issued to meet deficits; commission of in- quiry appointed.
Inquiry as to the effect upon our relations with Chili of her notice of 1849 to terminate certain clauses of the treaty of 1832; the present a fa-¦ vorable time for the negotiation of a commercial treaty.
Mar. 9 Probability of the submission of the Argentine boundary question to the arbitration of the King of the Belgians.
The effect of the notice of 1849 is full and complete in respect of all clauses of the treaty of 1832, except those relating to peace and friendship: Should Chili favor the negotiation of a new treaty, power to negotiate will be granted. Account of the earthquake of May 9, 1877 Congress opened by the President: Financial state- ment unsatisfactory; income tax, and increase of duties, recommended; imports and exports show a falling off: work upon the code, and upon coast and interior surveys, progressing satisfac- torily; public education liberally maintained. Pitcairn's Island, and its population
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