AMERICAN PRESIDENTS MESSAGE. IMPORTANT DECLARATION OF POLICY. The Samoan Question. The Canadian Fisheries Dispute.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 182, 11 December 1886, Page 5

AMERICAN PRESIDENTS MESSAGE. IMPORTANT DECLARATION OF POLICY. The Samoan Question. The Canadian Fisheries Dispute.

New York, December 7. The President's annual message to Congress expresses regret at the action of the Canadian officials on the fisheries question, which imperilled the friendly relations between the United States, but he hoped that during the present ees^ioq the negotiations with England would result in a satisfactory settletnrtit of the dispute. The President ia confident that an understanding will be arrived at with Germany and England, which will secure the autonomy and neutrality of Samoa. Alluding to the excess of revenue now being raised, the President recommends a readjustment of taxation, but would not change the fiscal policy, and would continue to collect the chief revenue by import duties. The message again urges the suspension of silver coinage, and alludes to the significant increase in the gold export.

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