The Worthington advance

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United States will be in this manner

determined. A question arose with

Hayti during the past year, by

reason of the exceptional treatment

of an American citizen, Mr. Van

Bokkelen. a resident of Port au Prince,

who on suit by creditors residing in the Uni­

ted States was sentenced to Imprisonment,

and under the option of a Haytian statute

was denied relief secured to a nativo Haytian.

This government asserted its treaty right to

equal iroatinent with the natives of Hayti in

all suits at law. Our contention was denied

by the Haytian government which, however,

while still professing to maintain the ground

against Mr. Van Bokkelen's right terminated

the controversy bv setting bim at liberty

without explanation.

An international conference, to consider

tbe means of arresting tbe spread of cholera

and other epidemic diseases, was held at

Rome in May last and adjourned to meet

again on further notice. An expert delegate

on behalf of the United States has attended

the session and will submit a report.

OUR RELATIONS WITH MEXICO

continue to be most cordial, as befits those of

neighliors, between whom the strongest tie9

of friendship and commercial intimacy exist,

as the nature and growing consequences of our

institutions and geographical propengulty.

The relocation of the boundary line between

the United States and Mexico, eastward of

the Rio Grande, under the convention of July

29, 1882. has beon unavoidably delayed, but I

apprehend no difficulty in securing a pro­

longation of the period for its accomplish­

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The Worthington advance. (1885). Worthington, Minn., 1885-12-10. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85025620/1885-12-10/ed-1/?sp=5

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Worthington advance, 1885-12-10.