Mausers; and the second under Captain Baez, consisting of 400 gendarmes and prison guards armed with Mausers and a Maxim gun. At an early hour of the morning of the 7th instant General Fotheringham's forces arrived before Mendoza. At sight of the Federal troops the revolutionists, having learned that the movement had failed in the capital, fled toward the borders of Chile, where some of the leaders have since been taken and await extradition. They had taken possession of the city of Mendoza with some bloodshed and had sacked the Bank of the Nation; the money stolen, being some $300,000 Argentine paper currency, they carried away with them. The defeat of the forces in the province of Buenos Aires was equally complete, there being some 7 killed and 10 wounded. Major Villamayor fled toward the west and is being pursued. Later reports may give more casualties. The revolutionary forces at Cordoba had made prisoners of the vicepresident of the Republic, Dr. Figueroa Alcorta, and other prominent citizens. These prominent men they are reported to have proposed putting in their vanguard unless concessions were made to them. This and the conditions of the revolutionists the vice-president telegraphed to the Executive, who did not allow himself to be moved by threats or even by sympathy for his colleague. Consequently the revolutionists, finding threats and resistance vain, fled yesterday before the government troops arrived. With the failure of the movement in Cordoba the revolution is considered at an end and the country has returned to its former condition of peace and tranquillity. This movement came as a surprise to the inhabitants of this city and is universally condemned and deplored. The President is the recipient of congratulations from all quarters, various bodies of business men having presented formally and in person resolutions of sympathy and approval. In the end it will serve, I believe, to strengthen the existing government. No.122.] Minister Beaupré to the Secretary of State. AMERICAN LEGATION, Buenos Aires, February 24, 1905. A SIR: Referring to my No. 119, of the 8th instant, in regard to the revolutionary movement that began here on the morning of the 4th instant, I have the honor to report that the same terminated with the events recounted in my dispatch above referred to. From the moment when the revolutionary forces of Cordoba gave up their cause as lost and dispersed, the revolution, or mutiny as it is preferably called here, has been considered an episode of the past, and the government has been occupied solely with the judicial phase of the movement. council of war was at once appointed and proceeded to try the offenders and to pronounce sentence upon the leaders. Thus Maj. Anibal Villamayor has been condemned to eight years, Lieut. Eduardo Gibelli to five years, and Lieut. Horacio Guillermon to three years imprisonment and others to shorter terms, and a large number of prisoners is awaiting trial. The state of siege that was declared on the morning of the 4th instant for a period of thirty days continues, and the censorship of the press has been extended, so that besides other subjects that of the attitude and actions of the vice-president of the Republic during the days of trouble, the 4th to the 8th instant, is exempted from comment of any sort. A matter that occasioned considerable discussion and might have led to a misunderstanding between this country and the neighboring Republic of Chile was the disposal of the revolutionary fugitives from Mendoza, who took refuge in the latter country, carrying with them some 300,000 pesos from the National Bank of Mendoza, particularly Dr. José Nestor Lencina. Doctor Lencina with others was arrested by the Chilean authorities and held for some time apparently awaiting the demand of this government for his extradition. It being impossible by the terms of the treaty in force between the two Republics to secure their extradition as political refugees, it was thought that they might be brought back on the charge of bank robbery. It is, however, probable that the robbery of the National Bank of Mendoza will be viewed as an incident of the revolutionary movement, and hence as a political offense and the matter be dropped as outside the treaty provisions. In the meantime the good feeling between the two countries does not seem to have suffered any change. RESUMPTION OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC AND URUGUAY. No. 136.] Minister Beaupré to the Secretary of State. AMERICAN LEGATION, Buenos Aires, March 16, 1905. SIR: I have the honor to report that the relations between this country and the neighboring Republic of Uruguay, which have long been very strained, have again been restored to their normal condition of good understanding by the cooperation of the foreign offices in the two countries. It is now expected that Uruguay will promptly send a diplomatic representative to this capital to succeed Dr. Daniel Muñoz, recently transferred to London, and the Argentine minister, Señor Alejandro Guesalaga, recently appointed from Asuncion to Montevideo, but detained in the former city by the state of affairs in the Republic of Paraguay, will proceed without delay to his new post. The interrupted representation of the two countries will then have been resumed and the rupture and bad feelings of the past months will, it is hoped, soon be forgotten I am, etc., A. M. BEAUPRÉ. The Acting Secretary of State to Minister Beaupré. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, SIR: The Department has read with pleasure the announcement contained in your dispatch No. 136, of the 16th ultimo, of the resumption of diplomatic relations between the Argentine Republic and Uruguay. I am, etc., ALVEY A. ADEE. MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC TO THE ARGENTINE CONGRESS. Minister Beaupré to the Secretary of State. No. 151.] AMERICAN LEGATION, Buenos Aires, May 2, 1905. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith the usual number of copies of the message delivered yesterday by the President of this Republic at the opening of the ordinary session of Congress. President Quintana's inaugural address, delivered on October 12, last, the day of his inauguration as President of the Argentine Republic, was warmly received by the people and press of this country, as it truly deserved to be, for it was tempered with sincerity and serious, honest purpose and abounded in promises for the future; it called up all the most evident needs of the hour and assured the expectant public of the necessary corrective measures. This welcome message was followed up by the inauguration of a vigorous policy with the full immediate prosecution of which the season and the recess of Congress have necessarily interfered, but which, it is expected, will now be carried forward with satisfactory and lasting results. * The present message to Congress begins with a frank subscription to the inaugural message, thus: "Before giving you an account of the general state of the Republic-as prescribed by the constitution-let me ratify in every detail the inaugural programme of my government. I have nothing to modify in its solemn engagements, which I undertook with sincerity and patriotism, which have been strengthened by public verdict." This is followed up by a bold statement of the President's honest and progressive intentions: "My government shall be progressive and institutional. * * * * I can not forget that I, as the Executive, must be the first guarantee of all rights. * My only ambition is the public good." The courage of the present incumbent of the Presidency is next clearly shown in that he speaks in no evasive terms, but openly and frankly, of the recent subversive movement of February 4-8 last, admitting that he had knowledge of the "conspiracy in the army when" he "assumed power," speaking with satisfaction of the prompt and thorough manner in which said movement was checked and of the impartiality with which justice was administered in the case of the offenders and offering consoling and sure promises for the future. The President then proceeds to treat individually of the various departments of the government. In the department of foreign affairs the President finds matter for satisfactory comment in the approximate conclusion of the Chilean boundary survey, in the reestablishment or continuation of cordial relations with the republics of Uruguay and Paraguay after their internal difficulties. A consular and diplomatic bill has been framed by this department, reorganizing these services, and will be the first matter presented to Congress. And within the past two weeks this country has entered into an agreement with the Republic of Uruguay to suppress all lotteries in both countries. The tone of the message as a whole is most hopeful as regards both the present condition of the country and the outlook for the future. Honest administration and reform legislation along the most necessary lines are the burden of its assurance for the future of this administration. There is much that is in project that will pass through the winnowing process of congressional debate, and emerge, it is to be hoped, the pure grain of good legislation. There are some projects, too, that only the future can test, and it will rest with Congress to prepare them for that test. But the promise of the whole is hopeful. I am, sir, etc., A. M. BEAUPRÉ. TREATY BETWEEN THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC AND URUGUAY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF LOTTERIES. No. 154.] Minister Beaupré to the Secretary of State. AMERICAN LEGATION, Buenos Aires, May 10, 1905. SIR: I have the honor to report that there has been signed by the presidents of the Argentine Republic and the Republic of Uruguay through their respective plenipotentiaries, Dr. Carlos Rodriguez Larreta, minister of foreign affairs of this government, and Señor Daniel Muñoz, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Uruguay before this government, a treaty having for its end the suppression of all lotteries within the territory of the respective republics. This treaty was on the 4th instant sent to Congress accompanied by an executive message urging its ratification, and has been referred by that body to its committee on constitutional affairs. I inclose a copy of the treaty cut from the daily record of the Senate, with translation; also a copy of the executive message above mentioned, likewise with translation. [From the daily record of the National Congress: "Camara de Senadores," No. 3, of May 6, 1905, reporting session of May 4, 1905.] TREATY WITH THE REPUBLIC OF URUGUAY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE LOTTERY. The President of the Argentine Republic and the President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, with the desire to combat gambling in their respective countries, have resolved to this end to enter into a treaty and have named their plenipotentiaries, to wit: The President of the Argentine Republic, Dr. Carlos Rodriguez Larreta, minister of state in the department of foreign affairs and worship: The President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Señor Daniel Muñoz, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of said Republic, who having exchanged their full powers, which were found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following: Article I. The contracting governments agree to suppress from the 1st of July, 1907, the lotteries of charity and philanthropy, whose drawings are at present made under official patronage in the two republics. Article H. Each one of the high contracting parties promises to prohibit and to prosecute every lottery undertaking, public or private, which shall intend to establish itself or which shall establish itself in its territory, whether in the Argentine provinces or in the departments of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay. Article III. None of the governments shall grant the character and privileges of legal personality to anonymous societies that under any pretext whatever may propose to exploit gambling by means of drawings and the distribution of prizes that depend upon chance. Before the 1st of July, 1907, the contracting governments likewise promise and agree to withdraw the legal personality which they have given to societies of this sort. Article IV. The authorities of both nations will lend one another reciprocal aid in prosecuting clandestine lotteries and also those which exist under authority of the governments of other countries. In order to make more difficult the introduction of foreign lotteries, the high contracting parties will negotiate the adhesion of the republics of Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Chile to the clauses of the present treaty, which shall not enter into effect so long as such adhesion shall not have been obtained. Article V. This convention shall continue in force for the term of ten years counting from the 1st of July, 1907. But if none of the contracting parties announces to the other one year before this term expires its intention to make it cease of effect, it shall continue in force until one year after the day on which the denunciation made by one of the contracting parties shall come to the knowledge of the other. Article VI. The present treaty shall be ratified and the ratifications shall be exchanged in Buenos Aires eight months after this date, or earlier if possible. In faith of which the plenipotentiaries have signed the present treaty in duplicate and have sealed it in the city of Buenos Aires, the 27th day of the month of April, 1905. [L.S.] [L.S.] C. RODRIGUEZ LARRETA, Jr. ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE EXTRADITION TREATY IN FORCE BETWEEN THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC AND ITALY. No. 156.] Minister Beaupré to the Secretary of State. AMERICAN LEGATION, Buenos Aires, May 10, 1905. SIR: I have the honor to report that there was agreed upon and signed at Rome on June 9, 1904, by the duly authorized representatives of this country and Italy, Señor Enrique B. Moreno, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Argentina to Italy, and Hon. Tommaso Tittoni, Italian minister of foreign affairs, an additional protocol to the extradition treaty now in force between the two said countries. This protocol was to-day submitted to Congress for its approval, accompanied by an executive message urging its ratification. I inclose herewith a copy of the protocol cut from the record of the Chamber of Deputies, No. 4, of to-day's date, with a translation. [From the daily record of the Chamber of Deputies of the National Congress, No. 4, reporting session of May 10, 1905.] ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE TREATY OF EXTRADITION WITH ITALY. Met in the ministry of foreign affairs of the Kingdom of Italy, their excellencies Tommaso Tittoni, minister of foreign affairs, and Don Enrique B. Moreno, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the Argentine Republic, with the object of harmonizing the convention of June 16, 1886, with the provisions of the Italian penal code, which went into effect on January 1, 1890, and in which the distinction between criminal and correctional penalties was eliminated and the death penalty was abolished, and, desiring further to remove the FR 1905-3 |