I transmit herewith, in response to a resolution of the House of the 24th ultimo, a report of the Secretary of State.
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The experiment of substituting civilized methods for brute force as the means of settling international questions of right will thus be tried under the happiest auspices.
I do hereby, in virtue of the authority vested in me by section 3 of the act of August 19, 1890, and by section 2 of the act of June 10, 1896, proclaim the 1st day of July, 1897, as the day on which the said act approved August 19, 1890, as amended by the act approved May 28, 1894, by the act approved August 13, 1894, and by the act approved June 10, 1896, shall take effect.
I transmit herewith the report of the Secretary of State in response to the resolution of the House of Representatives of June 5, 1896.
I am unable to discover any principle which justifies her restoration to that relationship upon the death of her second husband.





