VETO or THE FRENCH SPOLIiTION BILL
To The Senate of the United States:
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return TO the Senate, in which it ori.
ginated, the bill entitled san act TO pro.
vide for the ascertanment and satis(ac-
ton Of claims Of American citizens for
spoliations committed by the French prior
to the 3lst ofJuly, ls0l,",which was pre-
scented 10 me on the 9Th inst, with my OBJ
lections to its becoming law.


In attempting to give the careful examl-
nation it requires, difficulties presented
themselves in the outset, from the remote
ness Of the period to which the claims be-
long, the complicated nature Of the trans
actions in which they originated, and the
protracled negotiations 10 which they led
between France and the United States
The short time intervening between the
passage Of the bill by Congress and the
approaching close Of the session, as well
as the pressure Of other official duties,
have not permitted mo 10 extend my
examination of the subject into It's mi
mute details. But in the consideration
have been able to give it, | find obiec.
tions Of grave character 10 its provisions


For the satisfaction Of the claims provi
ded. for, it is proposed to appropriate So,
| 900 900. | can see no reasonable o.
equitable ground upon which this large ap
preparation can rest. A portion of th'
elaine have been more than half cen,u
ry before the government, in its execu
tive or legislative departments, and all 0
them had their origin in events which oc
Cured prior to 1900. Since 1902 the


have been from time 10 time before Con
gress. No greater necessity or prophet
J exis, for providing for these claims at 'hl