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TAFT STANDS FIRMLY
FOR TRADE EXPANSION
Calls on Congress to Uphold New Diplomacy
Which Is Doing So Much to Aid
Commerce with Other Nations.
MUST COMBAT DISCRIMINATIONS
Would Have the Administration Equipped with Weapons
to Meet All Modern Economic Conditions?
Proud of the Great Growth of the Ex
ports of the United States.
Washington. Dec. 3.?Preeldent Taffs
lirst message to the laat session
of Congress ln his term waa recelved
with close altentlon ln both branches
?when leglslatlve business began to
day. Deallng entlrely with foreign re?
latlona and Amerlca's commerclal
rrogren' in foreign trade. the me?sage
paved tli< way for others tbe Chief
r.xecutive arlll ."end later dealing with
the blg questlons of legislatlon and
government.
Mr. Taft's meseage ?was as follows:
To the Senate and House af Representa
t'.ves.
The foreign relations Ot the Dalted
States aetually and potentlally affect the
etato of the l'nion to a degree not widcly
reallr.ed and hardly ?arfaaaad ay an> j
o'her factor in the welfare af ihe avhoi.* |
tiatlon. The position of the Vtiited States
in tb* moral. int-dleetual and material
r.-lationa of the family af r.atlona should
b? a matter of vita! lnterest to every pa
trtotk ettiaeb. The natlonal prosperlty
and power lmpr.se upon us duties which
wa cannot shlrk if ?c are to be true to i
our ldeals. The treinenduui. growth of
the export trade 0f the Unlted Btatea has
already made that trade ? very real fac?
tor in the Industrlal and commerclal pros?
perlty of tlie eountry. -\Vith the devclop
mont of our iridustrles the foreign com
merce of the Tnlted States must. rapidly
baoaaaa a etui more aaaaatlal factor in Ita j
?caaoaole wclfarr. Whether we have a j
far-eeelng nnd wi"c diplomacy and ai
nol rackleaaly ptaaejad into aaaeceeaai.
war-.. and WfeetlM r our foreign pollciea ;
h:< based upon an intelllgent grasp of !
present day world condltions and a clear j
ilew of the potentlallties ef the future, or >
Ot* govc-rm-d hy a temporary and tlmid
rxpedlency or hy narrow \lews benttlng
an infant nation. are questiotis ln the al
ternatlve conslderation of which naal
.unvlnee any thoughtful citizen that BO
department of national pollty offers
greater opportunity for promotlng the in?
terests of tlie whole people on the one
band. or gjoator eaaa?l oa the other af
pormaneiit natlonal lnjur>. than that
arhleh deuis with tba feralgB ralatlQM af
tiie Uadtad si.it* a
The fundani. i.tal mtt ign pollcies of the
Unlted States BhOUM he ralsed bigh above j
the lOiiflict ol partisanship and wholly
distsociated from differenccs as to domes
tle BOttay. ta Ha foreign affairs the
I'nlted States should present to the world j
a unlted front. The inteilectual. linanclal j
and inJ-strlal interests of the eountry
nnd the publlclst. tbe wage earner, tha
farmer and citizen, of whatever occupa
t.on, must ro-operate in a splrlt of hlgh
patrlotlsm to promote that natlonal soli
darlty which is Indlspensable to national
a-fflelency and ta tba attalnment of na?
tional Maala
The ralattona of tba I'nited States with
all foreign powara remain upon a sound
ba.s!s of peace. barmony and friendshlp.
A greater insistence upon Juatice to
Aaarieaa etttoaeaa oi latoraata wheraaaf
it may have been denkd and a stronger
emphasls of the need of mutuality ln
commerclal and other relati.-ns bave only j
aarred to atraactbaa our Crtef-dablpa aith ;
foreign countrha by placing tho.se friend- j
atups upon a Bra foundatton of realltles
uf well aa aaalratlana.
Refoie briefly reviewing the more im?
portant aarenta of tho last raai la our
foreign relations. which lt is my duty to
do as ehaigai with their conduct and be
i-aiise d.plomatic affairs are not of a I
nature to aaabe n appropriate that tbe i
Secretary of State make a formal annual (
ra port 1 desire to touch upon aome of tho |
e.sentlale to the aafe management of th.) ,
foreign relatlona of the I'nlted Statea and
to endcavor. ulso, to dcflne clearly certain j
conctete pollciea which are the logical j
modern corollarlts of the undisputed an.l j
tradltional fundamentals of the foreign
policy of the I'nited Btatea
REORGANIZATION OF
STATE DEPARTMENT.
At ti.e beginnlng of the present admin
istratlon the- United Btatea, havlng fully
entered uj?on its position as a world pow?
er, with the rrspon.ibllltles thrust upon
lt hy the results of the Spanlsh-Amerlcan
?VVar. and already engaged ln laylng the
groundwork of a vast foreign trade upon
whleh it should one day become more and
more dependent. found itself without the
machlnery for giving thorough attentton \
to and taklng effectivc actlon upon a
niass of intricate business vital to Amer?
ican interests in every eountry ln the
world.
The Department of State was an archalc
and inadequate machlne, laeklng most of
the attributes of the foreign offlce of any
great modern power. With an approprla?
tion made upon my recommendation by
the Congress on August % 1909. the De?
partment of State was completely rcor
ganlsed. There were created dlvlslons of
I.atln-American Affairs and of Far Eaat
?rn, Near Easterr. und Weatern European
Affairs. To these divls'.ons were ealled
from the foreign service dlplomatle and
conaular officers possesslng experience and
knowledge gained by aetual service ln
different parts of the world, and thus
famlllar with polltlcal and commerclal
condltions ln the reglons concerned. The
work waa hlghly speclallzed. The result
is that where prevlously this government
from tlme to time would emphaslze ln Us
foreign relations one or another policy.
now American Interests ln every quarter
of the globe are beinB culUvat*d with
equal as?ldulty. Thls prtnclple of polltico
jeographlcal dlvlslon poaaeaaea also the
good feature of ir.akine; possible rotatlon
between the officers of the departmental.
the dlplomatle and the consular branches
of the foreign service. and thus keeps
the whole dlplomatle and consular estab
llshments under the Department of State
ln close touch and equally lnsplred with
the aims and policy of the government.
Through the newly ereated Dlvlslon of
Information the foreign service ls kept
fully lnformed of what transplrcs from
day to day ln the internatlonal relations
of the e6untry. and contemporary foreign
at-mment affcctlng American interests la
promptly brought to the attentlon of the
department. The law offlres of the de?
partment were great Iy stremrthened.
There were odded foreign trade advlsers
to co-operate wlth the dlptomattC Bat
consular bureaus and the polltlco-geo
grnphlral dlvlsions in the tamuaerable
mattera where c-ommerrial dlplomncy or
coi.sular work call" for flttfll flPfldfll
knowledge. The same oftlcers. tocether
wlth the rest of the new orcanlzatlon.
are aMe at al! tlmes to glve to American
OttlflflOfl accurate Information as to flon*
dltlons in foreign countries with whi-h
they have business, and UkOfrlflfl tO 00*
' operate mnr? effeotlv.lv wlth the Con*
grfss and also with thfl Othef executive
deportmente.
MERIT IN CONSULAR
AND DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
Kx|>ert ktiowledjje and profflflfllonfll
tralnlnK must rvldently be the flflMttOfl of
this reorcanir.ation Without .1 trulned
foreign service there would not be men
avallahle for tbe work in the rcornanlzed
Department of State. President Clevcla.nl
had taken the flrst Mep tOWETd mtro
duclng the merll system ln the forcjRn
aerrlee. That had been fOUowfld by the
appllcatlon of the tnerit principle, with
excellent results. to the entitc eonsular
branch. Almaflt nothing. however, hiid
heen tlone ln this direction with regard to
the diplomati' servire. ln thlfl tur ot
flflBUnorotal dlplomacy lt wns evidently of
the flrst Importancfl to train an fldflfljuate
flflfflOnnfll Ifl that hnin.-h of ti.e ser\ h <?
Therefore. on November 36. IMI, by an
BseeUtlTfl onler I placed the diplOOtStlC
aenrlee BP to the grade of eecretnry i>r
enboflfly*, Incluohre, upon axaetly the aame
etrlet non-partlsan bflfllfl ot the merll flfll
tem. tlgld exaininati.'ti for appointnient
and promotion only for eftli iem-y ae had
been in.ilntHitxd without exception ln the
ccmsular service.
NONPARTISAN CHARACTER
OF APPOINTMENTS.
How falthfui to fhe merlt system and
how non-partlsan has been the < onduct of
the diplornatlc and consular aflTTloflfl in
the \B*t four years may !>?? Judffld from
the, following: Three flmbfl?flrtOTfl now
servinu held their present rank at the bfl*
glnnlni of my adtnlntatratlon. <?f the ten
fllllhO?flon whom I have apOOtntOd, (]-.<?
weio ry promotion from tbfl rank Of min
lster. Nlne mlniftflrfl now flarrlng hoM
their present rank at the beglmilnfl <>f
the administratlnn. Of the thlrty minls
ters whom I havo appuinted, eleven were
promoted from the lower gradea of tlie
foreign service or fiom the Department Of
State. Of the nineteen mlsslons ln Lottfl
Amerlca, where our relatlons are cloflfl
and our Interest is itreat, tifteen chi.-fs of
n-.ission are servlre rr.en. three havl-m en?
tered the service during this administra
?tion. The thirty-seven ?crotflrlfll of _m*
bassy or Iflf tkm who ):a\e re.. ived thejr
inltlal appointmenf aff-r passing suc
cessfully the required exammutinns WOTfl
choaen for ascertalned fltnens, w:tlnmt re?
gard to polltlcal arhllatl- fis. A dearth of
candldates from Southern and Weatern
htatea has alone made it irni.ossli.le thus
far completely tO e.iuali.e aii tbfl fltatfl*
representatlons In the foreign service. In
tbe effort to equallze the roprflflontntlOB
of the varlous states ln thfl COMalar flflT*
vice 1 have rnade sixteen of the twenty
nlne new appolntinents as oOnflUl nhicfa
have occurred durinu my atimlnlstration
from the Boothorn Itateo. Tbla i? or. per
cent F.very other cont-ular app<?intm< nt
mflde, including the pflomotlon of eleven
young men froin thfl consular UflfarUnt
and etvdent Interpreter corpfl, bu been
by promotion or transf.ir, bflfled l .
upon etflciency shown ln the service.
In order to assure lo Ihe buslnflflfl and
other lnterests of the Unlted Btfltflfl a COn?
tlnuanco of the re. ulting bflnflfltfl of tl
refonn, I earne-tly rrnew my pfl
recommendflttonfl of leclfllatlon maldi g 11
peguanent along some .mi h Unea m ti
Of the measure now pending in Congrflflfl.
LARGER PROVISION FOR
EMBASSIES AND LEGATIONS.
In connectlon with legislation for the
amelloratlon of the forflfljn service I ariah
to Invlte attention to the advlsability of
piacing the BflJary approprlationfl npoo .?
better bflfllfl. I bflUflTfl that the bflfll n
pults would be obtalned by a modernte
scale of flaJuiflfl, with ndflojontfl f'.n.is for
the orpflnocn of proper ropreflontatlon,
bflflfld la ea. ii c.'ise upon the flcalfl and cost
of llving at each post, controllcd by a sys?
tem of accountlng and under the general
direction of tlie ix-partm. nt of State.
In Une wlth the ofajoct Wbleb I have
Kought of piacing our foreign service on h
basla of permanency, I have at vaiious
tlrnea udvocated provusinn by Congrcss for
the acqulsltlon of government owr..-d
bulldlngs for the rt.ldenee and offlces of
our diplomatic olficers, so as to place thern
more nearly on an equallty wlth aimllar
officers of other natlons and to do MTfljr
wlth thfl dlscrimlnatloo whlch otherwlse
must necessailly be made in some Cflflflfl
ln favor of men havln* large private
fortunes. The act of Congrcss whlch I
approved on February 17, 1911, was a
right Btep ln this direction. The tflCM tary
of State has already made the llmited
recommendations permltted by the act for
any one year, and It Is my bOpfl that the
bill lntroduced in the House of Repre
aentatlvea to carry out these recommen?
dations will be favorably acted on by the
j OflBflJaTflflfl during Its present si-sslon.
In some Lntin-Amcri. an countries the
expense of government owned legations
?wlll be less than elsew hetc. and lt is cer
tainly very urgent that ln such countries
aa aome of the republlcs of Central Amer?
lca and the Caribbein, where lt ls pecul
iarly dtffkult to rent auitable ouarters, the
representatlves of the Unlted States ibooM
be Justly and adequately provided with
dismlfled end suitable offldal resldences.
Indeed, lt Is hlgh time that the dignity and
power of this great natlon should 1?- tlt
tlngly signallzed by proper bulldlr.gs for
the occupancy of the nation's tepresenta
tives i-veryw here iii.ioad.
DIPLOMACY AND COMMERCIAL
INTERCOURSE AND PEACE.
The dlplomary of the present admlnis
tratioa haa aought to respond to modern
Ideaa of commerclal lntercourse. This
poliey has been characterlzed as substi
tuting dolhr.i for bullets. It ls one that
?ppaala allke fi Idealirtic humanitarlan
sentlmentaj. to the dlctates of aound policy
an.l BlratQT and to le-ltlmate commerclal
alma. it ls an effort frankly dlncted to
tha llICmaa Sl Amerie_n trade upon the
axlornatle prlnelple that the go'.ernment of
the I'nlted States shall extend all proper
aapport to every lat-tfaaata and benericiai
American enterpri-e abroad. Ifow great
have been the results of this diplomacy,
coupled wiih the maximum and mlnlmum
provision of the tariff luw, will be seen
by some conslderatlon of the wonderful
lncrease in the export trade of the Unlted
States. Because BaOdern diplomacy la
cornmerelnl there has been a disposition
In aoOM quarters to attrlbute to it non**
but mat'ilalisti'- aims. How strlklnglv
erroneous ls such an lmpresslon may b?
seen from a study of the results by whlc'i
the diplomacy of the I'nited States <_n be
judired.
SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS IN
PROMOTION OF PEACE.
Jn the field ot work toward the ideals
of peace this government n"gotlated, but
io my rej,ret was unable to conaummate,
two arbltratlon treaties whleh set the
Mgbaaf mark of the asplratlon of natlons
toward the substltution of arbltratlon and
reason for war ln the settlrment of 'In?
ternatlonal dlepotea Through the efforts
of American diplomacy sevcial wara have
been prevented or en<>d I rcfer to the
suct-ssful trlp.irtlt" medlatlen of the Ar
gentine riepuhllc, l'razll an.l the i'nlted
States between Fem and 1-cuudor; the
bringing of the bonndary dlapata between
Panama ond Coeta EUca tfl peaceful ar!>l
tration; the ataytni of wariike prepara
ttona wh.-n Ha>ti and the Doniimcan Re
puhllc were on the vorgo of hoattlltlaaj
tha etopptag of a wnr iu Nlcaragaa; t,;"
lialtlag of Iniernecine strlfe in llondmas.
gl \.'iimii nt Of tno I'nlted States -was
thaaked for Ita Inftneooo tararard tbe res
toration of amlcatale relations i itwaen
tha Argentlne RepabUe and BoUvta. The
diplomaoy of the i'nited Btatea la aetlre
ln seekim; to a-suage tlu* retnalniiiK IB*
leehng between this eountry and the Re
IpubllO of ColomMa In the recent civll
' war ln China the I'nlted States BO0CC00
j fully .jolnr.l with tbe other interested
| powara la nrglng an oany cessation of
! haatilltlea An agreemant has been r* aehed
I batween the gevernmenta of CMU and
| I'r-ru whereby ih* c< lehrsted Tacna-Arlea
dlepute. whteh haa so *ong emblllored _a*
I teiiiationai relatlona oa the west coast
'..f louth aaaerlca, baa at laal been ad
Ijnetad. Blimiliaiieoiial] came the n-ws
that the booadai. dlapata between Peen
nnd Beaador had entered upon a ataaje
|of arnlcahle settlement. The position Of
the Unlted States in reference tO the
Ta.na-Arl.a d.spute betwe. n I'bill and
1'eru iias beea ..ne of non-lntervention. bui
one of frlendly lafloeax e and pa.-itic coun
sel thioupl'.out the j? rlod duriug wblcb
|tha dlapata In aueaMoa haa been tiie ?ub
1 i., r of Intarehaage <>f atow* betwooa tbiH
: gorernmonl hh-i tbe two gnveratnanta ba
l me.tiatt-lv eOBCeraed ln the general
; eaafni Pf internatlonal te_-toa on the
j west coast of South Ameri.-a tlie trl
; nartite mr-diatlon to which I have re
i.rred has b.-. n a most potOaTal and beneri
eent fa. tor.
; CHINA AND POLICY ON
FINANCIAL INVESTMENT.
in china tbe policy ef ea**a_raa1__
Rnanetal Inreetmenl to anaWe tbal ooan*
irv to belp itself l,as had tiie r.; ilt of
gl-nni new Hfe aad praetkal appllcatlon
to the open door poU* r 1 .naleteBt
|,ur|? h.- of tbe pres.nt admlnlstiatlon ha
baen to aneovraBa tba ata of american
.apital ln the dcv<*lopment of China t>'-'
th.- j r<,motlon of thoae <-ss. ntlal reform*
to wl leh Ohtna ls pledgcd by treaties wtth
tbe I'nlted States and oth.-r pow.ra. Th*
hypothecatlon P> for<ia,'n bankers tn ron
n-iion with eeftala b_l-_trl_J enter
ptlaea 0000 a? the llukuang iallways, af
the natlonal r-venaaa upon whl-h these
reforma depended. led tbe Department Of
state garly la tba aa_at__a_ratlon ta de?
mand for Amerieaa .-tiizens parttotpatSon
ln aach antai'priaaa, in arda* that the
I'nlted States might have equal rights
... nd an equal rolee m all queatloaa per*
talntog to the dtrp sition af tha pobll
? tues eoricerned. The same policy of
notlng Internatlenal aeeord amanftba
? -a i.aving atndlai treaty >i_s.ts as
? elrea ln th* mattera of reform. wh'< h
,, noi be pai lato practloal effeel
%viti rnmon eonaeat of aii i i
adopted in th. aaaa ol the laaa
daali-d by c'bina for tbe rafarn of its
currency. Tbe prlndpla <>f Intarnattaaal
. ,,,-*,,,. -lation Ifl matters Of OOmfflOn ll "<
. wblcb our policy haa already
baaed ,,, all of the abore haataaaea
admlttadly beea a graat fhctar m
,,,.,, eonee-rl of tbe powera arhleh has
, bapiiiy <oik.pI-raoua dortafl the
perlod ef twi-dtloo throogh
Which the graal CWneaa ratlon has been
naeelng
CENTRAL AMERICA NEEDS
jHELP IN DE3T ADJUSTMENT.
ln Central Amerlea the aim has been to
heip ?_?*_ eoantrlea as Nlearagua and
Honduraa to help thamaalaaa They art
the Inunedtota banefldarlea The natl m i
Bt to tiie Inlted Htates 1- twofold.
.. it is obrloaa thal tha htoaraa Doc
trine is more vltal m the n.-'.ghborhoo.l of
the Panama _____ aad tho zone of the
nu than aaywherc alaa Thara,
too. tbe rnabatanaaee af that aoctr_M tuiu
Ijnoet heaviiy npon tba Unlted states. it
la therefoio essential that the countiieH
?wlthln thal aphera hall ba ramorad from
the jeopanly ln\olved by heavy foi. Iki.
| .1 lit and ebaotle natlonal tinance.H and
from the OtOt prosent daOfa-T al lnterna
tkmal eompllcatlona due t-> dteorder at
home. Henca the Unlted Btatea has been
glad to ancaaraaa and aanjporl American
banbera who were willing t*> lend a help
iu_ hand to the linanclal rehabllltBttOO af
poeta countnes, beeause thla linanclal re
habllltation nnd the protection of their
custom houaea from being the prey of
would-be dlatatora would reinove at one
itroke the m?*nace Of for-Un credltors
and the nj.-nace of revolutlonary disorder.
The isoeo-id adrantaga ta the Ualted
S'ai< | is one aflectlng cblefly all the
southern and OoM ports and the business
?nd ladnatry ef tbe Bootb The rapnbUea
.,f Caafral ionartaa and the Cartbhaan
posse?s great natural wealth. Th**y need
only a measure af Htabillty nnd the maaaa
Of linanclal regeneratlon to enter Hpoa an
era of Baaaa and prosperlty, bringing
proflt and happlr.ess to tbemselves and at
the aame tlme cre.itlnp, condltions aure
I to lead to a flourb;hing lnterchange of
j trade with thli co intry.
I wlafa to call your especlal attention to
tbe recent oceui reoeea in Nlearagua. for
II belleve the terriob* event? raoaviai there
j.luiing the ieNoli.tion .f tbe j.ast siiuune:
?the useless loas of life. the devastatlon
I of property, the bombardment of defence
! less cities, the killln. and uounding of
' women and children, the torturlug of non
! combatants to exact contributlona and the
I sufferitig of tin asaada of human l?ein_s?
, mitilit have beea a'.ertcd had the Depart
jment of Btate. tbroagh approval af the
loan convention by the Senate, h.-.-n per
initie.l to carry out its now wei] dei Oloped
paUcy of eneonraglna ti,.- extendlng ut
fiii.ir.<iai ald to araah Central American
states with the pilmary obje.-ts of avold
iug just auch revolutions oy as.lstlng
those republlcs tb rehat dlltata their
flnances, to establlah their cuiTency on a
POINTS IN TAFT'S MESSAGE
The national prcsperity and power impoae upon us duties which we
cannot sliirk if we are to be true to our ideals.
In its foreign affairs the United States should present to the world
a united front.
Recommends legislation making permanent the principle of non
partisanship in the diplomatic and eonsular service.
Proposes better salary basis and larger provision for embassies and
legations.
Substituting dollars for bullcts the best policy in diplomacy.
Healthy commercial rivalry in international intercourse best assured
by the possession of proper means fcr protecting and promoting our
foreign trade.
Department of State has for the first time in the history of this
country obtained most-favored-r.ation treatment from all the countries
of the world.
Maximum and minimum provision of the tariff law should be so
amended as to provide an effective means of meeting the varying degrees
of discriminatory treatment of American commerce in foreign countnes.
Recommends legislation allowing application of a graduated scale of
duties to imports. _'___?
Several wars prevented or ended through the efforts of American
diplomacy.
Central American countries helped to help them_elve_.
Neutrality statutes enforced with new vigon
Successful policy of patient non-intervention in Mexico.
Need of a system of agricultural credits for American farmern.
America cannot take its proper place in the most important fields for
its commercial activity unless we have a merchant marine . . . unless
we have eood American banks in the countries referred to.
stahle hasis, to remove the flflflCfltfl houses
from the dam-er of rOTOl itionfl by flf
rangltig for their aecure admlnietration
and lo Mtnbllflb reliubb- bflAka
DnriDC the last revolutlon ln Nicaragua,
ti,e gorernment ?t that repoblk havtaC
admitted Its Inablllty to protect American
life and property agalnst flfltfl of sheer
latelflflflflMflfl o" the i,art of tl"' _________
tents, and havlng rflfljM?tfld this govern
m.T.t to assume th.it flfltofl, lt became
Hflfl?IfT lo m*A over two thousand ma
rlaflfl and btnaJacbota in Ntearasua.
nwlng to tl.'ii pfflflflnrfl the eonatMatfld
government of Nlcaiagua Wflfl ffflfl ' > *?*
fOtfl Its attention wholly to its Intflmnl
trutibles. and waa IbOfl ?-nnbled to M.-unp
OUt the rebellion ln a short flpflflfl of UflM
When the Rod Crflfli flnppllflfl aeat to
Qranadfl had been exhausted, c.glit thou?
aand persons having been given tooi Bt
OM 'lay upon the arrival of the Anifrlean
[fOfOflfl. our men lupplles other Bnfflctfl
\ nate, needy Niraraguana from their own
. neka i wteh to eonaratolatfl tha
| ofll'-era and men of the Qnltfld ftatea
navy and tnarlne I orps who took part hi
Ifl ?UlillflMni order In Ni. aiagua upon
their splendid t-ondur-t and to rflCOrd with
borrow the death of seven American nia
rtnflfl and btoej-ehet* Blajefl thfl ?? flfltab
llshment of p-noc snd order fllflCtlOOfl l.ave
DflflB held *mId OOndJtlOM of .piiet and
tranqullllty N'enrly all the \m. rlean ma
. ;n<-.-. l.ave i.-.vv bi-en v. ? 'I I'"
country should soon be Mi thfl rOfld to re
rovery. The only appnr-nt danfflT now
ihi'-atening Nlcinigua arlsri fiom th>
shoiia?re of fonda AlthOflgh Amerl. an
i.ankeis ha\e alra-ady ren-Wed a?Ifltanca,
they may nafurally be lc;lth to advance
? loan adeqnata to ?et the eountry upon iu
fl ? ' wtlv.it th- M] port .?' Ofl . ?")? !i con?
ventlon as thfll of June, 1111, upOII whlch
thf S-r.ate ha.' not yet :< '
ENFORCEMENT OF
NEUTRALITY LAWS.
in thfl pflflMwal eftort to eontrlboto to the
. njov :n, nt of pe.irr by th"Se r< p ;' I
Vhlct are near iietgl.hors of ti.e Un.ted
States the admlnlstr.itlon hflfl flflffltflfld Ihfl
j nj-called nentrallty BtatUtflfl arlth ? new
! v Igor, and those tt.itlltes vver> great Iv
I a-trengthened Ifl flflfltrlCtlflg thfl ex- ??
tion of arms and BBUnltlona by the Jotnt
resolution (>f last March It ls *tlll a ro*
grettaMa facl thal certain American port*
are made the rendexvoua of pr.>f> s-ional
rcvolutlonlfltfl and othera en_ac*d in ln*
trlgue ,-iKalnst the paflOfl flf thOOfl rflpoh"
ii. i it mofll i>e edmttted th it ? eaflhm*
ally a revoljtl'.n ln thN rogtOfl la fUflttfled
ii? a re.il nnd popular movem.-nt to throw
ofl! thfl flhnehlflfl of i rtctona und tyrfln
Bjflfl] goveinnwnt Su-h w.is th- Nt-a
raguau revolutlon aaaliuri ihfl Zday.
rck-inie. a natlon flnjoying our llboral
Inatltutloi cannol eacape aymi Itby wlth
:i true popular movenMni flnd om ao w?n
tettfled ln verv many ca_ea? hoi i
n rolutlona la thfl rflpubll i ln i
i.??? do bisis in prtoeiple, bai ara dufl
mflcely to the nachlnatlom of coi
i. sh and aiubltioua im tt. .mai baVfl no effeet
but to bring new aufferlng and fr<
'? . -.. an -iii.-ii?' opprtflflfld v*'o]>\' The
.pie-atlon wh?ther thfl use of Amerl
lorts as forl of r.-voi iriotj., can
be brst,tl,.il' with by fl further am
ment to tbi nautralltj ital taoorwhethei
lf would bfl BAiat Ifl _*?! wlth speclal
? ?;:*.*?-, hy tpodal laws Is one wcrthy of
the careful consldcration of the ''ongr?.s.
KNOX IN CENTRAL AMERICA
AND THE OARIBBEAN.
, ImpresHci vith Ihfl par' ..- Impor*
[tanofl of ti.e rolattona between the United
stittes and the repubUcfl of Central
I Amerlca and the CiftbbflflJi rflfkNl, flfhlell
j of Bfloflflfltty must bocoma Atlll more ln
tlmate by reaaon of tbe n.utual advan
tagflfl whi.h wi;i b.> pr?ntfld by tba
I openlng of the l'anama ?'anal. I directed
[the Becretarjr of stat.- last fl*ahruary to
1 vtslt these rOpUMlflfl Tor thfl Wirppflfl of
irlvlng evidence or the Mnoerfl frUndshlt>
[and good wiii which tbfl Bovernnaonl _nd
j ti?or.ie of thfl Unlted Btatea bear toward
'them. Ten ropbbltcawerevtotted. rv.rv
! where he was rflflfltffld arlth I cordlallty
I of wnloooM and a pflafltoflttp of hospltallty
1 sucli as t>. Imprt-MS rtn- d.-efdy und to
j merlt our wannest thank.'.. Thfl ippr-.la
i tion of tl,e ppfflTOMflttfl and pflpplflfl of
: the c-ountn-s vlslt.d, Whloh hflfl b.-en ap
I proprlati-ly shown in varlous Wajrfl, IflflTOfl
[ tne no doubt that his vlslt wlll OpndUflfl
I to that fllfllflV union and better under
standlnK betWfl? the TTnlteJ Matflfl aml
Ithoflfl republtea whloh i hav* had it mueb
a' h. ai t to promotfl.
THE ADMINISTRATION'S
MEXICAN POLICY.
l-'or two years re\olutlon ar.d flOUtttflf
revolutlon have dlstraught the nt-lghbor
Ing republlc of ilexlco. liriKaniagi) has
lnvolved a great deal of depn.dutloti u|.on
foreign lnterests. There have cons-tantly
n-curred ipicstlons of .-xtr-n,. < 1 ? ? 11 ? .,< y.
nn Bofflral floenfltom oorj drmeult situa
tlons hiive arlsen on our frontier.
Throughout this trylag period tha pottey
of tlie Cnlted States has bflflh one of pa*
i,. nt non-iiitervi ntion, flt<adfa_l raoognl
tlon of conatituti-d autburity Ifl the Dfllgh*
boring natlon and the flurttofl of OOOtf
effort to care for American tntflTflfltfl, 1
profoundly hojte that the Mexican natlon
may sooti NflflHM the path of ordc-r, pro.s
pertty und progress. To tlnit aaUOfl Ifl
Its sore trouhlflfl UM Bjrmpathflttfl irlnd
hhii> of tbe Dnttfld ptatefl baa baflndfloaon*
atratad lo a blgh dflajroa Thflta
M.xico al Ihfl bflfljlnnlni of thfl FerolutlM
?omfl thiit> >.r forty thonaand American
cltlzciis enxagvd In CflKrprlflflfl contribut
iti? gr.-atly to the prflflfM rit v ..f that rt*
public and also bciu-Htlng tbfl IflJiportflJIt
trade. between the two countries. The
lnvestment of Aincrlcau. .apital ln HaxtOO
has been eslimated at $1,000,000,000. The
reflponfltbtltty of endcavorlng to eafe
fUard tl.ose lnterests and the dangers
ln?pfllflhlfl from proptnqulty to ao turbu
lent R attUfttlOfl have been gTeat, but I
am happy to have been able to adhere to
the polo v above outllned -? pollcy whl-^h
I bopfl nm> bfl ?"on Justlfled by the com
pli tfl BUO BBt Bt the Mexl.an people ln
ragalfllng tlie Mflflflfflgfl at peace and good
ordflf.
AGRICULTURAL CREDITS
IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
A most Important work accompllshed
in tbfl paflt year by the American dlplo
matlc ofli.. rs In BUTOPfl ls the Inveatlga
tlon of thfl agilcultural credit system ln
the Buropeaa countries. Iloth aa a means
to afford r.-llef to the consumer* of this
OOUfltry through a more thorough devel
opment of agrlcultural resource* and as a
ni ans of more sufndently malntalnlng
the agrlcultural population, the project to
i-stablish credit fai llltl-a for the farmers
Ih u concern of vltul Importan. e to this
natlon N'o evldence of piogpcrlty amonK
well oatahH-hfld farmers should bllnd us
to the fact that lack of capital ia prevent
Ing ? d.-velopm-nt of the natlon'e agrl
cultural reoourefla and an adequate ln
ctea.?e of the land under cultlvatlon; that
?grlcultural produetion ta fast falling be
hlnd th? lnereaae ln jopulatlon, and that.
althe-.igh th-s* wei] establlshed farm-Ts
ar.- DWlfltalnod ln Increaaing prospa-rlty
Bflcaugfl of the natural lncrease In popu
Utlun, w.? are not dcveloplng the Indua
try of agrii-ulture. We are not breedlnfr
ln propoi tlonato BUflflhon a rsi'O of lnde
pend.nt and Ind'petid.-nce-lovlng lmid
OWnera, fflf a la.-k of whldi no (frowth of
H i eon rflflgtfl Our farmers have
b.en our nmlnstay ln ttflHfl of crlsls, and
ln f'.r.r- it must still largeiy be upon
tbfllr Btahtltty and eommon sense that
this demoeracy must rely to conserve Its
prlndplflfl of Mlf*government.
Th" need of capital whlch American
farmera feel '<- day had been experiencod
I v thfl fativra <*t Europe, - Ith thelr
OOflturlea-oM farms, many years ago
The problera had been fluoeoflflfulty soived
la thfl OM World and lt was evldent that
the tannerfl Of tbla eountry might proflt
by a study or :h<-lr systems. I therefore
ord. red, through the Department of Ftnte.
an IttVOfltlgatlon to ho made by the dlplo
m if.' ofleflN ln Kurope. ar.d I have laid
the reHuIts of this investlgatlon before
t e OoVflrnOffl flf the varlous states, wlth
thfl l...p? that thev wlll be used to ad
raatage ln thelr forth.-oming mtetmg.
INCREASE OF
FOREIGN TRADE.
in my uufl aan iai meosaaa i said that
Um Bflca] rear end<-.i june :w. 1011. wm
not, wcrthy as markinn the hlgbflflt roOOfd
? ?' ? cporta of Amerkan products t.? for
Thfl BflCfl] \i-ar :J?I2 snows
that thia mt.- of idvaaee has been mala
talned, the .o:ai domeatlc exporta havlng
? varuatton approxlmatflly of ftJOM(0,0Oh
red wlth a fraction over *-'.uuv
tha pn loufl r< ar. n la alao
nt tbal manufnetured an.i partly
manufaeturod article* continue to bfl the
chief commodltlofl formlng tha volume of
our augmflntfld azportfl, tho demands of
our own people for oooaumpUofl rflqulr
?>ii tncreaalng proportlon of our
Rhundanl agrleultural producta bc kept at
hom ? Tn the Bacal year IHI tbe exports
of articles In the varlous fltagflfl of rflaau*
re, not Including fOOdfltuftfl partly
or wholly maanflactured, umounted ap
proxlmateljr to UtnMOMO, ln the tiscal
\-ar D1J thfl tmal Wflfl n.-arly $l,?)2.,,t)Ori,aOO.
a > fllfl .,!' 'IM.'l-J.OvO.
MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM
TARIFF PROVISION.
The importat.ee whlch our manufaet
in es hava uflumod ln the oommflrofl of
ih- world ln competition wltb thn manu
Cacturefl of jtln-r countries agaln drawi
DtlOB to the duty of this govt.-tnmenl
t<. fl e its utniost . BdflaVOTfl to ee. ure lm
partlal treatmanl f..t Amorioafl products
in aii marhflta Haalthy commercial
ilrv in Internatlonal lntercourse la
i ?-t aasured by IIm pooflaflfltoa of proper
mean for protoctlng and promoting our
fOrdgfl trade. 11 i< natural tli.it com
petltlve i_aintrles should view wlth aome
conceffl Tiijs sU.tdy ex.pansl.rn of our
OOaunaroa. lf ln some lnstances the
BM BflUTflfl tak.-n by them to meet lt are
w i antlraty flquttabla, a remedy should
he found. In fOrmer meaaflgflfl I havo de
acrlbed ihe nflfljottatlona of the Depart?
ment of State wlth forelmi irovernments
for the fldjuatmonl of the maximum and
Btlnbnum tarlff as provided ln Section I
of the tarlfl! law ..f ;<?.B. The advantagea
secured by the adjustment of our trade
relatlonfl andflr tbla law havo continued
ilurlng the last year, and some addltlon?
al Cflflflfl of dls.rlmlnatory treatment of
whlch we hud reason to complaln have
heen remov..1. The Dcpurtment of State
has for tbfl flrst time ln the hlstory of
this COUntry ObtabMd substantlal tnost
t'avored-natlon treatment from all the
COUntrtcfl of the world. There are, bow
. v. ;, OtbflT InfltflBOflfl whlch, whlle appar?
ently r.ot conMtltutlnj' undue dlscrlmlna
tlOfl in the flflnm of Se.-tlon L*. are never
thfclt-aa fllOflptlo? to the compb to ccjuity
of tarlff treatment for American prod?
ucts that the lxpartment of State con
sistently has aought to obtaln for Ameri?
can commerce abroad.
NECESSITY FOR
SUPPLEMENTARY LEGISLATION.
The.se .|. v.-ioptnents conflrm the opinion
oonvoyod to rou io n>y annual message of
ll'!!. thai. WhOfl t1'.- maxiniuni and mlnl
mum provision of the tariff law of 1>?
ii.is bflflfl fully juatitlc-d by the succesa
achl. v.-.l m rcmovlng prcvlously cxistlng
undue dlscrlmlnatlona againat American
products, yet expcrlence hus ahown that
this feature of the law ahould be amend
ed ln such a way as to provlde a fully
effectlve means of meeting the varylng
degrees of discrlminatory treatment of
American commerce ln foreign couutrletj
atlll encountered, as well as to protect
against Injurious treatment on the part
of foreign governments, through either
leglslatlve or admlntatrative MMWeA
! the linanclal Interests abroad of American
I citlxens whose entcrprlses enlarge the
] market for American commodities.
i I cannot too strongly recommend to the
| Congress the passage of some such en
| abling measure aa the bill which was
i recommended by the Secretary of Sute
I ln his letter of Deeaaaber lt, 1911. The ob
! ject of the proposed leglslation is, ln
brlef. to enable the Executlve to apply.
' aa the case may require, to any *r all
I commodities, whether or not on the free
! list, from a eountry which dlscrliniuatc*
against the I'nlted States, a graduated
seaie of duties up to the maxlmum of 23
per cent ad valorem provided ln the pres?
ent law. Flat tarlffs are out of date. Na
tlona no longer accord equal tarlff treat?
ment to all other natlons Irrespectlve of
the treatment from them recelved. Such
a fiexlble power at the comrnand of the
L"_ecutive would serve to moderate any
unfavorable tendendes on the part of
those countrles from which the Importa
tlons into the Unlted States are substan
tlally conflned to artleles on the free 11st,
as well as of the countrles which flnd a
lucratlve market ln the I'nlted States f >r
their products under exlstlng eustoms
rates. It is very necessary that the
American jtovernment should b?? equlpped
with weapons of negotlatlon adapted to
modern economlc condltions, In order that
we may at all times be ln a position to
gain not enly technlcally Just but aetaalty
equltable treatment for our trade. and
also for American enterprlse and vested
Interests abroad.
BUSINESS SECURED BY
DIRECT OFFICIAL EFFORT.
As llluatrattng tho commerclal beneflts
to the natlon derlved from the new dt
I ploma-y and Its effectlveness upon the
I materlal aa well as the more ldeal side, lt
I may be. remarked that through direct of?
ficial efforts alorie there have been ob?
tained ln the course of this admlnistration
contracts from foreign governments in
volvlng an expendtture of 150,000,000 ln tho
factorles of the I'nlted Stat?s Consld
Uratlon of this fact and some reflectton
! upon the necessary effects of a scleiitttb*
j tarlff system and a foreign service alert
1 and equipped to co-operate with the busi
I neas men of Amerlea carry tbe convlctlon
j that the gratifylng lncrease ln the export
l trade of thla eountry ls, ln subbtantial
i amount, due to our lmproved govern
I mental methods of pn'teetlng and Btimu
' latlng lt. lt is germane to these obs.*r
I vatlona to remark that ln the two years
Ithat have elapaed slnce the successful
i negotlatlon of our new treaty wtth Japan,
I which at the tlm? seemed to present ao
j many practlcal difflculttes, our export.
| trade to that eountry has Increased at
tba rate of over $1,000,000 a month. Our
! exports to Japan for the year ended Jun*
'.?. mo. were MIJHtHl while for the yea
ended June 30, Hlt, the exports were $63.
I 47*5.046, a nrt lncrease ln the sale of
j American producta of nearly IM pei cerr*.
ARBITRATION WITH
' GREAT BRITAIN.
I Under the spe. lal agreement entered
Into between the I'nlted States and Gr-at
1 Hrltaln on Augtist 18. 1910. for the a-bl
] tratlon of outstandlng pecunlary clalmi, a
achadttfa of claims and the terms of aub
m'sslon have been arreed upon by tha iwo
goverumeiits, and together with the ?ape?
clal agreement were approv>. d by the Sen?
ate on July 19, 1911. but 1n n.-or, mce
with the terms of tbe agreement th?*> did
not go Into effect until conllrmed by the
two governments by an exchange of notes.
I which was done on Aprll 2*5 last. Negotl
| ntions are stlll ln progress for a aupple
mental achrdule of elalms to be aubmlt
te.1 to arbltratlon under this agr. ement.
BBd meanwhtle the necessary preprratlon^
for the arbltratlon of the claims include I
In the flrst schedule have been umertaker.
nnd are belng earrled on under the au
thorlty of an appropriatlon made for thm
purpose at the laat session of ?'ongress
It ls nntlripated that the two govern?
ment. will be prepared to .-all upon the
arbltratlon trtbunai. eatabNalM under
thla agreement. to meet at Washington
I early next y-ar to proceed wltb thla arbt
i tratlon.
FUR SEAL TREATY AND
NEED FOR AMENDMENT.
Tha a. t adopted at the laat seaah'.'i of
reaa to gtre effea to the (br
convention of July 7, mt, between Oreai
nii!_;n. Japan, Boaata and the Unlted
Btatea, provldod tor the susp-msion of ?n
land klliing of aeala on the Mbftov lal
anda for a perlod of flve years. and an oh
JaCtloa ha:< BOW been prescnted to this
prorWon by t'.-.o other partles h
which raisea tba laaue as io whether or
not this prohlbltlon of 'an.l kllllng 1? in
consistent with the .-plrlt. lf not tlie letter.
ot the treaty atlpulatieaa The justitva
tion for aatahbahlng this close leaaon da*
pends, under the t.i ius of the convention,
upon how far, if et all. lt ls neceaeary
for protectlng and preser Ing the Amerl
caa fur s?'al herd and for ln'rcasln** Ita
number. This la a quiadon requirlng ex
amlnatlor. of the present CobdltJon of the
herd and the treatmen' whleh It aeeda ln
tb.* llght of aafnal espartaaca and aden*
tlflc investlgatlon. A cirrful examlnathm
of the subject ls now belng made, and thLs
covernment will *onn bn in possession of a
cnslderable amount of. new information
about the American seal herd, which has
be.-n secured durlng the last aea_on and
will be of great value in d.*tennlnlng this
iiuestlon; and lf it should appear that
there ls any __M__rtat__jr ai to the real
necessity for iniposlng a close seaaon at
this time I shall take an early oppor?
tunity to addre&s a special messaK-* to
Congreaa on this subject, in the bellrf tb al
this government should yleld on this point
rather than give tbo sllphtest ground for
tlie charge that we have been ln any way
renilsH ln observlng our treaty obllgatlons
SETTLEMENT OF ATLANTIC
FISHERIES DISPUTE.
On the _Hh of July last an agreement
was concluded between the I'nlted Statea
an*l Oreat Hrltaln, adopting. with certHln
modlflcatlons, the rulea and mcthod of
procedure recommended in the award
rendered by the North Atlantlc Coast
Flsherles Arbltratlon Tribunal on Sep?
tember 7. 1910. for the eettlement here
after, ln accordance with the prlneiples
lald down in the award, of ouestions
arislng wllh reference to the exerclse of
tba American llshlng llbertics un?l.-r Artl
i-l.- 1 of the tre.-.ry of Oetober 2<>. 1818. be?
tween tho Unlted States and Oreat l'rlt
aln. This agreem* nt recelved the ap
proval of the 8enat? on Auguat 1 and waa
formally ratlfled by the two governments
on November tl last. The rulea and a
method of procedure embodled in the
award provided for det. inilnlng by an
tmpartlal tribunal the r*asonab!ene-s of
any new flHhery tegulatloits on the treaty
ooaata of Nowfaoadlaad au.i cana.ia. be?
fore aaeh lefiilatloae oauld be aoforeed
against American tlsherui.n exerclsing
their treaty Ubertlos on those (ousta. and
alaa for daUnatafai the _eHn-tat_*a of
bays on auch coaata more than ton mlle_
wlde, ln accordance with the deflnltlon
adopted by the tribunal of the meaning |
of the word "bajra" ?_? uaed m the treatj
In the aubsequent n?got!,.uon? hetw*.
the two government*, ladertaken for 3
purpoae of glvlng practical . ffect to thZ
rulea and methoda of frocedure, lt **
found that certain BflflUdcatlooa thertj
were deetrable from the point of vle-* J
j both governmoflta, and these n->. t
? havo tlnally reaulted ln thi ^!-:mtr.
above m-ntioned, by whli h tha hwim
recoiniiiendutiona, aa mo llfled by
?:. H^|
consent of tiie two gwvernmi nta, ire _a_i
ly adopted and nmo.- effecdre, thi?
brlflglDg thlfl centiry old coi troveny toi
tinal cooclufllafl ivMcta ia eq . :>? r.e&o,
dai and aatfafaotory to uueau
OTHER POINTS
IN THE MESSAGE.
President Taft tells of pr traat ln uh
settlement of the long atai
; dlflpute wlth M.-xi -sea th?
1 hope tbal the question will aootj be dfl.
poseil of.
Referrlng to the work of the npijj
eonferenee at The Hag. Mr. Taft saw
If. wflfl "moet unfcrt'inaf. " that thia m
eriiment falled to do ita share by negl?et.
Ing lo paaa anti-na:
he urgofl Congret - to act l ? faa*A
ures.
In brlefly mentloninr; the Bfllkar wa,
ti.e PrflflgCflat reporta - of t*?
Americj.n araneera to T u
Tha apfltaraaoe or a largi fleet ol Kiin.
pe.in wirshlpa in thfl l ? ?-. rn, \,
a-sured pr itei tloi of I i? |
that qt.arter, leavlni d sut?
erulsers free to act lf Bflfld be, alOflg Uu
Medlterranean coafltfl
The United States. Mr. Taft aaya, taka
,1 iiveiy intere- i.- thi Internatlonal dli
'i-i-ltk.ns to ba n i I for ti.e p itlca
governance and administratlon of .-,:'j
bergen. He relatflfl thfl flucca?fnl effort
of th's government to place Ubfltifl Ir. i
posplon to pay Its ladflMfldflflflfl,
ttr. Taft sketches rapldly tiie troubla
wbl b led |0 a change of jfovernment li
f'hl ia and the part taken by the L'nlto
Stren ln tne I'blnese loan affair
1 urnlng to Bouth Amerlca, thfl Prafl
deit tella of cordlal relations wlth Argaa
tlr.a. Brarll and Chlll. He relatea th
tr iblea In Kcuador and the exerclse e\
tl i American good offlces there. Arbltra
t -n of the lAndreau clalm agalnst Pen
1 a been secured, and \>r.e>.jeia, he say.
1 paylng off the last of the c'.alms fl
American ettJflflBfl
President Taft tells of the Arr.?ri*ai
r-edlatlon in the trouhles of the Domlal
c:n RepubMc and Haytl. and of the '.aal
Ing of Amerhan marinea in ruba dur_*
the Mflturbancflfl in that Island.
American supervlslon of the recer.t el?
tion ln Panama is related, and referena
J ia ma!' to thfl oflgotlatlona h?twa?
American bankers and the government a
IdflMtamalfl for a loan to rehabilltateOu*
| temalan Bnanofla, FhlUag flfl arrangflflUfl
flflflMIng Guatein-ila to flatlflfy fUfll Brll
lah claims and ImprOVO Its flnanrUI potl
tion, the President adds, "it may becomi
ImposHlhle for tbe goVflfflflflflat ? f th.
Tlnlt-d States to flfleapfl lt* i t.M-iat'ona li
conne.-tlon with such al mi;
become naccflflflry to b?j I r I l t
legltimate foreign claims.''
The President dOflfla blfl rorlflW of fe-j
trai Amei l< flfl condltioni i < xBtM
sicn of regrot that th. ; nancl i outam
tion between the Unlted Stal
duras has IhUfl far tfl led of
TO RETAIN AND EZPAID
OUR FOREIGN TRADE.
In concludlng "r- Ta*'
says: *
It |a not poflflil ' '
gn a eomm ml< itlon
i relatlona of thi
de- illed as to oonvay ?
sion >f tlie em rraoua
portanca and acti ;
if thia govi minflni ? Jtr
the American people thfll fr?
in f relgfl bv rketa ? :.un ei
dlsnensabb- to o._r -ro- aflflj
greater effort* muflt be M
the Amerl an mfrehnn-,
and export-. arlll flnd mn
which Am ri- an trade am
tmamd Bato
Bortflof oamatam
\ other eoBunerdal nationv
j The a wara U ?
.;-..>n, thfl h
...? of Ihls
? . mueh. Tho abaoiut
d effori and i
of purpoae i wlll -Bu* U
, oplflfl -tl
ought then to result. An.
opor place tfl I ' "c
portaat Oalda tor ita eora_n
and antcrprtaa n aflfl 9* btv
nartaa. Anmriean taattm n
,,t be eff.vtl.-l>
those Bfltda unl. :?? we h.iv- '? I
,:,n banhfl Ifl the countriee ,, J
u. aaad Aaxrlofl aaanaaa 3
eountrlflfl an.: propflf aaatn* foi , ? I
? ! m aboul thflhh 'A- i ",1 t0 H
?un the pflrmaaancy ol ? imln i mm
i leglal.ttlon ei ibl Hfl II
membera of the fi relgn ser\
lomatloally brougM in Mn i aontm
with tho in.ii:strlal, IMflflf ir
ozportlag Int* refltfl of thi
o -der that /Unerieafl buflflw ? ?' !a*:
oatcr lha f< relgn fie'.d nth ? I
oflptlon of the flsaot .-on iiti. na to :e*.
with und the QfltflflTI .-' 'n*
proflflcuta their w..ik with a elear ? >a?
what American :ndustr:_l a . ' in .i?*
urlng Interaflta le.mire.
Congreaa abould fiiiy rea:;.- i ? eam
tions v n Ifl ih- *
find ouraelvea al UM Mbrifll f I
middio nga aa a itatlflfl Wi P
full grown aa a Bflflg :n tht |Ti lt col
? ? of natioflfl. Wfl
through rarioua tarai tlvfl i I
bave been flelf-< entrod m t
dovalop our doraeatlfl anflUrci ? :*(
irlth ot.r don,. stic nue'tions ': ??? natlfl
h now tOO n.ature to 'ontn
dga relatlona thoaa la ipon
op{e o vl
affflin are tbfl aolfl ofl corn
our dlptoxnacy hflfl ? ten fld?tfl4 '?
not-aal tbnflfl, ln ? va\ r* flf
to taternal oafll 'Xlst- '?
now ln fl larger reUUon ?
of our uflfl Mal ? '
i than ouraelflaa, A m
guldlng prlndplofl wete la>
ln the hlfltory ol thls gov. i;, ?? nt ??
recent task of our dip'oma.
ndjust thoae : rinclp'e-* to
Of to-day. to d.-velop heir
flnd practkal ai.IlcaUmh c ,2
clples flspanded to nvei flew altuatlflj
Thus are being e-ulv.
whi.h can rest the nureratr
cies which must grow iMfri lh< - -
progrehs of tbla natlen. '
condoet of our toreign rela ona dernflflfl
a broa.'. ind ? muderr viev. V.'* caflj
moet aea quofltl -na mt bu-id for tba r?
ure lf we contlne oureelv
dogmas of the poat anc to i
appropridte at our eciergcnce frora w
lonlal tlmflfl -nd condltiona. Tha oi<nifl
of ihe Panama CflMl wl? *>'?''- ,l " v e'
ln our Internatloflfl* life flnd creata oet
and world-wlde condltlon^ ?' b
th.dr vaat correlatlMM and coneeqflflh*!
wlll obtain for hundred^ of J eart I
u,- muat noc wait for oflgflta to ovcrtaW
ua unawarea. With cet?tln"..l> ot piirpflfl
we must deal wlth the probfema of <*
external relationa by a iUdomacy tnct
ern, reaourceful, magnanimous and ?
tlngly expresalve of the hlgh ul*-is ? '
great natlon.