TRI
RELATIONS WITH
OTHER NATION
Foreign Affairs Is Subject
Message From President.
matic Corps—Department of
State's Good Work for Latin-
American Republics.
Washington, Dec. 3.
submitted to congress today
of several messages. It was
to our foreign relations and
was as follows
To the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives: The foreign relations of
the United States actually and poten
tially affect the state of the Union to
a degree not widely realized and hard
ly surpassed by any other factor in
the welfare of the whole nation. The
position of the United in the
moral, intellectual, and material rela
tions of the family of should
be a matter of vital Interest to every
patriotic citizen The national pros
perity and power impose upon us du
ties which we can not shirk if we are
to be true to our ideals. The tremen-
dous growth of the export trade of the
United States has already made
trade real factor in the in
trial and commercial prosperity of the
co With yf
Indu
the 1
come a Still n
its CON
have a
and
UnNNECas;
eign
President Taft
the first
devoted
part
in
States
nations
that
a very ydus
the development of
foreign commerce of
rapidly be
essential
Whe
States must
ore factor
ymic welfare ther
seeing and
weklessly pl
and whether our for
based an intel
sent-day world con
ditions and : r view of the
tialities of the f1
are 108 Ie
policies
are
ligent grasp of
upon
poten
iture, or are governed
temporary and timid expedlency
befitting
questions in
¥y a
or by narrow
fant nation, are
ternative consideration
18ider n
views an
the
convince any thoughtful citizen
no department of national polity
fer
the
the
the
Jury, than that
foreign relations of th ‘nited
reign pol
should be
greater opportunity for
the
or
promoting
% a 1
interest Of peopie on
han chi
other of
one greate AnCe
national
with
1 St
The fundamental f
the United States
high above the
ship and wholly dissociated from
ferences as to domestic policy
foreign affairs United States
should present to the world a united
front. The intellectual, financial and
industrial interests of the country and
the publicist, the wage
farmer, and citizen of
pation must in a spirit of
high patriotism promote that na-
tional solidarity which is Indispensable
to national efficiency and to
tainment of national ideals
The relations of the
with all foreign powers
a sound basis of peace, harmony
friendship. A greater insistence
Justice to American «
ests wherever it may
nied and a stronger
need of 1 y in commercial
other
strengthen our
il
raised
artisan
I
dir
In its
conflict of
the
earner, the
whatever occu
co-operate
to
the at
States
United
romain
remain
tizens or
have been
emphasis of
relations have only
friendship
eign countries by placing tho
ships upon a firm foundation
ties well
Reorganization of the
ment,
the beginning of
nited
upon its
As A8 ASpIration
State Depart.
At
mi
fully ered
world power, with
thrust upon it by
Spanish-American war, and
gaged In laving the gre
vast foreigr
should become and
more found itself without
the machinery for giving thorough at
tention to, and taking
upon, a mass of Intricate
vital to American interests
conntry in the world
The department of state was an
archale and inadequate machine lack-
ing most of the attributes of the for
eign office of any great modern power
With an appropriation made upon my
recommendation by the congress on
August 5, 1909, the department of
state completely reorganized
the present
ad
stration the 1 States, having
ent a8 a
the i
the
already
undwork of a
trade
day
dependent
upon which it
one more
effective action
business
in
every
was
There were created divisions of Latin
American affairs and of far eastern,
near eastern, and western European
affairs. To these divisions were called
from the foreign service diplomatic
and consular officers possessing expe
ual service in different parts of the
world and thus familiar with political
and commercial conditions in the re
glons concerned. The work was high.
ly specialized. The result is
where previously this government
from time to time would emphasize in
ite foreign relations
Accomplishing.
It is very important that the young
man select his life work early and
bend every energy toward accom-
plishing something. One of the most
common causes of failure in this life
Hes in the fact that men do not see
the importance of being thorough un.
til it is too late. —Florence Vidette.
—— wo
No Escape From Them,
Even when the expected happens
there are people who will insist on
saying “I told you so.”
Merit System in Consular and Diplo-
matic Corps.
Expert knowledge and professional
training must evidently be the essence
this reorganization. Without a
trained foreign service there would
not men available the work In
the reorganized department of state
President Cleveland has taken the
first toward introducing
system in the foreign
vd followed by the appli
of the merit principle, with ex
results, to the
Almost nothing
be for
step
service
heen
cellent
branch
entire
however, had
In this age
f diplomacy f(t evi
was
branch
Novem
order 1
to
in
that
on
in
of the service. Therefore
1909,
the
ber 286,
by an
diplomatic
executive
placed gervice up
upon
non-partisan
tem, rigid examination appoint
ment and promotion only for effi
as had been maintained without
in
exactly the strict
of the
same
merit sys
basis
for
ciency,
the consular service
Efforts
Peace,
fleld of
peace
Successful in Promotion of
the
of
gotiated
to
In
ideals
work the
this
my regret
toward
government ne
but to was unable
consummate,
ties which
two
the
the aspiration of
substitution
for in
tt
arbitration
highest
trea
mark of
the
nd reason
interna
efforts
of werican diplomacy several wars
get
nations toward
of arbitration a
the
War
tt
the
the
the
in Hondura
United States
fluence
yward
able relations
republic and
the Uni
to ass
in the
United
with the
in urging an
hostilities A
hed bet
Chile and Peru
rend Weel
govern
vhoreby the
ments of
celebrated Tacna-Arica dispute, which
long
relations
America
Simultaneously
the boundary
and Ecuador had entered u
rnational
of South
has so embittered ints
on the west coast
wel
adjusted
that
Peru
has at !ast been
cams the
dispute
news
between
$
amicable settlement
f the United States in reference
TFacna-Arica between
Chile and Peru has
wntion but one
dispute
* ’
one of non
been
v % iy
intervention { of in
fluence and pacific «
the
counsel throughout
the
subject
period dispute
of
the
bet
the two governments
concerned
in
iterch
questioa
nge ows this
wean
immediately
China,
’
In China the policy of
financial
encour:
country
sult of
applicat!
The consi
adm
bankers
al ent
Sarat rd »
austria of,
%
ang railways, of
ies upon which t
ed, led the departmen
administration
American
such
i nitgd States might have equal
and an equal volce in all qu
pertaining to the
public revenues concerned
policy of promoting international
cord among the powers having similar
treaty rights as ourselves In the mat.
reform, which could not be
put into practical effect without the
common consent of all, was likewise
adopted in the case of the loan de
gired by China for the reform of its
currency
hese ref
in the
citizens
enterprises
gtiona
of the
The same
disposition
Ay
ters of
Central America Needs Our Help In
In Central America the aim
been to help such countries as Nica
ragua and Honduras to help them
They are the immediate bene
ficlaries.
United States is two-fold
obvious that the Monroe
Panama canal and the zona of the
most
States.
heavily upon the
It is therefore essential that
Desire for Long Life.
There appears to exist a greater
desire to live long than to live well!
Measure by man's desires, he cannot
live long enough: measure by his
good deeds, and he has not lived long
enough; measure by his evil deeds,
and he has lived too long.
Logic of Facts.
“Dukfitz married an optimist”
“Why do you think so?” “Any woman
would be an optimist who accepted
Dukfits.”" Birmingham Age-Herald,
and from the
danger of international
plications due to disorder at home
Hence the United States has been
glad to encourage and support Amer
ican bankers who were willing to lend
a helping hand to the financial re
habllitation of coutries because
this financial rehabilitation and the
protection of their custom houses from
being the prey
would remove
national finances
present
ever
com
such
dictators
fut the
of foreign creditors and the
revolutionary disorder
of would-be
one stroke men
ace men
ance of
The
States
second the 1
od is
the southern
business
to nit
one affecting
and gulf ports and
and Industry the south
The republics of Central America
the Caribbean great
wealth, They need only a measure of
stability and the
regeneration to
prosperity, bringing
happiness to themselves
creating
advantage
chiefly all
the
of
and
POSHOER natural
means of financial
énter upon an era ol
peace and profit
and and at
the
Bure
same time
to lead
terchange of trade
conditions
hing In
country
flouris
this
I wish to call your especial attention
the recent rences in
ragua, for 1 believe the
to a
with
to ocel Nica-
terrible events
the
the
recorded there revolution
the
iife
during
of useless loss
of property,
the bombardment of defenseless cities,
the and woundigg of
and children, the torturing of
combatants exact contributions,
and the suffering of of hu
man beings-—might have been avert
ed had the department of
ough loan
permitted
past
the
suinmer
¢
Of
devastation
killing women
non
to
thousands
state,
approval of the conven
tion by the senate,
carry out
its now well-developed police
of i
encouragl
aid
states with
nancial
avoiding just such
Agricultural Credits.
t in rtant ork
nt of + nation's agrict
Trees adequate
cultivation;
fast
popula
of the lar jer
agricultural
g behil
and that, in
hed
tained | in ng
increase
crease
ction is
’ £3
a Lae
we in
¢
wellestablis farmers are or
prosperity
cause o in
lation,
exper:
by with
The problem
enced the
ago
their
fully
centuries-old
solved
increase of Foreign Trade
' sa}
iagt ar 1% Message
fhe
al year 1913 this rate
if advance vintained, the
total domestic exports having a valu
ation approximately of $2.200,000,000,
ag compared with a fraction over
$2.000,000,000 the previous year. It
is also significant that
and partly manufactured articles con
tinue to be the chief commodities form
ing the volume of our augmented ex
ports, the demands of our own people
for consumption requiring that an in-
creasing proportion of our abundant
agricultural products be kept at home
shows that
hag been n
manufactured
articles in the various stages of man-
ufacture, not including foodstuffs part
ly or wholly manufactured, amounted
approximately to $807,500,000. In the
fiscal year 1812 the total was nearly
£1.022.000,000, a gain of $114,000,000
Advantage of Maximum and Minimum
Tariff Provision,
The importance which our manufac-
tures have assumed in the commerce
of the world in competition with the
manufactures of other countries again
draws attention to the duty of this
government to use its utmost endeav-
ors to socure impartial treatment for
American products in all markets
Healthy commercial rivalry In inter
national intercourse ls best assured
by tha possession of proper means
Hard Luck.
First Actor—Things didn’t seem to
work together In your series of dra
matic representations.
Second Actor—They didn't. When
we played tragedy the box office re
were a farce, and when we
played farce they were a tragedy. —
Tatler.
! Quite So.
“1 beg your pardon,” sang out the
convict as the governor passed his
cell.
and
It is
for protecting
foreign trade
promoting our
natural that
countries should view
concern this steady
our commerce If in
the measure taken by
them to meot it are not entirely equi
be in
+» described the
of
the
min
with
expansion
some
of
some instances
should found
|
of the
state with foreign
table, a
former
remedy
MeBSAKes
negotiations department
governments for
adjustment of the maximum and
in fis ction 2
The
adjus
under law
during the ar
additional eases of discriy
of which had
nave re
imum tariff as provided
of the tariff law of
by
relations
1909
advan
the tment of
8 secured
trade this
have continued last ve
wnd
some
inatory tres We
reason been
department of state has
gt time in the histery of
substantial
fr
country obtained
most-favored-nation
all the of
however, other
treatment
the
m
There
which,
countries world
insets
11
apparently not coni
diserin
in the
of
ination u
are nevertheless exceptions
BONIBI
section
to
ment
the complete equity of tariff treat
for American products that the
department
sought
of state
obtain
merce abroad
has
com-
consistently
to for American
Necessity for Supplementary Leigsia-
lation.
These developments confirm
the
ual
max
the
opinion conveyed to you in my an
the
provision of
that while
fm "
imum
1908 has been fully jus
success achieved in re
y exis
inst
ting undue dis
American |
a fully effed
1
the varying degrees of
treatment of Americar
still
foreign
as
countries encountered
to protect
»
the
tn
against inju
treatment art of
foreign
ernments hore
legislative
istrati
interest
whe
relations with
Re
more detail
American
forth in
as follows
ivarnments
Congreas sl !
nditions which obtain
urselves at
Ae AS A
emerged {1 ETOWH BE A
of natl
various
¥
COnPOUrss Sel
passed th
ods
era than
reat K id
early in
The
been
government
recent has
to adjust
ditions of
of
meet
new situation Thus » being
evolved which can rest
the superstructure of policies which
must the destined progress
this nalion The
duet of our foreign relations demands
and a We can
new questions nor build for
laries
the
ow +h
grow with
of SUCCOHS oon
a broad modern view
meet
the future if we confine ourselves to
outworn dogmas of the past and to
perspective approp fate at our
colonial times and
The opening of the Pana-
era in our
and
with
conse
ma canal will mark a new
conditions which,
vast correlations and
quenges, will obtain for hundreds of
years to come. We must not w ait for
events to overtake us unawares With
continuity of purpose we musi deal
with the problems of our external re
lations by a diplomacy modern, re
gourceful, magnanimous, and fittingly
expressive of the high ideals of a
great nation.
WH. H. TAFT.
The White House.
December 3, 1912.
Discriminating Sparrows.
An Atchison man planted
but as fast as it came through the
ground the English sparrows ate it off.
stuck them in the lettuce bed and not
a sparrow would consent to touch that
lettuce as long as Old Glory floated
over it.—Atchison (Kan.) Globe.
A ASB Er —
Getting the Best of It.
The wisest man would make a good
bargain if he could trade off what he
knows for what he doesn't know.
NAPSHOTS AT
STATE NEWS
All Pennsylvania Gleaned for
Items of Interest.
REPORTS ABOUT CROPS GOOD
Farmers Busy in Every Locality—
Churches Raising Funds for Many
Worthy Objects—Iitems of Busi.
ness and Pleasure that Interest.
isiting her
Summer
raspbe r
The
had a
make
were
ries
berries
delicious flavor
was fil
E. Church
and tore a
congregation
East Bangor M
lightning struck the beifry
huge hole in it, doing damage est)
mated at $5600. The sexton had left
the belfry only a moment before the
bolt struck
While
into the
the
ng
The Rev. H. R. Bixell, who recently
resigned as pastor of the First Chris
tian Church, Bloomsburg, has been se
lected to preach a special sermon at
the second World's Christian Citizen.
ship Conference to be held at Port
land, Ore, next summer
Desirous of keeping the street ear
tracks off Ridge row and away from
his home, W. WW. Seranton, of Scran
ton, is willing to ‘pay $10,000 if the
Councils wiil enter into a
agreement not to award a contract or
ogy
| band
have
I want
day
money
tne real Problem
dear,” sald
bride, “I'll
the
mare
and all
DEnK
BU ppOss
you
d hy
10 the
they
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His Successor,
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Reuben Wildasin, one of the suc
cosaful farmers of near Littlestown,
from 4 acres of land raised 7,200 bush.
els of corn.
acre field produced 550 bushels.
lion's
! bent
grandfather and great-grandfather,
James Elmer Keiser and John Elwood
Keiser placed in the cornerstone of
the new Odd Felloows' ‘Temple at
Reading a panel upon which are
mounted three links and 12 silver and
copper coins representing the date of
the institution of the local lodges,
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