| Show E TilE THE Jn MESSAGE The Tile President opens his message to Congress by b thc the announcement hut hat hatour our relations with foreign governments have continued upon the tle normal basis j and are very generally satisfactory l If Ie an exception Is implied In the term I within quotation marks this must refer ref r to Nicaragua For theta there is no other I I government with which tho relations rel long have havo not during tho past year been entirely satisfactory And tho trouble I with the tho Central Contral American republic Is but buL a s n passing cloud The President calls attention to casts cases of International Importance that arc I about to be submitted to arbitration Among these arc questions relating to tho fisheries in the North Atlantic which for or 70 years havo been a source of ot controversy between the United I I States and Great GrelL Britain This is noted such international I es s 5 the tho first case of I Importance to COniC come before the Hague tribunal The treaty of or ISIS provided I that American fishermen allowed to take fish fuh inshore that Is Inside a n alino line lino parallel with tho const coast and I miles from shore shoie on parts of or the coas coast t of ot Newfoundland and Labrador also alsoto alsoto alsoto to dry and cure fish on unsettled parts part of or those whores and to enter harbors for shelter wood and water But the thc treaty treat has haa always been a source of ot difference between the tha two countries 3 In 1877 the United States paid 5 according to a by b an arbitration tion commission for certain privileges C exercised by American fishermen n If It tho submission lon of ot the case cao to tho the per pal permanent manent Hague court settles the tile con controversy controversy for ever that court will there Ulel thereby by establish its Ils usefulness and demon demonstrate demonstrate strate that war is no longer a necessary necessary sary ry evil clI but one that can be avoided Tho Tito message m sago pays pa 1 a a great deal of at attention n to foreign countries and af ar affairs affairs fairs It suggests tile the probability of at r a aj j special H message on oil Liberia This 1 C was founded in Iii 1821 on the west vest coast of Africa by bj b American Am negroes In lit 1810 1816 the National Colonization So Society o clety camo came into existence with the aim elm aimor of or encouraging tho emigration of oC free freo fr l negroes to Africa and In 1819 Congress Appropriated to carry canoy back slaves captured at sea iea Titus Thus hus Liberia I was founded But it has haa never bean boom beanI I I prosperous The Tile country countr has asked tha th thi thal i j l I United States for assistance and this I cannot very cry well be bc refused But In what form can help be rendered con coil consistently i The Thc status of the Spitzbergen Islands I is another foreign question to which the message calls attention That t i group of or Islands situated about Iii mIles north of or North Cape though I If known for centuries by b explorers whal whalers haI and hunters has been I il ers era e practically I i H nomans land Russians have havo made efforts at colonizing But tho the islands Island i aro valuable on account of or mineral de do deposits deI I j I 1 posits as m well as a for fishing and whal wha whaling whai shalIng i i ing purposes and a conference is about t 1 I to be bo held hold for tor the tho purpose of establish establishing establIshing t ing an International status To this con conference conference ference the tho United States has been Invited In One Ono of oC the Important parts of the message 1 relates to Latin America Con Congress gross gress Is asked for a liberal appropriation al tion for fOI representation at Buenos Ayres I next July at the fourth nn i congress congre c and the tile agricultural exhibition J I tion lion to be held at the same samo place flam t May to November next year Attention Is 18 called to the fact faeL that American capital Is being In r S foreign countries that e American citizens ns and Interests l must mutt be protected abroad This leads to the tue tueS S following Important definition of our policy I With the tho changed chan circumstances of tho the United States and of ot the republics l to tho the south of us Ul most of which have havo I great natural resources stable govern government governS t ment neat and progressive Ideals tho the 1 i hension of or which gave rise to the thc Mon lion Monroe J roe doctrine may be he said to have near neal I 1 ly Iy disappeared and neither the doctrine as it exists nor any other doctrine of S American policy should be b permitted to operate for the perpetuation of or Irre S government tho the escape ot or Just obligations or the insidious allega allege allegation tion of oC dominating ambitions I on the 11 part pert of oC tho the United States Beside the th fundamental doctrines of our pan American Amelian policy there tholo have hao grown up I 1 I a realization of political Interests com corn community cornI t t I of Institutions and Ideals and anda ti a n flourishing commerce All these I bonds will be greatly strengthened as V Ulna time goo goes on and Increased ed faculties t such uch as ns the thc great bank bane soon to bo he b es ell In Latin America supply the means meana for building up the thc intercontinental commerce of thu tho fu tu U ture turo I I I Special attention la Is II paid pale to Irua Ii 1 Ec lrI and the Zelaya Zea a government i Iii se so severely I I 1 verely arraigned The Thc Important point Is made that the tile two Americans Americana who I i Were killed by hy orders were cro j officers In the Insurgent army mm and were I entitled ent to the tue rights of or prisoners of f war Tills This fait fact fa t cannot hut but count against the president of or Nicaragua I j Tho Iho Message MCI He discusses our fur fUI eastern cator ca P C t policy which Is one of respect fur for the tho 4 Integrity of China and equal ties for Cor all Our relations with Japan are aro said sahl sai to be h cordial which can only S mean that Japan too Is In harmony with our far at eastern eastorn policy po II C Turning fuming to domestic the tho lIes Mes Message Ic sage cage recommends lI the tho subdivision of I 1 the tho State department lep t for the tue purpose of or better belter specialization of ot the I enormous business Title This ill B s a splendid recon recommendation tonAs As the tite country COUt lIY is its growing I S t Its business demands some sonic such auch ar nr Tho TIto Message ICS hC then takes up the ques cues question question tion of oC economy C In expenditures Tim Tho ordinary expenditures c for the tue current fiscal year cal ending June Julie 30 1010 uno will exceed wo O O are arc told tho tIm estimated re ic receipts by b 3 If IC to this deficit Is l added tho sum to t be e disbursed for the Panama canal amounting to and und to be paid mId on the public debt tho the deficit of ordinary culinary receipts and expenditures will be Increased to a n total deficit of or This deficit the secretary proposes to meet by bythe the lie proceeds of oC bonds Issued to to pay pa tho the cost of constructing tho the Panama canal By D cutting down the expenditures of or I every ovel department the cs es for Cor the expenses e of tho tile govern government ment for the lie next nett fiscal year ear ending Juno 30 SO 1911 are arc less Ieee than bait the lie appropriations appropriations for this title current fiscal year CUI by Jy It Is thought that the ex cx expenditures for the next fiscal decal year end ending lag ing In June Juno 30 10 1911 and excluding pay payments Ja ments mants on n account of oC the Panama canal will ill leave a 0 surplus of oC The Tho Message adds The secretary of oC the treasury points out what should be bc C noted in respect to reduction In govern governmental governmental mental expenses expanses for COI the next fiscal year cm that the economics arc are of oC two kinds first there Is a saving Raving Ing In the thc permanent administration of oC the de lIe departments bureaus and offices of oC the government and ana second there Is a present reduction In expenses s by b a postponement of or projects anti and improve improvements boots ments that ultimately will have to be carried out but which are now delayed with the hope pope that additional revenue In the tile future will ivill permit their execution without a II deficit A SToat great saving Is made ma e in the mili mill military military tary expenses It Is stated s ted that not less loss than will be saved on this thi account The naval expenses alone are less than tItan the tile corre corresponding spending estimates for Cor last year The President emphasizes the necessity ne essl ty t of a change chan e in tho Judicial ute ure with a view to reducing Its expense I Ito to private litigants In civil cases and I dispatch of business bl in both civil chil and criminal cases lIe He ex cx expresses c presses PIC S the view that much of the tile law In InI lawless I less ess s violence and cruelty exhibited In III Is directly duo titto to the uncertainties and Injustice growing out of or ortho hu tim delays s In trials and tho tito executions thereof by b our courts lie suggests In this his connection that the lIe lh jurIsdiction of oC the lie Supreme Court could be bo confined almost wholly who 11 to statutory and constitutional questions lIe He rec recommends recommendS the appointment appointment of or a s sIon ion sion with authority to examine the tue law lawand lawand lawand and equity procedure of or tho federal courts of first Instance the law of or ap appeals appeals peals from COm those courts to tho the courts of or appeals and to the supreme court and the costs imposed i posed In such procedure ure upon the private litigants and upon ho public treasury treasur make mako recommendations recommendations with a view to simplifying and expediting the procedure as far as n possible and making it as inexpensive as may be to tho he litigants of little means Another recommendation Is directed against the abuse abuso of or Injunctions injunctions lons The Message recommends tho the of ot postal savings banks the tha passage of a ship subsidy bill tho the ad admission admIssion admission mission of or Now Nov Mexico and Arizona the ho appointment of or a governor and an executive council for or Alaska legisla legislation legislation tion ion against the white slave slavo trade he tile establishment of a national bureau of f health publicity with regard to cam campaign campaign funds the conservation of our ow national resources the observance of the fiftieth anniversary of the emancipation of f tho the negroes s and closes with aIth Ith the as a burance urance that the country is enjoying a 11 high state of ot prosperity The Message Ie sage of oC President Taft Tart Is a comprehensive clear and d statesmanlike document Everyone who cares to keep k ep eppo posted po ted on the affairs of or the tho country should hould read lOd It a thoughtfully thou |
