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Show f i President's Message. Ov i -- v Washington, Oct. 20. The president' I ' forthcoming message will bo of tre- i'i mcnUous importance. Since his las' communication to congress tlio United States line sought a successful war with Spain, our traditional foreign policy has been radically revised and new pohses-1 pohses-1 sions which reach nearly round the i . -world has been added to the national ; assets, and with tlioni hevo come re sponsibilities not dream jd of when President McKinley was inaugurated. Hawaii has been annexed and with it the troublesome problem of controct labor; Guam and Porto Rico have been won in battle, necessitating an expansion expan-sion policy; tho Philippine mattor is 1 yet to be Bettjed and must be treated of at length ; the Nicaragua canal Iioh be-1 be-1 cojne a national necessity because of the " addition of new territory; there is the problem of a greater standing army and . demand for n larger and more power- '5 ful navy the tariffs and governments of H " Cubt,rtPorto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines aro to be framed and submitted sub-mitted to congress in tangible and concise! con-cise! form. t . . All these points are being diacusied aid -tho president has notified members of'Uiocabinet of. the need of their active co-operation in framing this xressago, y . which, will contain more new matter than any presidontal message for thirty Tosra. |