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Show lit the ran bant. A merle Ilea Nat rleea aa fmlirrereal rlpeotelar af Iheltqrapeaa fleMlttWle( r The United fllatee hta not been an Indifferent ineclalor of the extraordinary extraordin-ary evtnte trantplrlng In the Chlne empire, whereby portrena of lla marl-time marl-time provlncit art pitting undtr ihi control of varlaua Ititropean powerij but the proepeot thlt the vart commerct whlrh the energy ot our eltlirne and Iht nerei.lty of our tile produrilono for Chlnete ueti hai built up In thlee region! re-gion! mty not he prejitdlrrd by any ex-rluelve ex-rluelve treatment by tht new oeeupanti, hie ohvlattd tht need of our country bee-omlnr an artor In tht ecene. Our iKiatlon among r-'lone having a large tiaclrlr roatt, and a rontlantly ex-pending ex-pending dlrent trade with flrther Orl-tnt. Orl-tnt. t'tt ut Ihe eeultatle rlatm to non-Ida non-Ida ration and friendly treatment in Ihla regard, nnd It will ba my aim to ubtcrva our large Intereeta In that quarter by all meant appropriate to the I cerHetant policy of our g' vernment The I tirrltoiiro of th Klao-Chou, of Wei-Ilal-Wel, and of 1'nrt Arthur and Ta Men Wan, letted to Oirmxny .t'reM Itrltaln and ltttuU reipeilve., for lermi of yean, will. It li ennmired. ad I ' 10 International cflmtrce during aurli occupation, oc-cupation, and If no discriminating treat. , ment of tha American rltlxena and their I trade ba found to exlit, or bt hereafter i developed, the drilre ot thlt govern-, govern-, ment would apepar to bt milled. In thta relation, aa thowlng tht volumt and 'lilue ot our exchangee with China, and in peculiarly favorable condition! that exlit for their txpanalon In tht normal rouria of trade, I refer to thi communication addreitid to the tpeak-er tpeak-er of the Ilouea of Itepretentattvet by the aeorttary ot Ihe Ireatury on tht ltlh of lail June, with lla accompanying litter lit-ter of the tecrttary of alatt, rerom-mend rerom-mend I rut an aproprlatlon for a commit, tlon to tludy the comtrclal and Indui-trial Indui-trial condition ot th Chlnrite empire nnd to report aa to the opportunist for, and obtlaclta to tht tnlargtment ot market! In China for the raw product! and manufactum of tha United Hintei. Action waa not taken thereon during Ihi lale irtilon I cordially urge (hit tha rtrommtndatlon rtfelve at your handi tht rontldtratlon which Iti lm-portinco lm-portinco and timriinrn merit. rnoTixmoN ron amhiucvmb. llranwhlle, there may be Jutt ground for dltriuletude. In lw of tha unreet and revival of th old etrrttment ot opposition op-position nral prejudice to alien people which pervadea certain ot the Chlneii ppuvlnoet. Al m the rate of Ihe attack! upon our clltxena In HcechiMn and at Kutlen In II t th Untied Htate mm-Inter mm-Inter haa been tnatruoltd to icrure (ht (ulleit moaiurt ot pratietlon. both local and Imperial, for any menaced Amerl-on Amerl-on Intertill and ro dema-nd In cute ot lawlrti Injury to pertorti or properly. Intttnt reparation appropriate lo tht rate. Wanhlpi have been itartoned at Tien Tain for more ready obwmutlen Of the dlainlera which leava Invaded even Ihe Chrnei capital, m aa to be In n portion to act. ehnuld need artit while a guard ot mw'nei liaa been nent to reklmg to afford the mtnteter the ram meuuri of amhorttutlve pro-teerlon pro-teerlon at tha representative! of other parlona have been cora trained to employ. em-ploy. CKItltUTI A1UUTH.VTION. IVIIowlng olute upon the rendlUon of the award of tny predioeetor aa arbrl-tmtor arbrl-tmtor uf (he dnlni ot the Italian iub jeot Oarrutl, agauivt the tlipubllo of Uotombra, dirferenoei atote between the rurtlea to tha arbitration In regard to Iht atwpe and txtenaion of th award, of -winch eertaln literal fuinllment. The await) leaihig baan mada by Iht 1'relldent of the Unlled HUlea aa an aot uf friendly euneldenitlon atid with lb eole view to an ImpartMl oompul-tlon oompul-tlon of th matter In dltpirt. I oould not but feel concern at tuoh a inli-carriage inli-carriage and, while unable tu aeotpl tha OoJomWan theory that I, In my offl-Oat offl-Oat (Hiauslly. pxnaaaeed. oomhxllng function aa orWIrator with power to Interpret In-terpret or riiei tha terma of the award, my beat erforte wvra lent to bringing the partita to a harmonloua agreement a to the executive of It! provratnno. A naval demonatrnMnn by Italy r aulted In at eiiawgement to pay the lla-etntltto lla-etntltto elected ujAm thrtr aaoer-lalnment, aaoer-lalnment, tint thla aprur, nt iHepoal-tlon iHepoal-tlon ot the t-tintroveriy wti followed by a i upture nf diplomatic Intarroiirte between Colombia ami Italy, which till oonllmiee. altlmugh Mrtunataly wtthnut acute aymtome harm; auper-voned. auper-voned. N itwl'hetandlog thla. efforte ara reported Ui b contlnirlnr for Ihe atirrtainmitrl uf Olrnlet)a iMn'IneTeirl HablHty un account nr Cm-rtiU'a debit, under the fifth article or the award. A oktim f an .Vmerlcan rltlien agalnat the tMrrangan Iteputillc for a ntel.Ho bridge over the Oronn river, whlrh Ima been Ire dlpklrraatlr rontM-tled rontM-tled by expert arbitration and an nward tied by axjert arbHratfon atnl an award bout WOO" It, however, remain! un-paaM, un-paaM, iletpH urgent drmnnde for ita Mttlrment according to th terini of the compart. |