The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-12-10
THE rREsIDRnTs MESSAGE.
FOREIGN RELATIONS AND FIN

~~11s~fASfAs ASrNkffsAAONO AM HIT
4 ANCiSs.
The Dleousaion ~ Conan.a n.a,n,
TO the Financiai Condition Of tb
# Country and our Relations Wit
Foreign Powers.
= TO the Congress- OF the United States
The present assemblagc of the lepif
latiye branch OF our Goyernment ID
ours ct a time when the interssts q
+ our people and the needs OF the coun
~ sry give especial prominence 70 tn,
condition of our foreign Relations an,
= the exigencies of our national finances
4 The reports of the heads of the severa
4 administrative departments OF th,
\ Government fully and plainly exhibit
j. what has been accompiishsd With,
4 the seore OF their respective duties
aud present such recommendatio 10,
he bettcrment of our countrys condi
jtions as patriotic and intelligent labo,
+ and observation suggest.
J., therefore, deem my Executive
u duty adequately performed at this
3 time by presenting TO Conpress the
4 Important cases OF our situation, as
related to our intercourse With foreign
nations and statement cf the finan
cfal problems which confront us,
qmitting, except as they are related to
a these topics, any reference to depart.
i mental operations.
i es orJR Mrssross 4 rtrs, I'M f,1,,,,, 6
,I,ha ,loso !, tIy.. 80. -
hata,ea,, Ssh :, struggle
a i,au;ng t1,n. ass,in,'. ituu v.apan, Whlie re-
Govarnmant srnn, tslo asHnss as;a vi s snis
4 thev nnaaSs,,ai, - tI Sho % ueinca1e uusy
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other as ou, !, troI ,,ssi,;l, VI she
davslonaa Sn,, perlnieteu,
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m,,ch anxiatp e,,d aaiioa LII Ias ta eauseo
ana o,,sf,,S - I,;.,I Pronlp
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IT,. =. ~ nas,onal .s.l,a ulsaseer, OF us
Itha. ',as.,;l,, vssa upon sooa opPorounl1y
bn 10 aII snra;, '.,n sn,nese popuia-
ns ~ thara hats,, mays anu utiuereah-
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tb.eass ~ tba ~, - o. serious
Sno ia splrlS
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nnos, oausins s u9cl oeseructlon OF
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t;ou ~ .,,ona', anu arsnougn Sae gessrac-
haavii,Ip ~ ,,npu ~ nay lave iaaie9 more
Ss;S,;tye ", .io " o.her
t,a%on,.ua .h; '1al our oWn, ~ Pialnly
nst . Su,e oseriliene Sii W eahe One
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su%,a ag aibse is.l suoh or more ,9reaalui
n.,; .snaL.,s siio gil giiunurSas l.'ilei.Ss Vi
io,n s' li.ssion IN s!aslons Wnic9, nave
gIomn ~ ~ sne interiors i.se, no. OF eCnlna
'sto ono anS s1upesasS ruis ol toi9ratl0n, ,5
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,,n'na " ts..p Sn1 ss' 3oIases ana otner
p,e - az sis,sia ss aua push
resnect;va oit;al ,a oinollis 4i She ne
lpit 10. oiS.Ss anu proyihces VINO py
sSHu IA ea.. MSS Mss liau persnleted
.Sr sise ~ steEh
,no,, f,,. thy ,.n, SnS Soyern,
of ~ si7 i,is an9
tha ~. ~ ~ . al t 81 eu
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uuuy, anu Sre 5ys sueaen
" aotMaI ,antIai at,~, SnVso t eu ualsy
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snaniai n,an;na a;,, e,,ia e,,as
~;sit the nrnvincs - ass.s,.ath y s e,.st S;s
t,.,,lo S,a. f,.. 4, =,
innoe,;ati,s TN;
fnrad fta,. =.
nSS,,a n,a,.lssm,a fnn, aas
III Nv, - s,,;ta hIa ,,Ri,s aSoo. s'','.a4
its demonstration of the rea6li.
81 Z, ability Of Opr Government to
D. cltizens will act, it iss be-
& a1Ved, az most Influential deterrent
OF any similar outbreaks. The ener-
getic steps we have thus taken are all
the more likely to result in future
safety to our citizens In China because
the lmperiai Government is, | am
persuaded, entirely convinced that we
Aadesire only the liberty and protection
a OF our own citizens and redress for any
wrongs they may have suffered, and
that we have no Interior desig ms or
23objects, political or otherwise. China
will not forgetsou kindly service to
her citizens during her late war, nor
the further fact that, while furnishing
I'll the facilities at our command to
1rther the negotiation OF q peace be-
een her and Japan, we sought no adj
{ntage and interposed no counsel.
le Governments OF buth China and
apan have, In special dispatches
eapsmitted through their respective
diplomatic representatives, expressed
n most pleasing manner their CRATE
{ful appreciation of our assistance to
~ their cltlzens during the unhappy