Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-12-05

| dilSe, Whlle guard OF marines ma
been sent to Pekin to afford our minis
ter the same measure of authoritativ
protection as the representatives c
other nations have been accorded"
THE PARIS EXPOSITION.
The president says that COMMISSIONS
Peck's report will call for an increase
ed appropriation for the Paris exposi
tion of 81 100000 at least. so that not onl
may the assigned space be fully take
up by the best possible exhibits of ever
class but that the preparation and in
Stallation may be on so perfect a seal
as to rank among the first.
RELATIONS WITH GREAT BRIT
AIN.
Our relations with Great Britain
| have continued on the most friendl,
footing. 1T will give me special salts
faction if | shall be authorized to com
municate your favorable conclusion OF
| the pending negotiations with Grea
| Britain in respect to the dominion o
| Canada. 1t is the earnest wish tha
this government remove all sources o
| discord and irritation in our relations
with neighboring countries
| HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
| Inc commissioners to confer ant
| recommend to congress such Legislation
| concerning the Hawaiian islands al
they should deem necessary, havin,
| fulfilled the mission confided to them
| their report will be laid before you a.
and early day. 1t is believed their rec.
| concentrations will have that earnest
consideration due the magnitude OF the
| responsibility resting upon you to SC
shape the relations of those mid Pacific
lands to our home union as will benefit
both in the highest degree, realizing
"a n nf l,n L,t
has cast its lot with us and elected tc
share out political heritage. while at
the same time justifying the foresight
OF those who, for three-quarters of a
century, have looked to the assimilation
of Hawaii as a natural and inevitable
consummation, in harmony with our
needs and in fulfillment Of our cherish
ed traditions"
RIO GRANDE WATER RIGHTS.
THE Mexican water boundary COM
mission adjusted all matters submitted
to it to the satisfaction of both govern
ments, save in three important cases
that of Chamizal, at El Paso, Tex
where two commissioners failed tC
agree and wherein, for this case only,
this government has proposed to Mex
leo the addition of a third member and
the proposed elimination Of what are
known as the, ''Bancos," small, isolated
islands formed by cutting off of bends
in the Rio Grande from the operation of
the treaties of 1884 and 1889, recon-
mended by the commissioners and ap-
proved by this government, but still un-
der consideration by Mexico: and the
subject of the equitable distribution of
the waters of the Rio Grande, for
which the commissioners have recon-
mended an international dam and res
ervoir, are approved by Mexico, but
still under consideration by this gov
ernment. Pending these questions, it
is necessary to extend the life of the
commission, which expires December
%, next"
CZAR'S PEACE PROPOSAL.
OF the proposal of the c2ar for gem
cral reduction of the vast military estab
lishmcnts the message says: "The active
military force of the United States as
measured by our population, territorial
area, and taxable wealth. is and under
any conceivable prospective conditions.
must continue to be in the time of peace
so conspicuously less than that of the
armed powers to whom the czars appeal
is especially addressed, that the question
can have for us no practical Importance,
save as marking an auspcious step
toward the bettermena of the condition
of modern peoples, the cultivation of
peace and good will among them, but
even in this view it bchooves us as ma
ton to lend countenance and aid to the
benelicent project
EXEMPTIONS FROM SEIZURE ON
THE SEAS.
The president suggests that the eX
ecutive be authorized to correspond with
the governments of the principal mar
itime powers with view of incorporat-
ing into the permanent law of the civil
lied nations the principle of exemption
of all private property at sea, not con-
traband of war, from capture or dcstruc-
ton by belligerent powers.
NATIONAL FINANCES.
The president says the per capital
circulation was $500 on December 1, !,
1898, and continuing says: ''The pro-
vision made for strengthening the re-
sources of the treasury in connection
with the war. has given an increased
confidence in the purpose and power of
the government to maintain the present
standard and establish more firmly than
ever national credit at home and abroad
Marked evidence of this is found in the
inflow of gold to the treasury, and re-
new so much of my recommendation of
December. 1897, as follows: THAT
when any United States notes are pre-
sented for redemption and are redeemed
in gold, such notes shall be kept and set
apart and only paid out in exchange for
gold" The president adds: "The COM
panion proposition that our domestic
paper currency shall be kept safe, and
yet be so regulated to the needs of our
industries and internal commerce AS to
be adequate and responsive to such
needs, is a proposition scarcely less i'm
portant. and the subject, in all its parts,
is commended to the wise consideration
of congress-.
NEW MARITIME POLICY NEEDED.
1.-The annexation of Hawaii and the
changed relations of the United States
to Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philip
pines, resulting from the war, compel
the prompt adoption of maritime
policy, by frequent steamship communi-
cation, to be encouraged by the United
States under the American flag with the
newly acquired islands.
OF YELLOW FEVER.
''In my last annual message, ! re-
commended that congress authorize the
appointment of a committee for the
purpose of making sytematic investiga-
tions with reference to the cause and
prevention of yellow fever. This matter
has acquired increased Importance, as
a result of the military occupation of
Cuba, and the commercial intercourse
between this island and the United
States which we have reason expect. ;"
LARGER STANDING ARMY NEEDED
"The Importance of legislation for the
permanent increase of the army is
manifest and the recommendation of
the secretary of war for that purpose
has my unqualified approval. There
can be no question that at this time