The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-06

pressed upon the attention or the con
 g. ess. In my message of year ago : expressed my views of the necessity (
 a canal which would link the tw
 great oceans, to which I again invit
 your consideration. The reasons the
 presented for early action are eve
 stronger now.
 A pleasing incident in the relations o
 this government with that of Chili oc
 cured in the generous ass stance give
 to the war snip Newark when in dis
 tress in Chilean waters. Not alone il
 this way has the friendly disposition
 of Chile found expression. That coun try has acceded to the convention fo
 the establishment of the bureau of th
 American Republics, in which organ
 zation every independent state of th'
 continent now shares.
 The exchange of notifications of {
 convention for the revival of the Unit
 ed States and Chilean claims commits
 sion and for the adjudication of claim!
 heretofore presented but not determin
 ed during the life of the previous com
 misison has been delayed by reason o1
 the necessity for fresh action by the l Chilean senate upon the amendments
 attached to the ratification of the trea- | ty by the United States. This formal | ity is soon to be accomplished. | In view of disturbances in the popu- | lous provinces of Northern China
 where are many of our citizens, and of
 the imminence of disorder near the
 capital and toward the seaboard, a guard of marines was landed from the Boston and stationed during last win ter in the legation compound at Pek- ing. With the restoration of order this protection was Withdrawn.
 The interests of our citizens in that vast empire have not been neglected during the past year. Adequate pro- tection has been secured for our mis- sionarieS and some injuries to their property have been redressed.
 American capital has sought and found various opportunities of compet- ing to carry out the internal improve ments which the imperial government is wisely encouraging, and to develop the natural resources of the empire. Our trade with China has continued to grow, and our commercial rights under existing treaties have been everywhere maintained durinig the past year, as they will be in the future.
 The extension of the area open to in- ternational foreign settlement at Shan ghai and the opening of the ports of Ranking, TsingTao, (Kiao Chao), and Wan to foreign trade and set clement will doubtless afford American enterprise additional facilities and new .lelds, of which it will not be slow to take advantage.
 In my message to congress of De- cember 5, 1S9S I urged that the re- which had been made to the speaker of the house of repre- sentatives by the secretary of the treasury on the 14th of June, 1898, for an appropriation for a commission to study the commercial and industrial conditions in the Chinese empire and report a sto the opportunities for, and obstacles to, the enlargement of mack cts in China for the raw products and of the United States, should receive at your hands the con- sideratlon which its importance and timelness merited, but the congress failed to take action.
 now renew this recommendation, as the importance of the subject has steadily grown since it was first sub- nitted to you, and no time should be ost in studying for ourselves the re- sources of this great field for Ameri ,an trade and enterprise.
 The death of President Faure in Feb- 'uary last called forth those sincere expressions of sympathy which befit he relations of two republics as closely .llied by unbroken historic ties as are he United States and France.
 Preparations for the representation f the industries arts, and products of he United States at the worlds expo- ;ition to be held in Paris next year continue on an elaborate and compre lensve scale, thanks to the generous ppropriation provided by congress and 0 the friendly interest the French gov has shown in furthering a ypical exhibit of American progress.
 There has been allotted to the United tates a considerable addition of space, ,hieh, while placing our country in the rst rank among exhibitors, does not uffice to meet the increasingly urgent of our manufacturers. The forts of the commissioner general are bly directed toward strictly repre- pntative display of all that most char cteristically marks American achieve lent in the inventive arts and most dequately shows the excellence of our atural productions. In this age of keen rivalry among na- ions for mastery in commerce, the ! octrine of evolution and the rule of { le survival of the Attest must be as ( lexorable in their peration as they are ositive in the results they bring about. he place won in the struggle by an ldustrial people can only be held by nrelaxed endeavor and constant ad- ance in achievement The present ex- ( 'aordinary impetus in every line of ( merican exportation and the astound- Ig increase in the volume and value 4 our share in the worlds markets 2 ay not be attributed to accidental C ,nditions. The reasons are not far to seek. They . , deep in our national character and e1 Id expression year by year in every ', 'anch of handicraft, in every new \, .vice whereby the materials we so :. produce are subdued to the 2 'tisans will and made to yield the . rgest, most practical and most bene- = ,ial return. The American exhibit