Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-27
rresidens 8 soKinley Has the
Docume 5 = skeched and
Practie 8 Completed.
TAKENoBA SwARDsTEp
Will Hold the PhinppInes at All Haz-
ards-chinese Subject Will Be
Treated Cautiously in View of the
Unsettled Condition.

Washington, D. c., Nov. 26.-In the
preparation of his annual message to
congress President Mckinley has
worked with his usual facility of treat
ment, so that now the message is COM
pletely sketched out and in fact, prac-
tically completed.
The Philippines.
OF course the great central thought
of the whole message will be define
alton of the strong foreign policy of
tie administration. The declaration
to congress will make clear, if such
thing is necessary, the determination
of the president to take no backward
steps i'll regard to the government in
tie Fhilipp.Des.
At> 'ution will be called to the fact
that Il Il ands are now actually un-
der the ~. troll of a cidl commission,
with Judge Taft at its read, which is
rapidly s'nerseding the military au-
thority at every point, thus enabling
the natives of the is!ardS to create
their own local goycrnu- ent without
delay. it will be shown that what
was formidable resurrection year
ago has now ecsnnel ated into mere
guerrilla warfare.
The firm policy will be announced
Of holding the islands at all hazards as
a part of the territory of the United
States, to be governed on substantial
ly the same general lines as were laid
down in Porto Rico.
Chinese Policy.
Necessarily the newest portion of
the message will be that devoted to
tie situation in China. Owing to the
diplomatic questions still remaining
to be settled, the subject will be treat
ed in an excessively cautious manner,
but the policy of the United States
will be outlined in a way which no one
could possibly misunderstood. The
position of the president on the whole
Chinese question an disclosed in the
message will be found to be close re-
petition of the important passages of
the now celebrated note of July 8.
To Regulate Trusts.
Attention again will be called to the
fact that it appears to be impossible
to secure from the States uniform leg
islation for the regulation of trusts,
and the suggestion will be renewed
therefore, that congress should take
such action within it's constitutional
power as may be necessary to make a
proper discrimination between what is
Injurious and what is useful and nee
essary in business operations.
Need Standing Army.
The message will show the pressing
necessity for the continued use of 9
comparatively large army for some
time to come 1t will be asserted that
with Porto Rico, Hawaii, the Philip
pines, and even the Nicaraguan Cana
to be guarded the necessity for larg
er contingent of regular soldiers be
comes apparant. In addition to that
it will be argued that the United
States has taken position in the
Orient which it can only maintain b.
proper show of force.
Canadian Disputes.
In reviewing the diplomatic worl
of the year the message will call at
tention to the agreement upon mod
us yivendi between the United States
and Great Britain regarding the Alas
kan boundary. There will be a detail
ed explanation of the fact that thi
temporary arrangement does not II
any sense prejudice the claims of tn,
United States to the territory in con
troyersy, but that it has had a yalua
lie effect inasmuch as it provided ba
sis of agreement pending the fina
adjustment.
Cuban Pledges Redeemed.
Pending the result of the constitu
tional convention in the island, tb
message will avoid distinct declare
tion as to the exact form of govern
menu in Cuba.
There will be distinct promise i
the message, unless all signs fail, tina
1t is the purpose of the president t
turn over the island to the Cuban
themselves soon, and the hope will
expressed that before another me'
sage is written new and independen
nation will have been created in tn
western hemisphere.
Will Recommend Canal.
Regarding the treatment of the Nj,
araguan canal project, there is co,
siderable difference of opinion as I
I the extent to which the president wi
feel justified in recommending th
canal scheme. AS to his approval (
the general project of building cans