The citizen., 1900-12-07
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
To the Senate and House of Representa-

NoiAih7 VI llc hcN century You begin the
last session of the Fifty-sixth congress
with evidences on every hand of ind-
vidual and national prosperity and with
proof of the growing strength and in
creasing power for good of Republican
institutions. Your countrymen will Join
with you i'll fclicitation that American
liberty is more firmly established than
ever before and that love for it and the
determination to preserve it are more
universal than at any former period Of
our history
In our foreign intercourse the dominant
question has been the treatment of the
Chinese problem. Apart from this our
relations with the powers have been
happy.
The recent troubles in China spring
from the antiforcign agitation which for
the past three years has gained strength
In the northern provinces. Their origin
lies deep in the character of the Chinese
races and in the traditions of their GOV
ernment. The telegraph and the railway
spreading over their land, the steamers
plying on their waterways, the merchant
and the missionary penetrating wear by
year farther to the interior. became to
the Chinese mind types of an alien in
-. ''' '""INN VI IheiT ld-
-" i'ie anu IIau@hl WIN vague fore
n"u'i-N vi uI>"S'et 10 thelr beliefs and
their self control.
oc,'"E "l ahlH"relSh placardS became
u"u' occurrence, WElch the repeated
Iepr"p%'Ioh ol ihe lmne1al power failed
" '"t'N OF punish These lntiammatory
"Pi,["'S az L." '"' ignorance ana superstition
~ W .l' iI'''SS'S, hVHuacouS ana absurd IN
% .iie!I "cr.lSa'lohS ana deeply hostile in
...VH SPi'i' owuIu NOT nut work cumula-
'i'e n"rHl. ihcE AIMED at no particular
:''sS VI !"I'I-h'IS; 'heI were impartial
III "''''N'lS every hln@ foreign.
IN '"l"t IN III NH''A&JVh% III winch
,'e' ',''I' missionaries We're siam was the
Wv i."' "''I result oi thrS" mairYolcnt
te'5H''-S, ne posting of SoditouS pla-
c"'uN' .Aa"''lhS To Inc utter destruction
VI 49, ,i'iS ana Oh every foreign thing,
t""'llt'' "llFrnuA'd Hostile drmonStra-
9','il> '".'', t'o Stranger gained strength
~ u o47''ii'"'''o"'
Thc b"Xcrs.
The sect commonly stvlpd tho Royers
developed greatly in the provinces north
of the Yang-t~o ana with III. c.,u,,yi,,, AZ
many notable officials. incIulins Same in
the immediate councils of tbn throne i !
\h.
foreigners life. outside or tbr nr,to,t.d
treaty ports. was safe. No rorcisn intn,.-
est was secure from snoIiotinn
The diplomatic REPRESENTATIVE. or +I,o
powers in Picking strnve in ,.,i, f., cb,,.r.
this movement. Protest was rnIIn,.oJ liz.
demand and dom9pl bv r.n.v.,J ,,r,toyi
to be met with porfrnctory nJicts from
the palace ana ry3sive ami rutiI, assn.
The Increasing gravity nf tho cor1i-
tions in China ana the im1nipor.a of ,,n,.iI
to our own diversified interest. in tI,o am.
n;rc. as we'll as to thosn. of all tbn otLnr
lty governments. were som onnrnci-
.ned by this government. c,usir,, if ,ro-
found solicitudc Tho T'nitnd Sta+o,
from the earliest days of forcirn intnr-
course with China had followed = nnIicv
of peace, omitting no occasions to testifv
good will. to further the extension or !, W.
full trade. to respect the sovcroiantv Of IFS
government and to insure Inv ali locit;-
mate and kindly but earnest means tbe
fullest measure of protection for tho livne
and property of law obidin., citizens and
for the exercise of tboir hnnaGront coiI-
ilgs among the Chinese peonle
Mindful of this. if was ralt to bo ammo
pirate that our purposes sbouId he nro-
nounced in favor of such course rs would
hasten united action of the nowers ot pe-
king to promote the administrative re-
forms so greatly needed for strengthen
ing the imperial government and main
tanning the integrity of China. in which
we believed the whole western world tn
be alike concerned To these ends 7
caused to be addressed to the several
powers occupying territory and maintain
ing spheres of influence in China the cir
C"'a' prop"SaIH OF io"'' inviting from
liie'ii ue'iaIallohS o! tneit intentions ana
nic"H a. ~ 'ii' uPS'r"nlII'E Oh 'he aGop-
'lon VI measures InSuflng ihe brhehtS OF
equ'utH ot u, lFeat'lleh' oil All loFelgn trade
'nIUuS"oul T',.5i n.ila'
h''h EIa'. HIs uhallhlltE the re-
sp"iiStS 'oin'i'''l III tllS common poilcy'
elid''IinS i'e ~ see III the successful ter
.i.il W ''l'N. "'To o'l"tioHH PROOF OF
'iie 'i'"'lH spun "Hith ahiilatrS Ihe
various powers interested IN the untram-
ii'ipu :e'Giopl,,'n' ln VI commerce ana IN
ues.l' III NV ti"eSe 'li'pII' us source
Vi I3S' o'ii''"' 10 'ne "hole commercial
"I.iu. .,....
u. - 'ilis 1'.i'i''s.o"' ""''l| h"u thG
'' sl"t'-', "''o.i - .ii'''u.''' - 'o'nPle'ed
nv Zoo !" ''r l'''',tII'u i'o"erS on
lu;.I -n4lvH ~, I,'0o' i.I''luIl uiScer''eu
b:,,'la'"' f't WI lo' 'i,e o. I'll"
uls'. "s, " ,1 ,"' g's.i pa. pIH'S Wl'''il lor
sei1 IL: P"r' I"' "Ipu"I'u !" INSPIRE lhG
poh,i :. VI 'ig "'pVii"i EIN'Iii'"ch' ana
loi 'nr G'.e.,i't 'N.. ,i'I' "H !. oi power
clu 'u'io'i'H " luciI 'ie cri'Icai anu
;ni ioaeiS Nh, ioteiaet u. ene n"ftncI'' pr%v
,i,ceH niosi l'i'Iil''l"leE llhuehced pN the
Ni''i''''''' sentiment