The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-12-07
H'EIHLEY ADVISES CONGRESS-
President Mckinley Tells Of fhe
Affairs Of the Nation.

Diseases orr Foreign EeIstIons, Finance,
Truatss PhIIPPIne Islands, Cuba, Porto
Eieo, PsnsiOnSs Cable 70 Hawaii
and Manila, aad the Army.
Washington, Dec. 8-The president
today transmitted his annual message
20 the Fifth-sixth congress The sail
ent features are as follows:
With the outgoing OF the old and the
incoming OF the new century you begin
the last session Of the Fifty-sixth con
gress with evidences on every hand Of
individual and national prosperity. and
with proof Of the growing strength and
increasing power for good OF republican
institutions Your country viii join with
you In feliCitatiOn that American liberty
IS more firmly established than ever be-
fore and that love for IL and the deter
minatton to preserve Il axe more uni
Tersal than at any former period OF our
nlstoTy,- me REPUBLIC was never 50 slronSs
because never 50 strongly entrenched IN
- - OF L4S people = noM- ne
coEstlLatlons Win rev amendments seA-
lists as II left the hands Of its authors
The additions which have been made to
y proe-alI1 larger freedom ana more sA-
tended citizenship Popular government
has demonstrated In its IA years OF trial
efficiency as the best instrument Of na-
uOnal Development and the best safe
guard 70 human rights
A GLANCE BACKWARD.
When the Sixth congress assembled in
United States was 5,50s4s3 II is now
1854 7S9- Then we had IS states Now
We have a Then our territory consisted
Of 9o9.059 square miles. II is now ASSESS
square miles. Education religion ana
morality have kept pace with our ad=
Wancement in other directions, and while
extending It's power the government has
adhered 10 its foundation principles am
abated none OF them in dealing with our
new peoples and possessions A nation
so preserved and blessed gives reverent
thanks 10 Cod ana inVokes bus guloancs
and the continuance Of his care and
favor.
TROUBLESOME CHINESE PROBLEM
IN our foreign intercourse the dominant
question mas been the treatment OF the
Chinese problem Apart from this our
relations with the powers have been nap
py- The recent troubles in China spring
from the autf-forefe-u. 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
eminent The TAPPING rebellion and the
and settlement disturbed alike the homo
Eeleity and the SsCluStCn OF China Mean
while foreign activity made itself felt
IN ali quarters not alone on the coast,
but along the great river arteries and
In the remOter districts. carrying new
IDEAS and introducing new aSsoclsllons
among a primitive people which had pur-
sued for centuries national policy OF
isolation The telegraph and the railway
surea ding over their land the steamer
DlTing on their waterways, the merchant
and the missionary penetrating year after
year farther to the interior, became "a
the Chinese mind types OF an alien tnva-
sion changing the course or their nation
al life and fraught with vague fOrebOd-
ings OF disaster to their beliefs and their
self-cOutrOL
The president then recounts the SER
Gus uprising last spring, the expedition
OF the Joint allies to release the lega-
tons at Pekin and the subsequent
events In diplomacy and warfare The
policy Of the United States through all
this trying period" he says, was
clearly announced and scruPulOUsly
carried out He discusses the various
propositions that have been advanced
20 terminate the anomalous conditions
and concludes:
regard as one OF the essential factors
Of a durable adjustment the SecuremenJ
+ OF adequate guarantees for liberty Of
faith since insecurity OF those natives
who may embrace alien creeds is scarcely
less efectuaI assaults upon the rights Of
foreign worship and teaching than would
be-the direct invasion thereof The mat
ters Of Indemnity for our WrOnged Citi-
zeus is a question Of grave concern Meas
ured In money alone q sufficient repara-
OF China to meet. All the powers concur
IN emphatic disclaimers OF any purpose
Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT through the dismeIl-
berment OF the empire am disposed
to think that due compensation may be
made In part Dy increased guarantees .5
OF security Tor LOrelsn rlSnlS ana IN
rnunities. and most important Of all by
the opening Of China to the equal COM
merce OF all the world. THESE views nave
been and viii be earnestly advocated BY
cur representatives. The government OF
Russia has put forward a suggestion that
views IN regard TO indemuitieS the matter
may be relegated 70 the court OF arbitra-
to this, believing that high tribunal could
rot fail to reach q SOLUTION no less conou-
eve to the stability and enlarged prosper
fty OF China itself than Immediately ben
efcfaI TO the powers
IsTHlEIAN CANAL LEGISLATION.
The alI-impOrtant matter OF an inter
AdherinE to its refusal TO reopen the
question Of the forfeiture Of the contract
O ne 1LsL-tlLLtS 80 zt @ -
was TERMINATED IoI stLssea non-sAs s-
ton in October, 1883, the government OF
Nicaragua has since supplemented that
action by declaring the so-sLyLsQ y
Cramfn option VOID for non-pagment OF
re stipulated advance Protests IN re
ne state department and are under con-
Hderatiou. Dseming itself relieved from
existing engagements, the N1caTaSlan
r--TsFnrne1t lshov-s a disposition to deal
freely with the canal question either IN
she way Of NEGOTIATIONS with the United
States or BY taking measures to promote
the waterway. Overtures for conveR-
ton to effect the building Of a canal IN
under Censidera don In the meantime
the views q congress upon the subject
siou appointed 10 examine Ine c1oLnI.1Lst-
i've merits OF the various traus-isth-
a7Ta1teG- commend 70 the cary aIleLl-
tfon OF the senate the convention with
E-nesf Britain to facilitate TIE construc-
son Of such canal and to remove any
eh3setfon which might arise out Of the
convention commonly called the Clayton
EuIWeE- treaty
REFERS TO SULTARy'E PROMISES
we await the fuIfTmenf OF the
rEoulss OF the sultan 20 make rspara-
ton for the Injuries suffered BY Auert-
can citizens In Armenia and elsewhere in
the Turkish empire. His majesty good
dispositions IN this regard has been
erfrce6 by the issuance OF an trade for
RESEMBLING the American college at Har-
INCREASE NJ REVENUES.
Il 8 gratifying 70 be able 70 state that
tre-sIlf3 ffz1 revenues Tor the fiscal year
ended Iune g. 800 were Sf,5El. o59-1s-
Eor ne six prece1lng years Fe had Only
izfc1ts the agEreEaue OF Which from
Esr4 q 1S2 Inclusive amounted to S2S3.-