Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-06

its dependents was mpii We with
drew from active hoStilities, leaving orr
legation under an adequate guard in Pc
king as a channel of negotiation and set
tIement-a course adopted by others of
the interested powers. Oyertures of the
empowered repres entatives of the Chi
tertained-
Accepted Ressia's Proposition.
The Russian proposition looking to the
restoration of the imperial power in Pc
king has been accepted as IN tull CON
sonance with our own desires, tor We have
held and hold that effective reparation for
wrongs suffered and an enduring settle
ment that will make their recurrence inl-
possible can best be brought about IN
der an authority which the chinese nation
reVerences and obeys- While so doing We
forego no Jot OF our u~Edoubted right TO
exact exemplary ana deterrent punishment
OF the responsible authors ard abetIors OF
the criminal acts whereby We and other
nations have suffered grievous injury.
For the real culprits, the evil couEselors
who have misled the imperial udgmen ard
diverted the sovereign authority 10 their
own guilty ends, tull eXpiation becomes
imperative within the rational limits OF
retr1butive justice. Regarding this as the
initial condition of an acceptable settle
ment between China and the powers. L said
in my message of October Is to the Chi
81 trust that negotiations may begin so
soon as We and the other offended govern
ments shall be effectively satisfied of your
majesty's ability and power TO treat with
just ~sternness the principal offenders, who
are dOubly culpable, not alone toward the
foreigners. but toward your majesty, IN
Ger whose rule the purpose OF China to
erto found expression in the welcome and
protection assured to strangers.
The Peace Negotiations.
Taking, as a point of departure, the i'm
periaI edict appointing Earl Ii Hung Chang
and Prince Ching pIenipotentiaries to ar
range a settlement, anQ the t0Ict of Sep
temoer ., WHEREBY certain high officials
were Tor punishment. this gov
ernmen has moved, in concert with the
other powers, toward the opening of ne
MIR. RockhiIl. has been authorized to con-
duct on behalf of the United Staes.
General bases OF negotiation formulated
by the government of the French republic
have been accepte with certain reserva-
lions as to details, made necessary by our
own circumstances, but, like similar res
ervations by other powers, open to dis
cussion in the progress of the negotiations.
Inc o4sposInGR o. Inc emperoTs govern
to foreign governments and their nationals,
and to act upon such additional d~esigna-
ton or the guilty persons as the foreign
ministers at Picking may be il a position
to make, gives hope of a complete settle
foreign rights of residence and intercourse
on terms of equality for all the world
Foundation of Durable Peace.
l regard as one of the essential factors of
q durable adjustment the Securement of
adequate guarantees for liberty of faith,
since insecurity of those natives who may
fectual assault upon the rights of foreign
worship and teaching than would be the
direct invasion thereof.
The matter of m for our wronged
citizens is a question of grave concern.
Measured in money alone, a sufficient
PREPARATION may prove to be beyond the
ability of China to meet. All the powers
concur in emphatic disclaimers of any pur-
pose of ACKNOWLEDGMENT through the dis
memberment of the empire. I am disposed
to think that due compensation may be
made in part by increased guarantees OF
security for foreign rights and immuni-
ties, and, most important of all, by the
opening Of China TO the equal of
all the world. These views have been and
will be earnestly advocated by our repre-
sentatives.
The government of Russia has put for
ward a suggestion that in the event of pro-
indemnities the matter may be relocated
to the court of arbitration at The Hague. l
favorably incline to this, believing that
high tribunal could not fail to reach a solu-
ton no less conducive to the stability and
enlarged prosperity of China itself than
Immediately beneficial to the powers.
First Place at Paris.
Our relations with other countries are
gone into in detail. The Paris EXPOSE
ton is referred to as offering an opportu-
nifty for a display of the good will ex-
listing between this country and France.
He notes thai there We're many draw
backs to a proper exhibition of American
products, but says:
Despite all these drawbacks the con-
tribution of the United States was not
only the largest foreign display, but was
among the earliest in place and the most
orderly in arrangement. Our exhibits
were SHOWN III lul out VI Ia classes, ana
more completely covered the entire classi-
fication than those of any other nation.
In total number they rank next after
in which they were presented secured
general attention.
A criterion of the extent and success
of our participation and of the thorough
ness with which our exhibits were or
ganized is seen in the awards granted to
jury, namely, grand prizes, 240; gold med
ais, 597; silver medals, 76; bronze medals,
A >-1 . . = -
all, being the greatest total number
given to the exhibition of any one ex-
h hnmbeg m nat eacb as gTaS Tel T a5 the Rirn liafgest
recognition of merit in competition with
the chosen exhibits of all other nations
and at the hands of juries almost wholly
made up of representatives of France
and other competing countries is not
Uai " b most sig gceti Il asfs but %s t ts f5e front
in International questions of supply and
demand. while the large proportion of
manufactures afforded unexpected proof
of the stimulation of national culture by
productiveness Joined to Industrial ex-
cellence.
sions for showing international good will
occurred. TIL inauguration in Paris of
the Lafayette monument. presented by
the school children of the United States,
and the designing of a commemorative
coin by our mint and the presentation of
the first piece struck to the president of
the republic. were marked by appropri-
ate ceremonies.
Relations with Germany.
OF our relations with Germany the pres
ident says good will prevails. He advises
congres that the question of the admis-
sion. of our life insurance companies to
do business in that country has been
reached and the companies admitted. OF
the meat inspection law of Germany he
says:
An imperial meat inspection law has
been enacted for Germany. While it may
tain products heretofore admitted. There
our weli-nigh e~xtinguished German trade
new burdens. Much will depend upon
we confidently hope will be free from
the determinations which attended the
enforcement of the old statutes.
The settlement of the Samoan problem,
to which 1 adverted in my last message,
has accomplished good results. Peace
and contentment prevail in the islands,
especially in Tutuiia, where a convenient
administration that has won the conf
dence and esteem of the kindly disposed
natives has been organized under the di-
rection of the commander of the United
States naval station at Pago-Pago.
b Alaskan boundary.
In connection with our relations with
ment of the Alaskan boundary dispute,
and urges such action as shall def
nitely settle this vexing question by say
In this relation I may refer again to the
need OF definitely marking the Alaskan
boundary where 1t follows the one hundred
and forty-frst meridian. A convention to
that end has been before the senate for
some two years, but as no action has been
taken l negotiating q new con-
meridian by telegraphic observations.
These, II is believed, will give more ac-
sidereal methods heretofore Independently
followed, which, as is known, proved dis
crepant at several points on the line.. al