The Penn's Grove record., 1900-12-07

President FaIQK Reduction Of
Mar TAXATION and Increase .
Of Regular Army.

19I ldAdtlVA GAu luUICdS6
Of Regular Army.
hDS7 HOLD PHILIPPINES
The President,s Message to Congress Say
Thef the Philippine Islands Are to b,
Held as Part Of the Territory Of til,
United States-A Stable Governmen
WIN be Org.nlzed - soon Is Condi
ttons VIII ALLOW The Message Re
nsws Pledge to Oppose All Scheme,
Of Territorial Conquest. Demands til,
Open Door In China, Favors ship Sub
sidies For Fostering the American
Merchant Marine, Recommcnds til,
Construction Of An Interoceanic Canal
0enmends the Financial Lsgisla.
ton Of Last Session, and Reviews on,
Relations with Foreign Powers "a
Promise That Cubs IL Soon to Be
Turaed Over to the b
Washington, D. G. (Special.-Presi.
! dent McKinley's message, transmitted
ana read to the second session of the
Fifty-sfxth Congress. is, in part, as
follows:
ITO the Senate and House Of Repre-.
sentatives:
"Atsthe outgoing Of the old and in
! coming 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
AMI with proof Of the growing
strength and Increasing power for good
Of republican institutions. Your coun-
trymen will join with you In felicia
ton thai American liberty is more
firmly established than ever before,
and that love for 1t and the determine
ton to preserve it are more universal
than at any former period in u his
tory.
The Republic was never SO strong,
because never SO strongly intrenched
~ the hearts of the people as now.
The Constitution, with few amend
ments, exists as it left the hands OF
Its authors. The additions which have
been made to it proclaim larger free
dom and more extended citizenship.
Popular government has demonstrated
I'm Its q hundred and: twenty-four
4 V0Q To If trial Z tnno 3k~ 4nLxlSk-x-
security. and it's efficiency as the best
instrument Of national development
and the best safeguard to human
rights
The President refers to the growth
Df the population Of the country and
then takes up the Chinese problem,
which he says is the dominant ques-
lion in our foreign relations. Apart
from this. our relations with other
Powers have been happy.
The President tells at great length
the story of the uprising In China,
which he says had been fomentlng
tor three years. He recites the meas
ures taken to protect the legations in
Pekin, the attack upon the ENJOYS, the
taking Of the Tako forts, the siege OF
the legations and their relief, with
the fighting at Tien-Tsin. He then
states the policy of the United States.
Dur declared aims, he says, involved
40 war against the Chinese nation. He
CONTINUES:
w adhered to the legitimate Office
Of rescuing the imperiled legation, oh.
tanning redress for wrongs already sur
Tered, securing wherever possible the
safety Of American life and property
In China, and preventing a spread Of
the disorders or their recurrence,
After reviewing the negotiations
with the Powers for the purpose Of re-
storing peace to China, to preserve
Chinese territorial entity and to pro-
tect all trade and treaty rights, the
President says:
AThe matter of indemnity for our
wronged citizens is q question OF
grave concern. Measured in money
alone, a Sufficient r~eparation may
prove to be beyond the ability Of Chi
ma to meet. All the Powers concur ID
emphatic disclaimers of any purpose
Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT through the dis
memberment OF the Empire. I am dis
posed to think that due compensation
may be made In part by increased
guarantees OF security for foreign.
rights and immunities, and, most i'm
portant Of all, by the opening OF China
to the equal commerce of all the world.
These views have been and will be
earnestly advocated by our represen-
tatiyes."
The year of the Paris Exposition
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