Little Falls herald., 1900-12-07
THE ANNUAL MESSAGE
President Mckinley's communi-
cation to Our National
Lawmakers.
REVIEW CT TROUBLE IN CHINA.
What the Administration Has Been
Doing to Straighten Matters
Out Again
GRATIFYING SURPLUS REVENUES.
Congress Recommended to Reduce
Internal Revenue Taxes-A1.
fairs in the Philippines
The Army.
GRATIFYING SURPLUS REVENUES.
To the Senate: and House Of Represen-

To the Senate. and House Of Represen-
latiVes:
AT 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
increa sing >ower for good OF republic
an institutions. Your Countrymen VIII
join With you in ftlicta tiOn that Amer
ica:l liberty is more firmly established
than ever before, and that love fer 1t
! and the determination to preserve it
are more universal than at any former
period Of our history.
The republic was never so strong, be-
cause never so strongly lntrenchef III
the hearts Of the people as now. The
constitution. with E W amendments, eX-
Tie additions WHICH have been maze =
it proclaim larger freedom and mere
e:'t' r:,teC citizenship Popular govern
n?t it has demonstrated in its 1zi YEARS
Of Trial here its stability and Secul ity.
ard its efficiency as the best instrument
OF national development and the lcss
EGft guard to human rights.
When the sixth congress assembled
In November, 1890. tte population of
the United States was 5,3oS,4s3. 1T is
now 76, 3C4, 'o3. Then we had sixteen
states Nov "a have forty-fve Then
niles. 1t is now 3,S46, 5yo square mi es.
E'l1cation Iicion and morality have
X 1T pace with our advancement in 9TH
e1 directions. and While extending its
power this. gpverrmer; has adhered to
its fOunGa ton principles and afated
more of them in dealing with our new
peoples and possessions. nation 50
preserved and blessed gives reverent
thanks to God and invokeds His guild
ac"e and the continuation Of His care
ard favor.
In our foreign intercourse the doni-
nnnt question has been the treatment
of the Chinese problem. Apart from
this our relations With the foreign pow
er@ have been happy.
The recent troubles in China srrng
from the anti-foreign 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 tradi-
tiors of their government. The Taip-
ing rebellion and the opening of Chi
rese ports to foreign trade and settle
ment disturbed alike the homog> neity
and the seclusion of China. !.
Meanwhile foreign activity made it.
self felt in all quarters, not alone on
the coast, but along the great river ar
teries and in the remoter districts. car
rying new ideas and Introducing new
associations among a primitive people
which had 1i'rsued for centuries ma
tional policy of isolation.
PROPOSALS TO THE POWERS.
Seriousness of khe Situation in China Ap-
preciattd. q
The increasing gravity of the condi-
tions in China and the imminence of
peril to our own diversified interests
in the empire as well as to those of all
the other treaty governments, We're
soon appreciated by this government,
causing it profound solicituGe The
Urited States from the earliest days Of
foreign Intercourse with China had fol-
lowed policy of peace, emitting no oc-
cdsions to testify good will, to further
the extension Of lawful trade. to respect
the sovereignty of it's government. and
to insure by all legitimate and kindly
but earnest means the fullest measure
of protection for the lives and property
of our laWd)i('ing citizens and for the
exercise of their beneficent ca!lings
among the Chinese people.
.ndful Of this. it was felt to be ap-
p1'I'riate that our purposes. should be
pronounced in favor of such course as
would hasten united action of the pow
ers at Pci:!1 to promote the administra-
tive reforms SO greatly needed for
STRENGTHENING the imperial government
and maintaining the integrity of China.
In which we believe the whole western
world to be alike concerned. TO these
eral powers occupying territory and
maintaining spheres Of influence. in
China the circular proposals of 1899,
inviting from them declarations Of their
intent DlS ard views as to the desira-
bility Of the adoption Of measures in
sIrin@ the benefits Of equality of treat
mert Of al foreign trade throughout
China.
With gratifying unanimity the re-
sporses concided in this common pol
icy. enabling me- to see in the successful
termination OF these negotiations proof
Of the frierdly spirit which aninates
the various powers interested In the
untrammeled development Of commerce
and industry in the Chinese empire as
source of vast benefit to the whole
commercial wnTli1
In this ccnclusiCn, Which I had the
qualification to announce as complet-
ed engagement to the interested powers
on March 20. 1900. I hopefully discerned
a potential factor for the abatement OF
the distrust of foreign purposes which
spire the policy Of the imperial gov
ernnoent in the northern provinces
most Immediately Influenced by the
Manchu sentiment.
Seeking to testify confidence in the
Willingness and. stability of the impe
rial administration to redress the wrongs
and prevent the evils. we suffered and
feared, the marine guard, which had
been sent. to Pekin in the summer Of
1899 for the protection of the legation
was withdrawn at the earliest practical
bic moment, and all pending questions
were remitted. as far as we were con-
cerned. to the ordinary resorts Of dip
1omatic intercourse
PRINCE TUAN THE LEADER,
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Anti Foreign Influences Held Sway Under
- a. His Power. .