Arizona republican., 1900-12-04

The message was an exhaustive doe ument, covering in detail all subjects which have beaI presented to the country since the adjournment of the long session. The message is in part:
 "To the senate and house of repre- sentatives: With the outgoing of the old and the incoming of the new cen tury you begin the last session of the fifty-sixth congress with evidences on every hand of individual and national prosperity and with proof of the grow ing strength and increasing power for the good of republican institutions. In our foreign intercourss t5ss scml1ant questtcn has been the treatment of the Chinese problem. Apart from this our relations with the powers have been happy. The recent troubles in China have their origin deep in the charac- ter of the Chinese races, to whom the innovations of modern civilization be- come types of an alien invasion, chang ing the course of their national law and fraught with vague forebodings of disaster to their beliefs and to their self control.
 OUR POLICY IN CHINA.
 After reciting the course of the out break and the heroic defense of the legations, the policy of the United States toward China is outlined in these words: "The policy of the gov ernment of the United States is to seek a solution which may bring about per manent safety and peace; preserve Chinese territorial and administrative entity; protect all rights guaranteed to friendly powers by treaty and inter- national law and to safeguard for the world the principle of equal and inn partial traQe.
 We forego no jot of our undoubted right to exact exemplary and deterrent punishment of the authors and abet- tors of the criminal acts whereby we and other nations have suffered grev- ous injury
 THE MATTER OF INDEMNITY.
 In regard to the indemnity the pres ident thinks that measured in money alone it may be beyond the ability of China to meet, but that compensation can be in part made by increased guarantees and immunities to for eigners and by the opening of China to the commerce of the world. In the treatment of the Chinese problems the message continues: Japan has acted harmoniously and generously in con cert with other powers and the closing year has demonstrated the competence of the Japanese to hold a foremost place among modern peoples
 Reference is made to the ratification of the Hague peace convention by the United States, Austria, England, Ger many, France, Russia, Spain, Italy. Japan, Sweden, Norway, the Negher- lands, Portugal, Persiafi Roumania and Siam, and the president cites his ap- pointment of Benjamin Harrison, Melville w. Fuller, John W. Griggs and Judge George Gray as members of the tribunal for the United States.
 THE ISTHMIAN CANAL.
 In regard to the NicaraGuan canal the president calls attention to the convention with England to facilitate the construction of the canal and urges early action to remove any diff ficulty that might arise from the Clay ton-Bulwer treaty.
 In regard to the Philippines atten tion is called to the fact that when the treaty with Spain was drawn up the boundary as Gelineated omitted several islands west of the Sulus In order to cure this defect a supplementary treaty has been negotiated whereby Spain r7- liSquishes the title for $100,GO0. This treaty will early be laid before the senate.
 A YEARS BUSINESS.
 "It is gratifying to note," continues the message, that the surplus reve- nues for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1900, were $79, ,527 ,O6O1S. For the
 te aggregating $2S3, ,O22, ,99114. The re- ceipts from customs were s23S, 164S71,- 1G, an increase over the proceeding year of $27, ,036, ,459.41. The war de-