The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-12-05
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4 convention with Great Britain has

ing for reciprocal trade arrangements be-
land on substa antially the lines Of the con-
vention formerly negotiated by the secre-
tary Of state. Nj BLAZING, I believe recip-
rocal trade relations will be greatly to the
advantage of both countries. = -
less and less the normal condition Of for
seen a marked diminution of wars be-.
tween civilized powers Wars with un-
civilized powers are largely mere matters
the welfare Of the world, Wherever pos
sible arbitration or some similar method
SHOULD be employed in lieu of war to settle
difficulties between civilized nations, al
though as yet the world has not pro-
gressed sufficiently to render it possible
or necessarily desirable to invoke arbitra-
International tribunal which sits at The
Hague is an event of good omen from
which great consequences for the welfare
Of all mankind may flow. 1t is far better
where possible to invoke such perma-
nent tribunal than to create special arbi-
traitors for given purpose. -, E
to our country that the United States and
Mexico should have been the first to use
the the good God offices Of The Hague court. This
factory results in the case OF a claim at
issue between us and our sister republic.
1t is earnestly to be hoped that this first
wha no ony tha nsea atea r Su
foreign nations may take advantage of
the machinery already in exstencek at
Il commend to the favorable considera-
ton of the congress the Hawaiian fire
claims which were the subject of careful
inTestigation during the last session, ],
The congress has wisely provided that
! we shall build at once an isthman canal,
| If possible at Panama. The attorney gem
| quire good title from the French Panama
| canal company. Negotiations are now
| pending with Colombia to secure her as
! will be one Of the greatest engineering
| feats Of the twentieth century, q greater
engineering feat than has yet been ac-
rn grSnmpished isf q during the history Of mankind.
| tinuing. policy without regard to change
OF administration, and It should be begun
matter Of pride for all administrations
The. canal will be of great benefit to
Nord 1t Mq Win Be of to us
dustrially and also as improving our mill
itary position. It will be Of advantage to
te be- Of thai ali
countries will do as some Of them have
already done with signal success and will
prove their ba anu
nfzing that stability and order are the
prerequisites Of successful development.
NO independent nation lin: America need
have the slightest lear Of aggression from
the United States It behooves each one
and to discharge Its just obligations to
foreigners. When this is done, they can
rest assured that, be they strong or weak,
they have nothing to dread fror 4 outside
interference More and more TIL Gcreas-
Ing interdependencet and complexitv aoi
International political and economic rela.
tions render 1t incumbent on all Civilized
and orderly powers to insist on the proper
| policing Of the world. - a 9 S3
| During the fail OF 1901 communications
l QHHrnCcnH 10 af,, 5e,>g ck,, "
asking whether permission would be
granted by the president to a ascorporaticr
to lay cable from q point on the Cali
fornia coasttto the, Philippine Islands BY
| way of Hawaii. A statement of condi-
tons or terms upon which such corpora.
tion would undertake to lay and operate
| a cable was volunteered. IA n
| !nasmuch as the congress was shortly te
| convene and Pacific cable legislation had
been the subject OF; consideration by the
congress fol, several years, it seemed ta
me wise to defer action upon the applica-
tion until the congress had first an oppor-
tuntty to act, The congress- adjourned
matter in exactly. the same condition in
| vened. - & =.
Meanwhile it appears that the CONNER
cial Pacific Cable company had promptly
| proceeded with preparations fov laying its
cable: It also made application to the
ings taken by the United States steamship
Nero for the purpose of discovering a
practicable route for a transpactfic cable,
| these soundings It could complete its cable
much sooner than If it were required to
! take soundings upon its own account.
appeared important and desirable to at
| tach certain conditions to the permission
to examine and use the soundings ii it
In consequence OF this solicitation Of the
cable company certain conditions were
formulated, upon which the president was
ings and to consent to the 1h1ss lanaing neun and
| laying Of the cable, subject to any altera-
tionsSor additions thereto imposed by the
cially as it was clear that a cable CON
nection of some kind with China. for.
| elgn country, @ was part OF the company s
eordance with line of precedents includ-
| ing President Grants action in the case
of the first French cable, explained to the
cember, 1875. and the instance occurrine
1 In 1879 of the second French cable from
| Brest TO st. Pierre, with a branch .te
| Cape Cod. 4F. s445 RI s$: q. 5Ga + &. .154: Il
| These conditions prescribed, among 9th.
er things, q maximum rate for CONNER
clal messages and that the company
should construct q line from the Philip
| pine Islands to China, there being at pres.
| ent, as Is we'll known, a British line from
! Manila to Hongkong. he 81 i99555 tS3he5t
The representatives of the cable compa-
| ny kept these conditions long under con
sideration, continuing in the meantime ,tc
prepare for laying the cable. They have
however, at length acceded to them, and
/ an all American line between our Pacific
1 coast and the Chinese empire by way ot
Honolulu and the Philippine Islands Is
i thus provided Tor and Is expected within
| a few months to be ready for business
Among the conditions is one reservinG
the power Of the congress to modify or re-
peal any or al Of them. A copy OF the
| Or Porto Rico 1t is only necessary to say
that the prosperity of the island and the
\ wisdom with which It has been governed
have been such as to make 1t serve as an
1 mtnistratioh. n a Isl .
On July 4 last, on the one hundred and
4 tWenty-sixth anniversary of the declara-
ton Of our Independence, peace and am
nesty were promulgated In the Philippine
4 Islands. Some trouble has since from
i time to time threatened with the MofaIn.
4 medan Moros, but with the late Insured
! uonary Filipinos the war has entirely
/ ceased. Civil government has noW beer
Il introduced. Not only does each Filipino
enjoy such rights to.$life, liberty and the
pursuit OF happiness as he has never be.
i fore known during the recorded histor,. o1
the islands. but the people, taken as d
whole, now enjoy measure OF self gov.
! ernment greater than that granted to any
/ other orfentals by any foreign mower ana
l greater than that enjoyed BY any Other
i torisntals under their own government
Il save the Japanese alone. We have MOI
4 gone too far In granting these rights 81
i liberty and self government but we have