The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-04
MONEY FOR FRISCO
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT EXPLAINS
 HIS ATTITUDE.
snys That Where Sums Were Omerea to the United States Government by Foreigners, He Could not
 Accept It.

Washington, May 3.--A special mes sare was sent to Congress today by President Roosevelt In which he ex- plained the attitude of this Govern ment regarding the offer of contrlou- tions to the San Francisco fire ana earthquake sufferers.
 The President says where contribu- tions were made to this Government he did not feel warranted in accepting them but where they were made to the citizens relief committee of San Fran cisco, no official action was or could be taken in regard to them.
 The message indicates that the gov ernments of the entire civilized worlo promptly responded in message or sympathy and many of them with con tributions or offers of contributions
 The text of the message follows:
 To the Senate and House Of Represen-
 tatives:
 Immediately after the disaster at San Francisco, many offers or assist ance in the shape of contributions were rendered by foreign individuals. cor ties. The Canadian Government,e with an instant generosity peculiarly pleas ant as d proof of the close and friend ly ties which knit us to our neighoors of the north, offered to pass reso1u- tion proposing aid.
 With a generosity equally marked and equally appreciated. the Republic or Mexico, our neighbor to the south, vot- ed to appropriate S30,000 and the Re- public of Guatemala voted to appro- priate S10,00O for the same purpose; the Empress of China, in addition to sending money to be used for the Chl- nese who suffered in San Francisco. of- fered to send more than double as much to be used by the inhabitants gener-
 yra- NA1y aanraf fFNtn diateIy offered to send across the ocean one of their beautifully equipped hos pital ships to be used in any way for the sufferers, and also offered 100000 ven to the relief committee in addition to more than 100000 yen sent by Jap anese subjects. The Government of far distant New Zealand voted $25.000. The Government of Martinique voted 1000 francs; the municipality of Ed rnonton. Canada, $1,000. Many munich palities, corporations and individuals in England, Germany. France, Japan, Cuba and other countries immediately prof fered aid. Where these offers of aid are made to the private relief commit tee organized to deal with the distress in San Francisco, l have, of course no official action to take concerning them
 But I am certain I give utterance to the feelings of all our countrymen when I express my very lively appre- ciation of the m-hearted generos- ity and eagerness to help us in the time of our affliction shown by the gov ernments, the municipalities, the cor porations and the individuals men 1 tioned above. We are deeply grateful to them and we are deeply grateful for the way in which they showed in such practical fashion the growth of the spirit of brotherhood among the na- | tions
 Most kind and welcome messages of sympathy also were promptly sent to us by the Emperor of Austria, the King of Belgium. the President of Bo- l livia, the Prince of Bulgaria, the Pres ident of Brazil, the President of Chile, the President of Cuba, the King of 1 Denmark, the President of the Domin- ican Republic, the Khedive of Egypt, the President of France. the German | Emperor the King of Great Britain Guatemala, the King of Italy. the Elm peror of Japan, the Emperor of Korea, the President of Mexico the Prince of Monaco, the Queen of The Netherlands, the President of Nicara- qua, the King of Norway, the Presi- dent of Peru, the King of Portugal the Czar of Russia. the King of Servia, the | Swiss Confederation, the King of Swe- | den, the Sultan of Turkey, the Pres ident of Venezuela. the governments of Austria Hungary, Bavaria, Belgium Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica. Colombia | Denmark Ecuador, France, Great l Britain, Guatemala, Greece, Hayti, It | ally, Japan. Panama, Persia, Portugal Paraguay Peru. The Netherlands, Nor way. Switzerland. Spain. Uruguay. Swe- den, Russia and Siam; by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Chile. Greece Nicaragua, Portugal, Paraguay. Guat- emala and Russia; by the Viceroy ot India and the Governor General of Aus