New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-01
AMERICA AND ABROAD.
Year of Accordant Foreign
Relations for This Country.

ace and prosperity have been the accordant
E notes OF American foreign relations In l9oS
I dual sense the republic has stood for peace.
t .ssivey, In scrupulously keeping the peace with
aI IA TONS great and small and actively, in
brin ing about the restoration of peace between
tvc rations which had been fighting the greatest
var IF recent times The Presidents action in
eonvoking the Portsmouth conference and in in
eueT, ing it to an honorable and benefcent sue
Tess gives the year enduring distinction in the
Annals Of our age while second only to that must
be counted his tactful initiative in inviting
anCt:e general peace congress at The Hague
Not y our day has one man done more for peace.
Ger aas any nation more fully won the title of a
bcar maker among its neighbors.
F. q ions with the United Kingdom and with
Die various members Of the British Empire
have Of course remained most friendly, and not
IL slightest menace to that state of affairs is
ef.Crded by any actual or prospective changes
Tn the imperial government The long standing
Fisheries questions in the North Atlantic have
eaHSa1 some little friction with Newfoundland,
ia which, without prejudging the case, it may be
said mat neither side seems to be quite free from
taU,t Negotiations now in progress, how
liver between the Washington government and
~ British Ambassador for settlement Of the
points at ISSUE and these will probably soon be
Successful and effective. Intercourse with Can
hda has been agreeable and mutually profitable,
and here has in the last few weeks been a some
what noteworthy recrudescenCe Of Canadian
sentiment in favor Of closer commercial rela-
IONS with this country-a1l the more noteworthy
because of the marked degree Of prosperity
which the Dominion is now enjoying
With the great powers of Central Europe our
relations have pursued an even tenor. With
France they have remained most cordial, the
fact being agreeably emphasized by two Incl
dents-the exceptionally gracious and compn-
1nentary procedure of the French government
IN connection with the exhumation and embark
ation OF the remains of John Paul Jones, and
the perfect understanding and cooperation
between the two countries in the vexatious Ven
ezuelan affairs. With Germany. too. despite ILL
inspired or ignorant insfnuations to the con-
Srary, our relations have been entirely amicable-
There Is evidence that in the happy mediation
between Russia and Japan this country enjoyed
the moral If not to some extent the diplomatic
Support of the empire: the two certainly being
tn entire accord in unSelfSh desire for peace.
change in commercial relations between
America and Germany is impending, since under
the new German tariff the old commercial treaty
has been denounced 4 modus vivendi has been
arranged, under which existing relations will be
prolonged until reasonable time has been afford
ed for the negotiation of new treaty, which it
Is TO be hoped VIII be promptly done, and Will
be done to secure to this country the mini
mum tariff rates accorded by Germany to the
most favored nation. In this matter, as well as
I'm the adjustment Of Newfoundland affairs, the
essential desirabiity of close sympathy and CO.
operation between the treaty-negotiating and
heaty-ratifying powers at Washington is OBJ
vfouS.
The conclusion of the war between Russia and
Japan was, already noted effected in a way
eonmendatory of America to the kindly regard