The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-17

ing become w9A power, our infiu- ence is world wide and always exerted terment of mankind. When the dis puee between Germany and France re- garding the right of control in Mo- rocco threatened to involve all Europe Tn war, the active influence of the Uni ted states. both directly and through It's representative at the Conference at Ageciras. was a potent factor in
 "The participation of the United
 States In the Pan-American Confer
 ence at Rio de Janeiro in August. 1906.
 and the visit of Secretary. Root to that
 conference and to all the principal
 maritime countries of South America,
 where he was received with universal
 acclaim. put an end to the suspicion
 power of the United States was regard-
 cd by the Latin American races, and
 began a new era of friendship and
 Republics. This has been Augmented
 by the Secretary's visit to Mexico as
 the guest of the Mexican Republic in
 sts fiest to the chief mSsltime repabIics @ I % of
 South America and by the enlarged and
 greater development of the work of the
 lnternational Union of American Re-
 publics for the dissemination of knowl-, edge and the cultivation of trade and friendly relations between the differ ont American countries. for which all erection of a splendid building in the city of Washington dedicated to the peace and prosperity of all Americas.
 co-operated in bringing about better conditions. which win put an end to all discord and restore peace and pros- perlty in Central America Al. the in- stance of the United States and Mexico peace conference of representatives of all the i've Central Amrican coun- tries was held in Washington fin No- conference. which was attended by rep resentatiyes of the United States and Mexico. series of treaties was made among them being treaty which pro. vides for a permanent international court for the trial and decision of all questions whatever arising between r.n court has just been inaugurated in Costa Rica. In this long step has been takan in the direction of pros America, and the United States has won and receives the gratitude of the good and peaceful citizens of all those countries.
 The Panama Canal.
 "The building of the Panama Canal the most colossal undertaking of the which Is now assured, makes 1t more important to the United States than ever before that there shall be no hos our great Atlantic and Pacl1c ports and the Isthmus. For that reason 1t is ox especial importance that the people iinhaeiting i the islands and shores of ent, peaceful and prosperous govern ments. The policy of the United States to aid them in maintaining such gov ernments mas been prosecuted with spe- cial success during the last four years.
 The frighteful disorder and blood shed which had marked the annals of ended by an agreement with the United States taking the form of treaty en- tered into with the approval of tho Sen- ate. under which. by the simple ap- feet Dominican customs and revenues, and apply the surplus toward the pay ment of the Dominican debts, without plete peace has been maintained for four years past. the commerce aud in- dustry of the island have revived, the indebtedness of over $40, ,0O0, ,O0o. which | hung like pail over the people, who had given up all attempts to pay. either and settled at less than s20 900 .O0O. for l which interest and sinking fund pay 1 msnts are completel yassured by the | revenues resulting from the new pros |
 LAS result of this policy, severely | criticised at the time of its inaugurar | tion, but now generally commended, | caily ceased, customs laws have been | impartially enforced, resulting in an | increase in customs collected from | Si .s52. .209 in 1904 to Ss.A2s. .0lz for the | year ending March 31, 1908. Out of | S9,103,939 collected in the last three | years S4,000 ,000 over and above the i expenses of the government have been | saved for the benefit of creditors.
 with the active participation of the delegates of the United States, the | Second International Peace Conference | at The Hague, in the suHer of 1907, entered into agreements which, taken together, have been declared by high | authority to constitute one of the | greatest advances ever made toward | the reasonable and peaeeab.e reGula- tian of international conduct. Twelve treaties agreed upon at the Conference all designed for reducing the probabil- ity or mitigating the horrors of war. have been approved by the Senate and | ratifed by the President of the Uni7 ted States.
 "Important among these treaties was the agreement proposed and urged up- | on the Conference by the United States | under which all the civilized powers | agree not to use force for the collec- | tion of contract dehts claimed by their | citizens against other countries. so | long as the alleged debtor seeks the | protection of arbitration as to the | justice and amount of the debt or |