The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-16


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nues have doubled. and the nominal In
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w AL attempts to. pay either principal or
than END settled an at
sured by the revenues resulting from the
As a result d thi. policy. severely crit
icised at the time of its Inauguration, but
now generally commended, revolutions on {,
toms laws have been impartially enforced.
resulting In an increase of customs col
the year ending March 81. 1905. Out of g.
lob $50 collected in the last three years 81
100000 over and above the expenses of the
eft Of creditors.
With g ths active psEs.e.patien e the del
ternational peace conference at. The
Hague. in the summer of 1907, entered into
been declared by high authority to con-
stitute one of the greatest advances ever
made mad toward the reasonable and peace
Twelve treaties agreed upon at that con-
ference: all designed for reducing the
war. have been approved by the senate
and ratified by the president of the Uni
ted States
Peace Treaties.
Important among these treaties was the
agreement proposed and urged upon the
conference by the United States under
which VIII bal all the civilized powers agree not to
debts claimed by their citizens against
other countries. so long as the alleged
as to the justice and amount of the debt
or time and mode In which it ought to be
ward pu as end Is that long step to-
on the necessities of weak and disordered
countries. which relies for the enforce
upon the bullying and gunboats of the
greater powers.
Following the action Of The Hague con-
| the use Of the permanent court of arbitra-
ton at The Hague. the United States has
settlement Of International disputes by
conciuding general treaties of arbitration
with England. France. Spain. Portugal,
way. Switzerland. Italy, Mexico and ia
pan, while many other similar treaties
are in course Of negotiation Under the
general treaty with Great Britain, the
before The Hague tribunal the c difficult 1i
and vexing questions which, for more
than century, have caused so much ill
will and controversy, regarding the rights
coasts of Newfoundland and the maritime
provinces of Canada. Congress, at it's
last session made the necessary appropri
auonS to defray the expense of this arbi-
tration.
The great growth in population and
wealth of our Canadian neighbor has pro-
ton of difficult and Irritating controver-
sizes arising all along the 1900 miles of
boundary ststnl bet 1sS Canada and the United
questions become. that a joint high COM
mission was created for the purpose of
settling them, but the commission dis
solved without reaching an agreement.
Negotiations for the settlement of these
progress has been made towar5 their com.
plete settlement.
The surveyors appointed by the two
countries have nearly completed the mark
ing of the Alaska boundary in accordanc
with the decision Of the tribunal of 19O3
a new treaty has been made for the adj
justment of all other questions relating to-
the determination of the boundary from
the Atlantic TO the Pacific: the northeast
ern fisheries question is about to be dis
posed Of by an agreement for arbitration
under the general treaty; new treaty
has been made for the making and en-
preservation of the food fish supply in
all the boundary waters; including both
the Great Lakes and the Atlantic and
The japanese Problem.
The questions between Japan and the
| United States. which caused so much pub
lie excitement In the year 1907, have been
disposed of to the satisfaction of the peo-
sympathy between the two governments
have now been signalized by the general
| them. by the invitation and acceptance
of the invitation for the visit of our fleet
at Tokyo. and by the response of the Uni
participate in the great exposition which
| is to be held at Tokyo in the year 1872, for
which congress has authorized the expen-
dtture of one million and half dollars.
the greatest sum ever appropriated for a
| foreign. exposition.
The unfriendly feelings among the peo-
pie of China which grew out of the en-
forcement of the Chinese exclusion law
! and led to the boycott of American goods
have disappeared, and American trade in
China has been restored to its natural
course. The United States has secured
the assent of all the nations having pos
sessions in the Orient to a united effort
with China to put an end to the curse of
opium in the Orient, and an international
conference, under the leadership of the
United States. has been agreed upon to
meet at Shanghai on the LIST of next jan
uary for the purpose of devising and
formulating an International agreement to
prevent its production, sale and use.
Threatened tariff wars between the Uni
United States and France. have been
averted by commercial agreements be-
countries. made under the authority given
to the president in the third section of the
Dingley tariff act.
that in which the president himself took
the initiative. halted the armies of Rus
a an ,,a e "a Irrhfsns aoout an ao M
Yet nothing has added SO much to his
just fame IS his persistent and irrevocable
refusal to break the unwritten law of the
republic by accepting nomination for
| third term. By this act of self-abnegation
he places his name and fame In the secure
| keeping of history by the side of that of
the immortal Washington.
| With this splendid record of the last
four years in the management of our for
eign and domestic affairs. backed by the
history of nearly half a century of Re-
publican policies the public. mind must
rest IN the conv1cuqn that the continued
best promote the interest of the people
| and advance the glory and stability of the