Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-06-24

m Washington in November and Do- which was attended by representatives, Of thc United States and Mexico. q series or tr'aucs was made of the greatest J, preoti,ai imp3rtance, among them being international court for the trial and de- elsl"h or hll questions whatever arising h, tween Central American countries lhls court has Just been inaugurntsd in tostn Rica. in this a long step has been taken in the direction Of prosperity and enduring peace in Central America. and the United States has won and receives the gratitude "f the good and peaceful cltizcns of all those countries
 Tho building of the Panama canal lhe most colossal undertaking Of the century. the successful completion Of which tx now assured. makes it nor. in1- porthut to the United States than eyer before that there shall be no hostile cone trul oi the route between either our great Atlantic and Pacific ports and the lsthmus. For that reason it is pf cs- p cial importance that the people in- habitiug tha Islands and shores of ths Caribbean shnll maintain indepcndcut cful. and prosperous governments The policy pf the United States tO aid them in maintaining such governments has been prosecuted with special success during the last four years
 The frightful disorder and bloodshed which had marked the annals of San VI by an agreement with the United states taking the form Of a treaty enc tered Into with the approval of the Sen. ate. under which. by the simple appoint ment pf an American agent Co collect Dominican customs revenues. and apply ihe surplus toward the payment of the Dominican debis. without landing soldier or firing a gun. complete peace has been maintained for four years past. the commerce and industry of the is- land have revived, the r' venues have doubled. and the nominal indebtedness of over Sio.Oo0Oy. which hung like pail over the people, who had given up all attempts to pay either principal or interest. has been adjusted and settled at less than s20.go.co0. for which interest and sinking fund payments are com piciely assured by the revsnues result ing from th' new prosperny
 Az a result of this policy, severely crit lciscd at the time of it's inauguration. but now generally commended. revolu- tion- on the island have practically ally enforced, resulting in an increase ot customs collected from q N52,2oo in iyoi tv 3iN.Wl2 for the. year ending March a. laaN. Out of s9 i03.939 collected In the last three years Sigo.O0 over and above the expenses of the government have been saved for the beneht of creditors.
 Win the actV" participation of the delegates of the United states. the Sec ond international Pcac. Conference nt Tn. Hague. in the summer ot liI'. cn- tered Into agr-ements Shlch. taken toe gsther. have been declared by high au- thority to constitute one Of the greatest advances ever made toward the reason abl. and peaceful regulation of int"rna. tionAi conduct Twelve treaties agreed upon at that Conference. all designed for reducing the probability or mitigating the horrors Of war. have been approNsd by th" Senate and ratified by th" frrsl- dent of the United States.
 Important among thes" treaties was the agreement proposed and urged upon the Conference by the United stat"s agree not to use force for the collection of contract debts claimed by thcir citi- zenS against other countries, 70 long as the alleged debtor seeks the protection of Arbitration as to the justic" and the amount of the debt or time and mode m which it ought to be paid. This agree msnt is long step toward putting an end to that speculation on the neces- Sitles of weak and disordered countries. which relies for the enforcement of cN- orbitant and fraudulent claims upon th" bullying and gunboats of the greater
 Following the action of The Hague Convention in providing greater tacill- ties for th. use oI th" Permanent cour, states has put itself upon the basis of the peaceful settlement of international disputes by concluding general treaties spain. Pori1gai. th. Neiherlands. Den mark. Sweden. Norway. Switzerland
 Italy. Mexico. and Japan, while many other similar a,ie, ,, ar. .n.rai ,n eI't ,rea,y with Great Britain. the two countries have agreed 10 arbitrnte before The Hagu. Tribunal the difficult and veNing questions which. for more than a csn- tury, have caused so much m will and controversy. regarding the rights Of our fishermen in the fisheries on the coasts Of Newfoundland and the maritime pro- vinccs of Canada. Congress, at lis last session, made th. necessary appropria- tions to dsfray the expense of this ar bltrntion.
 The great growth in population and
 wealth of our Canadian neighbor has
 produced continually increasing ac- cumulation of difficult and irritating controversies arising ail along the 3vl miles of boundary between Canada and
 the United States. In lsN. So pressing
 had thsSe questions become. that a
 Joint High Commission was created for
 the purpose Of retillng them, but the
 Commission dissolved without reaching
 an agreement. Negotiations for the -et-
 il.m.nt of these questions have been renewed. and great ptpgr'ss has been made toward thrir complete settlement The surveyors appointed by the two countries have nearly completed the
 marking of the Alaska boundary In ac- cordance with th. decision of the Tri-
 bunaI of igo9. a new treaty has been
 made for the adjustment Of all other questions relating to the determination Of the boundary from the Atlantic Co the Pacific. the northeastern fisheries | question is about to h. diepossd of bs