The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-06-19
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the visit of Secretary Root to that con-
ference and to all the principal mari
| time countries of South America,
where he was received with universal
acclaim, put an end to the suspicion
| and distrust with which the growing
| garded by the Latin-American races
and began new era of friendship and
| sympathy between all the American
| republics. This has been augmented
| by the secretarys visit to Mexico as
| the guest OF the Mexican republic In
fleet IN the chief maritime republics
of South America and by the changed
and greater development Of the work
of the International Union of Ameri-
can Republics for the dissemination Of
knowledge and the cultivation Of trade
different American countries, for
which all the republics are now unit
| Ing In the erection of a splendid build
| ing in the city Of Washington dedi-
Gated 20 the peace and prosperity Of
| all the Americas.
The building Of the Panama canal,
the most colossal undertaking of the
century, the successful completion Of
| which Is now assured, makes 1t more
| important to the United States than
ever before that there shall be no
hostile control of the route between
al Mt
ports and the isthmus. For that reas-
en- it is Of especial Importance that
| the people inhabiting the islands and
| shores Of the Caribbean shall main
tain independent, peaceful and pros
porous government. The policy Of
tanning such governments has been
prosecuted with special success dur
ing the last four years.
The great growth In population and
wealth of our Canadian neighbor has
produced continually increasing az
cumu!ation of difficult and Irritating
controversies arising along the 5000
miles of boundary between Canada
and the United States. In 1898, so
pressing had these questions become
that joint high commission was
created for the purpose of settling
them, but the commission dissolved
without reaching an agreement. Ne
gotia:tons for the settlement of these
questions have been renewed, and
great progress has been made toward
their complete settlement.
The surveyors appointed by the two
countries have nearly completed the
marking Of the Alaska boundary in
accordance with the decision of the
tribunal of 1903; a new treaty has
been made for the adjustment of all
ether questions relating to the deter
mination Of the boundary from the At
lantic to the Pacific; the northeastern
fisheries question is about to be dis
rosed of By an agreement for arbitra-
ton under the general treaty; a new
treaty has been made for the making
and enforcement of joint regulations
for the preservation of the food fish
supply in all the boundary waters, in.
cluG!ng both the great lakes and the
Atl3n.ic and Pacific waters.
Tie questions between Japan and
the United States which caused so
much public excitement in the year
1907 have been disposed of to the sat
isfaction of the people of both coun-
tries. The friendship and sympathy
between the two governments have
now been signalized by the general
treaty of arbitration concluded be-
tween them. by the invitation and &C.
ceptance Of the invitation for the visit
CT our fleet at Toxic and by the re-
Spouse of the United States to the in.
vitation OF Japan to participate in the
great exposition which is to be held
at Toxic in the year 1912, for which
congress has authorized the expendi-
ture of $1,E00,000, the greatest sum
ever appropriated for a foreign expo.
sition.
The unfriendly feelings among the
people of China which grew out Of the
enforcement of the Chinese exclusion
law and led to the boycott of Ameri-
can goods have disappeared, and
American trade in China has been re-
stored to it's natural course.
But the browning act in this drama
: was that in which the president him.
self took the initiative, hating the
armies of Russia and Japan, bringing
about an honorable and, it is to be
Hoped, enduring peace.
Yet nothing has added so much 20
his just fame as his persistent and
irrevocable refusal to break the I'M
written law of the republic by accept
ing a nomination for a third term.
BY this acC of self abnegation he
places his name and fame in the Sc
cure keeping of history by the side of
the immortal Washington.
With this splendid record of the last
four years in the management of our
domestic and foreign affairs. backed
by the history of nearly half cen
fury of Republican policies, the public
mind must rest in the conviction that
the continued ascendency OF the Re-
publican party will best promote the
interest Of the people and advance the
Elory and stability of the republic.