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The United Statee and Mexico have 81
sAoperated in bringing about bette AZ
conditions, which will put an end sah
all discord and restore peace and
prosperity In Central America. At 81
the instance Of the United States and
Mexico a peace conference Of repre-
sentatives Of all the five Central
American countries was held in
Washington in November and II De \
cernber,, 1907, and at this conference, /.
which was attended by. representatives 8
of the United States and Mexico, rs
series of treaties was made Of the "
greatest practical Importance. among
them being treaty which provides \
for permanent international court
for the trial and decision of ali ques-
tons whatever arising between Cen
trail American countries This court :
has just been ;inaugurated ii Costa 4?
Rica In this long step has been
taken in the direction of prosnserity
and enduring peace in Central Ai@esri- q
ca, and the United States has won and
receives the gratitude of~the goodSand
peaceful citizens of all those co,,n-
tries IT. go y s$s.4is @ Ne;
The building of the Panama canal,
the most colossal undertaking OF the H
century, the successful completion Of
which is now assured, makes it more
important to the United States than
ever before that there shall be no hos
tile control of the route between: :.
either oar great Atlantic and Pacific !.
ports and the isthmus. For that rea-
son it is Of especial Importance that
the people inhabiting the islands and
shores of the Caribbean shall main. =
tain independent, peaceful and pros
porous governments. The policy of :
the limited States to, aid them in MAIN
tanning such governments has been
prosecuted with special success dur
ing the last four years. ;s$&s# 5 i i.
With the active participation of the
delegates of the United States the,
second international peace conference
at The Hague in the summer 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 peaceable regula-
ton of international conduct. Twelve
treaties agreed upon at that confer
ence, all designed for reducing the
probability or mitigating the horrors,
of war, have been approved by the
senate and ratified by the president of
the United States. =
Following the action of The Hague
convention in providing greater facili-
ties for the Use of the permanent
court of arbitration at The Hague,
the United States has put itself upon
the basis of the peaceful settlement of
Sy1fa Of II
general treaties Of arbitration with
England, France, Spain, Portugal. The
Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Nor
way, Switzerland, Italy, Mexico and
Japan, while many other similar
treaties are in course Of negotiations.
Under the general treaty. with Great
Britain the two countries have agreed
to arbitrate before The Hague i trii- j.
bunal the difficult and vexing iques-
tlons, which for more than century
| have, caused SO much ill will and con-
troversy, regarding the rights of our
fishermen in the fisheries on the !
coasts Of Newfoundland and the mari
time provinces of Canada. ) Congress
at its last session made the necessary
/ appropriations to defray the expense
Of this arbitration. -.
The questions between Japan and
the United States, which caused so,
much public excitement in the. year
1907 have been disposed Of TO the
satisfaction of the people Of both
leouhtriss. = The friendship and syn.t
patty: between the two governments
have now been signalized By the gen
eral treaty of arbitration concluded
between them, BY the invitation and
acceptance of the invitation for the.
| visit of our feet at Tokyo and BY the
response Of the United States tossfhe
invitation Of Japan to participate in
the great exposition which is to be
held at Tokyo in the year 1912, for
which congress has authorized the
expenditure Of one million and half
dollars, the greatest sum ever appro-
priateds fora foreign exposition. .sz.5Iss
The unfriendly feelings among the
people OF China which grew out Of;
the enforcement of the Chinese ]ex-
clusion law and led to the boycott Of
IAmerscan goods have disappeared,
4 and American trade in China has been
restored to its natural course The
United States has secured the assent
4 of all the: nations having possessions
]ln the Orient Ito zza united effort with.
China to put an end to the curse 81
Opium in the Orient, and an interna-
tional conference under the leadership
| OF the United States has been agreed.
upon to meet at Shanghai on the 81 ST
| OF next January for the purpose of
4 deyising and formulating an intarna.
/ tional agreement to prevent its pros
4 duction, sale and use. e 3s@s 55S'ss#S
! But the. browning act in the drama
was that in which the presidentS him.
I self took the initiative, halted the;
! armies Of Russia and Japan, bringing
I about an honorable and, Iii Isl ia b
hoped, enduring peace. . 4.
i = Yet nothing has added Is much to
his lust fame as his persistent and
4 irrevocable refusal to break the t,il-:
Z written law Of the republic by accent
ling a nomination for q third term.
! BY this act Of self abneRation he
places his name and fame III the se-}
i cure keeping Of history BY the sid soff
j that ct the immortal Nashingtori.
With this d splendid record &c the:
4 last four years in the mana cement az
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