The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-08
MESSAGE
READ TO
CONGRESS
No Tariff Revision
For the Present.
N|CARAGUAN TROUBLE.
iHlspoaslhe Nations Not Pro-
hetsd BY Monroe Doctrine.
A DEFICIT OF s7a,O75,6OO.
Legislation Urged Against In.
functions Without Notice.
A DEFICIT OF s7s,o75,6Oo.
Legislation Urged Against In.
functions Without Notice.

Washington, Dec. Tin his annual
mssssge. read to congress, President
Taft said:
10 the Senate and the House Of Rep
re>'entatives:
The relations Of the United States
with all foreign governments have con.
tinued upon the normal basis of amity
and good understanding and are very
generally satisfactory.
Europe.
The American rights Tin the fisheries
On the north Atlantic coast] under the
fisheries article Of the treaty of 1918
have been a cause OF difference be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain for nearly seventy years. The
lneeresn involved are OF great lmpor-
lance to the American fishing Industry,
and the final settlement of the contro-
verst tby the permanent court Of ar
bAtration at The Haguel will remove
. source Of constant irritation and com.
plaint This IL the first case involving
tucn great International questions
,vhlto has been submitted to the Der.
lnsntnt court Of arbitration at The
HaGu6. ..e
Negotiations for an international
coufsrence TO consider and reach an
arrangement providing for the preser-
vat1on and protection Of the fur se,lls
IN the north Pacific are in progress
with the governments OF Great Britain.
Japan and Russia. The attitude of
the governments interested leads me
to hope for satisfactory settlement of
this question as the ultimate outcome
Of the negotiations.
Tho Near East.
The quick transition Of the govern
inent Of the Ottoman empire from one
of retrograde tendencies to a consti-
tutional government with a parlia-
iuent and with progressive modern
policies df reform and public improve
inent Is one OF the important phenome-
IN OF our times. Constitutional gov
tfnment seems also to have made
further advance In Persia. These
events have turned the eyes of the
world upon the near east. In that
quarter the prestige of the United
states has spread widely through the
I'eaceful influence Of American schools.
universities aud missionaries. There
- every reason why we should obtain
Q greater share Of the commerce of the
near east since the conditions are
moro favorable now than ever before.
Latin America.
One OF the happiest events In recent
pan-American diplomacy was the pa
chic, Independent settlement by the
governments OF Bolivia and Peru of a
boundary difference between them.
which for some weeks threatened to
cause war and even to entrain i'm
bittcrments affecting other republics
less directly concerned.
Our Citizens Abroad.
This administration. through the de-
partment OF state and the foreign serv.
Ice. Is lending all proper support to
legitimate and beneficial American en-.
terprises In foreign countries. the do.
gree OF such support being measured
by the national advantages TO be ex-
pected. A citizen himself cannot by
contract or otherwise divest himself
OF the right. nor can this government
escape the obligation. OF his protec.
fion I'm his personal and property
rights when these are unjustly In
fringed I'm foreign country To avoid
ceaseless vexations II Is proper that I'm
considering whether American enter
prise should be encouraged or support
ed In particular country the govern.
ment should give full weight not only
70 the national as opposed to the indi-
vidual benefits to accrue, but also TO
the fact whether or not the govern.
ment Of the country In question Is I'm
It's administration and In Its diplomacy
faithful to the principles Of modera-
tfon. equity and justice upon which
alone depends international credit I'm
diplomacy as well as In finance.
The Monroe Doctrine.
The pan-American policy Of this
government has long been fixed In its
principles and remains unchanged.
with the changed circumstances of the
United States and Of the republics to
tho south Of is. most Of which have
great natural resources, stable govern
mont and progressive ideals. the ap-
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