Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-12-08

can Republics has carried on an impor. ant and increasing work during the last year. In the exercise of its peculiar functions as an international agency maintained by all of the American re- publics for the development of Pan. American Commerce and friendship, it has accomplished great practical good which could be done in the same way by no individual department or bureau of J one government aHd is therefore deserv ing of your liberal support.
 The fact that it is about to enter a new building, erected through the mu- nificence of an American philanthropist and the contributions of all the Amer. ican nations where both its efficiency of administration and expense of mainten- ance will naturally be much augmented, further entities lC to special considera- tion.
 The Far East
 In the Far East this government pre- serves unchanged its policy of support ing the principles of equality of oppor. tunity and scrupulous respect for the integrity of the Chinese empire, to which policy are pledged the interested powers of both east and west.
 By the treaty of 1903 China has un- dertaken the abolition of likin with a moderate and propOrtionate raising of the customs tariff along with currency reforms. These reforms being now man. ifest advantage of the foreign commerce as well as to the interests of China. this government is endeavoring to facilitate these measures and the needful acqui- essence of treaty powers. When it ap- peared that Chinese likin revenues were to be hypothecated to foreign bankers in connection with railway project, it was obvious that the governments whose bankers secured this loan would have a certain direct interest in the question of the carrying out by China of the reforms in question.
 Because this railroad loan represent. ed practical and real application of the open door policy through co-opera. tion with China by interested powers as well as because of its relations to the reforms referred to above. the ad- ministration deemed American partici- patton to be of great national interest Happily, when it was as matter of broad policy urgent that this Opportun- ity should not be lost, the indispensable instrumentality presented itself when a group of American bankers of interna. tional reputation and great resources agreed at once to share in the loan upon precisely such terms as this government 1 should approve. The chief of these terms was that American railway ma. terial should be upon an exact equality with that of the other nations joining in the loan in the placing of orders for ! this whole railroad system. After months of negotiation the equal partic | ipatien of Americans seems at last as snred. It is gratifying that Americans will thus take their shT-e in this exten sion of these great L.g ways of trade and to believe that such activity vii give real impetus to our commerc, and will prove practical corollary tC our historic policy in the far east.
 Chinese Students
 The imperial Chinese government il pursuance of its decision to devot, funds from the portion of the indemnity remitted by the United States to tht sending of students to this country has already completed arrangement for carrying out this purpose and ; considerable body of students has ar rived to take up their work in Ou schools and universities. No one cal doubt the happy effect that the assoeia tions formed by these representative young men will have when they return to take up their work in the prOgres sive development of their country.
 The results of the opium conference held at Shanghai last spring at tn invitation of the United States hav been laid before the government. Tn report shows that China is making re markable progress and admirable effort toward the eradication of the opiuI evil and that the governments concern ed have not allowed their commercial interests to interfere with helpful co operation in this reform. Collateral iI vestigation of the opium traffic in thi country leads me to recommend that tn
 manufacture, sale and use of opium an
 its derivatives in the United State should be more vigorously controlled b
 legislation.
 In one of the Chinese Japanese COT
 ventions of September of this yea
 there was provision which caused COT
 siderable public apprehension in tha upon its face it was believed in som quarters to seek to establish a monOl oly of mining privileges along tn ; South Manchurian and Antung Mukde railroads and thus to exclude American l from wide field of enterprise, to taB part in which they were entitled !. treaty with China. After a thoroug 7 examination of the conventions an ! pf the several contextual document s the secretary of state reached the col . clusion that no such monopoly was i 3 tended or accomplished. However, T view of the widespread discussion ( l this question, to confirm the view it ha Q reached this government made inquil { of the imperial Chinese and Japane - governments and received from the f the official assurance that the provisiC '- had no purpose inconsistent with ti !. policy of equality of opportunity f which the signatories, in common wi s the United States, are pledged. q Japanese Relations
 Our traditional relations with t f Japanese empire continue cordial as U . ual. As the representative of Japa
 His Imperial Hiphness Prince kul