Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-12-09
MESSAGE
READ TO
CONGRESS-
No Tariff Revision
For the Present.
kICARAGUAN TROUBLE.
irresponsible Nations Not Pro-
teCted by Monroe Doctrine.
A DEFICIT OF S73,O75,6OO.
Legislation Urged Against In
functions Without Notice.
NICARAGUAN TROUBLE.
A DEFICIT OF S73,O75,6OO.
Legislation Urged Against In
functions Without Notice.

lAhGANhN NhNHSNh N0NS<a
Washington, Dec. Tin bis annual
message, read to congress, President
Taft said:
no the Senate and the House Of Rep
reSeDtatives:
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 1913
have been cause OF difference be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain for nearly seventy years. The
interests involved are of great impor-
tance to the American fishing industry,
and the final settlement of the cOntro-
gersy lby the permanent court of ar
bittation at The Haguel will remove
source Of constant irritation and com
plant. This is the first case involving
such great international questions
which has been submitted to the per.
maDent court Of arbitration at The
Hague.
Negotiations for an international
conference to consider and reach an
arrangement providing for the preser-
walton ana protection of the fur seals
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.
The Near East.
The quick transition of the govern
meDt OF the Ottoman empire from one
of retrograde tendencies tc a consti-
tutiOnai government with a parlia-
ment and with progressive modern
policies of reform and public improve
ment is one of the important phenome-
ma of our times. Constitutional gov
eminent 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
peaceful influence of American schools.
universities and missionaries There
is every reason why we should obtain
greater share Of the commerce of the
near east since the conditions are
more favorable now than ever before.
Latin America.
Onc Of the happicst events in recent
pan-American diplomacy was the pa
chic, independent settlement by the
governments of Bolivia and Peru of
boundary difference between them,
which for some weeks threatened to
cause war and even 10 entrain i'm
bitterments affecting other republics
less directly concerned.
Our Citizens Abroad
This administration, through the de-
2artlnent Of state and the foreign serv-
ice. is lending all proper support to
Legitimate and beneficial American en-
terprises in foreign countries, the de-
gree of such support being measured
by the national advantages 10 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-
ton in his personal and property
rights when these are unjustly in
fringed in a foreign country. To avoid
ceaseless yexatlons it is proper that in
considering whether American enter
prise should be encouraged or support
ed in n particular country the govern
ment should give full weight not only
to the national as opposed to the indi
vidual benefits TO accrue, but also tC
the fact whether or not the govern
ment of the country in question Is n
its administration and in its diplomacy
faithful 10 the principles Of modera
ton. equity and justice upon which
alone depends international credit IL
diplomacy as well as In finance.
The Monroe Doctrine.
The pan-American policy OF this
government has hong been fixed In its
>Slples lpd remains unchanged
>e.chAAged circumstances Of the
~esAand Of the republics tc
Is. most Of which have
Hfsources, stable govern
fogtessive ideals, the ap