Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-17
TO the Senate and the House OF Rep

and good understanding, and are very
generally satisfactory.
Pursuant to the provisions OF the
general treaty of arbitration concluded
between the United States and Great
Britain, April 4, 1908, a special agree
ment was entered into between the Two
countries on January y, 1909, Tor tns
submission of questions relating TO the
fisheries on the North Atlantic coast
to a tribunal to be formed from men,
berS of the permanent court of arDltra-
ton at The Hague. In accordance with
the provisions of the special agreenleNl
the printed case of each government
was, on October 4 last, submitted 10 TIE
other and to the arbitral tribunal at
The Hague, and the counter case OF
the United States is now in course Oh
preparation.
.s The American rights under the lsh-
cries article of the treaty of 1918 nave
beer a cause of difference the
United States and Great Britain lol
nearly seventy years. The interests
involved are of great Importance TO
the American fishing industry, and the
final settlement of the controversy VIII
remove a source of constant irritation
and complaint. This is the first case
involving such great
questions which has been submitted TO
the permanent court OF arbitration at
The Hague.
The treaty between the United states
and Great Britain concerning the
Canadian international boundary, con-
cluded April II, 1908. authorizes the
appointment of two commissioners TO
define and mark accurately the inter
national boundary line between the
United States and the Dominion OF
Canada in the waters of the Passama-
quoddy bay, and provides Tor the OK
change of briefs within the period or
six months. The briefs We're duly pre-
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but as the commissioners failed to
agree within six months after the eX-
change of the printed statements, as
required by the treaty, it has now pc
come necessary to resort to the arpl-
tration provided for in the article.
The international fisheries commits
sion appointed pursuant to and under
the authority of the convention OF
April II, 1908, etwee the United
States and Great Britain, has
ed q system of uniform and common
international regulations for the pro-
lection and preservation of the 1000
fishes in international waters
Of the United States and Canada
The regulations will be duly submit
ted to Congress with a view to the en-
of such legislation as will be
necessary under the convention to put
them into operation.
The convention providing for the
settlement Of international differences
between the United States and Cana
da, including the apportionment be-
tween the two countries of certain of
the boundary waters and the appoint
nent of commissioners to adjust cer-
tain other questions, signed on the llth
day of January, 1909, and to the ratitl-
cation of which the Senate ave it's ad-
vice and consent on March 3, 1909, has
not yet been ratified On the part of
Great Britain.
Commissioners have been appointed
on the part of the United States to act
jointly with commissioners on the part
Of Canada in examining into the ques-
ton of instructions in the st. John
River between Maine and New Bruins
wick, and to make recommendations
for the regulation of the uses thereof,
and are now engaged in this work.
Negotiations for an International
conference to consider and reach an
arrangement providing for the preser-
walton and protection of the fur seals
In the North Pacific are in
with the governments of Great Britain,
Japan and Russia. The attitude of the
governments interested leads ne to
hope for Il satisfactory settlement OF
this question as the ultimate outcome
OF the negotiations.
His Majesty Mehmed ", Sultan of
Turkey, recently sent to this country a
special embassy to his &C
oession. The quick transition of the
government of the Ottoman empire
from one of retrograde tendencies to a
constitutional government with a Par
liament and with progressive modern
policies of reform and public improve
ments is one of the important phe-
nomena Of our times. Constitutional
government seems also to have made
further advance in Persia. These
events have turned the eyes of the
world upon the Near East. In that
T11orfar tho nraCtion of tho IypitaI
States has spread widely through the
peaceful influence of American schools.
universities and missionaries. There
Is every reason why we should obtain
a greater share of the commerce of the
Near East since the conditions are
more favorable now than ever before.
Our Latin American Nefshbors.
To-day, more than ever before,
American capital is seeking investment
IN foreign countries, and American
products are more M more generally
seeking foreign markets. AS a conse-
Quence, in all countries there are Amer
team citizens and American interests
to be protected, on occasion, by their
government. These movements of
men, of capital, and of commodities
bring peoples and governments closer
together and so form bonds of peace
and mutual dependency, as they must
also naturally sometimes make passing
points of friction. The Pan-American
policy of this government has long
been fixed in it's principles and remains
unchanged. With the changed circum-
stances Of the United States and of the
republics to the south of us, most of
which nave great natural resources,
stable government and progressive
ideals, the apprehension which gave
rise to the Monroe doctrine may be
said to AVE nearly disappeared. and
neither the doctrine as it exists nor
any other doctrine OF American policy
should be permitted to operate for the
p~erpetuation of irresponsible govern
ment, the escape of just obligations, or
the insidious allegation of dominating
ambitions on the part of the United
States.
My meeting with President Diaz and
the greeting exchanged on both Ameri-
can and Mexican soil served. l hope,
to ~signalize the close and cordial rela-
tons which so well bind together this
republic and the great republic imme-
diately to the south, between which
there is so vast a network of material
interests.
I am happy to say that all but one of
the cases which for SO long vexed our
relations with Venezuela have been
settled within the past few months and
that, under the enlightened regime now
directing the government of Venezuela,
provision has been made for arbitra-
ton of the remaining case before The
government of Panama agreed, after
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