Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-12-17

walton and 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 II satisfactory settlement OF
this question us the ultimate outcome
of the negui. -onS
The Near East.
The quick tranSitiou OF the govern
ment OF the Ottoman empire from one
of retrograde tendencies to a consti-
tutionaI government with parlia-
ment and with progressive modern
policies of reform and public improve
ment Is one OF the important phenome-
III OF our times. Constitutional gov
ernment 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.
One of the happicst events in recent
pan-American diplomacy was the pa
ciic. 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
bitterments 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 de-
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-
ton In his personal and property
rights when these are unjustly IN
fringed in foreign country. To avoid
ceaseless vexations 1t is proper that in
considering whether American enter
prise should be encouraged or support
ed In a 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 to
the fact whether or not the govern
ment Of the country in question Is In
its administration and in its diplomacy
faithful to the principles Of modera'
tion. equity and justice upon which
alone depends international credit In
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
the south Of us. most of which have
great natural resources. stable govern.
ment and progressive ideals. the ap-
prehension which gave rise to the
Monroe doctrine may be said to havt
nearly disappeared. and neither tht
doctrine as 1t exists nor any other doc
trine Of American policy should be
permitted to operate for the perpetua
tion Of irresponsible government. the
escape of just obligations or the insidi
Gus allegation Of dominating ambitions
on the part Of the United States.
Ny meeting with President Diaz and
the greeting exchanged ON both Amer.
ican and Mexican soil served. hope
to signalize the close and cordial rela.
tions which so we'll bind together this
republic and the great republic imme-
diately to the south. between which
there Is so vast q network Of material
interests.
am happy to say that oil 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 enlight.
ened regime now directing the govern
ment Of Venezuela. provision has been
made for arbitration Of the remaining
case before The Hague tribunal
On July 80. 1909. the government OF
Panama agreed. after considerable ne.
gotiation. to indemnify the relatives of
the American officers and sailors who
were brutally treated. one Of them
having. indeed. been killed by the
Panaman police this year.
This government was obliged to In
tervene automatically to bring about
arbitration or settlement of the claim
OF the Emery company against Mica.
m rt,n which it had long bafnra haon