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When tonsresss u ffesdmea tie work. q
bialHilllbe intgod ucea ;in 4 which SSiiil
Jake tiiesYorkS don't snoysbS he secre,
safy of atases and divide tSup ampng
shs$ heAds III tho Sor three other de
! partrnents, each lnder d separate cab.
gines officer Oh slsel yidej several dis.
iihct bureaus In the present depart
\ tnent ali To be under; the direction OF
Z ssis dne otfclal, aays the ST. Louis
Giobe:n Demo rat IN either case this
win be 8 recognition Of the fact that
the foreign affairs of the government
{ have outg grown the machinery which
was proy ldeds to deal with them; Sec
/ reipfys Root urges a distribution Of
this work among several department
CHIEFS Apparently thlsS would neces.
state the creation Of d few new cabi.
I nut diHeera. He ecommends the ere.
ation % d secretary Tor European af-
IfaFs. d secretay for South American
CHAIRS q sseere tary for British colonial
y affatars. 81 ner IN this shape, or in
providing for the separataion Of the
! present State ID Depart into several
bureaus covering these subdivisions, a
4 tlils tslto he prop sed Just as soon as
ngrsss NEE 8 after the holiday re.
This prop position Of division Of
week in the State department has
,nuce $tos commend 1t. And secre.
tary Root IS the man above all others
WIG mas be relied! on TO tell congress
how and why The; change ought to be
made. Hesis one pf5 the greatest secre.
tar.es Foreign Afairs wnom the
UnitAd States has had among the {
line ofs distinguished men who have
tllled that role since Jefferson and
Johns Quincy Adams. and which includ.
ca among others, such political lead.
ersbs Clay, Webster. an Buren,. Cal
IioiMlSand Marcy. Mr.. Root is the most
accomplished head q the State De.
ypartment since Seward. None OF his
\ pred cessors had the opportunity Of
4 alizhg, $as he has done. the made
\ quacy % our present machinery for
meeting the 4 demands OF steadily
dening clrclue / Of diplomatic nc
tiyt Hes z No other head OF The State
Depast ment ever went outside Of the
tonn.ry on oHlcial business during his
term 81 oMce. Mr.; Root attended the
Pm; American Congress atf Rio de ia
Metro inF 1900. He made a tour Of the
South American continent calling on
NE sesid dents and heads OF the de.
partmtnts OF foreign AFFAIRS OF most
isof the ahn:A merican countries. On
visit 70 the City Of Mexico he arrang.
y "a, With 2 resld en-. Diaz. 9 programme
isSi1lchs had for Its principal object the
/ lasntenance Of the peace among the
ave ittlfs Central American nations.
3y a. call I on the governor general OF
Canada At Ottawa he Is understood to
Y, hare talged over the Chinese and
: gapanese Immigration issues, and to
/ have aided Sin outlining q course OF
acton on these aud other subjects
syzhicSS we're. and which still arc, Of
dlsncs concern 10 Canada and the
tnst,a states. IN this most active
and dituave q 3u;l the presidential re
I ;S;lnes xhlchS ths country has seen. Mr..
4 Root has been the most active, yer.
TIA and ubiquitous Of all Of Mr..
Rooseye,t' b partment chiefs. His
vieHs gtherefore, regarding the neces.
sity for the division Of work IN his
\ depai tinent will I necessarily have
much weight with Congress.
"a &C., Ia.
u rs easy to pc!nt out reasons why
4 fhers should Sbe a broader allotmnet
IN TIA oficials detailed to deal with
the eauntry's foreign activities. The
State Department is the Oldest Of all
HE branches lot the executive end Of
the yernment, At the time wnen
gSlit was created, IN 1889, the United
States had only 5000 900 Of lnhabl.
tants. on the scale Of It's population,
wealth comerclal activities and politl.
cal fsiluence 3its stood low on the roll
ntnsions, Except as It 81 surpassed
! !n population My Russia and China,
the United States leads the world to-
day RI every one 81 those Aelds. The
apartment which was created to be
lslle medium o. coninrln ication between
The United states government and the
governments o. the several States and
OF ths various nations Of the world