The Washington times., 1909-08-16
DIPLOMATIC CORPS
WILL Be IMPROVED
President Determined 1t
Shall Be Most Powerful
in World.
WILL ASK RUSSIA
TO PROTECT JEWS
Greatest Work for Next Decade the
Furthering American Inter-
ests in Orient.
By JAMES HAY, il.

BEVERLY, Mass. Aug Is - During
his stay in Beverly the President is not
neglecting his cherished ambition to
make the United States more powerful
than it has ever been in the diplomatic
world.
He now has on hand several projects
which. If carried 10 success, viii mean
great accomplishments by the American
diplomatic corps. First Of these, is
that Ambassador RockhilI, on reaching
St. Petersburg, in September. viii have
the task of negotiating with the Cars
government an agreement allowing He
brew citizens of this country to travel
in Russia on United States passports
without the slightest molestatioh on the
part Of Russian police or public.
A Campaign Promise.
This is one of the promises which Mr.
Taft made in his Cincinnati speech ac-
cepting the Presidential nomination, and
it would have been fulfilled earlier but
for the Presidents desire to have the
new ambassador to Russia undertake
the work. From time to time in the
last Administration there were COM
plants from Jews travelling in Russia
that their passports were not recognized
and that they were subjected TO ifdigni-
ties and mistreatment- This was always
reported TO be the case when there were
outbreaks raging in Russia against the
Jewish population.
Mr. Taft and the Secretary OF State
are determined 10 do away with the pos
sibility Of q recurrence Of such things
and for this reason Mr.. Rockhin has
been particularly instructed to get TO
work on the new agreement with the
Cars government.
The President also expects to have
a conference here with Charles r.
Crane. the new minister to China, be-
fore that official sets sail for his
post To him the President will say
as he said a few days ago to T. j.
OBrieu, the ambassador to Japan, that
the greatest WORK of the United States
diplomatic corps for the next i've or
ten years viii be 20 further American
interests In the Far East. He viii
/ explain that the new bureau for the
promotion Of American commerce in
/ the Orient viii be an ally for the
/ japanese ambassador and the Chinese
minister IN this work.
10 Atep Eye on OIlent.
/ It IS now generally recognized that Mr..
/ Taft and Mr.. Knox, In their insistence
/ that the United States take part in the
/ loan to China of a part Of the money
/ necessary 70 build the Hankow- -Zechuen
/ railway, had as their chief motive the
right Of the United States to keep an
/ eye on the development Of affairs In the
/ Celestial empire.
II the Administration has its way.
there will soon come the time when the
/ United States viii be stronger than Rus
] sia or Great Britain or Germany in the
affairs of the Far East That the
/ achievement OF this end calls for A
vast amount Of work, and that the best
men available must be found 70 carry
/ il out, are facts admitted by the Presi-
dent. bat no opportunity will be neg
/ lected 20 make good on the plan
/ A good starting point in the move
ment is the friendship entertained in
both China and Japan for Mr.. Taft
/ personally. No man, perhaps, has done
as much as Mr.. Taft TO promote good
/ feeling between this country and the
I Orient and il Is for this reason that
/ Mr.. Taft looks forward with the great
I est optimism 20 arranging matters so
/ that the commerce Of the United States
/ shall have the greatest possible benefit
/ Of the treasure houses and rich stores
/ Of the East.
Starts Game In Rain.
II was raining here this morning when
the President started out from his cot
tage for the Essex links, where he and
John Hays Hammond began their four
! some with W. J. Boardman and Gen.
/ Adelbert Ames as their opponents. A
j few minutes after the game started,
/ however, the rain stopped. The Presi-
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