Putnam patriot., 1909-12-10
.rsIDENT's MESSAGE

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 - upon the normal basis Of amity '-s rood understanding and are very -sueraIly satisfactory
 Europe
 r-.a American rights lin the fisheries
 .hs narth Atlantic coastl under the <~,erIes article of the treaty Of ISIS - h.ssu q cause ef difference be- .r.an the United States and Great p-,,sin for nearly seventy years. The .r,s,eSts involved are of great impor- ..nss ID the American fishing industry. sas inc final settlement of the contro- .s-sy Iby the permanent court of ar, s,trstieu at The HagueI will remove . source of constant irritation and com ,,xiut This is the first case involving s,,rh great international questions .~n,eb has been submitted to the per -.neut court of arbitration at The Hagre.
 vecefiations for an international ..rserence 10 consider and reach an .r-neement providing for the preser- rs,ion and protection of the fur seals !, the north Pacific are in progress w,tb the governments of Great Britain. Ianau and Russia. The attitude of ,be governments interested leads me ,0 hope for satisfactory settlement of ,b,s question as the ultimate outcome of the negotiations.
 The Near East
 The quick transition of the govern nent of the Ottoman empire from one af refregrade tendencies to q consti- futiopaI government with parlia- ment and with progressive modern polsies of reform and public improve n,enf is one of the important phenome- na of our times. Constitutional gov a-nment seems also to have made further advance in Persia. These events have turned the eyes of the world upon the near east. In that ouarter the prestige of the United states has spread widely through tue 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.
 Latin America.
 One of the happiest events fin recent nan American diplomacy was the pa cine, independent settlement by the of Bolivia and Peru of boundary difference between them. which for some weeks threatened to cause war and even to entrain in- 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 ip foreign counties. the de gree of such support being measured by the national advantages to be ex- pected. A citizen himself cannot by of the right. nor can this government escape the obligation. of his protee- ton in his personal and property rights when these are unjustly in- fringed in a eoreign country. To avoid vacations 1t Is proper that in whether American enter prise should be encouraged or support cd in a particular country the govern. ment should gzye full weight mot only to the nationatias opposed te the inda= vidual benefits to accrue. but also to the fact whether or not the govern nent. of the country in question is if It's administration and In its diplomacy faithful to the principles cf noders lion. equity and justice upon which alone depends iHernational ercdit fn diplomacy as well as in finance.
 The Moncse Doctrine
 The pan-American policy of this has long been fixed h its principles and remains unchanged With the changed circumstances of the United States and ot the republics to the south of us. most of which hs~e great natural resources, stable goverH- nent and progressive ideals. the ar prehensicn which gave rise to the Monroe doctrine may sbe said to have neariy disappeared. and neither the doctrine as it exists nor any other doe Urine of American palcy should e@ permitted 10 operate for the perpetua- tion of Irresponsible gcsernmenI thS escape of just obligations.or the insidI ous allegation. of dominating ambitions on the part of the United States.
 Ny meeting with PresideAt Diaz and the greeting exchanged on both Amer can and Mexican soil servsd. l hope. 10 signaiize the close and cc9siiai reia lions which so welt bind fogrther this republic and the great repubi1c imme- tiately to the south. between which there is so vast n network of material interests.
 l am happy to say that all tast one If the cases which for so long aexed bur relations with Venezuela dave 1een settled within the past few months and that. under the enissht med regime now directing the govern nent of Venezuela. provision has b'4s.f' made for arbitration of the remaining .ase before The Hague tribunal
 on Jniy 30. 1909. the government s' 'aRsma agreed. after considerable ne 'otiation. to indemnify the retxtiy o' he American officers and sailors whe were brutaliy treated. one of them laving. indeed. been killed by the ,anaman police fhis year.
 This government was obliged ts in- ervene Automatically to bring about rbitration or settlement of the claim I the Emery company against Nie1- agua. which 1t had long before bees greed should bs arbitrateA- A settle nent of this troublesome case vas
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