The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-26
LIBERIA NEEDS OUR HELP
PRESIDENT SENDS REPORT o.
CONFUSION Ia CONGRESS.
% ReeOmmends That We AID In settling
Boundary DispuIes. In neGunsiing us
DeaSt. In nefermIng ns Finances
and In OrganistmE n Fr0al,er Police.

DelBt. m neformIng Hs Finances
and In tbrganistnG q FrSa1,er Police.
WASHINGTON. March IS President
Taft sent a message 20 Congress to-day
transmitting the report % the commits
sion which investigated social. political
aud financial conditions in Liberia last
year The report. which became public
/ for the first time upon it, presentation To
Congress. made the following recon-
mendations:
That the Init-1 states extend ia aid
to lioeris In the prompt settlement OF
pending boundary disputes
That the I nIted states enable Liberia
to refund it, debt nv assuming a. a Euaran-
lee for ia" payment 81 obligations under
such arrangement the COntrol and col
lection OF the liberian customs
That the nited States lend its assist
ance 10 the liberan Government VA the
reform Of its internal finances.
That the United states lend IL aid TO
Liberia Ia organizing nd drilling an aoe-
lus'. cons sbulary or fro ltier poll force.
That the nii-i States should establish
ant maintain . research station IN Liberia
That tho nited states reopen tho aue--
ton Of establishing q naval coaling station
tn Liberia
In transmitting the commissions re-
port TO the Presidsnt. Secretary Of state
Knox gave a r'sums Of the historical
relations between the United States and
Liberia. He emphasized the desirabiI'y
OF carrying out the commissions recon-
mendations ana said that tentative plans
were under way to negotiate n treaty with
Liheva 10 put them INTO effect.
The people % Liberia. the commission
reported have advanced in their civil
rattan .,ncs tn. founding ,,f ,bs,r r.n,,h-
a.. -. - -. y = 49,
l NSS '"e ''nN'o',on "' 'hs com
MISSION tue report said, tnat the l.i-
berians had influenced tho native popiI-
lation by which thew are -Irrou nded far
more than the NATIVES had Influenced
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" =" w " t"a' Ne"'
mass OF uncivili1Hd people they have main
tanned relatively high degree % civil
ization. If which the well ordered hona
the u,.inter.pc. ~ L. ,y,d or,I.r e.,
-, :, - - "a.
houses of worship are conspicuous signs.
The task of Government in Iibsria the
r.port.J "a diNicult -
ca,,.., ~, IN, nar,;,,,, ~ arc, - -,
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pean Powers Among the GOV ernmsntal
P' ', u. Wh,ch arc pIesslng hsru upon
' !,efls are tho 'nAlht ''.sshs 90 oi the integ-
NV H Us irontlefS. ne euectiNe control
~ ne naive ttibes-' We sys'ematlhat'on /
"' we nAtl"lsi nnanoes ana me develop .
inei'i ~ ne nlntcTlsnd IN siich a ~ay as
70 n,t"a~-' mo N"l'IfnS gu trans and enable |
Ne hoverhtnent v" "hsr lnSilcementS 10 |
ce~faoi@ emigration from mo intel /
States
because Iiheria has thus Tar Jailed /
IA sowing 'he~e problems sa'istac- /
IofilN. me repor' continuSd, Sue has
found herself involved m controversies
win foreign nations These have created
an unrest which hampered her internal
Development and have made her feel
nat hcr national existence IN threatened /
10y prW@rful neiHhbors without and by
ives KNEES within
The commission expressed the opinion f,
that Liberia cannot safely employ in /
N" frontier police force oincers % foreign !
countries whose colonies border on
Liberia. An instance bearing out this
opinion. which was cited in the report /
occurred several years ago, when British
0fhcers Ners employed "a supervise the !
organization 81 the frontier police The
ehperment however. iailei. and the