Arizona republican., 1910-12-07

| sister republics celebrated their inde- pendence. In honor of these events
 special embassies were sent from this
 country to Argentina. chile and Mex ! leo. where the gracious reception re- ception and splendid hospitality eN- tended them manifested the cordial relations and friendship existing be- tween those countries and the United States. relations which l am happy to believe have never before been upon
 so high a plane and so solid basis as al present.
 The congressional commission ap-
 pointed under the concurrent resou-
 ton to attend the festivities celebra-
 ting the centennial anniversary of
 Mexican independence. together with a
 special ambassador. were received with their highest honors and with the greatest cordiality. and returned with the report "f the hounteous hospitality and warm reception of President Diaz and the Mexican people. which left no doubt of the desire of the imme- diately neighboring republic to con tinue the mutually beneficial and in timate relations which feel sure the
 
 President Taft refers to the work of the fourth Pan-Amcrican confer encc which met in Bueu"s Ayres dur ing July and August las. and says:
 The special ,ordiality between rep
 resentative men from all parts of America which was shown at this con ference cannot rail to react upon or draw still closer the relations be-
 tween the countries which took part
 in IL
 The international bureau of Ameri- can republics is doing broad and useful work for Pan-American com merce and comity. l ann gIaJ to say that the action Of the Snlted States in its desire To remove danger of war between Peru and Ecuador. growing out of boundary dispute with the corporation Of Brazil and the Ar genuine Republic as joint mediators of this government has also resulted faVorably in preventing war. The in estimable value of cordial co- operation between the sister republics of Ameri- ! ca for the maintenance of peace in | this hemisphere has never been more 1 clearlN shown than in this mediation. ! by which three American governments {. have given this hemisphere the honor . of first invoking the most far reach ! ing provisions of The Hague conven- | ton for the pacific settlement of in- | ternational disputes.
 There has been signed between the | representatives of the United States ! and Mexico protocol submitting to . the United States Mexican boundary i commission CWhoSe membership for the purpose of this case is to be in creased by the addition of citizen of . CanadaD. the question or sovereignty over the ChamiZal tract. which lies within the present physical boundaries of the city of Fl Paso. Texas. The de- of this question will re- move source of no little annoyance to the two governments.
 The president in his message says that negotiations regarding the fund ing Of the national debt of Honduras have been under way for more than a year and ij is now confidently be- lieved, he says. that short time will suffice to conclude an arrangement which will be satisfactory to creditors and eminently advantageous to Hon. duras Continuing. he says:
 ! recognized by the Washington ConVen- tion that q strong Honduras would tend immensely to the progress and of Central America.
 During the past year the republic of Nicaragua has been the scene of struggle General Zelaya, for seventeen years the absolute ruler of Nicaragua. was throughout his cal reer disturber of Central America and opposed every plan for the pro- motion of peace and friendly relations between the five republics. The presi- dent then reviews the rebellion and the unwarranted execution of two Am erican citizens who had regularly en- listed in the ranks of the revolution sts." which involved the breaking off Df all diplomatic relations with the ZelaYa government
 The moderation and conciliatory spirit shown by the various govern ments give hope that Nicaragua will soon take its riehtful place among the aw-abiding and progressive countries pf the world