Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-12-15
President Taft Sends in Special Message
Reviewing Our Relations With
Other Countries.
Important General Movement for Broader Arbitration On
Fart of Powers is Noted--Mexican War Dis
cussed-Merchant Marine Needed


tlrely with foreign affairs The message
IN part follows:
The relations of the United States with
other countries have continued during the
past twelve months upon a basis Of the
asual good will and friendly intercourse.
Arbitration.
| The year just passed marks an i'm
poftant general movement on the part of
the powers for broader arbitration. In
the recognition of the manifold benefits
! to mankind In the extension of the policy
! OF the settlement Of international dis
| putes by arbitration rather than by war,
anu In response to a widespread demand
| Tor an advance in that direction on the
| part OF the people of the United States
and OF Great Britain and Of France; new
arbitration treaties were negotiated last
| spring with Great Britain and France,
( the terms of which were designed. as
expressed In the preamble Of these treat
les. TO extend the scope and obligations or
| the policy OF arbitration adopted In our
| present treaties with those governments.
United States Great Britain negotiated
an important modification in it's alliance
with Japan and the French government
ALSO expedited the negotiations with sig
| nal good will. The new treaties nave
been submitted to the senate and are
awaiting Its advice and consent to their
ratification: All the essentials OF these
important treaties have long been known;
and 1t is my earnest hope that they will
receive prompt and favorable action.
Claim of AIsop & Co. Settled.
am glad to report that on July last
the American claim Of Alsop co.
against the government of Chile was
| finally disposed of by the decision OF his
Britannia majesty George ". to whom;
as amiable compositeur, the matter had
| been referred for determination. His
majesty made an award of nearly $l,o00,-
600 to the claimants, which was promptly ply
controversy has happily eliminated from
| the relations between the republic or
Chile and the United States the, only
en- the two foreign offices any serious
concern and makes possible the unob-
structed development of the relations OF
friendship which it has been the aim OF
this government in every possible way TO
! further and cultivate.
Affiliations.
In further illustration of the practical
and beneicent application of the pr1ncl-
! pie of arbitration and the underlying
dve4 Rr to r part o t4e
| in Facilitating amicable settlement of dis
putes which menaced the peace between
Haiti and a the f bomniean republic a
Since the date of their independence,
| Colombia and Costa Rica had been seek
Ing solution of a boundary dispute,
/ which came as a heritage from Colombia
to the new republic of Panama, upon It's
beginning life as an Independent ma
ton In January 1910 at the le snresen t.
I Ing them met in conference at the depart
ment of state and subsequently concluo-
ed protocol submitting TINS long-p ,enel.
| Ing controversy to the arbitral judgment
! OF the chief justice oT the United StateS'
who consented to act In this capacity. "A
boundary commission. accoroing 10 e ene
appointed, and it is expected that the at
| guments will shortly proceed ana that
this :ong-standng dispute VIII be hohor-
Again, a few months ago 1t appeared
that the Dominican republic and Haiti
were about to enter upon hosultles pc
| cause of complications growing out or an
acrimonious boundary dispute which the
efforts of many years had failed 70 solve:
The government of the United states; by
| a friendly interposition of good o1nces.
| succeeded in prevailing upon the partles
to place their reliance upon some form Oh
pacific settlement.
rrba recent political events in Mexico
! received attention from this government
hecsuse Of the exceedingly delicate and
] difficult situation created along our south-
-ern border and the necessity Tor taxing
ON interests. The government of the
4 United States. in it's desire TO secure
| nroner observance and enforcement %
| the so-called neutrality statues +, % VIZ 4o
[ the appropriate officers to exercise OH
| gent and vigilant regard Tor the IeQuliIl
raents of such rules ana laWs. AN ~
a condition of actual armed connict e6
| isted there was no official recognltion OF
belligerency involving the technical nea-
/ trality obligations OF internatlohal ia"
On the 9Th Of March last, In the ao-
| sance of the secretary of state, l nae
personal interview with Mr.: wilson, tne
/ AMBASSADOR of the United States 70 mex l
n Ieo, in Mexico were much more
critical than the press dispatches ols-
closed; that President Dlaz was t 1,a smeI
n.,tt,reaks which had occurred were oLly
ovmptomatic Of the whole condition; that
| a very large per cent OF lhe p; eopA9 tbst q
N ~. exDlosion was probable at any
| fine in which case he feared that tae
44O, 900 or more American red'u thnf the he
me- mSN'i large American investments might
be injured DESTROYED +a.,,
After a conference with the secretary
- MAR and the secretary of the navy
ot, o. II wise to assemble an army
division of full strength at san Antonio.
TaA brigade of three regiments az
GaI'ess,o eeeles district of southern Cali
/ f"rn,a together with squadron OF oa..
! tleships and cruisers anu tTan ,s 20 sbins
Galveston, and small squad,ron o. tr snlpS
81 Gam Diego At the same tune tnTous s u
o',r representative at the CITY OF Me iso
! I expressed to President Dtaz es u1 from
tn a. ~ coniectures as to these mill
tar, neaneuvers and assured nm ina a.
they had no signif,l 'ia coye w1a
ON more than happy to here recoIa
the fact that all apprehensi0In age as 70 mills
| affect of tbs presence OF SO iaas e,,nd less
t ea,r force in Texas proved groundiess'
| NO disturbances occurred
rano time to time commun1caIons
s,s sron received from Ambassador Wilson lsin
49, Nd returned to Mexico. conhrnllng
WI Wi,o x,;ew that the massing OF America
t te in the neighborhood had had sooa
effect. .nd resulted
ngapements between the IeSuiaas
maxscan troops and the insurgents. ana
M along the border, SO that IN se~sral
xass.as struck American citizens engassu
!; ;oi their lawful occupations on American
| soil. moda against
49,. snvasions of American rights 10 Tue
T,,s presence of large military ana
,,SI Force available for prompt actlo ~
near the Mexican border, proved a1, 10 ae
ne Me r,ost fortunate under the someNn WA
t;v,g Conditions presented by TINS llsd-
ston of American rights.
Tna no,icy and action OF this govern govern
/ .,.,,t we're based upon an earnest Irl sa1a
,iNaHs FOR The Mexican people as Wnuis,
nnssS TOT 'n Inatter OF qualification to note
arc anu this attitude of strict importantly as
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