Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-15
President Taft Sends in Special Message
Reviewing Our Relations With
Other Countries.
important General Movement for Broader Arbitration On
Part of Powers is Noted-Mexican War Dis
cussed--Merchant Marine Needed.

friendship for the neighboring nation.
without regard for party allegiance. has
Deen generally recognized and has re-
suited In an even closer and more SYM
Pdthetic understanding between the two
tspuoncs and a warmer regard one for
| the other. Action to suppress violence
Ana Ana restore tranquility throughout the
MexicaE .~epublic was of peculiar inter
est to this government in that it con-
cerned the safeguarding of American life
and property in thai country. On May
20, J., aSl1; President Diaz resigned, Senior
| cent: Elections for president and vice.
PRESIDENT were thereafter held through
out the republic. and Senior Francisco I.
Madero was formally declared elected on
October Is, to the chief magistracy. On
November President Madero entered
| upon the duties Of his office.
Honduras and Nicaragua Treaties
Proposed.
AS to the situation in Central America,
l nave taken occasion in the past to en-
phasize most strongly the Importance that
should be attributed to the consumma-
tlon or the conventions between the re-
pu5lics OF Nicaragua and Of Honduras
ana this country, and l again earnestly
recommend that the necessary advice and
consent of the senate be accorded to
tnese treaties, which will make 1t posi-
pie for these Central American repub-
ncS 70 enter upon an era of genuine eco
nomic national development.
our relations with the Republic of
tran aha nhJidp eGiunarly important due to mus
| created by the canal, have continued in
the usual friendly manner, and we have
been glad to make appropriate express
sion OF our attitude of sympathetic in
terest in the endeavors of our neighbor
in undertaking the development of the
rich resources Of the country.
The Chinese Loans.
The past year has been marked IN our
citations with China by the conclusion
Of two important international loans, one
Tor the construction of the HUkuang rail
ways. the other for the carrying out Of
the currency reform to which China was
pledged, by treaties with the United
States Great Britain and Japan. of
which mention was made in my last an
nual message
Especially important at the present,
when the ancient Chinese empire Is shak-
en- by civil war incidental to it's awaken
ing to the many influences and activity
of moderizaton. are the cooperative pol
icy of good understanding which has been
fostered by the international projects re-
ferred to above and the general sym
pathy of view among all the powers in
terested in the far east.
New Japanese Treaty.
The treaty of commerce and navigation
between the United States and Japan.
signed in 1894 would by a strict inter
ed on July II. 1912. Japan's general
treaties with the other powers. however.
terminated in 1911, and the Japanese gov
eminent expressed an earnest desire to
conduct the negotiations for new treaty
with the United States simultaneously
with its negotia tons with the other pow
ers. There were number of important
questions involved in the treaty, includ-
ing the immigration of laborers. revision
of the customs, tariff and the right of
Americans to hold real estate in Japan.
The United States consented to waive all
techncalities and to enter at once upon
negotiations for new treaty on the un-
| 1nuc tc,, It hot cHN ho q
tinuance throughout the life of the treaty
of the same effective measures for the
restriction of immigration of laborers to
American territory which had been In
operation with entire satisfaction to both
governments since 1903. The Japanese
| govtCnment accepted this basis of nego-
concluded resulting in highly satisfac-
| tory settlement of the other questions re-
| ferre6 to.
Europe and the Near East.
| In Europe and the near east. during the
| past twelve-month, there has been at
Moroccan question. which for some
months was the cause of great anxiety.
happily appears to have reached stage
at which it need no longer be regarded elea
| occupied for a period by strife in AL
| bania and is now at war with Italy. In
Greece and the Balkan countries the
| disqueting potentialities of this situation
| have been more or less felt. Persia has
| been the scene of a long internal strug-
| gle. These conditions have been the
| cause Of uneasiness in European diplo-
| macy. but thus far without direct politi
| cal concern to the United States.
| In the war which unhappily exists be-
! tween Italy and Turkey this government
has no direct political interest. and /
| took occasion at the suitable time to is
sue proclamation of neutrality in that
conflict. At the same time al necessary s ary
| personal interests OF American citizens
| and organizations in so far as affected
| by the waT
| certainties and detriments to commerce
| the United States has gained markedly in
its commercial standing with certain OF
| the nations of the near east
Coronation of King George V.
The 22d of June of the present year
| majesty, King George V. In honor OF
this suspicious occasion | sent a specia!
embassy to London. The courteous ana
| cordial welcome extended to this gov
ernment's representatives by his majesty
| and the people of Great Britain has FUR
| Their emphasized the strong bonds OF
| friendship happily existing between the
| two nations.
Settlement of Differences With Great
j Britain.
| Az the result Of a determined effort on
| tho part of both Great Britain and the
| limited States to settle all of their out
standing differences a number of treat
| les have been entered into between the
! two countries in recent years. by winch
| nearly all of the unsettled questions be-
| tween them of any Importance have been
| adjusted by agreement or arrangements
/ made for their settlement by arbitration.
Recognition of Portuguese Republic.
The National Constituent assembly. reg
ularly elected by the vote of the Portu-
| guese people, having on JCre IL last
| unanimously proclaimed a republican gov
| ernment the official recognition of the
| government of the United States was
| given TO the new republic in the after
| noon of the same day
international Conventions and Confer
ences.
| The supplementary protocol to The
| Hague convention for the establishment
| OF an international prize court. mentioned
| in my last annual message, embodying
| stipulations providing for alternative
| procedure which would remove the CON
| stitutIonal objection to that part of The
| Hague convention which provides that
| there may be an appeal to the proposed
| court from the decisions of national
| courts has received the signature of
| the governments parties to the origina'
| convention and has been ratified by the
! government of the United States. togeth-
| er with the prize court convention
| The depos.t of the ratisfcatiOnS with