The Calumet news., 1911-12-07
RELATIONS With
OTHER NATIONS
Taft Sends Message to Congress
Dealing With US.
World Affairs
MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS
Advises Legislation to Increase
Coantry's Prestige
Urges Establishment Of Merchant Mar
inc, Chamber Of Foreign Com
merce and Treaties.

Washington. Dec. Tin the second
one topic message he has sent to Con-
gress during Tie three days of tho
present session, President Taft today
reviewed the foreign relations of the
United States with foreign govern
ments during the past year.
In this message the president urges
the Senate to ratify the general arbit-
ration treaties with Great Britain and
France and conventions with Nicara-
qua and Honduras and suggests legis-
lation which he declares. would
strengthen this nations world trade
and position among other powers.
The president says, in part
The year just passed marks an i'm
portant general movement on the par
of the powers for broader arbitration
In the recognition of the manifold ben
efits to mankind i'm the extension of the
policy of the settlement of interna-
tional disputes by arbitration rather
than by war, and In response to a
widespread demand for an advance in
that direction on the part of the peo
pie 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 ex-
pressed in the preamble OF these treat
les, TO extend the scope and obligations
of the policy OF arbitration adopted IN
our present treaties with those gov
ornments. To pave the way for this
treaty with the United States, Great
Britain negotiated an important hodt-
fication i'm its alliance with Japan, anC
the French government also expedited
the negotiations with signal good will
The new treaties have been submitted
to the Senate and are awaiting its ad
vice and consent to their ratification,
All the essentials of these important
treaties have long been known. and il
is my earnest hope that they will re-
oeive prompt and favorable action.
New Japanese Treaty.
The treaty of commerce and naviga .
tion between the United States and
Japan. signed i'm 1894. would be a strict
Interpretation of it's provisions have
terminated on July II, 1912. Japans
general treaties with the other pow
ers. however, terminated in 1911, and
earnest desire to conduct the negotia-
tions for new treaty with the United
States simultaneously with its nego-
tiations with the other powers. There
were a number of important questions
involved i'm the treaty. including the
immigration of laborers. revision OF the
customs tariff, and the right of Ameri-
cans TO hold real estate i'm Japan. The
United States consented TO waive all
technicalities and to enter at once up
on negotiations for n new treaty on
the understanding that there should
be a continuance throughout the life
of the treaty of the same effective
measures for the restriction of immi-
gration of laborers to American terri
tory which had been i'm operation with
entire satisfaction TO both governments
since 1908. The japanese government
accepted this basis of negotiation. and
a new treaty was quickly concluded,
resulting in a highly satisfactory set =
tlement of the other questions referred
to.
a satisfactory adjustment has also
been effected OF the questions growing
out of the annexation of Korea by
Japan.
The recent visit of Admiral Count
Togo to the United States as the ma
tons guest afforded a welcome oppor-
tunity to demonstrate the friendly
feeling so happily existing between the
two countries.
Differences With Britain Settled.
As the result of determined effort
on the part OF both Great Britain and
the United States to settle all Of their
differences a number OF
treaties have been entered into be-
tween the two countries i'm recent
years. by which nearly all OF the un-
settled questions between them of any
Importance have either been adjusted
by agreement or arrangements made
for their settlement by arbitration. a
number of the unsettled questions re-
ferred TO consist of pecuniary claims
presented by each country against the
other. and i'm order that as many OF
these cdaims as possible should be set
tied by arbitration n special agree
ment for that purpose was entered In
to between the two governments on the
18th day of August, 1910, In accord
ance with Article ii. of the general ar
bitration treaty with Great Britain OF
April 4. 1903. Pursuant TO the provis-
ions Of this special agreement n schcd-
ule OF claims has already been agreed
upon. and the special agreement to-
gether with this schedule, received
the approval OF the Senate when sub
mitted 10 Il for that purpose at the