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cultivated with equal assidutty.
Merit System in Consular and Oiplo-
matte Corps.


matte Corps.
| Expert knowledge and professional
training must evidently be the essence
Of this reorganization. Without a
trained foreign service there would
not be men available for the work in
the reOrgan.zed department Of state
President Cleveland has taken the
first step toward introducing the
merit system in the foreign service
That had been followed by the appl-
cation Of the merit principle, with eX-
Cellent results. to the entire consular
branch Almost nothing. however. had
been done in this direction with regard
/ to the diplomatic service. In this age
OF commercial diplomacy it was evil
IDENTIFY OF the first Importance to train
an adequate personnel in that branch
Of the service. Therefore. on Novem-
Der %. 1909 by an executive order l
placed the diplomatic service up 10
the grade Of secretary OF embassy in
/ elusive. upon exactly the same strict
| non partisan basis of the merit sys-
TEN rigid examination for appoint
ment and promotion only for eff
cheney as had beer maintained without
exception in the consular service
/ Successful Efforts in Promotion Of
Peace
In the field o, work toward the
ideals OF peace this government ne
gotiated but to ny regret vas unable
4 TO cousummate. two arbitration trea-
ties which set the highest mark OF
the aspiration OF nations toward the
substitution OF arbitration and reason
for war In the settlement of interna-
tioHal disputes Through the efforts
/ OF American diplomacy several wars
I have been prevented or ended ! re
/ fer to the successful tTipartlte med!-
/ alton OF the Argentine republic Bra
\ 2il and the United States between
I Peru and Ecuador the bringing Of the
boundary dispute between Panama
and Costa Rica TO peaceful arbitra-
ton the staying OF warlike prepara-
tons when HaytI and the Dominican
republic were on the verge OF hostli-
/ ties. the stopping OF war in Nicarag-
ua: the halting OF iuterueciue strife
IN Honduras The government of the
/ United States was thanked for its in
huruce toward the restoration uf annie.
able relations between The Argentine
republic and Bolivia The diplomacy
/ OF the United states IS active iu seek
Ing to assuaCe the remaining .l-fael-
/ ing between this country and The Re
/ public Of Colombia In the recent civ
il war In China the United States sue
cessfuUy joined wiki the other inter
rsled powers in urging au early Ces-
=arlon Of hos'.litses An agreement
has been reached between the govern
meuts Of Chile and Peru whereby the
. celebrated Tacua-Arica dispute. which
has so long embir.ered International
relations on the west coast OF South
America has a, last been adjusted
. simultaneously came tn" news that
tho boundary dispute between Peru
and Ecuador had entered upon a stage
of auicable settlement. The position
OF the United States IN reference TO
the Tacna-Ariea dispute between
Chile and Peru mas been one OF non
intervention bG- enc OF friendly in
fueuce and pacific counsel throughout
the period during which the dispute
In question has been thu sUbJeC. of
Interchange ot views between this
government and the TWO governments
Immediately concerned
China.
In China the policy OF encouraging
financial Investment to enable that
country TO help itself has had the re
suit Of giving uew life and practical
application 70 the open-door policy.
The consistent purpose Of the present
administration has been to encourage
the use OF American capital In the
development Of China b. the promo
t.oa Of those essential reforms to
which China is pledged by treaties
with th" United States and other pow
crs The hgpDtheCation TO foreign
bankers in connection wiki certain in
dustria enterprises. such as the Huku-
aug railways o. the national reyeu-
.es upon which these reforms depend
ed, led the department OF state early
.U the administration TO demand for
American citizens participation in
such enterprises in order that the
. United States might have equal rights
and al equal voice in all questions
pertaining to the disposition Of the
. public revenues concerned The same
policy Of promoting International ac-
cord among the powers having similar
treaty rights as ourselves in the mat
ters Of reform. which could not be
put into practical effect without the
common consent of all, vas likewise
adopted in the case OF the loan de.
sired by China for the reform OF its
/ currency
Central America Needs Our Help In
In Central America the aim has
been to help such countries as Mica
raEua and Honduras TO help them
selves They are the Immediate bene-
hclaries The national benefit to the
United States Is tu uo-fold First 1t is