The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-03

graduate delegates to the third inter- 1 nat:onal students congress held at fLima, American students having been for the first time invited to one of these meetings.
 l The republic of Uruguay has shown 1 its appreciation of American agricul- tural and other methods by sending large commission to this country and
 by employing many American experts to assist in building up agricultural and allied industries in Uruguay.
 Venezuela is paying off sthe last of the claims the settlement i0f Mnfc hwas
 provided for by the Washfngt ton proto- co.'s, including those of American cft-
 zenS. Our relations with Venezuela are
 most cordial, and the trade of that re-
 pubic with the United States is now
 greater than with any other country
 Central America and the Caribbean.
 During the past summer the revolu-
 tion against the administration which
 followed the assassination of President
 Caceres a year ago last November
 brought the Dominican republic to the
 verge of administrative chaos without
 offering any guaranties of eventual
 sta bility in the ultimate success: of
 either party. In pursuance of the trea-
 ty relations of the United States with
 the Dominican republic. Which were
 threatened by the necessity of sus-
 pending the operation under American
 administration of the custom houses on
 the Haitian frontier. it was found nee
 essary to dispatch special commission
 CTS to the island to re-establish the
 custom houses and with guard sufti-
 cient to insure needed protection to the
 customs administration. The efforts
 which have been made appear to have
 resulted in the restoration of normal
 conditions throughout the republic
 The good offices which the commis- sioners were able to exercise were in- strumentaI in bringing the contending
 parties together and in furnishing
 basis of adjustment which it is hoped
 will result in permanent benefit to the Dominican people.
 Mindful of it's treaty relations and owing to the position of the govern ment of the United States as mediator
 between the Dominican republic and
 Haiti in their boundary dispute and
 because of the further fact that the revolutionary activities on the Haitian Dominican frontier had become so ac- tive as practically to obliterate the line of demarcation that had been hereto fore recognized pending the deinitive SCtIl0MCHt Ol tAc III COhCO- versy, it was found necessary to indi- | cate to the two island governments a provisional de facto boundary line. This was done without prejudice to the 1 rights a0r obligations saf either country | in a final settlement to be reached by | arbitra tion. The tentative line chosen | was one which under the circum- l stances brought to the knowledge of l this government seemed to conform to the best interests of the disputants l The border patrol which it had been i found necessary to re-esta blish for GUS toms purposes between the two coun- tries was instructed provisionaIly to | observe this line. .-s-+r-. 2. The republic of Cuba last May was i in the throes of a lawless uprising that for a time threatened the de- structiOn of great deal of valua bIe | property-much of it owned1by Ameri- cans and other foreigners-as well as 1 the existence of the government it. self The armed forces of Cuba being inadequate to guard property from at tack and at the same time properly to 1 operate against the rebels, a force of American marines was dispatched | from our naval sta ton at Guantanamo into the province of Oriente for the protection of American and other for eign life and property. The Cuban govern ment was thus able to use all its forces in putting down the out break, which 1t succeeded in doing in period of six. weeks. The presence of two American warships in the har- bor of Havana during. the most critical period of this disturbance contributed in great measure to aHay the fears of the inha bitants, including a large for | eign colony. q
 There has been under discussion with the government of Cuba for some time the question of the release by this ] government of it's leasehold rights at il Bahia Honda. on the northern coast or Cuba. and the enlargement. in ex- change therefor. Of the naval station which has been esta bIished at Guan- tanamo bay. on the south. As the result of the negotiations thus carried on an agreement has. been reached be- tween the two governments providing for the suita ble enlargement of the bay station upon terms which are entirely fair and equita ble to all parties concerned At the request alike of the govern ment and both political parties in Panama, an American commission un- dertook supervision of the recent pres ideutial election in that republic. where our treaty relations. and, indeed. every phicaE consideration. make the of order and satisfactory conditions of peculiar interest to the government of the United States The elections passed without disorder. and the new administration has entered upon its functions.
 The government of Great Britain has . CI oAf <,F fh0 TTrojt for t:le protection of the interests of British holders of the foreign bonded 1ebt OF Guatemala. While this govern ment 1s hopeful of an arrangement equitable to the British bondholders, it s naturally unable to view the ques- .