The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-12-05


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MI iinise j.. w ilosili"n a. gain nat
suits H. hnleeIly Just hat so&iAily equii
able Treatment for our trade and aiss
fof AmtrNaH enterprises aud vested 10
/ irtrsis abnaad
Business Secured to Our Country By
plrst, o.eisl Effort
IS Illustrating the commercial benr-
! nis 10 the hsrion derived from thr new
diplomacy aud IFS effectiveness upon
tl.r material a. well rs the more ideal
/ side h lnas be remarked that through
direct oait4ai erarls alone there have
teen ntlain,-i Ia the course OF this
I administration contracts from foreign
governments involving an expenditure
~ s;1FwUn 10 the factories OF tine
United States
II Is gerluahe 10 These observations 10
remark that ln the two years that have
elapsed since the successful negotia
ton % our new treaty with Japan.
which ~ tile fime seemed 10 present SO
many practical difficulties. our export
trade 90 that country has Increased al
the rate OF over sl.0oo,00O month
Our exports TO Japan for the year end |
ed June 80. 1910, were S2i .g59.3i0, |
while for the year ended June 80. 1912. |
the exports we're S53. 47s.0i6, net In. |
crease In the sale 81 American prod |
ucts OF nearly $50 per cent
The act adopted at the last session
OF congress TO give effect to the fur
seal convention OF July !. 1911, between
Great Britain, Japan. Russia and the
United States provided for the sus-
af al la. -
the priblof Islands for period Of
tive years. and an objection has now
been presented TO this provision by the
other parties IN Interest, which raises
prohibition OF land killing is inoonsist
ent with the spirit II not the letter OF
the treaty stipulations The justifca
iioD for establishing this close season
depends. under the terms OF the con.
ventlon, upon how far II at all II is
Necessary for protecting and preserv.
ing the American fur seal herd and for
Increasing its number This Is a ques-
ton requiring examination Of the pres
ent condition Of the herd and the treat
ment which Il needs In the light Of
actual experience and scientific inves-
tigation
Final Settlement OF North Atlantic
Fisheries Dispute.
On the 10th of July last an agree
ment was concluded between the Unit.
I'd States and Great Britain adopting,
with certain notifications the rules
snd method OF procedure recommend
ed IN the award rendered by the North
Atlantic coast fisheries arbitration tri
bunal on Sept Z, 1910. for the settle
ment hereafter. In accordance with
the principles laid down In the award,
II questions arising with reference to
the exercise OF the American fishing
liberties under Article of the treaty
of Oct. 20, 1878. between the United
States and Great Britain. This agree
ment received the approval Of the sen
ate on Aug and was formally rati.
fed by the two governments on Nov 10
last
Opium Observation-Disclosures Fad.
ure OF our government.
In my message on foreign relations
to the two houses OF
congress Dec Z. 1911. | called special
attention TO the assembling OF the
opium conference at The Hague. to the
'act that that conference was TO review
III pertinent municipal laws relating 10
he opium and allied evils aud certain.
y all international rules regarding these
wills. and to the fact that II seemed to
ne most essential that the congress
should take immediate action on the
lnti-narcotie legislation before the con
yress. 10 (which ! had previously called
attention by special message.
The congress at its present session
Ihould enact into law those bills now
,efore II which have been so carefully
Irawn up In collabora ton between the
department OF state and the other ex
,cutive departments and which have
,ehlnd them not only the moral seDti
nent OF the country, but the practical .,
Import OF all the legitimate trade In. b
erests likely TO be affected. Since the
convention was signed
difference TO II has been made by sew /"
raj European states not represented &c
{ the conference Of The Hague and ~ ~
lso by seventeen Iatin-Ameriean re- 50
ublics W.
Europe and the Near East. "
The war between Italy and Turkey ~
anne 10 close In October last by the
ignature OF a treaty OF peace. subse- IN
uently 10 which the Ottoman empire On
sovereignty over cyrenaica 20
nd Tripolitanla In favor OF Italy Dur g,
az the past year the near east has un. D,
0rtunately been the theater VI con
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