Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-12-04

a.'ln young men from the consular
oS''s'ant and student inter,ro,er
.o'Ps' mas been promotion or trans
IeF' based solely upon efrIclepcy I' a..
shown in the service.
In order to assure to The hrs,ro..
and other interests OF the Tni,ss
states a continuance Of the resrtinn
benefits of this reform. / eorDesr,S
renew my previous racommspdotl,rs
OF legislation making il permanent
along some such lines as those ~ tho
measure now pending in Congress.
Larger Provision for RmsgSslc. and
Legations and for Other Expense.
Of Our Foreign Representa-.
tIycs Recommended
In connection with legislation ,,,
tle amelioration Of the foreign ser.
vice, ! wish to invite attention IN the
"u''Sao'l'Iy Of placing the salary an
preparations upon o better basis 7
believe that the best results would be
obtained by a moderate scale OF SAL
aries with adequate funds for the ex-
penses Of proper representation, based
IN each case upon the scale and cost
OF living at each post controlled by
a system Of accounting, and under
the general direction of the Depart
ment Of State.
In line with the object which I
have sought Of placing our foreign
service on basis Of permanencv. I
have at various times advocated pro
vision by Congress for the acquisition
of Goyernment-owned buildings for
the residence and offices Of our diplo-
matte officers, so as to place them
more nearly on an equality with SINH.
lar Officers Of other nations and to
do away with the discrimination which
otherwise must necessarily be made.
in some cases, in favor Of men having
large private fortunes. The act of
Congress which ! approved on Febru-
ary H. 1911, was a right step in this
direction, The Secretary Of state has
already made the limited recommenda-
tions permitted by the act for any one
year, and 1t is my hope that the bill
introduced in the House of Repre-
sentatives to carry out these recon-
mendations will be favorably acted on
by the Congress during It's present
session.
In some American countries
the expense Of goyernment-owned lie,
cations will be less than elsewhere
and II is certainly very urgent tha
in such countries as some Of the Re,
publics of Central America and the
Caribbean, where it Is peculiarly diff
ficult to rent suitable quarters, the
representatives of the United States
should be Justly and adequately pro-
vided with dignifled and suitable Of
ficial residences. Indeed, 1t Is high
time that the dignity and power Of
this great Nation should be fittingly
signallzed by proper buildings for the
occupancy of the Nations representa-.
tives everywhere abroad.
Diplomacy a Handmade Of Commercial
Intercourse and Peace.
The diplomacy Of the present ad,
ministration has sought to respond
to modern IDEAS of commercial inter.
course. This policy has been charac'
terized as substituting dollars for bull
let's. It is one that appeals alike tc
idealistic humanitarian sentiments, tc
the dictates Of sound policy and STRAIT
egy, and to legitimate commercial
aims. It is an effort frankly directed
TO the increase Of American trade
upon the automatic principle that the
Government Of the United States shall
extend all proper support to every le-
Ultimate American enterprise abroad
How great have been the results OF
this diplomacy, coupled with the max.
imum and minimum provision Of the
tariff law, will be seen by some con-
sideratlon Of The wonderful increase
in the export trade of the United
States Because modern diplomacy is
commercial, there has been a disposl
ron in some quarters to attribute to
II none but materIa.istic aims. How
strikngly erroneous is such an i'm
pression may be seen from a study OF
tbe results by which the diplomacy
of fine United States can be judged
Successful Efforts in Promotion OF
Peace.
IN the field Of work toward the
ideals Of peace, this Government ne
gotated but to my regret was unable
10 cons1mmate. two arbitration treat
ios which set the highest mark Of the
asniraflon Of nations toward the sub
eHtption OF arbitration and reason Tor
var in the settlement Of Internaliona.
disputes. Through the efforts OF
American diplomacy several wars
/ have baeo prevented or ended. re-
fer TO the successful rr'partita media
lpo, Of the Argentine Republic Brazil.
and the United States between Peru
and Ecuador; the bringing o' 'ne
Ii.,,,+a between Panama