The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-12-05
President Informs Congress of
Our Relations With Other
Nations.
AMERICAN DIPLOMACY WINS
its Success In Settling Central
American Troubles.
DIPLOMATIC SERVICE BETTER
Reorganization Has Done Much to In
crease It's Efficiency-AdI ustment
OF tie Sealing and Fisheries Dis
putes--lnterests of United States
In the Near and Far East.

In the Near and Far East.
Washington, Dec. 3.-President Taft
submitted to congress oday the first
Of several messages. 1t was devoted
to our foreign relations and in part
was as follows:
To the Senate and House of Repre-
Bentatives: The foreign relations Of
the United States actually and poten-
TALLY affect the state of the Union to
degree not widely realized and hard
" surpassed by any other factor in
the welfare of the whole nation. The
position of the United States in the
moral, intellectual and material rela-
tions of the family Of nations should
be matter Of vital interest to every
patriotic citizen. The national pros
perity and power impose upon us du-
ties which we can not shirk if we are
to be true to our ideals. The tremen-
nous growth of the export trade Of the
United States has already made that
trade very real factor in the indus-
country With the develNpmeyt of our
Industries the foreign commerce of
the United States must rapidly be-
come still more essential factor in
its economic welfare. Whether we
have a far-seeing and wise diplomacy
and are not recklessly plunged into
unnecessary wars, and whether our for
eign policies are based upon an intel
ligent grasp of present-day world con-
nitions and clear view of the poten-
ctalities Of the future, or are governed
by temporary and timid expediency
Or by narrow views BETTING an in
fant nation, are questions in the al
tentative consideration of which must
convince any thoughtful citizen that
no department Of national polity Of
fers greater opportunity for promoting
the interests of the whole people on
tbs one hand, or greater chance on
the other Of permanent national in
Jury, than that which deals with the
foreign relations of the United States.
The fundamental foreign policies of
high above the conflict of partisan
ship and wholly dissociated from diff
ferences as to domestic policy. In it's
foreign affairs the United States
should present to the world a united
front The intellectual, financial and
Industrial interests of the country and
the publicist, the wage Garner, the
farmer, and citizen of whatever occu-
patton must cooperate Ii q spirit of
high patriotism to promote that ma
tional solidarity which is Indispensable
to national efficiency and to the at
tainment Of national ideals
The relations of the United States
with all foreign powers remain upon
a sound basis of peace, harmony and
friendship, A greater insistence upon
Justice to American citizens or inter-
ests wherever 1t may have been de-
MED and a stronger emphasis Of the
need of mutually in commercial and
other relations have only served to
strengthen our friendships with for
5eign countries by placing those friend
ships upon firm foundation of reali-
ties as we'll as aspirations.
Before briefly reviewing the more
important events of the Last year in
our foreign relations, which 1t is my
duty to do as charged with their con-
duct and because diplomatic affairs
are not Of nature to make it ap-
propriate that the secretary of state
make formal annual report, | desire
to touch upon some of the essentials
to the safe management OF the for
eign relations of the United States
and to endeavor, also, to define clearly
certain concrete policies which are
the logical modern corrollaEies Of the
undisputed and traditional fan0amen-
tals of the foreign policy OF the
United States.
Reorganization Of the state Dspart.
nnent-
At the beginning of the present adj
bnfnfstEaklon the United States, having
fully eneered upon its position as a
world power. with the responsible
thrust rDon 1t By the results Of the
SPANISH American war, ard already en-
gagged IN laying the groundwork of q
vast foreign trade upon which II
BhouSd one day become more and
more dependent. found itself without
che machinery for giving thorough at
tenttOn 10, and taking effective action
upon, mass 1T intricate business
vital to American interests in every
country Ia the world
The department Of state was an
archaic and inadequate machine lack
Ing most Of the attributes Of the for
etgn otlce Of any great modern power.
With an appropriation made upon my
recommendation by the congress on
August 5, 1909, the department of
state Was completely reorganized.
There were created divisions Of Latin.
American affairs and of tar eastern,
near eastern, and western European
affairs. To these divisions were called
from the foreign service diplomatic
and consular officers possessing expe-
rience and knowledge gained by act-
nal service In different parts of the
world end thus familiar with political
and commercial conditions in the re-
gions concerned. The work was high
u specialized. The-resalt is that