The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-03
new POLICIES
INCREASE TRADE
President Submits First of Ser
les of Messages Today
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motion In the displomatic and consul
lar services.
The president. in his message, says
in part:
To the Senate and House OF Repre-.
sentatiVes
The foreign relations Of the United
States actually and potentially affect
the state Of the Union to n degree not
widely realized and hardly surpassed
by any other factor in the welfare Of
the whole nation. The position Of the
!, United States in the moral. intellec-
tusl and material relations of the fam
| lily Of nations should be a matter OF
vital interest Ia every patriotic citi-
zen. The national prosperity aud
power impose upon us duties which
we cannot shirk il we are To be true
TO our ideals.
The tremendous growth or the eX-
port trade Of the United states has
already made that trade very real
factor i'm the industrial and CONNER.
cisl prosperity Of the country With
| the development of our industries the
foreign commerce of the United
States must rapidly become a still
more essential factor in It's economic
welfare.
The relations OF the United States
with all foreign powers remain upon
q sound basis Of peace. harmony and
friendship. A greater insiStence upon
justice 10 American citizens or inter
estS wherever il may have been denied
and stronger emphasis of the need OF
mutually i'm commercial and other re.
lations have only served 10 strengthen
our friendship with foreign countries
by placing those friendships upon a
firm foundation OF realities as well as
aspirations
Reorganization of State Department
AT the beginning OF the present adj
ministratiOu the United Siates, having
fully entered upon ills position as u
world power, with The responsibilities
thrust upon il by the results OF the
Spanish-American war and already en.
vast foreign trade upon which II
should one day become mere ana more
dependent, found itself without the
machinery for giving thorough atteu-
ton To and taking effective action
upon mass ~ intricate business vi.
tai 10 American interests In every coun
try in the world
The department Of state was an
archaic and inadequate machine, lack.
ing most q! the attributes Of the for.
eign Office Of any great modern power
With an appropriation made upon my
recommendation by the congress on
Aug. =, 1909, the department az state
was completely rcorganized There
were created divisions OF Latiu-A meri.
can affairs and of far cas,ern. near
eastern aud western European affairs.
The law offices ~ the department
were greatly strengthened. There were
added foreign trade advisers t. coop
crate with the diplomatic aud consular
bureaus and the politico- geographical
divisions in the iuuumerahle matters
where commercial diplomacy or con.
sular work calls for such special
knowledge. The same officers. together
with the rest of the new Urganilat ion.
are able at all times 10 give to Amr'i
can citizens accurate information rs to
conditions in foreign countries with
which they have business and likewise
TO cooperate more effectively with the
congress aud also with the ether cX.
ecutlve departments
Merit system In Consular and DipIo-
matte Corps.
Expert knowledge aud professional
training must evidently he the essence
Of this reorganization Without II train.
ed foreign service there would rot he
men available for the work in the rcor
gained department OF state. President
Cleveland had taken the first step -.
ward introducing the merit system In
the foreign service. That had been FOL
lowed by the application Of the merit
principle. with excellent results tO the
entire consular branch Almost moth
ing, however, had been done in This iii.
rection with regard To the diplomatic
service. In this age of commercial iii.
plomacy il was evidently of the first
Importance To train an adequate per.
sonnet I'm that branch of the service.
Therefore. on Nov. 2i. 1909 by an
executive order placed the diplomatic
service ny To the grade 81 secretary of
embassy, inclusive. upon exactly the
same strict nonpartiSan basis of the
merit system. rigid examination for ap-
pointnient aud promotion only 'nr Ell
cheney. as had been maintained With.
out exception in the consular service.
Merit and konpartsan Character OF
Appointments.
How faithful to the merit system
and how nonpartisan has been the con.
duct Of the diplomatic aud consular
services in the last four years may he
Judged from the following Three am.
bassadorS now serving held their pres.
ont rauk al the beginning OF my adj.
nlnistration. OF the ten ambassadors
whom ! have appointed Gve were by
promotion from The rank Of minister.
Nine ministers now serving held their
present rank ~ the beginning of the
administration. or the thirty ministers
whom ! have appointed. eleven were
OF