Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-12-05

be bear its part in such measures as 1t
may be necessary for the interested ma
lions to adopt for the safeguarding of
foreign lives and property in the Otto
man empire in the event that danger
GUS situation should develop.
Liberia.
AS result of the efforts of this gov
eminent to place the government of
Liberia in position to pay it's Outstand-
ing Indebtedness and to maintain a
stable and efficient government, nego-
tiatiOns for loan of $1,7OO,OOO have
been successfully concluded, and it is
anticipated that the payment Of the
old loan and the issuance of the bonds
Of the 1912 loan for the rehabilitation Of
the finances of Liberia will follow at
an early date. when the new receiver
ship will go into active operation. The
new receivership will consist of gen.
eral receiver of customs designated by
the government of the United States
and three receivers Of customs desig-
mated by the governments of Germany.
France and Great Britain. which cOun
tries have commercial interests in the
republic of Liberia
The Far East.
The political disturbances in China
in the autumn and winter of 1911-12
resulted In the abdicatiOn Of the Man
chu rulers on Feb. ~. followed by the
formation of provisional republican
rr,,o nt fp l,A
affairs Of the nation until permanent
government might be regularly estab-
lished The natural sympathy of the
american people with the assumption
of republican principles by the Chinese
people was appropriately expressed in
concurrent resolution Of congress on
April II, 1912.
A constituent assembly. composed Of
representatives duly chosen by the
people Of China in the elections that
are now being held, has been called
to meet in January next to adopt
permanent constitution and organize
the government Of the nascent repub-
lie. During the formative constitutional
stage and pending definite action by
the assembly. as expressive of the
popular will. and the hoped for estab-
lishment Of IL stable republican form
Of government capable cf fulfilling its
International obligations, the United
States is, according to precedent, main
tanning full and friendly de facto re-.
lations with the provisional govern
ment.
The new condition of affairs thus
created has presented many serious
and complicated p&blems. both of in.
ternal rehabilitation and of interua-
tional relations, whose solution it was
realized would necessarily require
much time and patience. From the
beginning of the upheaval last autumn
it was felt by the United States. in
common with the other powers having
large interests in China. that indie
pendent action by the foreign govern
ments in their own individual inter-
ests would add further confusion to a
situation already complicated. A pol
Icy of international cooperation was
accordingly adopted in an understand
in-. reached early in the disturbances.
to act together for the protection of
the lives and property of foreigners if
menaced, to maintain an attitude of
strict impartiality as between the CON
tending factions and to abstain from
any endeavor to influence the Chinese
in their organization of new form of
government
1t was futher mutually agreed. In
the hope Of Fastening an end to hos.
tilities, that none of the interested pow