The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-12-05

free list as well as of the countries
which find a lucrative market In the
United States for their products under
existing custom rates. 1t is very neces-
sary that the American government
should be equipped with weapons of
negotiation adopted to modern econom-
ic conditions in order that we may at
all times be In a position to gain not
only technically just but actually equit-
able treatment for our trade and also
for American enterprises and vested in.
! terests abroad
Business Secured to Our Country by
Direct Official Effort.
AS illustrating the commercial bene-
fits to the nation derived from the new
diplomacy and its effectiveness upon
the material as well as the more ideal
side, 1t may be remarked that through
direct official efforts alone there have
been obtained in the course Of this
administration contracts from foreign
governments involving an expenditure
Of $5O,OO0,0OO in the factories Of the
United States.
remark that In the two years that have
elapsed since tho successful negotia-
tion of our new treaty with Japan,
which ut the time seemed to present so
many practical difficulties, our export
trade to that country has increased at
the rate OF over $1,OOO,0OO a month
Our exports to Japan for the year end
! ii
while for the year ended June 80, 1912,
the exports were $50, ,47S, ,046, a net in
crease In the sale of American prod
ucts OF nearly 80 per cent.
The act adopted at the last session
Of congress to give effect to the fur
seal convention Of July 7, 191 l, between
Great Britain, Japan, Russia and the
United States provided for the sus
pension of all land killing of seals on
the Pribilof Islands for a period OF
fye years, and an objection has now
been presented to this provision by the
other parties In interest, which raises
the issue as to whether or not this
prohibition Of land killing is inconsist
ent with the spirit II not the letter o.
the treaty stipulations. The justifica
ton for establishing this close season
depends, under the terms of the con
vention, upon how far II at all It i
necessary for protecting and preserV
Ing the American fur seal herd and 70
increasing It's number. This Is ques
!, ton requiring examination of the pres
, ent condition Of the herd and the treat
> ment WHICH II needs "a the light 0
!. spMal experience and scientifc inTes
!, tisation, : vi. :. r.. =. - :,
J. Final SettIsmsnt Of North AtIanti
{ Fisheries Dispute.
e On the 10Th of July last an agree
ment was concluded between the Uni
ed States aEa r-r-rs S,lsu. ,rIsu,. ---pr1r,
: W. w. 60 cc..tain nsoo.a.s:.ascatiAns, the fule
e and method Of procedure recommend
ed In the award rendered by the Mort
Z Atlantic coast fisheries arbitration tr
8 bunal on Sept. Z, 1910, for the settle
o ment hereafter. in accordance wit
i. the principles laid down in the award
!. of questions arising with reference (
!. the exercise of the American fishin
liberties under Article of the treat.
u f,ef 20, ,s1s, between the unite'
, States and Great Britain. This agree
! ment received the approval of the sen
: ate on Aug. and was formally ratl
, fed by the two governments on Nov. 4
last.
, Opium conference-UnfortLnste Fail
ure Of Our Government.
In my message on foreign relation
communicated to the two houses o
conrress Dec. T. 1911, called specia
attention IN the assembling of th'
opium conference D, The Hague, to tn
fact that that conferenGe-Sas 10 reNleV
All pertinent muiicipal laws relabe.
the opium and allied evils and certain
~ all international rules regarding these
evils, and to the fact that II seemed tc
me most essential that the congress
should take immediate action on the
arfti-narcotic legislation before the con.
gress, to which ] had previously called
attention by special message
The congress- mt It's present session
should enact into law those bills now
before it which have been SO carefully
drawn up in collaboration between the
department OF state and the other ex-
ecutive departments and which have
behind them not only the moral senti-
ment of the country. but the practical
support of all the legitimate trade in
terests likely to be affected. Since the
international convention was signed
adherence to II has been made by sew
eral European states not represented
at the conference of The Hague and
also by seventeen Latin-American re-
publics.
Europe and the Near East.
The war between Italy and Turkey
came to a close I'm October last by the
signature of treaty Of peace, subse-
quent,y to which the Ottoman empire
renounced sovereignty over Cyrenaica
and Tripolltania in favor of Italy. Dur
ing the past year the near east has un-
fortunately been the theater OF con-