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cultivated with equal assiduity.
merit System in Consular and DipIo.
matte Corps.

HApert knowledge and professional
training must evidently be the essence
OF thls reorganization. Without a
framed foreign service there would
not be men available for the work in
the reorganized department of state.
president Cleveland has taken the
ilrst step toward introducing the
merit system in the foreign service
mat had been followed by the appli.
ca'lon OF the merit principle, with ex-
cellent results, to the entire consular
branch Almost nothing, however. had
peen done in this direction with regard
10 the diplomatic service. In this age
or commercial diplomacy it was evi.
uently OF the first Importance to train
an adequate personnel in that branch
ol the service. Therefore, on Novem.
per 20, 1909, by an executive order
paced the diplomatic service up to
lhe grade OF secretary of embassy. in
cluslve, upon exactly the same strict
non-partisan basis Of the merit sys-
tenn, rigid examination for appoint
ment and promotion only for eff
cheney, as had been maintained without
exception in the consular service.
Successful Efforts in Promotion Of
Peace.
IN the field Of work toward the
ideals of peace this government me-
gotiated, but to my regret was unable
I M m u TO t,trn rIt
ties which set the highest mark of
the aspiration Of nations toward the
substitution Of arbitration and reason
for war in the settlement of interna-
tlonal disputes. Through the efforts
or American diplomacy several wars
have been prevented or ended | re-
fer to the successful tripartite medi-
alton OF the Argentine republic, Bra
zil, and the United States between
Peru and Ecuador; the bringing of the
boundary dispute between Panama
and Costa Rica to peaceful arbitra-
ton; the staying of warlike prepara-
tons when Hayti and the Dominican
republic were on the verge of hostili-
ties; the stopping of war in Nicarag-
ua; the halting of internecine strife
in Honduras. The government Of the
United States was thanked for its in
fluence toward the restoration Of amic-
able relations between the Argentine
republic and Bolivia. The diplomacy
Of the United States is active in seek
ing to assuage the remaining illfeel-
ing between this country and the Re-
public Of Colombia. In the recent Civ
j. war in China the United States sue
cessfully joined with the other inter
ested powers in urging an early ces-
sation of hostilities. An agreement
has been reached between the govern
ments of Chile and Peru whereby the
celebrated Tacna-Arica dispute, which
has so long embittered international
relations on the west coast Of South
America has at last been adjusted.
simultaneously came the news that
the boundary dispute between Peru
and Ecuador had entered upon a stage
of amicable settlement. The position
of the United States in reference to
the Tacna-Arica dispute between
Chile and Peru has been one Of non
Intervention, but one OF friendly in
fiuence and pacific counsel throughout
the period during which the dispute
in question has been the subject of
interchange Of views between this
government and the two governments
Immediately concerned.
China.
In China the policy Of encouraging
financial investment to enable that
country to help itself has had the re
suit Of giving new life and practical
application TO the open-dOor policy
The consistent purpose of the present
administration has been to encourage
the use of American capital in the
development Of China by the promo
ton of those essential reforms to
which China is pledged by treaties
with the United States and other pow
ers The hypothecation to foreign
bankers in connection with certain in.
dustrial enterprises, such as the Huku.
ues upon which these reforms depend.
ed, led the department of state early
in the administration to demand for
American citizens participation in
such enterprises. in order that the
United States might have equal rights
and an equal voice in all questions
pertaining to the disposition Of the
public revenues concerned. The same
policy of promoting international ac-
cord among the powers having similar
treaty rights us ourselves in the mat
ters OF reform, which could net be
put into practical enest without the
common consent OF all. was likewiss
adopted in the ease Of the loan de-
sired by China for the reform CT it's
currency.
Central America Needs Our Help in
In Central America the aim has
been 10 help such countries as Mica
ragua and Honduras to help them.
selves They are the immediate bsne-
ficiaries. The national benefit TO the
United States is twO-fold. First. it is
obvious that the Monroe doctrine ia
more vital in the nsighbOrhood of the
Panama canal and the zene Of the
Caribbean than anywhere else. Thsce
too the maintenance Of that doctrine
falls most heavily upon the United