The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-12-06

ten he has appointed. five were
by promotion from the ranks OF
ministers: that of the thirty min
iN,ers appointed, eleven were pro-
motions; and that IN the ,onSular
service no less than - per cent of
the consuls appointed by him were
from the southern states.
The diplomacy OF the present
administration has sought to re.
spoud to modern ideas Of comner-
ceI intercourse, says President
TAFT. This policy has been char
acterized as substituting dollars
for bullets. 1t is one that appeals
alike to idealistic humanitarian
sentiments. to the dictates Of
sound policy and strategy, ana to
legitimate commercial aims -
He mentions the arbitration
tr,atisc with France and Cleat
BIZ. an. winch failed of coufirma,
ton in the Sena.e; the successful
tripartite mediation of the Argen-
tine Pepublic, Brazil, and the
United States, between Peru and
! Ecuador: the arbitration of the
Panama-Costa Rlca boundary dis
putc: the intervention between
! Haiti and the Dominican Replb e
on the verge Of war; the suF pres
sion of the Nicaraugan War. TIE
! hating of internecine strife in
! Honduras, the adjustment OF the
celebrated Taoua-A Arioa dispute be-
tween Peru and Chill, and the adj
| iuStrent cf the Peruvian, Equa
dorian boundary issue.
In consequence of these thinCs
says the president, there has been
general easing of inteluati ual
! tension on the west coast Of South
America. He also adds thai the
diplomacy Of the United States is
active in seeking to asSuage the
remaining i'll feeIin. between this
country and Columbia.
Taking up some Of the details Of
the years diplomatic work, the
| president refers with eXpleS iono
of pride to China, where, the
policy Of encouraging financial in.
vestment to enable that country TO
| help itself has had the result of
giving new life and practical APP
| pIication to the open door policy. y
The consistent pui pose has been to
encourage the use Of American
capital in China. says the presl-
dent, to promote the reforms tC
which the country is pledged by
treaty with the United States ard
other powers. There has been a
vigorous assertion, also, he says,
of the equal right OF the Cnited
States to voice in all questions
pertaining to Chinese loans and de-
yelopements.
President Taft makes the direct
charge that the terrible events re-
corded in Nicaragua recently, the
useless loss Of life, the devastation
Of ploperey, the bombardment OF
the principal cities, the Kill ingS
AID the tOrtures and suffering,
might have been averted had the
department of state, through ap-
proval OF the loan convention by
the senate, been permitted to carry
ont its now we'll developed policy. .
In Central America the ann
has been to help such countries aS
Nicaragua and Hon'uraS TO help
/ themselves, y says President Taft
Commenting the successful re-
suits of the application Of the new
neutrality laws to Mexico and other
troubled countries the president
suggests that means be fould III
addition to prevent the profess
ional revolutionists from making
American ports 'foci" for revolu-
tionary intrigue He reiterates
his determination to adhere in the
case of Mexico to The patient
policy Of non-intervention stead
fast recognition of constructed au-
thority, and the eXertlon OF every
effort to protect American inter