Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-04

having been eliminated through the submission of the question to his Bri- tannic majesty King George V. as ''amiable eomposfteur," it is cause of much qualification to me that eur reIa- tions with Chile are now established upon a firm basis of growing friend ship The Chilean government has placed an officer of the United States coast artillery in charge of the Chilean \ coast artillery school and has shown appreciation of American methods by confding to an American firm impor- tant work for the Chilean coast de. lenses. Last year a revolution against tEe established government of Ecuador broke out at the principal port of that republic. Previous to this occurrence the chief American interest in Ecua- dor, represented by the Guayaqufl and Quito Railway company. incorporated in the United States, had rendered ex- tensive transportation and other serv- ices on account to the EcuaderiaH gov ernment, the amount of which ran into sum which was steadily increas- ing and which the Ecuadorian govern ment had made no provision to pay, thereby threatening to crush out the very existence of this American enter prise.
 When tranquility had been restored to Ecuador as result of the triumph ant progress of the government forces from Quito, this government interposed it's good offices to the end that the American interests in Ecuador might be saved from complete extinction. As a part of the arrangement which was reached between the parties and at the request of the government of Ecuador, 1 have consented to name an arbitra- tor, who. acting under the terms of the railroad contract, with an arbitrator named by the Ecuadorian government, will pass upon the claims that have arisen since the arrangement reached through the action of similar arbitraI | tribunal in 1908.
 In pursuance of a request made some time ago by the Ecuadorian govern l ment, the department of state has giv- en much attention to the problem of l the proper sanitation of Guayaquil. As | a result a detail of officers of the canal zone will be sent to GuayaquiI to rec ommend measures that will lead to the 1 complete permanent sanitation of this 1 plague and fever infected region of 1 that republic, which has for so long 1 constituted a menace to health condi- I tions on the canal zone. It is hoped | that the report which this mission will | furnish will point out a way whereby l the modicum of assistance which the ! United States may properly lend the Ecuadogian government may be made effective in ridding the west coast of 1 South America of focus of contagion | to the future commercial current pass 1 ing through the Panama canal.
 In the matter of the claim of John 1 Celestine Landreau against the govern ment of Peru, which claim arises out ] of certain contracts and transactions in connection with the discovery and ex- ploitation of guano and which has been 1 under discussion between the two gov ernments since 1874. 1 am glad to re- port that as the result of prolonged ne; gotiations, which have been character. ized by the utmost friendliness and good will on both sides, the department of state has succeeded in securing the consent of Peru to the arbitration of 1 the claim and that the negotiations at- tending the drafting and signature of | protocol submitting the claim to an l arbitral tribunal are proceeding with due celerity.
 An officer Of the American public
 health service and an American sani- tary engineer are now on the way to Iquitos, in the employ of the Peruvian government, to take charge of the sani- ] tation of that river port. Peru is build | ing a number of submarines in this country ana continues to show every desire to have American capital invest ed in the. republic
 In July the United States sent under graduate delegates to the third inter- national students congress held at Lima, American students having been for the first time invited to one of these meetings.
 The republic of Uruguay has shown its appreciation of American agricul- tural and other methods by sending a
 large commission to this country and
 by employing many American experts to assist in building up agricultural and
 allied industries in Uruguay.
 Venezuela is paying of the last of the claims the settlement of which was | provided for by the Washington proto-
 co.'s, including those of American cft- zens. Our relations with Venezuela are
 most cordial, and the trade of that re- pubic with the United States is now
 greater than with any other country. Central America and tho Caribbean.
 During the past summer the revolu.
 tion against the administration which
 followed the assassination of President
 Caceres a year ago last November
 brought the Dominican republic to the
 verge of administrative chaos without
 offering any guaranties of eventual
 stability in the ultimate success oi
 either party. In pursuance of the trea, ! +u ralo fi0,,s of +hn TIuitod Sta fna vrifh
 the Dominican republic, which were
 threatened by the necessity of sus
 pending the operation under American
 administration of the custom houses or
 the Haitian frontier, it was found nee
 essary to dispatch special commission
 CTS to the island to re-establish the
 custom houses and with guard sufi
 cient to insure needed protection to the
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