The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-03

Recognition of Merit system Has 6een
 Beneficial Suggestions Regarding
 Changes In the Tariff Laws Designed
 &e Aid Cemmsree-TurkishW War and
 Trouhiss In China.
 sentatives:
 The foreign relations of the United States actually and potentially affect the state of the Union to degree not widely realized and hardly surpassed by any other factor in the welfare of che whole nation. The position of the U~3ted States In the moral. intellec- thai and material relations of the fam ny of nations should be matter of vital interest to every patriotic citi- gen. The national prosperity and power impose upon us duties which we can not shirk If we are to be true to our ideals.
 The tremendous growth of the ex- port trade of the United States has already made that trade very req! factor in the industrial and commer- cial prosperity of the country With the development of our industries the foreign eommercs of the United States must rapidly become a still more essential factor in it's economic welfare Whether we have a far seeing and wise diplomacy and are not reckiessly plunged into unneces- eary wars. and whether our foreign policies are based upon an intelligent grasp of present day world conditions and a clear view of the potentialities Of the futlre. or are governed by temporary and timid expediency or by narrow views befitting an infant nation, are questions in the alterna- tive consideration of which must con- vince any thoughtful citizen that no depa artment of national policy offers greater opportunity for promoting the interests of the whole people on the one hand. or greater chance on the other of permanent national injury. than that whicB deals with the for eign relations of the United States.
 The eunda mental foreign policies of the United States should be raised high above the conflict Of partisa nship and wholly disSociateG from differences as to domestic policy. In it's foreign af- fairs the United States should present to the world united front The intel lectuai. financial and industrial inter- ests of the country and the pubIicist. the wage earner. the farmer and c1ti- Een of whatever occupa ton must CO., operate in a spirit of high patriotism to promote that national solidarity which is indispensable to national efH- ciency and to the attainment of ma tfonas ideals.
 Tn. relations of the United States with alz foreign powers remain upon a. sound basis Of peace, harmony and fr7endshfSs A greater insistence upon justice to American citizens or inter- ests wherever 1t may have been denied and stronger emphasis of the need of mutuelitz in commercial and other re lat1ons have only served to strengthen our friendship with foreign countries by placing those Friendships upon a Hrm foundation of realities as well as asphalt Jns.
 Before briefly reviewing the more important events of the last year in our foreign relations, which it is my duty to do as charged with their con duet and because diplomatic affairs are not of a nature to make it appro- pr1a te th st the secretary of state make @ formal annual report, desire to touch upon some of the essentials to the safe management of the foreign relations of the United States and to endeavor also to define clearly certain concrete policies which are the logical modern coroIIaries Of the undisputed and traditional fundamentals of the foreign policy of the United States
 Reorganization of the State Depart
 rnent.
 At the beginning of the present ad- ministrat ton the United States. having fully entered upon its position as a world power, with the responsibilities thrust upon it by the results of the Spanish-American war and already en-
 11- vast foreign trade upon which it should one day become more and more dependent. found itself without the machinery for giving thorough atten- tion to, and taking effective action upon. a mass of intricate business vi- tai to American interests in every country in the world.
 The depa rtment of state was an archaic and inadeouate machine, lack ing most of the attributes of the for eign office of any great modern power. With an appropriation made upon my recommendation by the congress on Aug. 5. 1909. the department of state was completely reorganized. There were crea. ted divisions of Latin-Amer- &can affairs and Of far eastern. near eastern and western European affairs. To these divisions were called from the foreign service diplomatic and con- sular officers possessing experience and Knowledge gained by actual serv- ice fn different parts of the world and thus "a 1iiiar with political and com merciai conditions in the regions con cerned. The work was highly special tE1-a- IDe result is that where pre- sf<snsiy tDts government from time to IzYne wouf1 emphasize in It's foreign relations one or another policy, now American interests in every quarter Of the globe are being cultivated with equal assid1ity.
 This principal Of polftico- o-geograph- fcal division possesses also the good feature of making possible rotation