The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-03

international obligations. 10 ~,
States IS, according to precedent m Ivy
tanning full and friendly de fact j, .,ala
lations with the provisional sou =
ment. soVerp,
The new condition OF afr,,ru
created has presented many sor sao'
and complicated problems both ss !.
ternnl rehabilitation and Of tnt - y
tional relations, whose solution !. .e 8
realized would necessarily rs,a Sas
much time and patience From s -
beginning Of the upheaval last ants. .
it was felt By the United Stotos a'1a
common with the other powers h. y
large interests in China. fiat NV
pendent action by the foreign pov ass
ments In their own Individual ,n..
ests would add further confusion W., !.
situation already complicated
icy OF international Cooperation = =. ~
accordingly adopted in an understa ~.
Ing. reached early, in the disturhan nav NV
to act together for the protection !.
the lives and property Of fore,ynoru y !.
menaced, to maintain an attitpda
strict impartiality as between thu CIV
tending factions and to abstain ~ -
any endeayor to influence the chm
In their organization Of new forrn ,'s !.
government.
1t was futher mutually agreed !,
the hope of Fastening an end f ~ :
tilities. that none Of the interested non
ers would approve the making Of o.n.
by its nationals to either side. A. so 'sa'
however, as a united provisioual .on
eminent of China was assured ~.
United States Joined In a fayor.h,.
consideration of that governments -
quest for advances needed for INN.
date administrative necessities AVA
later for a loan to effect a permapsn.
national reorganization. The interestos
governments had already, by common
consent, adopted, in respect to the mr..
poses. expenditure and security Of any
loans to China made by their national,
certain conditions which were held "a
be essential. not only to secure reason.
able protection for the foreign inyest.
ors, but also to safeguard and strength.
en- China's credit by discouraging indi.
criminate borrowing and by insurinv
the application Of the funds toward ths
establishment of the stable and effec.
tive government necessary to China.
welfare.
In June last representative banking
groups Of the United States. France
Germany. Great Britain. Japan and
Russia formulated, with the general
sanction Of their respective govern.
ments, the guarantees that would bea
expected In relation to the expenditure
and security of the large reorganizatioa
loan desired by China. which. however,
have thus far proved Unacceptable To-
the provisional government
The Cuban Situation.
The republic of Cuba last May was IN
the throes OF a lawless uprising thai
for time threatened the destruction
of great deal Of valuable property
much Of it owned by Americans and
other foreigners-as well as the exist
ence Of the government itself. The
armed force of Cuba being inadequate
to guard property from attack and at
the same time properly to operate
against the rebels, n force of American
marines was dispatched from our naval
station at into the province
of Oriente for the protection of Amer-
can and other foreign life and property.
The Cuban government was thus able
to use all its forces in putting down the
outbreak. which it succeeded in doing
In period OF six weeks The presence
of two American warships in the har
Dor of Havana during the most critical
period of this disturbance contributed
in great measure to allay the fears Of
the inhabitants. including a large for
eign colony.
Necessity For Retention and Expan.
sion Of Our Foreign Trade.
It is not possible TO make to the con-
gress a communication upon the pres.
eut foreign relations of the United
States so detailed as to convey an
adequate impression Of the enormous
increase In the Importance and activl
ties of those relations. II this govern
ment is really to preserve to the Amer
lean people that free opportunity IN
foreign markets which will soon be in-
dispensahle to our prosperity, even
greater efforts must be made.
Conclusion.
Congress- should fully realize the
conditions which obtain in the world
as we find ourselves at the threshold
of our middle age as nation. we
have emerged full grown as a peer 10
the great concourse Of nations. we
have passed through various formative
periods. We have been self centered
in the struggle to develop our 40
nestle questions The nation is NOW
too mature to continue in its foreign
relations those temporary expedienu
natural to people to whom domes1lc
affairs are the sole concern.
In the past our diplomacy has often
consisted. In normal times, in a mefs
assertion of the right to internationa'
existence. We are now in a larger re-
lation with broader rights of our OWL
and obligations to others than our
selves. A number Of great guiding