Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-03

Ecuaoor 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
arbitrator. who. acting under the terms or
the railroad contract, with an arbitrator
VIII pass upon the claims that have
arisen since the arrangement reached
through the action OF a similar arbit-al
tribunal in 1905
In pursuance OF a request made some
time ago by the Ecuadorian government.
the Department of State has given much
attention to the problem OF the proper
sanitation of Guayaquil. AS a result a
detail of officers of the Canal Zone will
be sent to Guayaquil TO recommend meas
ures that will lead to the complete perma-
nent sanitation of this plague and fever
injected region OF that republic which
has Tor so long constituted a menace to
health conditions on the Canal Zone. IL
is hoped that the report which this mis-
sion; viii furnish will point out a way
whereby the modicum OF assistance which
the United states may properly lend the
Ecuadorian government may be made ef-
fective in Kidding the west coast OF South
America of focus OF contagion to the
future commercial current passing
through the Panama canal.
In the matter OK the claim OF John
CeleStine Landreau against the govern
ment OF Peru. which claim arises out OF
certain contracts and transactions in con-
nectton with the discovery and exploita-
ton Of guano. and which has been under
discussion between the two governments
since 1871 1 am glad to report that as
the result of prolonged negotiations,
which have been characterized by the ut
most friendiness and good will on both
sides. the Department of State has sue
ceeded in securing the consent Of Peru
to the arbitration OF the claim, and that
the negotiations attending the drafting
and signature Of a protocol submitting
the claim to an arbitral tribunal are pro-
ceeding with due celebrity.
An officer of the American public
health service and an American sanitary
engineer are now on the way TO Iquitos,
in che employ Of the Peruvian govern
ment, to take charge of the sanitation OF
that river port. Peru is building a num-
Der OF submarines in this country, and
continues to show every desire to have
American capital invested in the republic.
I'm July the United States sent under
graduate delegates to the third internal
tional students congress. held at Lima,
American students having been for the
f1rst time invited to one OF these meet
ings.
THE republic of Uruguay has shown its
appreciation OF American agricultural and
other methods by sending a large COM
mission to this country and by employing
many American experts to assist in build
ing up agricultural and allied Industries
in Uruguay.
venezuela is paying off the last of the
claims the settlement of which was pro-
vided for by the Washington protocols,
including those Of American citizens Our
relations with Venezuela are most cor
dial. and the tia6e of that republic with
the United States is now greater than
with any other country.
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During the PAST summer the revolI-
ton against the administration which fol-
lowed the assass!-
AID GlVen nation of President
santo Domingo. , Ssser Sov se M ago : 70
brought the Dominican republic to the
verge Of administrative chaos. without
offering any guarantees OF eventual sta
bility in the ultimate success OF either
party. In pursuance OF the treaty rela-
tions Of the United States with the Do
minican republic. which were threatened
by the necessity Of suspendng the opera
ton under American administration OK
the customs houses on the Haitian from
tier. it was found necessary to dispatch
special commissioners to the island to
the custom houses and with
a guard sufficient to insure needed pro-
lection to the customs administration.
The efforts which have been made appear
to have resulted in the restoration OF nor
The good offices which the commissioners
were able to exercise were instrumental
in bringing the contending parties to-
gether and in furnishing a basis Of ad-
justment which it Is hoped will result in
permanent benefit to the Dominican peo-
pie.
Mindful of its treaty relations. ana
owing to the position OF the government
Of the United States as mediator between
the Dominican republic and Haiti in their
boundary dispute, and because OF the fur
Their fact that the revolutionary activities
on the Haitian-Dominican frontier had
lierate the line Of demarcation that had
been heretofore recognized pending the
definitive settlement Of the boundary in
1t was found necessary to
Indicate to the two island governments a
provisional de facto boundary line. This
was done without prejudice to the rights
or obligations of either country in a final
to be reached by arbitration.
The tentative line chosen was one which
under the circumstances brought to the
knowledge Of this government, seemed to
conform to the best interests of the dis
putants. The border patrol which IL had
been found necessary to re-establish Tor
customs purposes between the two coun-
tries was instructed professionally to OBJ
serve this line.
1.-The republic Of Cuba last May was
in the throes of a lawless uprising that
for time threat
Marines Employed ened the destruc-
ton of a great deal
IN NuOo' OF valuable prop
erty-much of IL owned by Americans and
other foreigners-as we'll as the existence
of the government itself. The armed
forces of Cuba being inadequate to guard
property from attack and at the same
time properly to operate against tho
rebels a force of American marines was
dispatched from our naval station at
into the province of Oriente
for the protection Of American and other
foreign life and property. The Cuban
was thus able to use all its
forces in putting down the outbreak.
which it succeeded i'm doing I'm a period OF
six weeks. The presence of two American
warships in the harbor OF Habana during
the most critical period of this disturb
ance contributed in great measure to al.
Law the fears of the inhabitants, including
q large foreign colony.
There has been under discussion with
the government OF Cuba for some time
the question of the release by this gov
eminent of its leasehold rights at Bahia
Honda on the northern coast OF Cuba
and the enlargement. In exchange there
for of the naval station which has been
at Guantanamo bay. on the
south. AS the result of the negotiations
thus carried on an agreement has been
reached between the two governments