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(:ia,m WillaatalM Rlvtr. 4:Mp.m. Ka. kuuday Ka. kuuday Ore,on Oily, New. berg, Hal.ui, lud- r.ndenee A Way bimIIh.. ' 7:0ta.io. WUI.n.tl. ant Yaat l:Mp. ni. rue... 1'hur. kill Riven. Hon.. Wed, ad gat. aud rri. Oregon VMj, Day- . Ion, A Way Laud luia, ' oa m. WIHamna llrar. B0p.. tue.., Tkar Hon.. Wad. Bad feat. rortland to Corral- alia rri. II. A Way Laud lugt. Lv. Rlparla laakt lller. Lv.!ewltoB :Ma.m. Ially Dally Klparla ta Lewl.lon t a, aa. f. X. CXAHX, Apnt, ArllntUa, W. H. HURLBURT, faawal raaeaaitr Agtal. FartlaitV (a) inun Recommendations for Civil Gov ernment in the Philippines. REVIEW OP THE CHINESE QUESTION Th Hlitory of Yur-The Wait Indict Optralloiu of ttit Dcpartmtntt Other Foreign Quutlon. WASMINUION, One. I. fr.aidant Me Klnley . mamagt want to ConKreaa to our. It folluwas To lha Sonata and Houaa of Rcpraaenta tlvaai With tha oulgolng or tha old and tba lnaomln of lha new century you OfKin tha laat aaaalon of tha Mth Cungri-aa, Willi avtdpnrca on .very hand of Individual and National ro.rlly and with proof of th trrowlnir .trmaih and Incrr-nalnir power for Rood of lUtpubllcan In.tltutloii. Your countryman will Join with you In fe licitation that American liberty la mora firmly aatabllxhrd than aver before, and that lovo for it and tha determination to preaerve It ara mora unlver.al than al any former period of our hl.tory. The Kcpubilc waa never ao elronf. be eauaa never ao etrorifrly entrenched In the hearte of the peop:e aa now. The Constitution, with few amendmrnta, exl.t. aa It left tha handa of Ita authora. Tha addlllona which have been made to 't proclaim larger freedom' and mora ex txlided cltlaenahlp. 1'opular government haa demonatrated In Ita 124 yeara of trial here Ita atablllty and aecurlty and ui efflcleniy aa the beat Inatrument of No tional development and tha beat aafe guard to human rlghta. When tha alxth Congrr.. aaermblod, In November. 1BU0, tha population of the United Stntea waa l.iJU.M; It la now 7t.K,7 Then we had 16 atatea; now we have 4i Then our territory coiwl.ted of K9.0M aquara mllea; It la now l.m,b atiuara mllea. Education, religion and morality hove kept para with our ad vancement In other direction., and, wnlla eatvndlna; Ita power, the Government haa adhered to It" foundation principle, and bated none of them In dealing with our new people, and poaeeeelone. A Nation so preaerved and bleat gtvea reverent thaiika to Oou and Invokea hla guidance nd tha continuance of hla care and favor. CHINESE PROBLEM. Caa.ea That Led I'p to tuo Beeeat Troablea. In our foreign Intercouraa tha domi nant qunatlon haa been the treatment uf the t'hlne.a problem. Apart from thl our rotation, with the power, have been happy. The recent troublea In China aprlng from tha anti-foreign agitation which for the paat three yeara haa gulned atrength in the northern province.. Their origin lira deep in the character of tha Chi lieu ravea and In tha tradition, of their government. The Tal t'lng rebellion and the opening of Chlneae porta to forelgt trade and eettlement dlnturbed alike the homogeneity i nd the aeclunlon of C hina. Meanwhile foreign activity made Iteell felt In all qjartera. not alone on the coaal, but along the great rlvera, arterle, and In tha remoter diatricta, carrying new Ideaa and Introducing new a.aoclatlona among primitive people which had pur. tied for oenturlea national policy of l.olatlon. The telegraph and the railway apread Ing over their land, the aleamere plying on their waterway., the merchant and the mlaalnnary penetrating year by year farther to the Interior, berama to the Chlneao mind type, of an alien Inva.lon, changlQg the course of their national life and fraught w.lh vngue forebodlnga of dlaa.ter to tholr bellefa and their self aontroL For aeveral yeara before tho preaenl troublea all the reeourcea of foreign di plomacy, backed by moral demonatra tlona nf the phyelcal force of fleet, and arm., have teen needed to aecura due reapect for the treaty rlglita of foreign er., and to obtain aatlnfacllon from th? re.nonalble authorities for tha aporadlc utragea upon tha perron, and property of unoffend ng aojournera, which from time to tlm occurred at widely aep arated point, .n lha northern province,. as n the case of ! th, T ou brMka In 8w c'nuenn'.hndT;.n0,TunV0U,b i..ii...- r ..ii r.,.i.. ni.o... k.. came a dally occurrence, which the re- peateU probation of th Imperial power railed to checK or punisn. ines tnitam malory appeala to the Ignorance and superstition of the mis.es, mendacious and absurd In their accusations, and deeply hostile In Ihelr spirit, could mil but work culmlnatlve harm. They aimed t no particular claa of foreigners; they w.r Impartial in attacking everything foreign An outbreak In Bhan Tung, in which German missionaries were slain, waa the ton natural result of the malevo lent teaching. The prating of seditious placarda. rxl-ortlng to the utter destruo Hon of foreigners and of every foreign thing continued unrebtiked. Hostile demonstration toward the atrangcr gained atrength by organisation. Tb Boxer Aaltntlow The aect commonly styled the Boxer, developed greatly In the provlncea north of the Yangi'. ano witn common of many notable officials, Including aome in the Immediate councils of tha throne Itself, became alarmlrgly aggressive. No foreign ar'a life, outside tt the protected treaty porta, waa aafe, No foreign Interest waa secure from spoliation. The diplomatic representative, of the powera In Pekln drove In vain to chink thla movement. Protest waa followed by demand, and demand by renewed protest, to be met with perfunctory edicts from the palace and evasive and futile assur ance, from ihe Tmmir II Yamun, The circle of th. Boxer Influence narrowed about Pekln. and. while nominally slig- mnlUed as seditions. It was fait that 1'a spirit pervaded the capital Itself, that (The city was stormed and partly de the Imperial force, were Imbued with it, stroyed. Its capture afforded the base doctrines, and that th Immediate coun- j of operations from which to make the arlor, of the Empreaa Dowager were In i advance, which began In the first full sympathy with the antl-forelgn dy of Augiis. tho expedition being movement I mixlu up of J nese, Russian, British The Increasing gravity of the condl-'and American troops at the outset. An tlona In China, aud the Imminence of other buttle waa fought and won at peril to our own diversified Interests In ' Yong Tsun. Thereafter the disheartened the empire, a, well aa to those of all Chinese troops offered little .how of ra the other treaty government,, were soon ""nc A fow day, later, the Impor appreciated by this Government, causing l"n Position of To 81 Wo waa taken. A profound aollcltude. The United Stales, , PW march brought the , united I force, to r,,n th. earliest dav. nf forelan Inter, the populous City of Tung Chow, which course with China, has followed policy of peace, emitting no occasions to tea tlfy good-will, to further the extens'nn of lawful trade, to reaped Ihe sovereign ty of Its govetmmnl. und to Insure, by II legitimate and kindly, but earn est, me ins, the fullest meaaure of pro tection for the live, and property of our law-abiding cltlarn. and for the exer cise of tht.lr b mtlci-nl calling, among the Chinese peopie. Mindful of thl., It was felt to be ap propriate that our purposes should ba pronounced In favor of such a course aa Mould hasten united action of the powers at I'ekln lo promoto the admin istrative riformn'so gteally needed tor Hlrt nethenlrg the Imperial government sinngine,., u.r ' ,.",, and maintaining Ihe Int gilty of China, In which we bell. ved Ihe whole West ern worid to be alike- concerned. To these ends I ruu.ed lo be addressed tn th, several poweit occupying territory and maintaining apherre of Influence In China the circular prupoaala of 1KW, In vttlnar from them declaration, of their Inten tlona and view, aa to dealrablllty of tha adoption of meaeurea inaurlng the bum-llta of equality of treatment of mil lng eettlement that will make their ra forelKnera throuKhout China, ; currenca Impoaalble can beat be brought With gratifying unanimity, tha fa- about under an authority which the Chl anonaea coincided In thla common policy, I neao Nation reverencea and obeya. Whlla enabling me to ate In the aucceaaful tor-1 ao doing w forego no Jot of our un- mlnallon of incKe n-gitlatlona proof of tho friendly aplrtt which animate tho vnrlotia power. Interested in the untram meled development of commerce and In dustry In the Chlnvae Empire aa a source of vast benefit to tha whole commercial world. Fewer. Acted la Concert. In thla concliwlon, which 1 had the gratification to announce aa a completed engagement to the interested pow- March 20, 1900, I hopefully discern po tential factor for the abatement of the distrust of foreign purposea, which for u year past had appeared to Inspire the policy of lha Imperial government, and for tha effective exertion by it of power and authority to quell the critical and foreign movement In tha northern prov ince, most Immediately Influenced by tba Manchu ecntlment. Becking to testify confidence In tha will ingness and ability of tha Imperial ad mlnlatratlon to red res. the wronga and prevent the evil, wo Buffered and feared, lha marine guard, which bad been aent to I'ekln In tne Autumn of UStf) tor tba protection of tha Legation, waa with drawn at the earliest practicable moment. and all pending question, were remitted, aa far aa wo were concerned, to the or dinary reaorta of diplomatic Intercourse. Tho Chln.se Government proved, how aver, unable to check the rising atrength of the lloxers and appeared to bo pray to internal dissensions. Jn the unequal conteat, the antl-forelgn Influence, soon gained the ascendancy, under tha leader ship of i'rlnco Tuan. Organised armlea of lloxers, with which the Imperial forcea altlllated, held the country between Pekln and tha coavt, penetrated Into Manchuria up to the Russian border and through their emissaries threatened Ilka rlxe throughout Northern China. Attacka upon foreigners, deat ruction of property and slaughter of native convene were re ported from all sides. The Tsung U Yamun, already permeated with hostile sympathies, could make no effective re sponse to the appeals of the Legations. At tbia critical juncture. In tha early Spring of the year, proposal waa made by tne othei powers that combined fleet be aasumbltd In Chlneae waters aa s moral demonstration, under cover of which to exact of tha Chlneae Govern mint reaped for foreign treaty rlgbia and tha auppresalon of the lloxers. 'The United Btate., while not participating In the Joint demonstration, promptly aent from the i'hlilpplnea all ahlpa that could be apared far service on the Chines coast. A small force of marines waa landed at Taku and aent to Pekln for the protection uf the American Legation. Other powers took similar action until soma 400 mm were assembled In tha capl tal aa legation guards. Still the peril increased. Tha Legation, reported the development of the aedltioua movenent In t'ekln and th need of in creased provlalon for defense agalnat It Taklaar of Taka Forts. Whlla preparations were la progress for larger expedition to atrengthen the legation gusida and ktcp th railway open, an attempt of the foreign ahlpa to make a landing at Tuku waa met by fir from lha Chinese forte.. The forta were thereupon ah lltd by the foreign aela, the American Admiral taking no part In the attack, on th ground that we were not at war with China, and that hostile demonstration might consolidate th antl-forelgn elements and atrengthen the Uoxer. to oppo.e the relieving col umn. Two days later, tha Taku forta wer captured after a aangulnary con' filet Severance of communication with Hi kin followed, and combined fore of additional guarda. which waa advancing to frkln by the Pel Ho, waa checked at Ijing rang. The Isolation of tha Lega tlona waa ccmolt te. By June . the Legation, were cut off. An Identical note from the Yamun or dered each Minister to leave Pekln, und r promised e.cort, within H hours. To gain time, they replied asking prolonga tion of the time, which waa afterward granted, and requesting an Interview with tha Tsung II Yamun on the following day. No reply being received, on th morning of the 30tb the acrman Minister, Karon von Krtteler. set out for th, ya mun to obtiln response, and on the way waa murdered. An attempt by th legation guard to recover hla body wa, wnea or me -nuinn. . I'ekla Leuatloaa Attacked. Arm d force, turned out against the Legation. Their quartera were aurround. IL S" !. en abandon' a. tneir inmate taxing refuge In the British legation, where all the other Legations and guarda gathered for more effective defense. Four hundred persons were crowded In Ita narrow com pass. Two thousand natlv, converta w.r, assembled in near-by place under pro tection ot the foreigner. Line, of defense were strengthened, trenches dug, barri cades ralaed and preparatlona made to aland siege, which at once began. With the negotiation of the partial armistice ot July 14, proceeding which wo diubllesa promoted by the represen tations of the Chinese envoy In Wash ington, tne wdy was opened for the con veyance to Mr. Conger of a test message aent by the Secretary of State through the kind offices of Minister Wu Tin Fang. Mr. Conger's reply, dispatched from Pekln on July 18 through the same chan nel, afforded to the outside world the flr.t tiding, that the Inmatea of the Ie i gatloi.e were alive and hoping for euccor. Thl new, stimulated the preparatlona for Joint relief expedition. In numbera sum. ctent to overcome the resistance which for a month had been organising between Taku and tha capital. Reinfurcementa aent by all the co-operating governmenta wer constantly arriving. The United States contingent, hastily aaaembled from the Philippine, or dispatched from this rbuntrv, amounted to some 5000 men, un der the able command of the lamented Colonel Llscum and afterward, of Gen eral Chaffee. ' Heacae of Legatloners. Toward the end of July the movement begun. A severe conflict followed at Tien Tsln, In which Colonel Llscum was killed. . capitulated without a contest. On August 14. the capital wa, reached. After a brief conflict beneath the walla, the relief column entered and tha Lega tions wore saved. The United Slates nldlers, sullors and marines, officers and men alike, In those distant clime, and unusual surrounding, showed the same v ii lor, discipline and good conduct and gave proof of the some high degree ot In telligence and efficiency which have dis tinguished them In every emergency. The Imperial family and the govern ment had fted a few day before. The city wa, without visible control, The remaining Imperial soldiery had made, tic flight of the isth, a last attempt to exterminate the bealeged, which waa gallantly repelled. It fell to the occupy- ' nrA --, a provisional administration. The Raaalaa Proposition, The Russian proposition looking to the reatoratlon of tha Imperial power In Pa tln haa been accepted aa in full con sonance with our own de.lrea, for we Bava held and hold that effective repara tion for wronga Buffered, and an endur douotea rignt to oci exemp.ary ana a terrent punishment of the responsible authora and abettors of tha criminal act hereby we and other nation, have auf. fered grievous Injury, . For the real culprits, tne evil coun sellors who have milled the Imperial. Judgment and diverted th sovereign au thority to their own guilty end,, full ex piation becomea Imperative within th rational limit oi retnoutive justice, re garding thl as th Initial condition of an acceptable settlement between cnina and th powcra, I aald la my message of October U to th Chines Emperor: I trust that negotiation may begin so soon aa we and th other offended gov ernment, ahall b effectively aatlsfled of Your Majesty', ability and power to treat with Juat sternness th principal offender who are doubly culpable, not alone toward th foreigners but toward Your Majesty, under whose rule th pur pose of Chin to dwell In concord with the world haa hitherto found expression in tha welcome and protection assured to strangers." Taking as point of departure th Imperial edict appointing Earl LI Hung Chang1 and Prince Chlng plenipotentiaries to arrange set tlement, and th e"lct of September 26, whereby certain high official, were des ignated for punishment, this Government haa moved In concert with th other powera toward th opening of negotia tions which Mr. Conger, assisted by Mr. Rockhlll, haa bean authorized to conduct on behalf of the United States. General baaea of negotiations, formu lated by th Government of th French Republic, have been accepted with cer tain reaervationa as to detail, made necessary by our own circumstances and by like similar reaervationa by otner powera open to discussion In th prog' reaa of th negotiations. The disposition of tha Emperor Government to admit liability tor wrong, done to foreign gov ernments and their citizens and to act upon such additional designation of the guilty persons aa the foreign Ministers at Pekln may be In a position to make give hope of complete settlement of all questions Involved, assuring foreign rights of residence and Intercourse o terms of equality for all th world. I regard aa one of tha essential factor, of durable adjustment the arcurement of adequate guarantees for liberty of faith, since Insecurity of those nativea who may embrace alien creeds Is scarce ly less effectual assault upon tne rlsrhts of forelvn worahlo and teaching than would be the direct Invasion thereof. Matter mt laaeaaalty. Th matter of Indemnity for our wronged clttzeaa I question of grave concern Measured in money alone, sufficient reparation may prove to b be yond th ability of China to meet. All the powera concur In emphatic disclaim er, of any purpose of aggrandisement through the dismemberment of the em pire. I am disposed, to think that due compensation may be made In part by Increased guarantees of aecurlty for for eign rtghta and Immunities, and moat Important of all. by th opening of China to the equal commerce of ail the world. These views have been and will be earn estly advocated by our representatives. The Government of Rusaia haa put for ward euggestion that In the event of a protracted divergence of views In regard to indemnltlea, the matter may be rele gated to the court of arbitration at The Hague. I favorably Incline to thla, be lieving that high tribunal could not fall to reach a solution no lea, conducive to the stability and enlarged prosperity of China Itself than Immediately beneficial to the powera. OTHER FOREIGN RELATIONS. Relatione With Gtraa.y. Good will prevail In our relations with the German Empire. An amicable adjust ment of the long pending queation of the admission of our life Insurance compa nies to do buslneaa In Prussia haa been reached. One of the principal companies haa already been readmitted, and the way la opened for the others to share the priv ilege. The settlement of th Samoan problem. ,n avhleh f .itv.piwt In nv laat measaere ha, ,Ccompllshed good results. Peace end contentment prevail In th Islands, eape- daily in Tutuila, where a convenient ad- : ministration that has won the conndence and esteem of the klndly-dlsposed natives ' bJ" J"J.?,! of the commander ot the United State, naval station at Pango Pango. An Imperial meat Inspection law been enacted for Germany. While It may sim plify the Inspections, It prohibits certain producta heretofore admitted. There Is still great uncertainty a, to whether our well-nigh extinguished German trade In meat producta can revive tmaer Its new burdens. Much will depend upon regula tions not yet promulgated, which we con fidently hope will be tree from the dis criminations which attended the enforce, ment of the old statutes. Tha remaining link In the new line or direct telegraphic communication between the United States and the German Em pire has recently been completed, afford ing gratifying occasion for exchange ot friendly congratulations with the German Emperor. The Boer War. Our friendly relatione with Great Brit ain . continue. The war In South Africa Introduced Important questions. A condi tion unusual In International wars wa. presented In that while one belligerent had control of tne aea, tne otner naa no porta, shipping or direct trade, but waa only accessible through the territory of a neutral. Vexatloua question, arose through Great Britain a action In reapect to neutral cargoes not contraband In their own nature, shipped to Portuguese South Africa, on the acore of probable or susDected ultimate destination to the Boer states. Such consignments in Brit lsh ships, by which alone direct trade Is kept up between our porta and South Africa, were aelxed In application .of a law prohibiting British vessels from-'trad- In with an enemy witnout regara to any contraband character of the goods, while cargoea shipped to Delagoa Bay In neutral bottom, were arrested on the ground at alleged destination to the enemy a coun try. Appropriate representation on our part resultod in tne isrmsn uovernmeni agreeing to purchaae outright all such gooda shown to be the actual property ot American ottlxens, thua closing the Inci dent to the satisfaction of the Immediate ly Interested parties, although untortu nately without a broad aettlement of the question ot neutral's right to send goods not contrband per se to neutral port adjacent to a Deuigereni area. . Alaska Bossdsry, Tha work of marking certain provia lonal boundary polnta for convenience of ,drainitratlon around the head of Lynn in accordance with the temporary I BPr,nement of October. 1SS9. waa com- pleted by a Joint survey In July laat. Th modus vlvendl haa ao far worked without friction and the Dominion Government haa provided rules and regulations tor securing to our citizens the benefit of the reciprocal stipulation that the citizens or subjects ot either power found by that arrangement within the temporary Juris dollon o( tt,e other ahall Buffer no dl- mlnutlon of rights and prlvllegea they hava hitherto enjoyed. But, however neceaaary such an expedient may have been to tide over the grave emergencies of the situation, it ia at beat but an un.atlifaotory makeshift, whtoh should not he .offered to delay th speedy and complete establishment of tho frontier line to which we are entitled under the Husso-Amerlcan treaty for the cession of Alaska. In this relation, I may refer again to the neel of definitely marking the Alas kan boundary where It follows the 141st meridian. A convention to that end has been before the Senate for some two year,, but as no action ha, been taken, 1 contemplate negotiating a new convention for a. Joint determination of the meridian by helloccntrl, observations. These, salt la bellved, will give more accurate and unquestionable results than the sidereal methods heretofore independently fol lowed, which, aa Is known, proved dis crepant at several polnta on the Una, al. though not varying at any place more than 700 feet lateraatloaal Arbitration. It is with satisfaction that I am able to announce the formal notification ot The Hague, on September 4, of the depos it of ratifications of the convention for the pacific aettlement of the international dispute, by it powers, namely, the United States, Austria, Belgium, Denmark. Eng land, France, Germany, Italy, Persia, Portugal, Roumanla, Russia, Warn, Spain, Sweden and Norway and The Nether lands. Japan also has since ratified the convention. The administrative council of the permanent court of arbitration haa been organized, and It haa adopted rules or order and constitution for the In ternational Arbitration Bureau. In ac cordance with article 22 of the convention coroanc, w m. ' providing for tb P"''" j algnatory power of person, of known competency In question, of International law as arbitrators I have appointed sa member of thla court, Hon. Benjamin Harrison, of Indiana, ex-Prealdent of the United States; Hon. Melville W. Fuller, of Illinois. Chief Justice of the United States; John W. Griggs, of New Jersey, Attorney-General of the United States, and Hon. George Gray, of Delaware, a Judge of th Circuit Court of th United Bute. Th Nlearagraa CaaaL The Important matter of an Interoceanlc canal baa assumed a new phase. Ad hering to Its refusal to reopen the question of the forfeiture of the contract ot the Maritime Canal Company, which waa terminated for alleged nonexecutlon In October, 1899. the Government of Nicara gua has since supplemented that action by declaring the so-styled Eyre-Cragln option void for nonpayment of the stipu lated advance. Protests In relation to these acta have been filed In the State Department and are under consideration. Deeming Itself relieved from existing en gagements, the Nicaragua Government showa disposition to deal freely with the canal question, either In the way of negotiations with the United States or by taking measures to promote the water way. Overtures for a convention to effect th. hniiHin. nf e.sn.1 unripe the ausulcea of the United State, are under consldera- Hon In the meantime, the views of Con. gres, upon the subject In the light ot the report of the committee appointed to examine the comparative merits of the various trans-Isthmian ship canal proj ects may be awaited. I commend to the early mention or the Senate the convention with Great Britain to facilitate the construction of such a canal, and to remove any objec tion whl:h might arise out of the conven tion commonly called the Clayton-Bul-wer treaty. Relations With Spala. Satisfactory prorress haa been made toward the conclusion of general treaty of friendship and Intercourse with Spain in replacement of the old treaty, which passed Into abeyance by reason of the late war. A new convention of extradi. tlon la approaching completion, and 1 would be much pleased were commer cial arrangement to follow. I feel that we ahould not suffer to pasa an oppor tunity to reaffirm the cordial tlea that existed between us and Spain from the time of our earliest Independence, and to enhance the mutual benefits of that com mercial Intercourse which Is natural be tween the two countries. By the terms ot the treaty of peace. the line bounding the ceded Philippine group on the southwest failed to Include several small Islands lying weat of the 8ulua, which hsve always been recog nized as under Spanish control. The oc cupation of Bibutu and Cagayan, Sulu, by our naval forcea elicited a claim on the part of Spain, the essential equity ot which could not be gainsaid. In order to cur the defect of the treaty by re moving all possible ground of future mis understanding respecting the interpreta tion of Its third article, I directed the negotiation of a supplementary treaty, which will be forthwith laid before the Senate, whereby Spain quits all title and claim of title to the Islands named, aa well aa to any and all Islands belonging to the Philippine Archipelago lying out side the lines described tn said third ar ticle, and agreea that all auch Islands ahall be comprehended In the cession of the archipelago aa fully as If they had been expressly Included within those lines. In consideration of thla cession the United States Is to pay Spain the sum of $100,000. A bill la now pending to effect the rec ommendation made in my last annual message, that appropriate legislation be had to carry Into execution article S of the treaty of peace with Spain, by which the United States assumed the payment of certain claims for lndem nlty ot Its citizens against Spain. I ask that action be taken to fulfill thla obli gation. CONDITIONS IN PHILIPPINES. Recoanmeadatloae for a Civil fiat- erasaeat for tha Islands. In my laat annual message I dwelt at ome length upon the condition of af fatra In the Philippines. While aeeklng to Impress upon you that the grave re sponsibility ot the future government of those Islands rests with the Congress of the United States, I abstained from rec ommending at that time specific and final form ot government for the terri tory actually held by the United States forces, and In which, as long as the In surrection continues, the military arm must necessarily be supreme. I stated my purpose, until the Congress shall have made known the formal expression ot its will, to use the authority vested in me by th Constitution and the stat utes to uphold the sovereignty of the United States In these distant Islands, as tn all other places where our flag right fully floats, placing to that end at the disposal of t ho Army and Navy all the means which the liberality ot the Con gresa and the people have provided. No contrary expression ot the will of the Congress having been made, I have steadfastly pursued tba purpose so de clared, employing the civil arm as well toward the accomplishment of pacifica tion and the Institution of local govern menta within the lines of authority and law. . Progress In tha hoped-for direction has been favorable. Our forces have suc cessfully controlled the greater part of the Islands, overcoming the organized forcea of the Insurgents, and carrying order and administrative regularity to all quarters. What opposition remains is for the most part scattered, obeying no concerted plan ot strategic- action, oper. attng only by the methods common to the tradition, ot guerrilla warfare, which, while Ineffective to alter the general con trol now established, are still sufficient to beget Insecurity among the popula tion that have felt the good reaulta of our control, and thu, delay the confer ment upon them of the fuller measures of local aelt-government, ot education and ot Industrial and agricultural devel opment which we tand ready to give them. By the Spring of this year the effective opposition of the dissatisfied Tagala ta the authority of the United State, wa, virtually enoed, thus opening the door for the extension of a atable administra tion over much of the territory of the archipelago. Desiring to bring thl, about, I appointed In march laat a civil com mission, composed of the Hon. William H. Taft, of Ohio; Professor Dean C. Worcester, of Michigan: Hon. Luke E. Wright, ot Tennessee; Hon. Henry C. Ide, of Vermont, and Professor Bernard Moses, of California. The alma of their mission and "he icope of their authority are clearly et forth In instruction, of April 7, 1900, addressed to the Secretary of War, to be transmitted to them. PORTO RICO AND CUBA. access la th Former Progress Toward C.k.s Aatoaomy. The civil government of Porto Rico provided for by the act of the Congreas approved April 12, 1000, I In successful operation. The courts have been estab lished; the Governor and his associates working Intelligently and harmoniously, are making a commendable success. On the tth of November a general election was held In the Island for members of the Legislature and the body haa been called to convene on the first Monday of December. I recommend that legislation be enicted by Congresa conferring upon the Secre- ury.of the Interior eupervlalon over the public landa In Porto Rico, and that he be directed to ascertain the location and quantity of landa the title to which re mained In the crown of Spain at the date the cession of Porto Rico to the United States, and that appropriations for sur veys be made and the methods of the disposition of such lands be prescribed by iii, 1 FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS. Arasy Bhaalel Be 60,000 te 100,000 The Navy. PestoUlces, Ete. The present strength of the Army Is 100.000 men 65,000 tegulars and 35,000 vol unteers. Under the act of March t, 1S30. on tha toth of June next the present vol unteer force will be discharged and the Regular Army will be reduced to Z47i onlcera end IS, 025 enllated men. In 1XH a board of officers convened by President Cleveland adopted a comprehensive scheme of const defense and fortifications which Involved the outlay-of something over $100,000,000. Tl.ts plan received the approval of the Congress and since then regular apropriatlona have been made and the work of fortification haa steadily progressed. More ilian $00,000 000 have been Invented In a g-eat number of fort, and gun,, with ell the complicated and scientific machine! y and electrical appll. anees ne.essarv for ihelr use. Th. ltroner tsre of this defensive machinery requlrea men trained In Its use. The number ot men necessary to perform this duty alone la ascertained by the War Department, at a mlnimom allowance, to be IS 120. There are 58 or more military post. In the United states other than the euast drfens fortifications. Tha number of these posts is being constantly Increased by Congress. More than 122,000.000 have been expended in building and equipping them, and they can only be eared for by the Regular Army. The post, now tn existence and othera to be built provide accommodations for, and. If fully gar risoned, require 26.000 troops. Many ot these post, are along our frontier or at important atrateglc points, the occupa tion of which Is necessary. We have in Cuba between 5000 and 6000 troops. For the present our troops In thst Island can not be withdrawn or materially dimin ished, certainly not until, the conclusion of tha libors ot the constitutional conven tion now In aesslon and a government pro vided t y the National Constitution should have been established and Its stability assur d. In Porto Rico we have re duced -he garrisons to 1636, which Include 896 na'Ive troops. There Is no room for further reduction here, we will be re quired to keep a considerable force in the Philippine Islands for some time to come. From the best Information ob tainable we ahall need there for the Im mediate future from 50.000 to 60.000 men. I am aure the number may be reduced as the Insurgents shall come to acknowledge the authority of the United Statea, of which there are assuring Indications. It must be apparent that we will re-, autre an army of about 60,000. and thai during present conditions In Cuba and the Philippines the President should have authority to Increase the force to the included in this, authority should be given to rals, natlve troopa In the Philippines up to 15 uw. wnicn tne iari commission kh will be more effective In detecting and suppressing guerillas, assassins and la drones than our own soldiers. The full discussion of this subject by the Secretary of War In his annual re port la called to your earnest attention. The Navy. Very efficient service has been rendered by the Navy tn connection with the Insur rection In the Philippines, and the recent disturbance In China. A very satisfactory settlement has been made of the long-pending question of th manufacture of armor-platea. A reason - aoie price naa. uevn btcuivu. ouu m necessity for a Government armor-plate plant avoided. The Hawallaa Islands. Much interesting Information Is given In the report of the Governor of Hawaii aa to the progress and development ot the islands during the period from July 7, reTolitron Tf the' Congress providing' for earl of Donoghmore. -t one time assist their annexation up to April 30. 1900, the : ant commissioner in Eastern Kou date ot the approval of the act providing j mania, died of paralysis, in London. a government mr tne territory ana mere after. The last Hawaiian census, takeu In the year im. gives a total population of lOS.OJO, of which 21,019 were native Ha- wallana. The number of Americana re ported was 8485. The results of the Fed eral census taken this year show the Islands to have a total population of 154. 001, snowing an Increase over that report ed In 1896 of 44.981. or 41.1 per cent. .There haa been marked progresa In educational, agricultural and railroad development of the Islands. The Twelfth Ceiisa. The Director of the Census states that the work In connection with the l?th cen. sus Is progressing favorably. Thla Na tional urdertaklng, ordered by the Con gress each decade, has finally resulted in the collection of an agregation of statis tical facts to determine the Industrial growth of the country, its manufacturing and mechanical resources. Its richnesa la mine, ami forests the numbera of It ogrlculturiil districts, their farms and prouucis, us euucauui.it. niiu irusiuim Vp portunltles. as well as questions pertain ing to sociological conllt ons. Precaution Against Extravagance. In our great prosperity we must guard against the dangera It Invites in extrav- agance In government expenditures and appropriations, and the chosen represen- tattvea of the people w ll.I doubt mt.fur - nlsh an example In their legislation of : that wise economy which. In a aeason of , plenty, husbands for the future. In this era of great business activity and oppor tunity caution Is not untimely. It will 1 it .ni i retard but promote ii tmata Industrial and commercial expansion. Our growing power brin with it temp - tatloin and perils requiring constant vis- llance to avoid. It must n t be used o In. vlte conflicts, nor for oppression, but for prrncTp0.:, eofeVqVal.Tya,nandnaJuCse,.c. ZZ which our institutions and happiness da - pend. Let us keep alwaya In mind that the foundation of our Government la lib- ertv: its superstructure peace. WILLIAM McKINLET. Executive Manalon, December I, 1300. LATER NEWS. Germans are still excited over tbt Kroner incident. Japan it mnch dititnrbed by Tolcio moDioipai scandals. The Oregon school fund losses ta average of $-10,000 a year. lbe river and harbor committee it catting down all estimates. The rhilippin.es commission hag pre' pared a tanfif for the islanjg. The execution of Yo listen it cer tain whenever envoys demand it. The Chioese question it again said to be approaching a settlement. Fifty-two Filipino prisoners have been taken by American troops. Eulogies were pronounced in the boose on the late .Representative liar met. Russia savs all credit for seotiring . existing entente belongs to United States. Johannesburg will be fenced around with barb wire to cnt off Boers' lood upply. United States Consul Goodnow, at Shanghai, will return home on leave of absence. Netherlands disavows responsibility for sympathetic letter of minister to Kroger. Senate will devote the present week to Hay-Pauncefote treaty and ahip subsidy bill. The naval appropiration bill will provide for two more battleships and two cruiser. Delegate Wilcox, of Hawaii, strong ly opposes importation of negro labor into the islands. Envoys take removal of General Tnng Fa Ilsiang to mean that govern ment desires peace. Establishment of ship subsidy bill as regular order will displace Nicara gua canal measure. Bills for the redaction of war reve nue tax and legislative appropriation! will likely pass the house this week Robert W. Wilcox, Hawaii's delegate-elect to congress, has arrived in San Francisco, enronte to Washington. Kroger was officially received by Queen Wilbelmina. The queen bat promised to show her friendship when the proper moment arrives. A railway bridge collapsed in Ger many, letting an express train plunge into the stream below. Five persons were killed and eight badly injured. Six hundred telegraph operators on the Atchison, Topeka & Kanta Fe, have walked oat in sympathy with the operators on the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe road. The ministers at Fekin have reached an agreement. The new war revenue bill will reduce taxation $40,000,848. The pension roll for the coming year will call for $142,000,000. The governor of Shanghai publicly executed 80 Boxer leaders. Secretary Gage'a estimate for govern ment expense ia $626,741,762. George von L. Meyer, of Boston, will be appointed ambassador to Italy. Charles A. Towne accepted the ap pointment of senator from Minnesota. McCall made a sensational speech in the house against holding the l'bilip- pines. A small American force touted a band of rebels at Santo Domingo. Luzon. ' Contract for erection of t-alem, Or., po8toflice has been awarded to a Chi cago firm. In a street duel in a West Virginia town a minister was killed by a prom inent lawyer. It is estimated that taxable valuation 1 0j Oregon for 1900 will be about $2, 000,000 less than in 1899. Fire in the Cambridge, Ohio, works of the American Tinplate Company, caused a loss on finished tin alone of between $175,000 and $200,000. John Luke Hely-Iiutchinson, fifth Bobbers raided the office of the West ern Lumber Company in Portland, Or., just before the employes were ready to receive their November wages in coin, and secured $4,700. At New York, the Fasig-Tipton Com. pany closed the most successful auction sale of trotting and pacing horses in its history. The proceeds of the sale were $352,180 for 702 horses, an average of bout $500 a head. Fire in the upper storeroom of Hay wood Bros, and the Wakefield Kattan Company at Boston, caused a loss of $150,000, of which $75,000 was to the took and building of Haywood Bros, and the Wakefield Company and th rest to tho building adjoining A serioas cave-in occurred at the Ray Aug. mine, near Dunoro, Pa. Fifty-one men were entombed. The rescuing party, after nearly three hours' bard work, succeeded in digging into j the ohamber in which the men were ,ntomh.d ... wr(, res(,n8C1. , one being seriously injured. The last enumeration shows a large falling off in the number of book ' .gents, which in itself is a good argu- ' Dient in- favor oi taking the census ' ,Very five instead of every 10 years, i The Connecticut woman who has sued a physician because he changed ' complexion from that of a blond to , brunetto really onght to have a little patience. The brunette will be in , i.-hinn airain l,fnr Innir. and then aha will he glad of the change. Bat wo man always waa an impulsive creature.