Taft's Message Highlights Conservative Foreign Policy Prosperity
President Taft sent the annual message to Congress outlining a broad foreign policy agenda. It details U S relations with Britain and other powers, arbitration cases at The Hague, fisheries disputes, maritime law efforts, imperial China reforms, and pan American ties, emphasizing stability, arbitration, and economic opportunities.
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Taft
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
United States
Great Britain
North Atlantic
Permanent Court of Arbitration
The
Hague
the Hague
London
Brussels
Netherlands
Lonim
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Italy
Prussia
Relations With Japan and U S Foreign Policy Agenda
The message outlines cordial U S relations with Japan, notes recent events in Central America, and details plans to reorganize the State Department for efficiency. It discusses treaty revisions, labor import policies, and the expansion of diplomatic and consular services to boost foreign trade and American interests abroad. It also covers Panama Canal cost overruns, fiscal projections, and calls for government-wide efficiency reforms and careful budgeting.
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Belgium
Brussels
Congo
Africa
United States
Republic of
Liberia
Republic
Department of State
Spitzbergen
Islands
Mehmed V
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Persia
Near East
Pacific
Bolivia
Peru
Buenos Ayres
Congress
Argentine Republic
Argentine
Foreign Service
Panama
Great Bank
Latin America
Diaz
Venezuela
Cuba
Alsop & Co
Chile
Edward VII
Washington Co
Zelayan
Nicaragua
Central America
Canal Zone
Caribbean Sea
International Bureau of American Republics
Far East
China
America
Shanghai
Antung-Mukden
Japan
Prince Kuni
Hudson-Fulton
Chambers of Commerce of
Pacific Slope
Siam
Secretary of State
Department
Europe
Treasury Department
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Trade
Bureau of Trade Relations
State Department
Economy in Expenses An Important Question
The administration faces a large deficit, with ordinary receipts short of expenditures by 34 million dollars and Panama Canal costs adding 39 million, total 73 million. The secretary proposes funding the canal by bond issues, a policy approved to share canal costs with posterity and avoid burdening current revenue.
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Culebra
Secretary of the Treasury
Panama Canal
Congress
Treasury Department
United States
Executive
Panana Canal
Spooner
Civil service reform and the push for pensions
A plea for reclassifying civil service by job type instead of salary, arguing superior ability goes unrewarded and inefficient staff linger. The speaker urges civil pensions as essential, citing growing government costs and the need to retire outdated workers to boost efficiency and economy.
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Dominion of Canada
Passamaquoddy Bay
International Fisheries Commission
Canada
St. John
Maine
New Brunswick
North Pacific
Russia
France
Monrovia
Sierra Leone
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Domincan Republic
Emery Company
Alsop
Zelaya
Sistim OF Pensions
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