President's message to Congress outlines foreign policy shifts
The annual message to Congress discusses colonial policy, military needs, the Nicaraguan Canal, China policy, and imperialism. It urges civil government for the Philippines, ratification of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, a ship subsidy bill, and war revenue reduction. It notes prosperity, republican strength, and calls for frugal government aligned with national goals. The China section analyzes Boxer rising anti foreign unrest and pushes for allied action to safeguard treaty rights and commerce.
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Congress
Frye
Senate
Henderson
House
China
Philippines
House of Representatives
Yang-tse
Pekin
Tsung-Li-Yamen
United States
Legation
Prince Tuan
Tsungch-Gaimen
JD Constmes
Mkinley
United States Ships, Legations, and Opium of War
The United States sent ships from the Philippines for China coast service while not at war. Marines defended the Pekin legation as Taku and foreign forces fought Chinese forts, with nearly 400 guards in Beijing and a siege lasting from June 20 to July 17. The relief expedition carried about 5,000 US troops, advancing through Tientsin and Yangtsun to Tung-Chow and Beijing, restoring order and establishing provisional administration.
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United States
Philippines
Taku
Pekin
Legation
China
Baron von Ketteler
Yamen
Conger
Jung Lu
Washington
Wu ‘Ting Fang
Liseum
Chaffee
Tientsin
Liscum
Yang-tsun
Ho-Si-Woo
Tung-Chow
French Republic
America
Paris
Islands
Germany
Lynn Canal
Alaska
Transisthmian Canal
Maritime Canal Company
Nicaragua
State Department
Senate
Great Britain
Portugal
Delagoa Bay
Tribunal of Arbitration
Berne
Russia
Bering Sea
T. M. C. Asser
Netherlands
EEC
William H. Taft
Ohio
Ann C. Worcester
Michigan
Luke F. Wright
Tennessee
Henry C. Ide
Vermont
Bernard Moses
California
Congress
Philippine Islands
Ilinds
Military and postal matters dominate McKinley address
President McKinley urges Congress to maintain an army of about 130000 for Cuba and the Philippines with native troops. notes costs and staffing in Puerto Rico and the islands. He highlights postal growth, public land data, Hawaii progress, agriculture, roads, and civil service support for the Philippine Islands.
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Cuba
Philippines
Taft Commission
Jie Navy
China
Wnhment
Secretary of the Interior
Treasury
Tle
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Postal Department
War Department
Navy Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Spain
Congress of the
Philippine
Sion
Kledge
Manila
MacArthur
Commission
Porto Rico
I& Call
Hawaii
Cleveland
Legulas
Cua
Department of Agriculture
Dana
United States Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Board
United States Philippine
Philppine Islands
Atd Board
United States Civi Service Commission
Fuina
William M’kinley
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