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Roosevelt's Message Prompts Broad Policy Debates
The President’s Message is studied by readers across parties. It urges action on trusts and wealth, favors strengthened Chinese exclusion, irrigation of arid West, and preservation of forests. Other points call for naval expansion, civil service reform, and continued Philippines leadership. The Fourteen Diamond Rings case concludes with Fuller ruling Philippine islands ceased to be foreign territory at the peace treaty signing, affecting duties and insular relations.
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