AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
Received September 16, 10.56 p.m. „ WASHINGTON, September 18. President Roosevelt has decided not to attempt) tariff revision during the coming session, but wBl persevere in his attitude with regard to trusts. He insists on reciprocity with Cuba. The time limit of the Franco-American commercial convention has been extended twelve months. 1 The United States' cruiser Cincinnati landed 50 marines and a quick-firing gun at Colon. The marines are to accompany passenger trains for the .purposes of pi'otection. Mr Hay, Secretary of State, has addressed a circular to the foreign Ambassadors emphasising the peril of the immigration of a horde of paupers. to> America, and also on humanitarian grounds he urges the signatories at Berlin to compel Roumania to -ameliorate the condition of Roumanian Jews. ■Mr Henderson. Speaker of the House, in a letter declining to be re-nominated for Congress, states that he does not believe that trusts are curable, or that the people can be benefited by free trade wholly or partly. President Roosevelt vainly urged Mr Henderson to reconsider his decision.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 11741, 19 September 1902, Page 5
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