should or should not be collected, and as Santo Domingo will be left without aid, assistance, or protection, it is impossible to state that the sums collected from it will not be improper in amount. In such event, whatever is collected by means of forcible intervention will be applied to the creditors of foreign nations in preference to creditors who are citizens of the United States. 6. The correspondence between the Secretary of State and the Minister of Haiti, submitted to the Senate several days ago, shows that our position is explicitly and unreservedly that under no circumstances. do we intend to acquire territory in or possession of either Haiti or Santo Domingo, it being stated in these letters that even if the two republics desired to become a part of the United States the United States would certainly refuse its assent. 7. Santo Domingo grievously needs the aid of a powerful and friendly nation. This aid we are able, and I trust that we are willing, to bestow. She has asked for this aid, and the expressions of friendship, repeatedly sanctioned by the people and the Government of the United States, warrant her in believing that it will not be withheld in the hour of her need. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas public interests require that the Senate of the United States be convened at 12 o'clock on the 4th day of March next, to receive such communications as may be made by the Executive: Now, therefore, I, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and declare that an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene at the Capitol in the city of Washington on the 4th day of March next, at 12 o'clock noon, of which all persons who shall at that time be entitled to act as members of that body are hereby required to take notice. GIVEN under my hand and the seal of the United States at Washington, the 23rd day of February in the year of our [SEAL.] Lord one thousand nine hundred and five, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty ninth. By the President: THEODORE ROOSEVELT. JOHN HAY, Secretary of State. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas the Congress of the United States has passed an Act approved March 3, 1905, and entitled, “An Act To provide for celebrating the birth of the American nation, the first permanent settlement of English-speaking people on the Western Hemisphere, by the holding of an international naval, marine, and military celebration in the vicinity of Jamestown, on the waters of Hampton Roads, in the State of Virginia; to provide for a suitable and permanent commemoration of said event, and to authorize an appropriation in aid thereof. and for other purposes"; And Whereas Section 3 of the said Act reads as follows: "SEC. 3. The President of the United States is hereby authorized to make proclamation of said celebration, setting forth the event to be commemorated, inviting foreign nations to participate by the sending of their naval vessels and such representation of their military organizations as may be practicable. Now, therefore, I THEODORE ROOSEVELT, President of the United States, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the said Act, do hereby declare and proclaim that there shall be inaugurated, in the year nineteen hundred and seven, on and near the waters of Hampton Roads, in the State of Virginia, an international naval, marine and military celebration, beginning May 13, and ending not later than November 1, 1907, for the purpose of commemorating, in a fitting and appropriate manner, the birth of the American nation, the first permanent settlement of English-speaking people on the American Continent, made at Jamestown, Virginia, on the thirteenth day of May, sixteen hundred and seven, and in order that the great events of American history which have resulted therefrom, may be accentuated to the present and future generations of American citizens. And in the name of the Government and of the people of the United States, I do hereby invite all the nations of the earth to take part in the commemoration of an event which has had a far reaching effect upon the course of human history, by sending their naval vessels to the said celebration and by making such representations of their military organizations as may be practicable. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. [SEAL.] DONE at the City of Washington, this 29th day of March, one thousand nine hundred and five, and of the Independence of the United States, the one hundred and twenty-ninth. By the President: THEODORE ROOSEVELT. ALVEY A. ADEE, Acting Secretary of State. THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR Russia's continued occupation of Manchuria after the suppression by the world powers of the Boxer uprising of 1900 (See "Boxers," Encyclopedic Index) was a matter of serious concern to Japan. In April, 1902, Russia had promised the other powers to withdraw in eighteen months, but in September, 1903, she announced that it would be impossible for her to comply at the time specified. In June, 1903, the Japanese opened negotiations with Russia looking to the latter's withdrawal from China; but, losing patience at what seemed dilatory tactics on the part of Russia, broke off the negotiations February 6, 1904, and four days later attacked the Russian fleet at Port Arthur. The story of the war and its ending through the mediation of President Roosevelt is succinctly told in the article headed "Russo-Japanese War" in the Encyclopedic Index. e ar BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, it is provided in the Act of Congress approved March 3, 1893, entitled "An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes", "That the President is hereby authorized by proclamation to withhold from sale and grant for public use to the municipal corporation in which the same is situated all or any portion of any abandoned military reservation not exceeding twenty acres in one place", And, Whereas, the Fort Sherman Military reservation at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, created by Executive orders of August 25, 1879, and April 22, 1880, and enlarged by Executive orders of May 26, 1891, and February 2, 1892, and containing 902.21 acres, more or less, was by Executive order of October 5, 1900, placed under the custody of the Interior Department for disposal under the act of July 5, 1884, being "An Act To provide for the disposal of abandoned and useless. military reservations", And, Whereas, the citizens of the town of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, have petitioned that a portion of the said reservation be granted to the Municipal Authorities of the town of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, for the use of a public cemetery, Now, Therefore, I, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congress aforesaid, do hereby withdraw from sale, entry or other disposition, the land embraced in the legal subdivision, designated on the official plat of survey of the former Fort Sherman Military reservation as Lot 9 in section 14, township 50 north of range 4 west, Boise Meridian, containing 19.45 acres, and do hereby grant, for public use, the said described tract of land to the incorporated town of Coeur d'Alene, in the State of Idaho. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington, this 6th day of May, in [SEAL.] the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-ninth. By the President: FRANCIS B. LOOMIS, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Acting Secretary of State. |