Word: foreign
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...uniting of all Harvard men, serving in any foreign field and under any Christian agency whatsoever, by a closer tie to one another and the University; (2) the securing of information regarding the work being done by these men; (3) the raising of money for the support of E. C. Carter '00, National Secretary of the Young Men's Christian Associations of India, and of Harvard men hereafter to be sent out and to work under the auspices of various Christian agencies; (4) the sending out of men who will bear the spirit of the University into their work...
...this address, which will be essentially on the subject of foreign missions, Mr. Foster will speak from information gathered during his extended diplomatic services abroad. Mr. Foster, who was Secretary of State during the administration of President Harrison, has been United States ambassador to China, Mexico and Russia; and, at the invitation of both Japan and China, concluded the treaty which closed the recent war between these countries. He was United States consul before the arbitration board in London which settled in our favor the late Alaskan boundary dispute...
...trusts to give room for the investments the public was so anxious to make. Before long, however, the enormous inflation of stocks and bonds without corresponding increase in the real property behind them, was detected by the people. They refused to make further investments. A gradual recall of the foreign capital lent to American firms for investment in securities brought about the final explosion of speculation in 1903. But for the timely revival of agricultural and industrial prosperity a disastrous financial panic would have followed...
...Foster is an authority on questions of diplomacy. He was minister to Mexico from 1873 to 1880 and minister to Russia from 1880 to 1881. He established a law practice in international cases in Washington, representing foreign legations before commissions and arbitration boards. From 1883 to 1885 he was minister to Spain. In 1891 he was special plenipotentiary to negotiate reciprocity treaties with Brazil, Spain, Germany, and the British West Indies. In the year 1892 to 1893 he was Secretary of State under President Harrison. He acted as the United States agent in the Behring Sea Arbitration at Paris...
During the years from 1891 to 1896 the production of commodities in this country was greater than the consumption; since then the reverse has been true, and the consequent revival of industrial trade has made the "American invasion" of foreign markets more feared abroad than Chinese cheap labor...