On the question of statehood the
president says:
I advocate the immediate admission of
New Mexico and Arizona as-states. This
should be done at the present session of
the congress. The people of the two ter
ritories have made It evident by their
votes that they will not come in as one
state. The only alternative IS to admit
them as two, and I trust that this will be
done without delay.
Interstate Fisheries.
I call the attention of the congress to
the Importance of the' problem of the
fisheries In the Interstate waters. On the
Great Lakes we are now, under the very
wise treaty of April 11 cf this year, en
deavoring to come to- an international
agreement for the preservation and sat
Isfactory. use of the fisheries of these wa
ters which can hot otherwise'bb' achieved!
Lake Erie, for example, has the richest
fresh water fisheries iv the world but It
is now controlled by the statutes of two
nations, four ctates, and one province,
and this province by two different ordi
nances in different counties. All these
political divisions work at cross pur
poses. and in no case can they achieve
protection to the, fisheries, on the one
hand, and justice to the localities and In
dividuals on the other.
Foreign Affairs.
