St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-23
LET US HAVE ACTION.

icy OF calling on the administration
to declare war in all four quarters
of the globe, with or without cause,
. it does believe that the time has
come. for this country to act quickly
and peremptorily in at least two di-
rections. The case of Waller, i'm
prisoned unjustly, we believe, by
the French government, is one. All
Investigations which have been
made thus far lead to the conclusion
that the punishment inflicted upon
Mr.. Waller is indefensible. 1t is
now stated from Washington
that his release will be Sc
cured, and that he will be indemni-
fed for his Imprisonment and for
the sacrifice of his property rights.
This is all right as an end, but the
means by which it is to be secured
are open to criticism. Waller, an
American citizen, is an inmate of
French prison, and is said to be
dying of consumption. It is the part
of this government to demand his
immediate and unconditional re-
lease.
All the nations are less prompt in
protecting their citizens than they
were in earlier days. War has be-
come game so terrible and so cost
ly that no one wishes to play at it eX-
cept in the last extremity. At the
same time we cannot afford to sac
rifice the proud security Of the flag.
The time has been when citizenship
was everywhere q. guarantee Of safe
ty. The announcement that who
ever assailed a French sentry struck
a blow at France gave her more
prestige and power than the winning
of many battles. That has been in
the past, and it still should be our
attitude. Every nation in the world
should insist that to lay hands I'M
justly on one Of its citizens is the
equivalent of cannon shot. We
nov bCCllJ pCi ilcNiJo, HUI z SCiiCA us
and patient in our dealings with
France, a sister republic, than we
might have been with monarchy;
but the time for liberation has gone
by. The American people are not
satisfied with securing the release of
Waller by the slow processes Of di-
plomacy. They demand that the pro-
lection of the flag shall be a real
thing. 1t is time that the govern
ment at Washington should stop ne
gotiating and begin to act.
The same is true in a. much greater
degree of the situation of affairs in
China. Another outrage is reported
in which a mission has been demol-
ished, and the American residents
barely escaped with their lives. All
over China the rabble are rising and
parading the streets of the cities
with the familiar cry, Drive out
the foreign devils" It matters not
now whether the Chinese government
does not give protection because it
cannot or because it will not. We
should cease to look to, the Chinese
government at ALL The situation in
that disorganized empire is such that
each nation who has citizens resid-
ing there and exposed to the i'm
minent dangers of the times should
act for their protection. The only
safeguard against further massacres
is the actual presence of the strong
arm of American power. The gov
eminent should take whatever steps
are necessary, extending to the dis
patch of men-of-War, the landing of
marines and the occupation of towns,
to secure our people from outrage
and massacre.
1t is for such purposes that gov
ernments exist. Nothing could do
more to establish our supremacy
abroad, nothing could more power
fully unite our own people in en-
thusiastic support of this admins
tration, than a vigorous foreign pol
icy in these two directions. If
it is ignoble for a powerful nation to
go filibustering over the world in
search of needless quarrels, it is das-
tardly for it to fail in the protection
that it owes to it's own. There should
be no spot on the face of the globe
today where American citizens may
not feel secure against any foe. 1t is
time that we have done with diplo-
macy and negotiations and all the
red tape in which departments of for
eign affairs take such delight, and
return to the old first principles of
government. These demand absolute
protection by the American govern
ment to every citizen, wherever he
may be, against injustice or oppres-
sion. That doctrine which made US
a nation and brought us to the first
rank among the powers of the world
lean people can get along comfort
ably with a smaller amount of state
craft, and an ampIer and more in
slant guarantee to every citizen that
the whole power of the United
| States stands behind him as the
| security Of his rights.
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Is DEFENDER DEFECTIVE:
| From such accounts IS have ap-
peared of the construction OF the
yachts which will probably sail
against each other for the Americas
cup, the only danger of defeat for
the American champion lies in the
lightncss of her fittings and equip
ment. a standing difference between
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