The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-12-05

benefit them 80 much as throwing them
open to industrial development.
PaciAc Cable.
call your attention most earnestly
to the crying need OF cable to Ha-
vail and the Philippines, to be con-
tinued from the Philippines to points
In Asia. We should not defer day
longer than necessary the construction
of such cable. 1t Is demanded not
merely for commercial but for political
and military considerations.
Either the congress should immedi-
ately provide for the construction Of a
government cable, or else an arrange
ment should be made by which like ad-
vantages to those accruing from gov
eminent cable may be secured to the
government by contract with private
cable company.
No single great material work which
remains to be undertaken on this con-
tinent is Of such consequence to the
American people as the building Of a
canal across the isthmus connecting
North and South America. It's import
ance to the nation is by no means lin.
tied merely to its material effects upon
our business prosperity; and yet with
view to these effects alone 1t would be
to the last degree important for US i'm
mediately to begin 1t. While Its bene
ficial effects would perhaps be most
marked upon the Pacific coast and the
Gulf and South Atlantic states, 1t would
also greatly benefit other sections. 1t
Is emphatically work which 1t is for
the interest OF the entire country to
begin and complete as soon as possible:
1t is one Of those great works which
only q great nation can undertake with
prospects Of success. and which when
done are not only permanent assets In
the nations material interests. but
standing monuments to its constructive
ability.
/ am glad to be able to announce to
you that our negotiations ON this sub
ject with Great Britain, conducted on
both sides In spirit OF friendliness
and mutual good will and respect, have
resulted in my being able to lay before
the senate treaty which II ratified
will enable us to begin preparations for
an isthmian canal at any time, and
which guarantees to this nation every
right that It has ever asked In connec
ti0n with the canal. In this treaty, the
old Clayton-Bulwer treaty, 80 long rec
0gnlxed a. inadequate to supply the
base for the construction and mainte-
nance Of q necessarily American ship
canal, 10 abrogated. It specifically pro-
vides that the United States alone shall
do the work Of building and assume the
responsibility Of safeguarding the ca
nal and shall regulate Its neutral use
by all nations on terms Of equality
without the guaranty or interference
Of any outside nation from any quar-
ter. The signed treaty will at once be
laid before the senate, and II approved
the congress can then proceed to give
effect to the advantages It secures US
by providing for the building Of the
canal.
The true end Of every great and free
people should be self-respecting peace;
and this nation most earnestly desires
sincere and cordial friendship with all
others. The peace conference at The
Hague gave definite expression to this
hope and belief and marked stride to.
ward their attainment.
This same peace conference acqui-
esced In our statement Of the Monroe
doctrine as compatible with the pur-
poses and aims Of the conference.
The Monros doctrine should be the
cardinal feature Of the foreign policy
OF all the nations OF the two Americas,
as It IL Of the United States.
The work Of upbuilding the navy
must be steadily continued. No one
point of our policy. foreign or domestic,
Is more important than this to the hon.
or and material welfare, and above all
70 the peace, Of our nation In the fu-
ture. Whether " desire It or not, we
must henceforth recognise that We have
international duties no less than inter
national rights. Even II our nag were
hauled down in the Philippines and
Porto Rico. even II We decided not to-
build the fsthmian canal, we should
need q thoroughly trained navy Of ade-
Quate size. or else be prepared definitely
and for all time to abandon the idea
that our nation IL among those whose
sons so down to the sea in ships. Tn
less our commerce Is always to be car
rIed In foreign bottoms. we must have
war craft to protect II.
Our people intend to abide by the
Monroe doctrine and to insist upon It
~ the one sure means Of securing the
peace Of the western hemisphere. The
navy offers US the only means Of max
ing our insistence upon the Monroe doc
trine anything but subject Of derision
to whatever nation chooses to disre-
gard 1t. We desire the peace which
comes as Of right to the just man arm
cd; not the peace granted ON terms OF
to the craven and the weak
ling.
Our Navy.