The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-03
The Philippines.

tariff duties on Cuban imports into the
United States.
! The Philippines
Already a greater measure of material
! prosperity and Of governmental honesty
and efficiency has been attained in the
Philippines than ever before in their his
: tory We hope to do for the FilipInos
{ that has never before been done for any
! PEOPLE OF the tropics-to make them fit
/ for seIf-government after the fashion Of
| the really free nations
| In our anxiety for the welfare and
/ progress Of the Philippines it may be that
! here AID there We have gone too rapidly
{ IN giving them local self government Il
! is on this side that our error, If any, has
/ been committed
There are still troubles ahead in the
Islands The Instruction has become an
affair Of local banditti and marauders,
who deserve no higher regard than the
bTigands of portions of the Old World
The time has come when there should
be additional legislation for the Philip
pines. Nothing better can be done for the
islands than to introduce Industrial en-
terprises- It is necessary that the Con
gTess should pass laws By which the re-
sources of the Islands can be developed;
50 that franchises for limited terms Of
years. can be granted TO companies doing
business in them, and every encourage
meat given to the incoming of business
men OF every kind
Pacific CnbIe-
q call your attention most earnestly to
the crying need Of cable to Hawaii and
the Philippines. to be continued from the
Philippines to points in Asia We should
not defer day longer than necessary the
construction of such q cable. It is de-
manded not merely for commercial but
for political and military considerations.
Either the Congress should immediate
" provide for the construction Of Gov
eminent cable OF else an arrangement
should be made BY which like advantages
to those accruiBg from Government ca
bic may. be secured to the Government by
contract vita private cable company
The Isthmian Canal.
NO single great material work which
remains TO De undertaken on this continent
is of such consequence to the American
people as the building CT canal across
the isthmUs connecting North and South
America Its importance TO the nation is
by no means limited merely 10 its mateTi-
al effects upon our business prosperity;
and yet with view to these effects alone it
would be 10 the last degree important for
US Immediately to begin it
The Treaty With Britain.
lam glad to be able to announce to you
that our negotiations on this subject with
Great Britain. conducted on both sides
in a spirit of friendliness and mutual good
will and respect. have resulted in my be-
ing able to lay before the Senate treaty
which II ratified will enable Us to begin
preparations for an isthmian canal at
any time. ard which guarantees to this
nation every right that it has ever asked
in connection with the canal.
In this treaty, the old Clayton Bulvyer
Treaty, so long recognized as inadequate
to supply the base for the construction
and maintenance Of a necessarily Ameri-
can snip canal, is abrogated. It specif-
cally provides that tie United States alone
shall do the work Of building and assume
the responsibility Of safeguarding the
canal and shall regulate It's neutral use
by all nations on terms of equality with
out the guaranty OF interference of any
outside nation from any quarter.
THE signed treaty viii at once be laid
before the Senate, and if approved the
Congress can then proceed to give effect
to the advantages it secures US by provid-
ing for the building OF the canal
The Monroe Doctrine.
THE Monroe Doctrine should be the
cardinal feature of the foreign policy OF
ALI the nations of the two Americas. as
it is Of the United States. The Monroe
Doctrine is 4 declaration that there must
be no territorial aggrandizement by any
non-American Power ct the expense Of (
any American Power CD American soil.
It is in no wise intended as hostile to any
nation IN the Old World We do not
guarantee any State against punishment
if it miseonduets itself, provided that
punishment does not take the form OF the
acquisition Of territory by any non-Amer-
lean Power.
The Navy.
Even if our flag were hauled down In |
the Philippines and Porto Rico, even if |
We decided not to build the isthmian ca
nal, we should need thoroughly trained |
navy of adequate size, or else be pre- |
pared definitely and for III time to aban- |
don the idea that our sation is among |
those whose sons &c dow to the sea in |
ships. Unless our colR.er4e is always to |
be carried in foreign bottoms, we must |
have war craft to protect it
Additional Ships
1T is unsafe and unwise not to provide |
this year for several additional battle |
ships and heavy armored cruisers, with
auxiliary and lighter craft in proportion;
for the exact aumbeFs and character re- !
fer you to the report Of the Secretary of /
the Navy.
But there is something We need even