Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-12-07
the tarir duties On cuban imports into

Al HS14h2 WITH the 4 NNfDpiuc peo
pie we mrvt aw hnsh patience and
strength, IL. neafaacc and steadfast res.
oIntion. Our aim is high. we do not
desire To DO for the islanders merely
what has elsewhere been done for trOp.
ic peoples by even the best foreign
governments We hope 10 10 for them
what lass never before heeH done lol
any people az the tropics Ia make
them lit fur SELF government after tbs
fashion 81 Tie really rec nations.
The onlS fear u lest II oar egeranx.
iety we give them a degree OF indie
ncndcnce for which they are unist
thereby inviting reaction and disaster
AS fast us there is any reasonable hope
that III given district tito people ciga
govern themselves self government
has been given in that district. There
is not Il locality lifted for sell govern
ment which has not received il. But ii
may weil he that ia certain eases II
VIII have to be withdrawn because the
inhabitants show themselves unfit TO
exercise 1t. such instances have already
occurred Iii other words, there is not
the slightest chance OF our failing to
show a sufficiently humanitarian spirit
The danger comes in the opposite dirse
ton.
Troubles Ahead Yet.
There are still troubles ahead In the
islands. The insGyrecion has become
an affair of local handltti and maraud-
eis. who deserve 40 higher regard
than the BRIG MIS- Of portions of the
old world. Encouragement. direct on
indirect, to these lnsurreetos stands on
the same footing as encouragement to
hostile Indians in the days when we
still had Indian wars.
The president declares that Che time
has come for additional legislation foi
the Philippines. He says:
1t is necessary that the congress
should pass laws by which the re
sources Of the islands can hp developed
SO that franchises Gfor limited terms OF
years. can be granted TO companies do,
ing business III them and every euc1ur.
agement lie given TO The incoming OF
business men of every kind. II is Ut.
gently necessary 10 enact suitable laws
dealing with general transportation,
mining, banking, currency, homesteads
and the use aud ownership of the lands
and timber. These laws win give free
play to Industrial enterprise. and the
commercial development which VIII
surely follow will afford to the people
Of the islands the best proofs Of the
sincerity Of our desire to aid them.
The Gable and the Canal.
/ 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 1t Is demanded not merely fol
commercial but for political and mill.
tary considerations. Either the CON
gress should Immediately provide for
the construction OF a government ca
BILE or else an arrangement should be
made by which like advantages to
those accruing from government ca
BILE may be sccured to the government
by contract with private cable com
pany.
No single great material work which
remains to be undertaken on this con-
tisent is of such consequence to the
American people as the building of n
canal across the isthmus connecting
lance to the nation Is by no means linn
tied merely to its material effects upon
our business prosperity, and yet with 4
view to these effects alone 1t would be
to the last degree important for us Inn
mediately to begin 1t. While Its bene-
fetal effects would perhaps be most
marked upon the Pacific coast and the
gulf and South Atlantic states, ii would
also greatly benefit other sections. 1t
is emphatically a work which ii Is for
the interest Of the entire country to be-
gin and complete as soon as possible
| 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 friendIlness and
mutual good will, have resulted in
my being able to lay before the SEN
ate a treaty which, If ratified, viii en-
able us TO begin preparations for an
isthmian canal at any time and which
guarantees to this nation every right
that ii has ever asked In connection
with the canal. Ii specifically pro-
vides that the United States alone shall
do the work Of building and assume
the responsibility of safeguarding the
canal and shall regulate its neutral use
by all nations on ter,As Of equality
without the guarantee or Interference
OF any outside nation from any quarter.
The Monroe Doctrine.
The Monroe doctrine should be the
cardinal feature of the foreign policy
OF all the nations Of the two Americas,
as it is of the United States. The Mon
roe doctrine is IA declaration that there
must be no territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
by any non-AmeIican power at the ex-
pense of any American power on Amer
lean soil. 1t Is in nowise intended as
haStfla IN any nafi0u In the old world