Free press., 1901-12-07


save the fitness OF the man and the needs
Of the service
There are still troubles ahead in the is
lands The insurrection has become an affair
Of local banditti and marauders, who deserve
no higher regard than the brigands OF por-
tioEs Of the old world encouragement, 6i-
rect or indirect. to these insurrectos stands
on the same footing as encouragement to hos
tile Indians in the days when We still had IV-
dian wars As we will do everything in our
power for the Filipino who is peaceful. We
Filpinos who follow the path OF the insur-
recto and the ladrone-
The time has come when there should be
additional legislation for the Philippines
Nothing better can be done for the islands
than to introduce industrial enterprises
throwing them open to Industrial Develop
ment- It is therefore necessary that the
Congress should pass laws by which the re-
sources of the islands can be developed: SO
that franchises (for limited terms Of years.
can be granted to companies doing business
in them, and every encouragement be given
TO the incoming Of business men OF every
kind
81 call your attention most earnestly to the
crying need of a cable to Hawaii and the
Philippines, to be continued from the Phil
ippines TO points in Asia We should not
defer a day longer than necessary the con-
struction of such cable II is demanded
not merely for commercial but for political
and military considerations
Either the Congress should Immediately
provide for the construction of govern
be made by which like advantages to those
aeeruing from government At cable may ,!e ne
secured 10 the government Dg Contract VIII
a private cable company
Recommends NIcaraeuan Canal.
''No single great material work which re-
mains to be undertaken on this continent is
Of such consequence to the American people
as the building of canal across the lsthmus
connecting North and South America While
its beneficial effects would perhaps be most
marked upon the Pacific coast and the gulf
and South Atlantic states. it would also
greatly benefit other sections. 1t IS en-
phaticaIIy work which il is for the interest
of entire country to begin and complete
as soon as possible; it is of those great
works which only great nation can under
take with prospects of success. and which
when done not only permanent assets
in the nations material interests, but stand
ing monuments TO its constructive ability
Il glad to be able to announce to you
that negotiations on this subject with
Great Britain, conducted on both sides in a
spirit of friendliness and mutual good VIII
and respect, have resulted IN my being able
to lay before the Senate a treaty which if
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 connection with the
canal. In this treaty the old Clayton-Bul-
wer treaty, so long recognized as inadequate
to supDIv the base for the construction and
maintenance of a necessarily American ship
canal, is abrOgated- 1t specifically provides
that the United States alone shall do the
work of building and assume the response
biIity of safeguarding the canal and shall
regulate its neutral use by all nations on
terms of equality without the guaranty or
interference of any outside nation from any
quarter. The signed treaty will at once be
laid before the Senate, and II approved the
Congress can then proceed to give effect 70
the advantages il secures US by providing for
the building of the canal.
The true end Of every great and free peo-
pie should be self-respecting peace; and this
nation most earnestly desires sincere and
cordial friendship with all others. Over the
entire world, of recent years, wars between
the great civilized powers have become less
and less freouent Wars with barbarous or
mi-barbarOus peoples come in entirely
different category, being merely a most re-
grettabe but necessary international police
duty which must be performed for the sake
Of the welfare of mankind Peace can only
be kept with certainty where both sides wish
to keep it; but more and more the civilized
peoples are realizing the wicked folly Of war
and are attaining that condition of just and
Intelligent regard for the rights OF OF others t
which will in the end, as We hope and be-
Iieve make worldwide peace possible The
peace conference at The Hague gave definite
expression to this hope and belief and mark
ed q stride toward their attainment
The Monroe Doctrine.
our statement of the Monroe doctrine
compatible with the purposes and aims of
.sThe Monroe doctrine should be the car
dinaI feature of the foreign policy of all the
nations of the two Americas, as it is Of the
United States The doctrine is declara-
ton that there must be no territorial ag-
grandizement by any non-American power at
ican soil 1t is in no wise intended as hostile
to any nation in the old world. Still less is
it intended to give cover to any aggression
any other 1t is simply a step. and long
step. toward assuring the universal peace Of
the world by securing the possibility of per-
manent peace on this hemisphere
This doctrine has nothing to do with the
commercial relations Of any American power,
save that it in truth allows each Of them to
form such it desires In other words, it
is really a guaranty of the commercial in
dependence of the Americas We do not ask
under this doctrine for any exclusive
mercial dealings with any other American
state We do not guarantee any state against
punishment if it nisconducts itself, pro-
vided that punishment does not take the
form of the acquisition Of territory by any
non-American power.
''Our attitude in Cuba is a sufficient guar
anty of our own good faith. We have not
the slightest desire to secure any territory
at the expense of any Of our neighbors. We
wish TO work with them hand in hand, so
that all of may be uplifted together, and
we rejoice over the good fortune of any Of
them, We gladly hail their material prosper
ity and political stability, and concerned
and alarmed if any of them fall into indus
trial political chaos. We do not wish to
see any old world military power grow up on
this continent. or to be compelled to become
a military power ourselves The peoples OF
the Americas can prosper best if left to work
our their own salvation in their own way
Powerful Navy Urged.
1.-The work Ct upbuiIding the navy must be
steadily continued Whether We desire il or
not, must henceforth recognize that
have International duties no less than inter
ed down in the Philippines and Porto Rico,
even if We decided not to build the Isthmian
canal, we should need a thoroughly trained
navy Of adequate size, else be prepared
definitely and for all time to abandon the
idea that our nation is among those whose
sons go down to the sea in ships Unless
our commerce is always to be carried in for
eign bottoms, must have war craft to
protect it.
$50 far from being in any way a provoca-
ton to war, adequate and highly trained
navy is the best guaranty against war, the
cheapest and most effective peace insurance.
The cost of building and maintaining such
navy represents the very lightest premium
for insUring paece which this nation
possibly pay
Probably no other great nation in the
world is anxious for peace are
There is not q single civilized power which
gressXeness part All want is
peace; and toward this end wish to be
able to secure the same respect for our
rights in return, 10 insure fair treatment to
commercially, and to guarantee the safety
of the American people
''Our people intend to abide by the Mon
roe doctrine and to insist upon ii as the one
sure means of securing the peace OF the
Western hemisphere. The navy offers US the
only means Of making insistence upon
the Monroe doctrine anything but a sub
iect Of derisiOn to whatever nation chooses
to disregard it. We desire the peace which
comes of right to the just man armed:
not the peace granted on terms Of ignominy
to the craven and the Weakling-
1T is not possible to improvise q navy
after breaks out The ships must be