Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-03

The field must be thrown open to indi
vidual enterprise, which has been thu
real factor In the development Of ever!
region over which our flag has flown. i
i it urgently necessary to enact suitable
laws dealing with general transporta
tion mining, banking, currency, home
steads, and the use and ownership o
!. the lands and timber. These laws vii
give free play to industrial enterprise
and the commercial development which
j will surely follow will afford to the peo
pie of the islands the best proofs of thu
sincerity of our desire to aid them.
Build the Pacific Cable.
l call your attention most earnestly
to the crying need of a cable to Hawai-
and the Philippines. to be continued
from the Philippines to points in Asia
We should not defer day longer thar
necessary the construction of such {
cable 1t is demanded not merely fol
commercial but for political and mill.
tary considerations.
. Either the congress should imrne.
i diately provide for the construction of
government cable, or elsee an arrange
i ment should be made by which like adj
yantages to those accruing from q gov
4 eminent cable may be secured to the
I government by contract with private
cable company.
Build the Canal.
4 No single great material work which
remains to be undertaken on this CONT
nent is of such consequence to the
American people as the building Of
canal across the isthmus connecting
North and South America. 1t import
ance to the nation is by no means linn
tied merely to its material effects upon
our business prosperity; and yet with
view to these effects alone 1t would be to
I the last degree important Tor us imme-
diately to begin it. While it's beneficial
effects would perhaps be most marked
upon the Pacific coast and the gulf OF
the south Atlantic states, it would also
/ greatly benefit other sections. It is emf
phatically a work which it is for the in
1 terest of the entire country to begin and
complete as soon possible; it is one OF
those great works which only great
nation can undertake with prospects OF
/ success. and which when done are not
only permanent assets In the nations
material interests, but standing monu-
ments to its constructive ability.
I 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 re-
suited in my being able to lay before the
senate treaty which IL ratified Will en-
| able us to begin preparations for an
isthmian canal at any time, and which
l tl,;~ trx,, fvh
! that it has ever asked in connection
with the canal In this treaty, the old
Clayton Bulwer treaty. so long recog-
nized as inadequate to supply the base
| for the construction and maintenance OF
necessarily American ship canal. is
abrogated. 1t specifically provides that
| the United States alone shall do the
I work of building and assume the re-
sponsibility Of safeguarding the canal
| and shall regulate its neutral use by al,
! nations on terms of equanty without
the guaranty or interference OF any OUT
| side 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 TO the
advantages 1t secures us by providing
/ for the building of the canal
The Monroe Doctrine.
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. Over the entire world, OF recent
years, wars between the great civilized
powers have become less and less fire.
| quent Wars with barbarous or semi
| barbarous peoples come in an entirely
different category, being merely a most
ragrettable but necessary international
police duty which must be performed
for the sake of the welfare OF man
kind. Peace can only be kept with GER
tainty where both sides wish to keep 1T;
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
others which will In the end, as we hope
and believe, make worldwide peace
possible The peace conference at The
Hague gave definite expression to this
hope and belief and marked stride
toward their attainment.
This same peace conference acquies-
ced in our statement of the Monroe doc
trine as compatible with the purposes
and aims of the conference.
The Monroe doctrine should be the
cardinal feature Of the foreign policy
of all nations of the two Americas, as
it is of the United States. Just seven
ty-eight years have passed since Pres
ident Monroe in his annual message an
nounced that THE American continents
are henceforth not to be considered as
subjects for future colonization by any
European power" In other words, the
Monroe doctrine is declaration that
there must be no territorial aggrandize-
ment by any non-American power at
the expense of any American power on
American soil. 1t is in nc wise intended
az hostile to any nation in the old
world. Still less is 1t intended to give
cover to any aggression by one new
world power at the expense of any 9TH
err 1t is simply step, and long step.
toward assuring the universal peace OF
the world by securing the possibility OF
permanent peace on this hemisphere.
During the past century other inf1u-
ences have established the permanence
and independence of the smaller states
of Europe Thru the Monroe doctrine
we hope to be able to safeguard like
independence and secure like perma-
hence for the lesser among the new
world nations
This doctrine has nothing to do with
the commercial relations of any Ameri-
can power save that 1t in truth allows
each of them to form such as it desires
In other words, 1t is really guaranty of