The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-12-07

llleEeSS anu WlSEltCl 10 PAONNAp Aa oAaN 80
opportunity to do remunerative work Is
one of the suGest preventiYes OF war. or
course no business. man VIII so INTO the
Philippines unless 1t Is to his interest," 70
do so, and it is immensely to the interest
of the islands that he should go IN. IT'S
therefore necessary that me eongress
OF the Islands can be developed, SO that
franchises Cor limited terms or years. can
be granted to companies dong business IN
them and every encouragement be given
to the incoming of business men of every
kind.
the Philippines. The franchises must be
granted and the business permitted only
under regulations which Will guarantee the
islands against any KING OF imprOper gM
OF the islands must be developed ana me
capital willing to develop 1t must be given
the opportunity. The field must be thrown
open TO individual enterprise, which mas
been the real factor in the development OF
every region over which our nag has nown.
1t Is urgently necessary to enact suitable
laws dealing with general transportation,
mining. banking, currency, homesteads and
the use and ownership. of the ands and
timber. These laws Will give free play 70
Industrial enterprise, and the commercial
development which will surely follow VIII
afford to the people of the Islands the
best proofs of the sincerity OF our desire
The Construction of a Pacific cable is
also urged, either that the government
lay such a cable to connect Hawaii and
the Philippines, or hat an arrangement
be made by which the advantages ac-
cruing from a government cable may be
secured to the government by contract
with a private cable company. This he
deems necessary for both commercial.
political and military considerations.
The Isthmian Canal.
He calls attention to the need OF an
isthmian canal, and says:
Its Importance to the nation Is by no
means limited merely to its material ell,
fects upon our business prosperity, and
.-a III - ,vtaur 70 fhnCa nfanfC n Inn Ii
would be to the last degree important
for us Immediately to begin 1t. While its
beneficial 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 a work which it is for the
and complete as soon as possible; it is
one of those great works which only a
great nation can undertake with pros
poets of success and which when done
are not only permanent assets in the ma
TONS material interests. but standing
monuments to Its constructive ability" =.
Of the new treaty recently concluded
with England he says: 81 am glad to be
able to announce to you that our negotia-
lions on this subject with Great Britain.
conducted on both sides In, a spirit, Of
friendliness and mutual good will and re-
spect, have resulted in my being able 10
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 1t has ever asked in connection with
the canal. In this treaty the old Clayton
Bulwer treaty, so long recognized as in
adequate to supply the base for the con-
struction and maintenance of a necessarily
American ship canal, is abrogated. 1t spe-
cially provides 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 terms of equality
without the guarantee or interference
of any outside nation from my quar-
tar TIa ciunnH treaty. will NJ nnna
be laid before the senate. and If APP
proved the congress can then proceed to
give effect to the advantages 1t secures
us by providing for the building of the
The Monroe Doctrine.
The president sets forth the objects of
the Monroe doctrine, and the spirit, in
which it has been received by other
countries, and in connection with 1t says
this nation has not the slightest desire to
acquire any territory at the expense OF
tude toward Cuba as a guarantee of our
good faith. He says also that this
doctrine has nothing to do with the COM
mercial relations of any American power
save that 1t in truth allows each of them
to form such as It desires" That 1--WE
do not ask for any exclusive commercial
treaty with any other American state"
"The Monroe doctrine should be the
cardinal feature of the foreign policy Of
all the nations of the two Americas as
1t is of the United States. Just rs years
have passed since President Monroe in
his annual message announced 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 a
declaration that there must be no terri
torial ACKNOWLEDGMENT by any non-Ameri-
can power at the expense of any Amerl-
can power on American 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 by one new
world power at the expense of any other.
1t is simply a step, and a long step, to-
ward assuring the universal peace Of the
world by securing the possibility of per-
manent peace on this hemisphere"
II Navy.
The president urges the continued up
building of the navy as a means of per-
forming our international duties as well as
a protection and safeguard for our inter
national rights. He urges that our place
as a frst-class power necessitates the
building and maintenance of a navy in
keeping with our place among the nations
of the world, and says:
80 far from being in any way a provo
cation to war, an adequate and highly
trained navy Is the best guarantee against
war, the cheapest and most effective peace
insurance. The cost of building and main
tanning such a navy represents the very
lightest premium for insuring peace which
this nation can possibly pay"
of more ships and the addition of more
officers and men as absolutely necessary
and says:
There should be no cessation In the
work of completing our navy. So far in.
genuity has been wholly unable to devise
a substitute for the great war craft whose
hammering guns beat out the mastery Of
the high seas. 1t is unsafe and unwist
not to provide this year for several add
tional battleships and heavy armoret
cruisers, with auxiliary and lighter Graf
in proportion. For the exact number ant
character l refer you to the report of thu
secretary of the navy. But there Is some
thing we need even more than additiona
ships, and this is additional officers ant
men. To provide battleships and cruis
ers and then lay them up. with the ex
pectation of leaving them unnamed un
til they are needed in actual war, woult
be worse than folly. 1t would be a Grim,
against the nation.
ITO send any warship against a compe
tent enemy unless those aboard 1t hav,
been trained by years of actual sea serv
ice, including incessant gunnery prac
tice, would be to invite not merely dis
aster, but the bitterest shame and humil
iation. Four thousand additional sea
men and q thousand additional marine,
, should be provided, and an Increase IL
: the officers should be provided by maxim,
r a large addition to the classes at Annap
oils. There Is one small matter which
! should be mentioned in connection will
: Annapolis. The pretentious and unmean
ing title of naval cadet should be abol
. ished: the title of 'midshipman,' full o
hietoric assoaia tiop chpItld no raetora1