The Penn's Grove record., 1901-12-06


Of material prosperity and Of government.
Al honesty and efficiency has, been attained
in the Philippines than ever before in their
history.
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
brigands of portions OF the Old World.
Encouragement, direct or i%ndireeta to
these insurrectos stands on the same foot;
ing as encouragement to hostile Indians
in the days when we still had Indian
wars.
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 enter.
prises. Nothing would benefit them so
much as throwing them open 10 industrial
development.
After calling attention to the crying
need of either a Governmental or a pri-
vately owned cable to Hawaii and the
Philippines to be continued 70 points in
Asia, the message declares that not a
single great material work which remains
to be undertaken on this continent is Of
such consequence to the American people
as the building of a canal across the 18TH
mus connecting North and South Amer
lea. Its Importance to the nation is by
no means limited merely to its material
effects, upon our business prosperity, and
yet With view to these effects upon our
business prosperity alone it would be, to
the last degree important for us immedi.
ately to begin it. While its beneficial eff.
feets would perhaps be most marked Upon
the Pacific coast and the Gulf and South
| Atlantic States, it would also greatly bene.
fit other sections. 1t is emphatically a
work which it is for the interest of the
entire country to begin, and complete as
soon az possible. The President then tells
of the new treaty with Great Britain and
if aprppoyed SAYS the Congress can hen
proceed to give effect to the advantages ii
| secures us by providing for the building
of the canal.
Continuing the President says:
The true end of every great and free
people should be self-respccting 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 becop less and less FIRE.
aueut, Wars witlf)r ous or semi.
ferent eatagorv. bell. onerely d most re.
erettable but necessEg international pc.
lice duty which must be performed. 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 rig is of others which will in the
end, as we hope and believe, make weSld-
wide peaces oosSble. The. peace eonfe--
ence et TheSQ9Se gave definite exrres-
sion to VI -A % d belief and mafked q
stride t6S si >attainment.
This "a &c peace conference acqIfifsced
in our statement of the Monroe Do:hine
as compatible with the purposes and aims
of the conference.
Our people intend to abide by the Mon.
rec Doctrine and to insist upon It as the
one sure means of securing the peace of
the Western Hemisphere. The navy Of.
fers us the only means of making our in
~sistence upon the Monroe Doctrine any
thing but a subject of derision to whate0r
nation chooses to disregard it. We desTx
the peace which comes as of right to the
q IAN armed, not the peace granted on
3ref,. of ignominy. to the craven and the
(. jeakling.
1t is not possible t6 improve a navy af-
ter war breaks out, The ships must be
built and the men trained long in advance.
The work OF upbuilding the navy must
be steadily continued. No one point Of
orr policy, foreign or domestic, is more
important than this to the honor and ma
terial welfare, and above all to the peace,
of our nation in the future. Unless our
commerce is always % be carried in for
elQn DOtGOnS. we must nave KHr CRAY u
protect it. So far from being in any way
a provocation to war, an e II
highly trained navy is the lest guaranty
against wer, the cheapest and most effec-
tive peace insurance. The cost OF build
ing and maintaining such q navy repre-
sents the very lightest premium for insur.
ing peace which this nation can possibly
paw. The President thinks the Naval Mil
tia forces and the National Naval Re-
serve should receive hearty, encourage
ment,
II is not necessary to increase our army
beyond its present size at this time. But
it is necessary to keep it at the highest
99int of efficiency. The individual units,
who as officers and enlisted men compose
this army are. we have good reason to be-
lieve. at least as efficient as those of any
other army in the entire world. 1t is orr
duty to see that their training is Of a kind
to insure the highest possible expression
of power to these units when acting il
combination.
No other citizen deserves 50 well of the
Republic as the veterans, the survivors of
hose who saved the Union. We are now
indeed one nation, one in fact as well as
in name: we are united in our devotion to
The flag which is the symbol of national
greatness and unity and the very com
pletenessS.kf our IN on enables us all, in
every PA Of the c@t,lntry, to glory in the
valor shown alike by the sons Of the North
and the sons Of The South in the times
That tried mems souls.
The President states that the merit sys-
ten of making appointment is as Ameri-
can as the common school system, and
then recommends the reorganization of the
consular service.
Cordial support for the st. Louis and
Charleston expeditions is bespoken, and
then nostal affairs are treated. The an
nual postal deficit has been steadily re-
duced from $ll,4ll, 10 in 1897 to ss,923,727
wherever established has been SO marked