Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-03

l agement be given to the incoming of 1 business men of every Kind. It is UT gently necessary to enact suitable laws dealing with general transportation, mining banking, currency, homesteads and the use and ownership of the lands and. timber. These laws will give free play to industrial enterprise. and the commercial development which will surely follow will afford to the people of the islands the best proofs of the sincerity of our desire to aid them. The Cable and the Canal.
 call your attention most earnestly to the crying need of a 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. It is demanded not merely for commercial but for political and mili- tary considerations. Either the con gross should immediately provide for the construction of a government ca ble or else an arrangement should be made by which like advantages to those accruing from a government ca ble may be secured to the government by contract with 8 private cable com pany.
 No single great material work which remains to be undertaken on this con- tinent is of such consequence to the American people as the building of q canal across the iSthmus connecting North and South America. It's impor- tance to the nation is by no means li1n- ited merely to it's material effects upon our business prosperity, and yet with 2 view to these effects alone it would be to the last degree important for us i'm mediately to begin it. While it's bene- ficial effects would perhaps be most marked upon the Pacific coast and the gulf and South Atlantic states, it would also greatly benefit other sections It is emphatically work which it is for the interest of the entire country to be- gin and complete as soon as possible.
 I am glad to be able to announce to you that our negotiations on this sub ject with Great Britain, conducted on both sides ill a spirit of friendliness and mutual good will, have resulted in my being able to lay before the sen ate a treaty which, if ratified, will en- able 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. It specifically pro- yides that the United States alone shall do the work of building and assume the responsibility of safeguarding the canal and shall regulate it's neutral use by all nations on terms 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 1t is of the United States. The Mon- roe doctrine is declaration that there must be no territorial aggrandizement by any non-American power at the ex- pense of any American power on Amer ican soil. It is in nowise 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. It is sim ply step, and long step, toward as suring the universal peace of the world by securing the possibility of perma- nent peace on this. hemisphere.
 During the past century other infu- ences have established the permanence and independence of the smaller states of Europe Through the Monroe doe Urine we hope to be able to safeguard like independence and secure like per manence for the lesser among the new world nations.
 tf,sc 1 mi, h +< T the commercial relations of any Amer ican power save that it in truth allows each of them to form such as it desires In other words, it is really guarantee of the commercial independence of the Americas We do not ask under this doctrine for any exclusive commercial dealings with any other American state. We do not guarantee any state against punishment if it misconducts itself, provided that punishment does not take the form of the acquisition of territory by any non-Americaa power. Our attitude in Cuba is a sufficient guarantee of our own good faith. We have not the slightest desire to secure any territory at the expense of any of our neighbors.
 The Navy.
 The president devotes considerable space to the navy, the upbuilding of which, he says, should be steadily con. tinued. The navy offers us, it is declar- ed, the only means of insisting on the Monroe doctrine and a strong navy is the best guarantee against war. He recommends that provision be made not only for more ships, but for more men. Four thousand additional sea men and 1000 additional marines should be provided. as well as an in crease in officers. After indorsing the naval militia forces the president says
 But ill addition we should 1t once provide for ] national naval reserve. organized and trained under the direc ton of the navy department and sub. ject to the call of the chief executive whenever war becomes imminent. It should be real auxiliary to the naval seagoing peace establishment and offer material to be drawn on at once for manning our ships in time of war.
 The Army.
 It is not necessary to increase our army beyond it's present size at this time, but it is necessary to keep it al the highest point of efficiency The in,