Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-28

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
reasonable price for the battleships and
cruisers, thereby putting an absolute
step 10 the building Of any new fight
ing ships for the navy. II, during the
years to come. any disaster should be-
fan our arms, ahOat or ashore. and
thereby any shame come TO the United
states. remember that the blame viii
lie upon the men whose names appear
upon the roll calls of Congress on the
wrong side of these great questions,
On them viii lie the burden OF any loss
of our soldiers and sailors. Of any dis
honor to the flag; and upon you and
the people of this country Will lie the
blame II you DO not rouuGiate, In no
unmistakable way, what these men
kayc done. TIE blame viii not rest
upon the unframed commander Of I'M
tried troops. upon the civil officers Of a
department the organization Of which
has been left utterly inadequate, or
upon the admiral with an insufficient
number Of ships but upon the public
men who have so lamontably failed IN
foreihought as TO refuse TO remedy
these evils long In advance, and upon
the nation that stands behind those
public men.
So, at the present hour. no small
share OF the responsibility for the blood
sled In the Philippines. the blood Of
our brothers. and the blood Of their
wild and ignorant foes, lies at the
thresholds Of those who so long de-
layed the adoption OF the treaty Of
peace, and OF those who by their worse
than foolish words deliberately invited
savage people 20 plunge into war
fraught with sure disaster FOR them
a war, too. it which our own brave
men Who follow the flag must pay with
their blood for the silly, mock hui
naultarianism Of the prattlers who sit
at home In peace.
THE SWORD AND THE SHIELD.
The army ard the navy are the
sword ana the shield which this ma
ton must carry II she Is to do her
duty among the nations OF the earth
# SHE Is not to stand merely as the
China OF the western hemisphere. our
proper conduct toward the triple ISL
ands we have wrested from Spain Is
merely the form which our duty mas
taken at the moment OF course we are
bound to handle the affairs OF our own
household WELL We must see that there
81 civic honesty, civic cleanliness, civic
good sense H. our home administration
OF city, state, and nation. We must
strive for honesty in office, FOR non
osty toward the creditors Of the ma
ton and of ihe individuals for the
widest freedom Of individual initlA-
tive where possible, and for the
v.sest control OF individual initia'
tive where II IL hostile To the
welfare Of the many But because
we set our own household in order we
are not thereby excused from playing
our part in the great affairs OF the
world A mans first duty is to his own
home, but he is not thereby excused
from doing his duty to the state, for
II he fails in this second duty II Is UNI
der the penalty Of ceasing TO be free
man. In the same way, while nations
first duty is within its own borders, 1t
Is not thereby absolved from facing It's
duties I'm the world as a whole. and II
II refuses to do so It merely iorfeits us
right to struggle for a place among the
people that shape the destiny Of man
kind.
In the West Indies and the Philip
pines alike we are confronted by most
difficult problems IL Is cowardly 10
shrink from solving them IN the proper
way. for solved they must be, If not by
us. then by some stronger ana more
manful race II we are too weak, too
selfish, or too foolish 10 solve them,
some holder and ADLER people must UNI
dertake the solution, Personally, ! am
far too firm believer In the greatness
Of my country and the power OF my
countrymen to admit for one moment
that we shall ever be driven to the lg-
noble alternative.
THE ISLAND PROBLEMS.
The problems are different for the
different islands. Porto Rico Is not
large enough TO stand alone. We must
govern It wisely and Well, primarily in
the interest Of It's own people Cuba Is,
in my judgment entitled ultimately 70
settle for itself whether Il shah be an
independent state or an integral por-
ton OF the mlghtiest OF republics. But
until order and stable liberty are se-
cured. We must remain In the island 10
insure them: and infinite tact, judgment,
moderation, and courage must be
shown by our military and civil repre-
sentatyes IN keeping the island paci-
fed. In relontlessy stamping out bril-
gandage. In protecting an alike, and yet
in showing proper recognition TO the
man who have fought for Cuban liber-
ty The Philippines offer a yet graver
problem. Their population includes
hnlf-caste and native Christians, war
Ike MOslems. and wild pagans. Many
OF their people are utterly unfit for self
government, and show no signs OF be-
coming ht Others may In time become
NJ but at present can only take part in
self-g0vernment under a wise super
vision. at once firm and benefcent We
have driven Spanish tyranny from the
Islands. N we now let Il be replaced by
savage anarchy our work has been for
harm and not for good. | have scant
patience with those who fear TO UNDER
take the task OF governing the Philip
pines. and who openly avow that they
do fear 10 undertake H. or that they
shrink from t because Of the expense
and trouble, but ! have even scanter
patience with those who make n pre-
tense OF humanltarianism 20 hide and
cover their tmidity, and who cant
about liberty" aud the consent OF the
governed" In order 10 excuse them
selves Tor their unwilllngness % play
the mart OF men, Their doctrines, II
carried out, would make Il Incumbent
upon Us 20 letye the Apaches OF Ari-
roma 20 work out their own salvation,
and 20 decline 10 interfere IN a single
Indian reservation, Their doctrines