The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-04-03

OF Mexico being the first submitted TO
this international court Of arbitra.
ton.
The terms which we have secured
as those under which the IsthmiRn
canal is to be built, and the course of
events in the Venezuela matters.
have shown not merely the evergrow.
ing influence of the United States in
the Western Hemisphere, but also,
think may safely say, have exempli.
fed the firm purpose Of the United
States that its growth and influence
and power shall rebound not to the
harm but to the benefit Of our sister
republics whose strength is less Our
growth. therefore, is beneficial TO hu.
man kind in general. We do not in.
tend to assume any position which can
give just offense TO our neighbors.
Our adherence 10 the rule OF human
right is not merely profession. The
history Of our dealings with Cuba
shows that we reduce Il to perform.
lance.
The Monroe Doctrine is not inter.
national law. and though think one
day II may become such. this Is not
necessary MS long as II remains car.
dinal feature OF our foreign policy
and as long as we possess both the
xvfi1 and tho atrauofh D., rnala % 81
fective. This last point, my fellow.
citizens, Is important. and Is one
which as a people we can never ar.
ford 20 forget. | believe in the Mon.
roe doctrine with all my heart and
soul; I am convinced that the i'm.
mense majority of our fellow.country.
mon so believe In Il; but ! would In.
finitely prefer 10 sce " abandon Il
than to see us put &C. forW ard and blus.
ter about Il and fail to build up the
efficient lighting strength which in
the last resort can alone make Il re-
spected by any strong foreign power
whose interest II may ever happen "a
be to violate Il.
Boosting and clustering are as oh
iectionable among nations as amonf
individuals. and the public men OF q
great, ,natiou owe IL 90 their sense o
national self-rcspect to speak court
r eously Of foreign powers, just AZ 1
brave and self.respccing man treat
all around him courteously Bu
p though 10 boast Is bad, and causelesl
, ~ to insult another. worse; yet wors
: than all is TO be guilty OF boastlnl
! even without insult, and when Gale
. to the proof 20 be unable 90 max
G such boastlng good. There is a home
> ly old adage which runs: speak son
y ly and carry big stick; YOU Will &
. far" II the American Nation VII
3 speak softly and yet build and kee
at pitch Of the highest training.
thoroughly efficient Navy. the Monro
= Doctrine will go far I ask you &
think over this II you do, you wi
come 10 the conclusion that IL Is mer
> plain common sense, so obylousl
, sound that only the blind can fail I
, see It's truth and only the weakest an
nose irresolute can fell to desire 1
put Il into force.
) Well. in the last two years ! an
u happy to say we have taken Ion
strides In advance as regards on
Navy. The last Congress, In add
u tion 10 smaller vessels, provided min
: Of those formidable hghting ships az
= on which the real efficiency Of an
: Navy IN war ultimately depends. ]
o provided moreover. for the necessar
addition OF officers and enlisted met
20 make the ships worth haynR
G Meanwhile the Navy Department ha
seeh 20 II that our ships have been con
stantly exercised at sea. with tn
J. great guns. and in mancuyers so tina
their efficiency as fghting units bou
$ Individually and when ectlng togethe
has been steadily improved Remem
her that all Of this is necessary
; war ship Is a huge bic Of mechanism
well-nigh as delicate and complicated
az IL is formidable II takes years q
build IL. II takes years 10 teach I'M
officers and men how 10 handle II 4
good advantage It is an absolute
I impossibiIity 10 improyise a navy a
the outset OF war No recent wa
+ war between any two nations ha'
! lasted a. long at it'tnkes 70 build
b battleship. and il is just as impos
+. sible to lmproyise the ofhcers or th'
crews as to improyise the navy
t To lay up a battle ship and onil
/ send II ahoat at the outset Of war
3 with a raw crew and untricd officers
: would be not merely folly but
! crime. for il would invite both disas
/ ter and disgrace. The Navy which 81
I quickly decided in our favor the wa
Ia, roaQ baa haop bultf and made EN-